Soulstorm/Space Marine Squad

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Space Marine Squad Infantry
	Faction	Space Marines	Health	390		Buy	Reinf.
	Tier	1	Morale	300		190	50
	Built by	Chapel-Barracks	Sight radius	25
	Armor	infantry heavy med	Detect radius	0		2
	Mass	18	Speed	16
			Model count	4/8	Build time	26.4	9
	Resilient general combat unit strong at range and close combat. Broad range of weapon upgrades. Can be upgraded to be strong against most unit types.						Data version: 1.2

The Space Marine Squad is a basic infantry unit for the Space Marines in Dawn of War: Soulstorm.

Description

• Heavy infantry.
• Resilient general combat unit strong at range and close combat.
• Broad range of weapon upgrades. Can be upgraded to be strong against most unit types.
• Effective against infantry.

Strategy

Space Marine Squads can capture Strategic Points, Critical Points and Relics.

The Space Marine Squad, commonly referred to as Tactical Space Marines or "Tacs", are the bread and butter of the marine's infantry force. Nine foot tall crack soldiers with genetic enhancements, sophisticated armour, centuries of training and powerful weaponry, they can hold their own in most fire fights. Their "jack of all trades" nature is combined with their ability to wield a number of different heavy weapons tailored for different target types, making a well managed squad a force to be reckoned with. Though fairly simple to use, their relatively expensive cost means the trick is to use them effecively, choosing what to arm them with, when and what to upgrade, when to fight, and when to retreat. In practice, Space Marine Squads have the most difficulty facing more specialised infantry - Fire Warrior Teams or Dark Reaper Squads will cut them down, as will hordes of Orks. This is especially the case when not equipped with heavy weapons. However, with some experience, and armed with the appropriate heavy weapons, the Space Marines will usually triumph.

The flexibility of the Space Marine Squad comes primarily from two aspects of this squad. They can gain the Rally ability to instantly restore morale by adding a Marine Sergeant (which is a great advantage for Space Marines because it can elongate the squad's effectiveness in battle), and also, they can be equipped with a different weapon to be effective against any unit type in the game. Still, despite this fact, without effective squad management, Space Marine Squads will in general lose to the melee specialists or even some ranged specialists that exist within the game.

Unupgraded, the marine's bolter is the weapon of choice. However, depending on the enemy facing them, it may be more advantageous to charge in with the knife. Against a Tau Fire Warrior Team, who will do more ranged damage than the Space Marine Squad, engaging them in melee may be the way to cause them real harm. This is especially important to remember before Wargear: Target Finders is researched due to their melee DPS being higher than its ranged DPS against two thirds of all unit types.

Concerning upgrades, the Space Marine Squad is initially given one choice after the Armoury is built, which is the flamer. The flamer is especially effective at dealing morale damage to susceptible units. It is particularly useful against slow moving units, like the Necron Warriors, who will be unable to run away from the battle after being broken. A Space Marine Squad that has been fully equipped with 4 flamers will deal 125+ DPS to units (remember, squads take morale damage as whole), making them good methods of managing enemy commanders as well. A broken commander may still be able to absorb a lot of damage, but will deal hardly any damage back.

With a Monastery built, Space Marines have access to 3 more weapons: heavy bolters, plasma guns, and missile launchers.

The missile launcher is a no brainer when it comes to dealing with vehicles. It does require the squad to be standing perfectly still, and the missiles are only effective against vehicles and buildings. A missile squad that is being disrupted by artillery fire will be unable to fight back, and a missile squad tied up by melee specialists will suffer an even sadder fate. It is also worth noting that of the Space Marines and the two races with similar infantry, the Sisters and Chaos, only the Space Marines get this anti-vehicle heavy weapon option. The Chaos and Sisters marines are stuck with only anti-infantry weapons.

The plasma gun is said to be the anti-heavy infantry weapon and the heavy bolter the infantry killer; however the DPS charts show that the heavy bolter does approximately the same amount of damage to heavy infantry as its plasma counterpart, while dealing significantly more damage to infantry. The difference between the two weapons is the heavy bolter requires the squad to be entirely stationary, while the plasma can be fired on the move but will suffer major accuracy penalties. These accuracy penalties will force the squad to be stationary in order to enjoy the full effect of the weapon; in this way, the differences between the two are diminished even more. However, the heavy bolter also requires a set up time of 2 seconds, so if you're expecting to have to evade melee units a lot (dancing), it may be wiser to get the plasma gun upgrades.

The strength of the Marine army comes from their ability to counter any unit in battle. Space Marines alone will never win the war for them (unlike the Orks or Chaos, whose infantry and commanders are powerful enough to stand on their own). However, with proper vehicle support, the Space Marine squads can prove themselves to truly be the Emperor's finest.

An effective tactic in multiplayer games is to not specialize your squads for a particular role. A favorable tactic is to research Heavy Weapons Increase from the Armoury as early as possible. Then when upgrading squads to their weapon of choice, mix up the weapons they use. With the exception of the flamer, which is very effective when a squad uses it exclusively, heavy weapons distributed fairly evenly among squads makes it incredibly difficult for opponents to deal with specific threats. For instance, with a maximum of 4 heavy weapons available to a squad and the player has 3 squads of space marines to upgrade it would be more advantageous to upgrade all 3 of them to 2 heavy bolters and 2 missile launchers, or 2 plasma guns and 2 missile launchers, etc. The point is to divide your weapons evenly among your army so that your opponent will be unable to target a specific squad to remove a specialized threat (4 Heavy Bolter marines are susceptible to melee, as are 4 AV marines, etc.)

Squad Leaders

Maximum Squad Leaders Allowed: 1

Sergeant

	Sergeant			Hotkey: L
[1]	Cost	[2] 75 [3] 0	Build Time	30 s
	Requirements	Monastery, Chapel-Barracks
	Effects	+100 Maximum Morale, +1 Morale Regeneration Increases the Squad cap by 1 Grants the ability Rally

Abilities

Frag Grenades

	Frag Grenades			Hotkey: G
[4]	Requires	Wargear: Frag Grenades
	Target Types	Any enemy Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Commanders, and Daemons
	Range	25
	Area of effect	4	Cooldown time	75 s
Effects	Disables movement and combat for 3 seconds. Disables abilities for 2.5 seconds. Does mild knockback (27-33 force). Stun effects are applied to the entire squad of any hit units.
Damage Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High Morale Min Max Min.D 95-107 95-107 95-107 95-107 106-119 106-119 - - - - - - - 106-119 106-119 20 106 119 0.1

Weapons

Bolter

	Bolter
[5] Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 8.7 10.6 9.7 11.3 9.8 4.8 3.0 4.6 3.0 3.0 7.5 3.0 3.0 9.7 3.0 2.4 4 14.1 17.2 2.5 With Target Finders: 9.7 12.0 10.9 12.7 11.0 5.4 3.0 5.2 3.0 3.0 8.4 3.0 3.0 10.9 3.0 2.4 4 15.8 19.3 2.5 With Enhanced Target Finders: 11.0 13.4 12.2 14.2 12.3 6.0 3.0 5.8 3.0 3.4 9.4 3.0 3.0 12.2 3.4 2.4 4 17.7 21.6 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	60%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing

Knife

	Knife
[6] Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 9.3 12.9 9.1 9.3 9.2 6.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 9.3 2.5 1.6 9.1 1.6 1.6 9 32.5 39.7 2.5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	None
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Nothing

Weapon Upgrades

Maximum Weapon Upgrades Allowed: 2 (4 with Heavy Weapon Increase Research)

Flamer

	Flamer				Hotkey: F
[7] Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 17.5 23.2 16.7 20.0 14.7 9.6 2.9 2.6 2.0 2.0 11.7 6.8 2.0 9.6 2.0 16 16 14.5 18.9 1.0 With Target Finders: 21.6 28.5 20.5 24.6 18.1 11.9 3.5 3.1 2.0 2.0 14.4 8.4 2.1 11.9 2.0 16 16 17.8 23.2 1.0 With Enhanced Target Finders: 26.5 35.1 25.3 30.3 22.3 14.6 4.3 3.9 2.0 2.0 17.7 10.3 2.5 14.6 2.0 16 16 21.9 28.6 1.0
Cost	[8] 40 [9] 10	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	range of 10 in a 20 degree arc	Requires	Armoury
Notes	Reduces the target's health by 1 every second for 8 s (does not stack). This weapon has 70% accuracy on the move and cannot target air units.

Heavy Bolter

	Heavy Bolter				Hotkey: H
[10] Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 40.0 40.5 39.8 36.1 32.0 14.7 8.7 4.5 3.7 8.7 15.9 5.1 3.7 29.7 3.7 8.4 9 40.0 45.0 2.0 With Target Finders: 46.4 47.0 46.2 42.0 37.2 17.1 10.1 5.3 3.8 10.1 18.5 5.9 3.8 34.5 3.8 8.4 9 46.4 52.2 2.0 With Enhanced Target Finders: 53.8 54.6 53.6 48.7 43.1 19.8 11.8 6.2 3.8 11.8 21.4 6.9 3.8 40.0 3.8 8.4 9 53.8 60.6 2.0
Cost	[11] 40 [12] 10	Range	35	Setup Time	2 s
Build Time	12 s	Accuracy	75%	Refire Rate	0.4 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Monastery, Armoury

Plasma Gun

	Plasma Gun				Hotkey: P
[13] Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 20.8 25.5 25.2 32.0 31.8 17.4 6.9 4.0 4.0 6.9 9.4 4.0 4.0 31.9 4.0 8.0 10 34.6 44.3 2.5 With Target Finders: 25.6 31.4 30.1 39.5 39.2 21.5 8.5 4.5 4.0 8.5 11.6 5.0 4.0 39.3 4.0 8.0 10 42.6 54.5 2.5 With Enhanced Target Finders: 31.5 38.6 38.2 48.5 48.2 26.5 10.5 5.5 4.0 10.5 14.3 6.1 4.0 48.4 4.0 8.0 10 52.4 67.0 2.5
Cost	[14] 40 [15] 15	Range	25	Setup Time	None
Build Time	15 s	Accuracy	80%	Refire Rate	0.5 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Monastery, Armoury

Missile Launcher

	Missile Launcher				Hotkey: M
[16] Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 19.6 16.6 20.6 4.9 3.6 3.6 37.7 49.1 13.4 43.2 14.5 14.2 9.8 4.9 4.9 3.7 50 600.0 728.0 25.0
Cost	[17] 50 [18] 10	Range	45	Setup Time	2 s
Build Time	10 s	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	5.75 s
Area of Effect	None	Requires	Monastery, Armoury

Researchable Upgrades

Wargear: Frag Grenades

	Wargear: Frag Grenades			Hotkey: G
[19]	Cost	[20] 25 [21] 75	Research Time	42 s
	Researched From	Chapel-Barracks
	Requires	Armoury
Effects	Allows use of Frag Grenades by Space Marines

Heavy Weapon Increase

	Heavy Weapon Increase			Hotkey: D
[22]	Cost	[23] 75 [24] 75	Research Time	20 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Monastery
Effects	Increases the maximum number of heavy weapon upgrades from 2 to 4 for Space Marines and Scout Marines

Wargear: Bionics

	Wargear: Bionics			Hotkey: B
[25]	Cost	[26] 50 [27] 30	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Increases hitpoints of Scout Marines and Space Marines by 12% to 330 and 436 respectively Increases hitpoints of Assault Marines by 5% to 488 Increases hitpoints of Sergeants and Assault Sergeants by 23% to 800 Increases hitpoints of Terminators and Assault Terminators by 23% to 818 and 984 respectively Increases maximum morale of Space Marines, Assault Marines and Scout Marines by 75

Wargear: Bionics Level 2

	Wargear: Bionics Level 2			Hotkey: B
[28]	Cost	[29] 100 [30] 50	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Monastery
Effects	Increases hitpoints of Scout Marines and Space Marines and by 12% to 369 and 488 respectively Increases hitpoints of Assault Marines by 19% to 581 Increases hitpoints of Sergeants and Assault Sergeants by 23% to 975 Increases hitpoints of Terminators and Assault Terminators by 23% to 998 and 1200 respectively Increases maximum morale of Space Marines, Assault Marines and Scout Marines by 75

Wargear: Target Finders

	Wargear: Target Finders			Hotkey: T
[31]	Cost	[32] 50 [33] 30	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Monastery, Wargear: Bionics
Effects	Increases damage of Space Marine Squad Bolters by 12% Increases minimum damage of Assault Marine Chainswords by 23% and maximum damage by 12% Increases damage of Space Marine Squad Heavy Bolters by 16% Increases damage of Scout Marine Squad Sniper Rifles, Space Marine Squad Plasma Guns and Space Marine Squad Flamers by 23%

Wargear: Enhanced Target Finders

	Wargear: Enhanced Target Finders			Hotkey: T
[34]	Cost	[35] 100 [36] 50	Research Time	40 s
	Researched From	Armoury
	Requires	Monastery, Wargear: Bionics
Effects	Increases damage of Space Marine Squad Bolters by 12% Increases minimum damage of Assault Marine Chainswords by 23% and maximum damage by 12% Increases damage of Space Marine Squad Heavy Bolters by 16% Increases damage of Scout Marine Squad Sniper Rifles, Space Marine Squad Plasma Guns and Space Marine Squad Flamers by 23%

Additional links

Source : http://web.archive.org/web/20100810083705/http://wiki.reliccommunity.com/index.php?title=Space_Marine_Squad