Lord Destroyer

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Dawn of War Vehicle

Lord Destroyer
Race	Necrons
Version	Soulstorm v1.0
Build Info
Hotkey O	Build Cost 350  3 Build Time 30 s Built From Dormant Monolith, Restored Monolith Unit Size 1 Requires Energy Core Limit 2
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	1750/2
Armour	Commander
Unit Mass	60
Move Speed	30
Sight Radius	25 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	Staff of Light
Melee	Staff of Light (Melee)

Contents 1 Lord Destroyer 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Possess Enemy Vehicle 3.2 Stasis Field 4 Weapons 4.1 Staff of Light 4.2 Staff of Light (melee) 5 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Lord Destroyer

A Necron Lord who has been mounted on a Destroyer chassis for increased mobility. A secondary commander in the Necron force capable of controlling vehicles and creating stasis fields.

Tactics

The Lord Destroyer can be used not only to eliminate vehicular threats by possessing them, but also turns them against their owner. While unable to possess relic vehicles, there are a multitude of other good vehicles to possess. However, the attempt to possess an enemy vehicle can be quite dangerous, as the range of the possess ability is rather short, it takes a reasonable amount of time to complete, and the Lord Destroyer has relatively little health. Using stasis before attempting to possess an enemy vehicle can greatly increase the chances of success.

Possessing an enemy transport can be an especially useful target for the mobility-challenged Necrons. If the target vehicle is unoccupied, the Necron forces now have a transport vehicle they can use to quickly zip troops around the battlefield, something their army lacks. If the vehicle still has troops inside, those troops are ejected onto the battlefield where they can be cut down by Necron forces.

It can be easy to dismiss the Lord Destroyer as useless due to its low combat power, but that would do it a disservice. The Lord Destroyer's high speed and tough commander armor can let him quickly move in to possess powerful enemy vehicles or the stasis the deadliest groups of infantry. Unlike other tier 4 tanks, the Lord Destroyer exists to supplement other forces rather than spearhead the attack. Use it to steal the most powerful tanks in your opponent's army for the Necrons and lock down their tier 3 infantry while the remainder of the forces quickly fall without support.

Abilities

Possess Enemy Vehicle

	Possess Enemy Vehicle			Hotkey: P
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Vehicles
	Range	8
	Area of effect	0	Cooldown time	0
Effects	The Lord Destroyer merges with the targeted vehicle and takes control of it until it is destroyed. Possessing a vehicle take 6 seconds. When the vehicle is destroyed the Lord Destroyer returns to the battlefield with 25% health. Possessed vehicles cannot be scuttled. Note: The Lord Destroyer can not possess enemy Relic vehicles and Necron vehicles.

Stasis Field

	Stasis Field			Hotkey: F
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Any
	Range	30
	Area of effect	5	Cooldown time	60 s
Effects	The Lord Destroyer creates a Stasis Field at the targeted location. Any units within the Area of Effect are unable to move, attack, use abilities, repair, regenerate, reinforce, build or make upgrades. However they also can't be damaged in any way. The field lasts for 30 seconds.

Weapons

Staff of Light

	Staff of Light
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: 14.1 27.3 23.0 20.7 16.1 11.5 9.2 4.6 2.8 9.2 11.5 4.6 2.8 16.1 2.8 1.1 3 55.7 75.5 4
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	70%	Refire Rate	1 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Staff of Light (melee)

	Staff of Light (melee)
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: 34.4 85.9 85.9 85.9 85.9 45.8 34.4 28.6 114.6 11.5 45.8 40.1 22.9 34.4 114.6 20.8 50 125 150 5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	1.2 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

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