Soulstorm/Missionary

Missionary Infantry
	Faction	Sisters of Battle	Health	700		Buy	Reinf.
	Tier	1	Morale	300		75
	Built by	Ecclesiarchal Chapel	Sight radius	30
	Armor	Infantry Medium	Detect radius	30		1
	Mass	22	Speed	16
			Model count	1/1	Build time	15
	Support and scout unit that can perform many Acts of Faith. May be attached to most Sisters of Battle squads.						Data version: 1.2.0

The Missionary is the first unit available to the Sisters of Battle in Dawn of War: Soulstorm.

Description

"From the lightning, and the tempest, Emperor deliver us!"

At the forefront of Ecclesiarchy crusades, Missionaries travel to worlds where the Emperor is not worshipped and convert the populace. Their tenacity and infinite faith make them excellent scout and support units, as they use Acts of Faith to bolster the strength of the squad they are attached to.

Missionaries take 40% more morale damage than other units.

Tactics

Missionaries are unique in fulfilling the role of both a scout and support unit. In combat they should be attached to a squad so that they cannot be independently targeted, though outside of combat they can split off and capture strategic points. Missionaries are an ideal pairing for Battle Sister Squads. If a Battle Sister squad is threatened by enemy units, the Missionary may detach from the squad and engage the enemy in melee while Battle Sisters support him from behind. Lay Hands is available early, costs little faith, and can quickly restore an entire squad's health, so make use of it frequently. Outside of combat use Lay Hands on your most injured unit rather than just the squad he is normally attached to. Emperor's Touch is the Missionary's most useful ability, and is best used to give Battle Sister Squads a temporary boost when they encounter vehicles, commanders, or elite infantry. Get this ability immediately after reaching Tier 2 so you don't have to wait for Celestian Squads or Immolators to counter vehicles. Be careful using this ability with a lone squad that may be forced into melee. Divine Retribution has a large faith cost, and is best used when the unit the missionary is attached to are Sister Repentia Squads. If used on a ranged squad smart enemies will simply redirect their fire, resulting in a waste of 70 Faith. The melee nature of Sister Repentia Squads forces attacked squads to fight back and their large amount of health allows them to be damaged more times without dying, therefore returning more damage back to the enemy.

In general at least two Missionaries should be fielded so that Emperor's Touch may be used twice at once, though three Missionaries still increase how often you can use this ability as you can gain enough Faith resource to use Emperor's Touch again before the cooldown is up. Four or more Missionaries tends to be excessive.

Refrain from attaching Missionaries to Celestian Squads. With research the Missionary can outrange the rest of the squad. This results in the Celestian squad engaging targets outside the range of their Melta weaponry unless manually directed to move closer. Of course, the Missionary has better choices to attach to than the Celestian Squad anyway.

NOTE: Detaching the Missionary from his attached squad will disable any Acts of Faith currently used. This only affects the squad he formerly was attached to but not the Missionary. Detaching him and attaching him to another squad will not grant that squad with the current Acts of Faith.

Unique weapons

Missionary is equiped with a Bolt Pistol and a Staff, making him weak overall, albeit better at melee (especially against ranged enemies) than at range.

	Staff
[1] 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: 26.0 26.0 13.0 13.0 4.9 6.5 4.9 2.6 2.0 0.9 7.2 4.9 2.6 13.0 4.9 2.2 5 40 35 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	Melee	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	65%	Refire Rate	0.75 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

	Bolt Pistol
[2] 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: 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 4.3 3.6 2.2 1.1 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.1 1.1 4.3 2.2 2.1 4 12 15 1 With Wargear: Psyocculum 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.4 8.6 7.2 4.4 1.1 1.1 4.4 4.4 1.1 1.1 8.6 4.4 2.1 4 24 30 1
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	25	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	85%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing
Notes	Wargear: Psyocculum increases the Bolt Pistol's range to 30.

Abilties

Act of Faith: Lay Hands

	Act of Faith: Lay Hands			Hotkey: H
[3]	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Self
	Range	None
	Area of effect	Entire squad	Cooldown time	90 s
	Cost	[4] 15
Effects	Increases the health regeneration of the squad by 20 for 20 s.

Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch

	Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch			Hotkey: P
[5]	Requires	Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	None
	Area of effect	Entire squad	Cooldown time	180 s
	Cost	[6] 50
Effects	Grants the Emperor's Touch Bolter to the Missionary and his attached squad for 20 s. When active it is the only ranged weapon that fires and temporarily overrides the other ranged weapons of the Missionary and the attached squad.

	Emperor's Touch Bolter
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: 21.9 21.9 21.9 21.9 17.5 17.5 21.9 19.7 15.3 21.9 17.5 13.1 8.9 21.9 17.5 5.0 8.0 30 40 2
Cost	See Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch	Range	40	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	See Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch	Accuracy	100%	Refire Rate	0.8 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Activated Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch
Notes	This weapon has 50% accuracy when firing while moving. While the Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch ability is active, this is the only ranged weapon that fires and overrides the other ranged weapons of the Missionary and the attached squad.

Act of Faith: Divine Retribution

	Divine Retribution			Hotkey: D
[7]	Requires	Act of Faith: Divine Retribution Research
	Target Types	Self
	Range	None
	Area of effect	Entire squad	Cooldown time	180 s
	Cost	[8] 70
Effects	Causes 25 retaliation damage in the form of brimstone raining down on any unit that damages the Missionary or his attached squad. Lasts for 15 s.

Upgrades

All Missionary upgrades are bought on buildings (Pristine Sanctuary, Ecclesierchal Cathedral and Holy Reliquary) and definitive.

Act of Faith: Divine Retribution Research

	Act of Faith: Divine Retribution Research			Hotkey: E
[9]	Cost	[10] 100 [11] 75	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Ecclesiarchal Chapel
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Citadel
Effects	Enables the Missionary's Act of Faith: Divine Retribution ability

Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch Research

	Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch Research			Hotkey: P
[12]	Cost	[13] 75 [14] 50	Research Time	30 s
	Researched From	Ecclesiarchal Chapel
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Cathedral
Effects	Enables the Missionary's Act of Faith: Emperor's Touch ability

Wargear: Chaplet Ecclesiasticus

	Wargear: Chaplet Ecclesiasticus			Hotkey: H
[15]	Cost	[16] 125 [17] 50	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Holy Reliquary
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Increases the maximum morale of the Missionary, Battle Sister Squad, Celestian Squad, Seraphim Squad, and Sister Repentia Squad by 100 Increases the global Faith production rate by 15%

Heart of Worship Research

(Evolution of the previous upgrade)

	Heart of Worship Research			Hotkey: H
[18]	Cost	[19] 165 [20] 75	Research Time	35 s
	Researched From	Holy Reliquary
	Requires	Shrine of the Living Saint, Wargear: Chaplet Ecclesiasticus
Effects	Increases the maximum morale of the Missionary, Battle Sister Squad, Celestian Squad, Seraphim Squad, and Sister Repentia Squad by a further 100 (200 total) Increases the global Faith production rate by a further 20% (38% total)

Wargear: Blessed Ammunition

	Wargear: Blessed Ammunition			Hotkey: B
[21]	Cost	[22] 100 [23] 75	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Nothing
Effects	Reduces the damage reduction from cover enemy units receive by 50% when attacking with the Bolt Pistols, Bolters, and Heavy Bolters used by the Missionary, Battle Sister Squad, Veteran Superior, Seraphim Squad, Seraphim Veteran Superior, Celestian Squad, Celestian Veteran Superior, Canoness, Confessor, and Rhino Transport

Wargear: Blessed Armor

	Wargear: Blessed Armor			Hotkey: C
[24]	Cost	[25] 100 [26] 50	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Cathedral
Effects	Provides a 25% health bonus to Battle Sisters (363 HP), Seraphim (438 HP), Celestians (538 HP), and Sisters Repentia (875 HP). Provides a 25% health bonus to Veteran Superiors (625 HP), Seraphim Veteran Superiors (688 HP), Imagifers (875 HP), and Mistresses (1063 HP). Doubles the hitpoints of the Missionary to 1400.

Wargear: Psyocculum

	Wargear: Psyocculum			Hotkey: Y
[27]	Cost	[28] 150 [29] 50	Research Time	45 s
	Researched From	Pristine Sanctuary
	Requires	Ecclesiarchal Citadel
Effects	Increases the damage of Battle Sister's Bolters and Flamers by 35%. Increases the range of the Battle Sister Squad's Bolters by 20%. Increases the range of the Celestian Squad's Bolters by 20%. Increases the damage of Battle Sister's Heavy Bolters by 20%. Increases the damage of Seraphim Dual Bolt Pistols by 50%. Doubles the damage of the Missionary's Bolt Pistol. Increases the range of the Missionary's Bolt Pistol by 20%.

Additional links

Source : http://web.archive.org/web/20100810092432/http://wiki.reliccommunity.com/index.php?title=Missionary