The Last Stand: Space Marine Captain

Today is the first of our hero profiles, showing you some of the wargear and abilities that The Last Stand heroes will be able to deploy with as you try to survive twenty brutal waves of enemies. You can begin your last stand on October 14th when the new game mode is made freely available to all owners of Dawn of War II in our latest game update:

Space Marine Captain

The versatile Space Marine Captain is a master of the battlefield. He can lay waste to enemies with his melee and ranged weapons. He has the highest capacity for health and health regenerative bonuses. He is able to take this weight and throw it around, charging or jumping into the fray knocking down enemies.

The Captain’s wargear lets him support his allies with the only direct heal ability available and his ranged resurrection. The Space Marine Captain is a juggernaut, capable of stunning, taunting, and knocking down enemies while tearing them apart with his weapon of choice.

Wargear Highlights

Developer Load Out

Otto Ottosson (Associate Producer)

Weapons
• Master-Crafted Chainsword
• Plasma Pistol

Armor

• Artificer Armor

Accessories

• Parable of the Stalwart Brother
• Oath of Merciless Rage
• Litanies of Zeal

Commander Item

• Orbital Targeting Beacon

This load out is all about melee, disruption and massive area-of-effect carnage. The Master-Crafted Chainsword grants a trait that heals the Captain for 10 health on each successful hit. Combine that with the Litanies of Zeal accessory which heals the Captain and all nearby allies for 5 health on each strike, and he gains 15 health on each melee strike. The Plasma Pistol doesn’t do much damage, but it increases the Captains melee and ranged damage by 30%, and drastically reduces enemies’ armor rating temporarily on each hit.

The Artificer Armor has a mid-level armor rating, and additionally gives the Captain 50 health and 25 extra energy. The 50 health helps him last that much longer while ripping down the waves of enemies with his Chainsword, and if he’s ever overwhelmed he has enough energy to tear a path through his enemies using Merciless Strike.

The highlight of this load-out is the Captain’s commander item, the Orbital Targeting Beacon. It grants him the ability to call in an Orbital Bombardment, which can literally tear legions of enemies apart. There are few things as satisfying as hitting two full squads of Banshees with the Orbital.

Adorned with this wargear, the captain can stand toe-to-toe with just about any enemy while laying waves of enemies to ruin with his abilities.

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