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DAWN OF WAR 4PLANNER

Adeptus Mechanicus deployment plan

Kataphron lockdown

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Deny an approach lane entirely with Kataphron Destroyers behind a Vanguard screen.

ExperimentalAdvancedPatch 1.0.0Potentia Delta-9vs space marines

Published for discussion. Timings are unproven.

Build sequence

14 steps
  1. 0:00Servitor DroneProduce unit
  2. 0:14ManufactorumConstruct building
  3. 0:45Skitarii RangersProduce unit
  4. 1:08Capture two pointsCapture point
  5. 1:32Voltaic GeneratorBuild generator
  6. 1:58Skitarii VanguardProduce unit
  7. 2:25Second Voltaic GeneratorBuild generator
  8. 3:00Second Cognition — Tier 2Advance tier
  9. 4:00Cognition SpireConstruct building
  10. 4:45Kataphron DestroyersProduce unit
  11. 5:20Position Kataphrons behind the Vanguard screen, covering the chokeNote
  12. 5:40Doctrina protocolsResearch
  13. 6:30Skitarii VanguardProduce unit
  14. 7:10Lane held?BranchHeld → tech to Tier 3 for an Onager. Broken → retreat and rebuild the screen.

Resource projection

0:002:034:056:088:10
Requisition · peak 605Power · peak 155(own scale)
Total spend
Requisition2220
Final population
Population57/300

Sequence valid

Every step is affordable at its stated timing and its prerequisites are met.

Execution notes

A positional build for maps with a clear choke. Kataphrons cannot reposition, so the lane is chosen once and committed to. The Tech-Priest keeps them alive; without him this build folds to the first sustained push.

Adaptations

If: Assault Squads scouted
Add doctrina protocols and pull Kataphrons back behind the screen.

Known weaknesses

  • Loses the map away from the chosen lane
  • Assault Squads hard-counter Kataphrons

Unproven build

This build was written before Dawn of War IV was released. Its timings come from provisional statistics and it has never been played.

Data for patch 1.0.0 · Not yet verified