DAWN OF WAR 4PLANNER Patch 1.0.0

Tactical database

Weapon database

Grouped by damage family. A weapon's value is mostly about what armour class it is pointed at.

Provisional data

Damage, range and cooldown values are modelled placeholders.

Arc weapons

2

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Arc rifleOverloads machine spirits. Specialist anti-vehicle infantry fire.	30	20	2.4s	45	Skitarii Vanguard Ironstrider Ballistarii
Taser lanceCharged lance used on the charge by Ironstrider cavalry.	42	2	1.9s	40	Sicarian Infiltrators

Bolt weapons

4

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Assault cannonRotary fire. Shreds infantry and light hulls at close range.	24	20	0.5s	—	Dreadnought
BoltgunThe standard mass-reactive weapon of a Space Marine line squad. Reliable against infantry, poor against armour.	14	22	1.1s	—	Scout Squad Tactical Squad Devastator Squad
Bolt pistolSidearm carried into melee. Short range, fires while closing.	9	10	0.9s	—	Assault Squad Apothecary
Heavy bolterSuppressive fire against massed infantry. Nearly useless on armour.	20	28	0.8s	—	Devastator Squad Land Speeder Predator

Eradication weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Eradication beamerLine-clearing beam. Slow, immobile, and decisive if it lands.	78	34	5.2s	70	Kataphron Destroyers Onager Dunecrawler

Galvanic weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Galvanic rifleDisciplined long-range fire. The Skitarii line weapon.	15	28	1.2s	—	Skitarii Rangers

Gauss weapons

2

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Gauss cannonHeavy stripping fire. Consistent against every armour class.	48	32	3.4s	60	Canoptek Spyder
Gauss flayerStrips matter layer by layer. Indifferent to what it is pointed at.	16	24	1.3s	20	Necron Warriors Deathmarks Doomsday Ark

Kustom weapons

3

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Big shootaSquad support weapon. Suppresses infantry across open ground.	18	26	0.75s	—	Shoota Boyz Killa Kan Deff Dread Looted Tank
ShootaAutomatic fire, poor accuracy, made up for by volume.	10	18	0.6s	—	Shoota Boyz
SluggaCrude pistol. Fired on the charge, mostly for the noise.	8	9	0.7s	—	Slugga Boyz Stormboyz Nobz

Las weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
LascannonSingle-shot armour defeat. The heaviest anti-tank on the field.	95	36	5.5s	85	Predator

Melee weapons

4

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
ChainswordClose assault weapon. Devastating once contact is made.	26	1	1.4s	—	Assault Squad Dreadnought
ChoppaA heavy blade. Ork melee wins by weight of numbers.	20	1	1.2s	—	Slugga Boyz Stormboyz
Power klawTears open hulls. The Ork answer to anything armoured in melee.	70	1	2.2s	70	Nobz Killa Kan Deff Dread
WarscythePhase blade. Cuts through armour as though it were not there.	65	1	1.8s	75	Canoptek Wraiths

Missile weapons

2

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Missile launcherLong-range anti-armour. Slow to cycle and easy to close on.	62	34	4.2s	55	Devastator Squad
Rokkit launchaUnreliable anti-armour. Hits hard when it hits at all.	58	30	4.6s	50	Shoota Boyz Looted Tank

Particle weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Particle whipSiege-grade blast. Punishes anything that stands still.	88	38	6s	—	Doomsday Ark

Phosphor weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Heavy phosphor blasterMarks targets as it burns them, improving follow-up fire.	26	30	1.1s	—	Onager Dunecrawler

Plasma weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Plasma gunSuperheated matter. Cuts heavy infantry apart and threatens light vehicles.	34	20	2.6s	30

Radium weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Radium carbineIrradiates as it wounds. Strong on infantry, harmless to hulls.	13	16	0.75s	—	Skitarii Vanguard

Tesla weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Tesla carbineArcing discharge that jumps between nearby targets.	19	22	1.5s	—	Immortals

Utility weapons

1

Weapon	Damage	Range	Cooldown	Penetration	Carried by
Servo-toolConstruction implement. Barely a weapon.	4	1	1.5s	—	Servitor crew Gretchin Scarab Swarm Servitor Drone

Data for patch 1.0.0 · Not yet verified