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Hi i need some help with dawn of war 2.
How would you do the first nid mission like what men and how to go about it.
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Thanks.

you will have to give some more detail bud
but heres a breakdown of the characters and what they did best for me (Always get the "Extra Accesory" upgrade)

Force Commander - Level up the melee and health tree, i tried ranged once and was kind of dissapointed

Tarkus - Level up his Will until his Grenades become energy instead of supply based, they are AMAZING that way (they still have to be equiped though!). and max out his health tree asap so he cannot be killed unless drained of energy from Tac Adavnce

Cyrus - My boy! Level his Will until he can use equipment without breaking stealth and you can have a feild day with remote detonaters. they are BRUTAL.

Thaddeus - Chapters fury (melee tree) is great since you can just keep jumping on people with the packs but thats really all the use i found for him.

Avitus - Kept him with a missle launcher all game for taking down big targets hes kind of a must later on. i got him his extra accesory then just leveled ranged until it was maxed out, then go to health

Hope that helps a bit!

I went a similar way as Needsmoredakka.

FC: Melee all the way. I used Plasma/Bolt pistol + Chainsword until I got Forcehammers.

Tarkus: YES WILL GRENADE. Then health whilst boosting ranged (I usually find Flamers eat Nids up pretty quickly).

Cyrus: I never had much luck with Cyrus as he always died on me. Guess I'll try him with max will and see.

Thaddeus: Jump packs + supression can be usefull, but can be fragile. Trying him with Termie armour ATM to see how that goes.

Avitus: I used Heavy Bolters up until I got Termie armour. That + CML = awesomesauce.

Wolfun wrote:I went a similar way as Needsmoredakka.
FC: Melee all the way. I used Plasma/Bolt pistol + Chainsword until I got Forcehammers.
Tarkus: YES WILL GRENADE. Then health whilst boosting ranged (I usually find Flamers eat Nids up pretty quickly).
Cyrus: I never had much luck with Cyrus as he always died on me. Guess I'll try him with max will and see.
Thaddeus: Jump packs + supression can be usefull, but can be fragile. Trying him with Termie armour ATM to see how that goes.
Avitus: I used Heavy Bolters up until I got Termie armour. That + CML = awesomesauce.

I didnt like Thaddues in Termi armor because it took away jump assualt which was the only thing i used him for
Putting Tarkus or Avitus in Termi armor with a Heavy Flamer is AMAZING btw but Tarkus will lose his nades :[
Cyrus needs a lot fo micro managing but once i got the "use equp while stealth" ability i would send him in first and plant a bomb near big blobs of wait enemies, kill them all then send everyone else in to mop up.

avitus: try to get a special heavy bolter i think it is never ending hail of desruction
this gun+knock back skill(focus fire?) kicks ass

in chaos rising lascannon ftw as you face more armor than in vanilla version

I personally level Avitus up to where The artillery strike and cyclone missile launchers are energy based.. this works wonders along with energy based grenades from Tarkus.

Once you get a sniper rifle with Cyrus and level range up til you get Special Ammunition, this'll help a lot with the nids. Depending how you play of course, I never levelled his will past no energy drain while stood still. Move him up infiltrated, deploy Avitus behind with his heavy bolter, if you can, get Tarkus ready to hit their flank.

Cyrus- High powered shot on Synapse creature, fall back, he will be undetectable after a few seconds far enough away from enemies.
Avitus- Focus Fire, will pin the troops giving cyrus time to get to cover and Tarkus time to move in
Charge FC in.

This usually works for me. Find the energy based grenades kinda useless since you get supply drops a lot. I'd rather have higher health and run him in with Tac Advance into cover.