Warriors of Chaos Field Artillery

The Soul of Damnation (Hellcannon)

Part-Daemon, part-war machine, a Hellcannon is a massive construct of metal that growls and shakes with daemonic sentience. In battle, these arcane engines heave crackling blasts of raw energy that soar through the air into their targets, liquefying anything they touch and sending the survivors insane with fear. Hellcannons are guided by a team of corrupt and sadistic Chaos Dwarfs. These malign warsmiths escort and restrain the Hellcannons into battle, for the Daemons bound within hunger for a banquet of flesh. Such is the Hellcannon's bloodlust that it must be chained to the ground to stop it rampaging towards enemy lines. Even these precautions often prove inadequate, as there is little that can stay a Hellcannon's lust for destruction. The Chaos Dwarfs load their charge by brutally shovelling the bodies of their enemies into the Hellcannon's dire-furnace. Flesh runs like wax as the Daemon-machine's hearth feasts on body and bone. Soon, only the souls of its victims are left, harnessed in the Hellcannon's gullet as crackling bolts of energy that are fired towards the enemy in powerful spasms of malice.

Unit Name The Soul of Damnation (Hellcannon)

Main Unit Key wh_pro04_chs_art_hellcannon_ror_0

Land Unit Key wh_pro04_chs_art_hellcannon_ror_0

Naval Unit Key wh_main_shp_transport

Land Unit Group Siege Artillery

Naval Unit Group Siege Artillery

Soldiers 12

Caste War Machine

Category Siege Engine

Class Field Artillery

Custom Battle Cost 1400

Recruitment Cost 1400

Upkeep Cost 350

Engine Missile Damage 400

├ Engine wh_pro04_chs_art_hellcannon_ror_0

├ Missile Weapon wh_pro04_chs_hellcannon_ror

├ Projectile wh_pro04_chs_hellcannon_blast_ror

├ Missile Damage 100

├ Missile Ap Damage 300

└ Base Reload Time 15

Accuracy 33

Range 420

Reload 30

Shots Per Minute 5.7

Ammunition 40

Melee Attack 27

Weapon Strength (Weapon Damage) 28

├ Melee Weapon wh_main_dwf_axe

├ Melee Damage Base 23

├ Melee Damage Ap 5

├ Armour Piercing No

├ Bonus vs Cavalry 0

├ Bonus vs Elephants 0

└ Bonus vs Infantry 0

Charge Bonus 5

Melee Defence 22

├ Base Defence 22

├ Shield none

└ Shield Defence 0

Armour 30

├ Armour wh_main_chs_light

├ Armour Defence 30

└ Shield Armour 0

Health 142

├ Man Entity wh_main_infantry_slow_blood_dismembers

├ Man Speed 28

├ Man Health 8

└ Bonus Hit Points 134

Leadership (Base Morale) 70

Abilities

• Blooood!
  The Hellcannon breaks its chains and rushes forwards. Increased movement speed.
• Boom!
  The Hellcannon's blasts are devastating!
• Soul Devourer
  Sometimes less really is more; the souls of the fallen feed the engines of war.

Attributes

• Cannot Run
  This unit cannot run and will only move at walking pace.
• Unbreakable
  This unit does not suffer any form of leadership loss and will never rout.

Strengths & Weaknesses

• Armour-Piercing Missiles
  The damage of armour-piercing weapons mostly ignores the armour of the target, making them the ideal choice against heavily-armoured enemies. They are often heavier and attack at a slower rate though, making them less efficient against poorly-armoured targets.
• Doomfire
  The Hellcannon transforms the souls of former victims into crackling bolts of energy. Targets hit by this projectile receive a leadership penalty. The daemonic bond between the Hellcannon and its shot also allows minor corrections of the latter's flightpath. When fired in first-person mode, you can control the projectile yourself.
• Unbreakable
  This unit does not suffer any form of leadership loss and will never rout.

Faction Availability
Warhammer	Warriors of Chaos