The power of the Quake Cannon, combined with the armour of a super-heavy, has established the Banesword as the pinnacle of Imperial siegecraft. This option can only be taken on the GW plastic kit, as the old Forge World models were shorter, sillier-looking, and had no place for them. The Decimator is a Super-Heavy Tank used by the Chaos Space Marines. Hello, I'm trying to play chaos in this mod but I'm not good at all. Multiple Baneblades. Its a well known fact that the crew members of Baneblades are chosen exclusively on the grounds of how big their balls are. A super-heavy tank Armed with eleven weapons including heavy bolters, lascannons, a baneblade cannon, an autocannon and a demolisher cannon. While the Tremor Cannon shell itself does quite a bit of damage on its own, it is the side effect of the underground explosion that is invaluable, pinning the opponent in place and making him vulnerable to sustained shooting from other Guard units (in 8th, a unit hit by this weapon halves its movement and cannot Advance in the next turn). In theory this would be a pain in the ass when fighting in close and narrow environments like urban areas, places where the Stormlord is meant to shine the best. The Baneblade is the primary super-heavy tank used by the Imperial Guard and is one of the largest and oldest tanks used by the Imperium. A manly tank. Games: Dawn of War (DoW), Winter Assault (WA), Dark Crusade (DC), Soulstorm (SS), Dawn of War II (Dawn of War 2, DoW2), Chaos Rising (CR), Retribution Needless to say these "unsanctioned" modifications got the Mechanicum's collective jimmies rustled up. The traitors fled into the Eye of Terror to escape the Imperium's wrath, where they reside to this day. The Fortress was refitted with an armored cupola, giving Yarrick a "pulpit" from which to command and inspire. The Ultimate Apocalypse mod team proudly presents to the Dawn of War. Pleasure, wealth, but above all else the power to rule their fellow men in the name of the Chaos Gods, is the driving ambition and goal of every Chaos Space Marine. Unfortunately the main gun has the same casemate-mounted setup as the Shadowsword, making it impossible for the Stormlord to turn its Vulcan Mega-Bolter around without turning the entire tank around. The Baneblade can also take a pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber or Storm Bolter, and a Hunter-Killer Missile for good measure. A Plaguereaper of Nurgle, also known as a Chaos Plaguereaper or more simply as a Plaguereaper, is a Chaos -corrupted variant of the Baneblade super-heavy main battle tank used by the Imperium of Mankind 's Imperial Guard. The Heavy Stubber is the superior option (especially now that they are at the same price as a Storm Bolter as of Chapter Approved 2018) most of the time: only when decked out with Heavy Flamers or when facing enemies that charge the tank the Storm Bolter is superior. Rubric Marines are slow and expensive but have high hit points and deadly weaponry, they can also reinforce to 8 squad members and their sergeant, an aspiring sorcerer, makes them move faster. These massive machines often serve as the command vehicles for entire regiments or spearhead armoured attacks, organized into their own super-heavy companies. Instead, Chaos Marine vehicles are more assault oriented and have unique vehicles such as the defiler and Deathwheel. The Banesword dispenses with the most hampering disadvantage of the Shadowsword, namely having to disengage its engine before firing. The Baneblade is a big fucking Imperial tank in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, known generally for an impressive arsenal (OF GUNS), and disappearing en masse. Chaos Space Marines can also use the foul entities of the warp. This is an actual tank. The manly tank. In the vanilla game I usually play on either of the 2 highest difficulties, but in Ultimate Apocalypse I get my a** handed to me on hard too. Lo Bannick and his quest to redeem himself from the grievous sin of killing his cousin in self-defense. While the Shadowsword's volcano cannon is still preferable when facing actual Titans, especially at extreme distances, the Magma Cannon can deal a death blow to unwary players thinking they are hotshots for having smaller units with the Titanic keyword on the field. The modern Baneblade mounts what's known as a "Baneblade Cannon" (representing belated recognition that the thing in the turret is really huge and so probably not a Battle Cannon) with a coaxial Autocannon, the same two Lascannons it always had, two Twin-linked Heavy Bolters in each sponson and another two on the hull front, and a Demolisher Cannon where the Mysterious Not-A-Weapon was once mounted. Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse is a game of cataclysmic warfare that sees vast armies arrayed against one another. Besides looking totally kickass, it stomps a lot of ass too. When Pert does it right, he gets it done. CaptainShack takes on the Tou the Tyranids and the Orc's on some iceball of a planet. The track is broken and the sponson turret has a beef with the driver. As the first Baneblade variant units begin to muster, the Titan Assembly Bunker is placed and ready to begin production. This page was last edited on 31 January 2021, at 11:54. It makes a centerpiece appearance in the second mission of the campaign where a renegade one chases your characters around while the crazy Scottish driver yells "IDDACARE WHOO YOU ARE! The Emperor's Children serve Slaanesh, the Death Guard serve Nurgle, the World Eaters serve Khorne and the Thousand Sons serve Tzeentch. And thanks to 9 attacks at S9 AP-2 DD3 it can deal a surprising amount of damage in close combat, but don't send it into a fight against things like Terminators (unless you use the "Crush Them!" And that is not a reason to panic? By replacing the Banehammer's Tremor Cannon with a Magma Cannon the tank gained the ability to severely damage or outright destroy vast swathes of enemy vehicles. It is considered to be the sister-tank to the Baneblade and ALL other variants outside of it and the Baneblade are considered knock-off wannabes to one extent or another. The tanks find themselves in the 26-30 points range, which is rather hefty. Awesome. Unfortunetly, this meme is already old and overused. Additionally, the Quake Cannon is inefficient against enemy Titans, for unlike the Lance beam from a Volcano Cannon, or the massive plasma burst from a Plasma Blastgun, the massive shell will be stopped by Void Shields, requiring the target's shields to be taken down before the shot is taken with any hope of success.