Dawn of War Codex

I was under the impression that the GK plasma cannon got too many nerfs last time I used it. I mean yes, I do remember it being way too strong when it didn't do friendly fire AND it could fire on the move, but for the price you pay for it, right now its fairly bad.

I could definitely see it getting fotm back if the range stays the same.

fotm no.

But a faster fire rate could do.

Or increase the range?! As now the plasma dread is easy to shootout and even easier to tie up in melee.

Well increased ROF would surely fix that more so than FOTM or increased range would do?

I mean, obviously lascannons and such need to out-range it for barrance reasons, the thing can attack ground and with increased ROF it would be more dangerous to merely shoot at and it could AG more to punish melee.

plasma cannon dread has 35 range not 27

The thing either needs a range increase or keep it's measly range but let it FOTM. it's pretty much impossible for this thing to fire on any tank as by the time it starts to wind up, the target has already moved out of range and the dreadnought takes a step forward and cancels it's windup

Well, its not really there to fire on tanks, its there to fire on infantry blobs and enemy setup teams, CPs etc

Range 45 would be fine (like Land Raider Phobos). Now the Plasma Dread can outshoot normal units but he is still vulnerable to long range AV such as lascannons or autocannons. It would really help to counter bunker play with attack ground.

plasma cannons do knockback though so you'd only get one shot off before your setup team was either wiped or forced off.

Exactly, which is why range is not an option.

So essentially it needs a very frontloaded kind of firing, just like that las cannon havok, if it isn't going to be gifted with a short range fotm cannon. Otherwise it will continue to wind up and then not even fire as it currently does.

frontloaded?

frontload as in the las cannon havoc fires the instant they are set up. unlike plasma cannon devs or las cannon devs who have a windup before they fire.