We hear you! We’ve compiled for you a collection of great guides and resources made by various gaming sites, and incredible community members! Whether you’re looking for the best way to survive long enough to call down Imperial Knight Solaria, or want to know how to put the Eldar’s mobile base abilities to use, these guides will give you the edge in a universe of endless war.
PCgamesN
“The artillery-striking Whirlwind Tanks are beastly, and should be at the rear of any major assault by your forces - particularly when you attack bases or buildings."
“In multiplayer matches, you can build Generators on Resource Points that have been captured by allies, with all players on a team gaining the benefits and additional resources."
“If an Elite is damaged in combat, they can be healed by a base building’s ‘Healing Aura’ passive ability.”
“Presence Doctrines are unlocked by default on all Elite Units and apply their effects when the Elite is present on the battlefield.”
“Unlike Heavy Cover, Stealth Cover is not displayed on the mini-map, but can be identified on the battlefield as a black cloud or by a light-blue man icon on the HUD cursor.”
VG247
Link to Tips for Best Units, Elites, Factions, & More
“The pods essentially allow you to reinforce your army whilst attacking far from your base, with shuttles of marines falling from the sky wherever you dictate.”
Guides.gamepressure
“Inside you can find a detailed walkthrough of all of the 17 missions of the single player campaign, as well as videos showing the completion process of each one of them.”
Gameskinny.com
Link to Eldar Tips & Strategies
“Eldar units tend to have much higher requisition costs than the other two factions, so you want to keep them alive as they are more costly to replace.”
Raziel01
Link to Things You Should Know About Dawn of War III
"A multiplayer match is now split between four phases called Escalations. At first, Battle Escalation refunds a portion of the lost units’ cost, but with each new phase the amount refunded is decreased in favor of a faster resource generation from captured resource points."
Gamestar.de (German)
“Brauchen sie dringend noch mehr Kampfkraft in einem besonders wichtigen Gefecht, stellen die Space Marines ihre Standarte auf.”
Games.ch (German)
“Natürlich können beispielsweise die Space Marines ihre Truppen blitzschnell an der Front per Drop-Pod absetzen, aber durch das Verschieben der eigenen Verteidigung übt ihr massiv Druck auf eure Gegner aus.”
Multiplayer
HaasGaming
“Stealth units won’t automatically fire.”
Khaos Club
Link to New Player Jumpstart Guide
“The only way to succeed in 2v2 or 3v3 matches is to work together.”
PC Gamer
“You don’t want to look down to your resource counter and see a thousand unspent requisition in there, always be building.”
Link to Multiplayer Beginner's Guide
“Dawn of War 3 battles go through three escalation phases that soften your losses in the early game and give you more resources in the late game—the escalation phase is displayed at the top right of the screen.”
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