You can also make him fully Support, but this also requires other members of the squad to build into the power tree, and takes away several very powerful abilities so I’d only recommend it if you’re very experienced.Ĭhaos Rising: Corruption is kind of hard to avoid, since the Commander will be on every mission, so items or missions will be required to keep him pure. Essentially building him like a Melee Tarkus. I recommend to make him a Tank/Melee DPS unless you’re using a full ranged army. The Banner enhances his support capabilities, letting him buff and heal everyone in a large area around him, but is best with an army of one type (melee or ranged) so you can get them all in the area. He additionally gains tanking abilities if you give him an Iron Halo, as this further increases his armour and essentially lets him add his Energy to his Health He has more health than even Tarkus, and some of his Tank abilities are very good, although he can’t draw fire, he is practically immune to suppression and can sometimes revive himself when he goes down. I prefer melee, ranged is only really preferable if you have an all ranged army. He can be melee or ranged, to best support your army.

If you give him a heavy gun (Heavy Bolter/Rocket/Plasma Cannon) then he can’t use a Commander item. The Commander can be built to whatever you want dome.