Khorne Beserkers/ Possessed Marines Thread - Ultimate Apocalypse Mod (DOW SS) for Dawn of War

Hey all,

What is a good counter to Khorne Beserkers/Possessed Marines as IG? I notice they are actually effective against All (maybe not titans) not what is in the description. IG have an answer for most things early game but I have restarted vs chaos marines on insane about 15+ times now and it is always the Khorne beserkers that break through the line because they simply refuse to die, they are supposed to be pre- elite melee but all other pre elite units in the IG cannot do anything to them. Even the tier above doesn't have an answer as far as I am aware?

Any suggestions would be really appreciated as I am incapable of giving up so I am just restarting over and over trying every strategy I can.

I think you need to tie them up using your own melee units - comissar cadets or Ogryns or the commander squads while giving dps. Also just fortifying a lot helps a ton as IG usually. Also making sure you are fully upgraded with research is one thing to check.

If I remember correctly, the Berserkers also get damage bonuses in proportion to how little health they have left. But yeah, tie them down either with your tankiest melee unit or as many conscripts as you can throw at them.

I've tested Khorne berzerkers using the sandbox mod, they beat many of the other ELITE units whilst being pre-elite themselves, they're really strong to be pre elite, they take out several vanguard veterans(squads) head on, especially skull champions, and the AI is somehow able to reinforce their berzerkers with 2 leaders i.e two skull champions, throwing your commanders and cadets won't help, not even ogryns with ministorum priests can take on them, go on try it.

I'd use shadowsword titanicus in late tiers and assassins in early game, whilst the devs nerfed the vindicare assassin, they're still effective versus heavy infantry.