In Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition, build orders are necessary to keep your Astartes army in peak condition and maintain a solid Requisition and Power economy. Building a Chapel-Barracks and a few Plasma Generators are a good start for building up your base, while training a few Scout Marines to capture Strategic Points. Here are a couple of Space Marine build orders to stay ahead of your enemy.
Standard Build Order
This build order focuses on securing an early Requisition and Power advantage at the start, so that your economy will be plentiful during the early stages of the game, towards the end.
- Build a Chapel-Barrack immediately
- Train 2 Scout Marines and 1 Servitor
- Capture the nearest Strategic Point with 1 Scout and assign the second Servitor to help with the Barracks.
- Send out the other Scout to capture the second closest Strategic Point
- Once the Barracks are done, train a Force Commander and build a Plasma Generator with both Servitors
- Build Listening Posts on both Strategic Points
- Train a Tactical Marine squad and attach the Force Commander to them.
- Capture more Strategic Points with your Force Commander and harass any enemy squads you encounter.
- Once you have enough Requisition, build 2 more Plasma Generators
- Build an Armory
- Build the Monastery add-on
Hero Power Build
Instead of securing your economy, this build order prioritizes getting the Force Commander and reaching Tier 2 as soon as possible. However, this will make your economy tight as there will be less SP capturing and generator construction at the start.
- Build a Chapel-Monastery and 1 Plasma Generator immediately
- Train 2 Scouts and 1 Servitor
- Capture 2 closest Strategic Points.
- Train a Force Commander.
- Build an Armory and select the Plasma Gun Wargear once the Armory is constructed.
- Construct Listening Posts on your nearby Strategic Points and 1 Plasma Generator per Strategic Point.
- Once you have enough resources, build a Monastery to unlock Tier 2 units. Train a Chaplain immediately afterwards.
- Build a Sacred Artifact.
- Build 3 more Plasma Generators.
- Once you have the Sacred Artifact built, train a Librarian and a Grey Knights squad. Attach the Chaplain to the Grey Knights squad.
- Capture more SPs and build Generators until your economy is secure.
