This Scout Squad's decorator indicates that they retain the basic weapons, but have been upgraded to detect infiltrated units and throw grenades
Decorators are icons in Dawn of War II , Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising and Dawn of War II: Retribution that quickly reveal a unit's general combat role at a glance. For example, an outlined "fist" icon would indicate that the unit is an advanced (strong) melee unit effective against infantry. Decorator icons have different colors according to the unit's owner (blue for your own units, yellow for allied units and red for enemy units).
A unit's basic decorator may change during play because of an upgrade, and it may include smaller icons for additional information (such as an "eye" for detector units or a "hand grenade" for squads equipped with grenades).
Allegiance colors [ ]
Color
Name
Meaning
self
Your own units
ally
Allied units
enemy
Enemy units
Hero decorators [ ]
Decorator
Name
Meaning
hero_anti_infantry_melee
Melee hero, effective against infantry.
hero_anti_infantry_melee_2
Melee hero, very effective against infantry.
hero_anti_infantry_ranged
Ranged hero, effective against infantry.
hero_anti_infantry_ranged_2
Ranged hero, very effective against infantry.
hero_anti_infantry_ranged_aoe
Ranged hero, area-of-effect attack.
hero_anti_everything_melee
Melee hero, effective against everything.
hero_anti_everything_melee_2
Melee hero, very effective against everything.
hero_anti_everything_ranged
Ranged hero, effective against everything.
hero_anti_everything_ranged_2_aoe
Ranged hero, effective against everything, area-of-effect attack.
Squad decorators [ ]
Decorator
Name
Meaning
anti_infantry_ranged
Basic ranged unit, effective against infantry.
anti_infantry_ranged_2
Strong ranged unit, very effective against infantry.
anti_infantry_ranged_aoe
Ranged unit, effective against infantry. Has an AoE attack.
anti_infantry_melee
Basic melee unit, effective against infantry.
anti_infantry_melee_2
Strong melee unit, very effective against infantry.
anti_vehicle_ranged
Ranged unit, very effective against vehicles.
suppression
Ranged suppression unit, very effective against infantry.
grenade
Grenadier unit, effective against infantry.
sniper
Sniper unit, effective against infantry.
anti_everything_melee
Melee unit, effective against everything.
anti_everything_melee_2
Strong melee unit, very effective against everything.
anti_everything_ranged
Ranged unit, effective against everything.
anti_everything_ranged_2_aoe
Strong ranged unit, very effective against everything. Has an AoE attack.
Upgrade decorators [ ]
Decorator
Name
Meaning
upgrade_detector
Unit detects infiltrated units.
upgrade_enhanced
Unit has an unspecified upgrade.
upgrade_flame
Unit has a flamer.
upgrade_grenade
Unit has frag or plasma grenades.
upgrade_jump
Unit is jump infantry (e.g., Assault Squad ).
upgrade_missile
Unit has an anti-vehicle upgrade.
upgrade_setup
Unit has a set-up weapon (e.g., Devastator Marine Squad ).
upgrade_sniper
Unit has a sniper weapon.
upgrade_grenade_detector
Unit has grenades and detects infiltrated units.
upgrade_grenade_jump
Unit is jump infantry and has grenades.
upgrade_jump_enhanced
Unit is jump infantry and has an unspecified upgrade.
upgrade_jump_flame
Unit is jump infantry and has a flame weapon.
upgrade_setup_enhanced
Unit has a set-up weapon and unspecified upgrade.