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==Overview==
Decimators are hellish creations - – horrific amalgams of [[human]] and [[Xenos]] technology fused and brought to unholy life by the darkest [[warp]] sorcery.{{Fn|1}}
They were first encountered by the [[Imperium]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] when the [[Dark Mechanicum]] used Decimators as [[warp]]-infused engines of destruction. They also provided the Daemon Engines to the [[Traitor Legions]] , where they served the same role as Dreadnoughts. This led these Decimators to serve as shock troops and line breakers, but their armaments were also tailored to fit the warfare style of their Traitor Legion. While some Imperial scholars believed the Decimators' creation was an attempt to counter the strength of the [[Leviathan Dreadnought]], the Daemon Engines were rarely a match for one in single combat. However, the Daemon Engines proved to be far less intensive to create, and as the Horus Heresy neared its end, the Decimators became a regular presence in the Traitors' forces.{{Fn|3}}
