Come see the latest rules rumors and the full Imperial Knight release lineup that have been confirmed on the way for 8th Edition Warhammer 40k.
GW just confirmed Imperial Knights and 11 new releases for them including the very first Warscroll cards available separately!
Rumors:
We had been hearing that there was a lot more meat to the Imperial Knights codex that people have been expecting. Here is a mix of rules rumors based on all the new images that were just previewed for Imperial Knights in 8th Edition.
I would say by the look of things the majority of these are going to pan out to be pretty factual.
The new Imperial Knight codex will contain TEN Knight datasheets, and would like to add the name Preceptor to the list of models that we will be seeing soon. He also confirmed that the four names quoted above in bold are correct with each being a variant of the other.
the Knight codex will also have a terrain datasheet just like the Harlequins, and a special character datasheet too.
Freeblades are a custom part of the Knights and are given bonuses like how selecting the C’Tan powers work. BUT for every bonus, there is a drawback that can hurt your creation. There is a way to work around the negatives… at least temporarily. For Chaos, well, there is no Chaos, renegade or otherwise.
4 new Knight kits coming!!! Terrain, Armiger (makes 2 diff versions), Knight Preceptor / Special Character (with full cockpit & pilot figure), Valiant / Castellan.
Terrain is like tech priest with the ability to re-load, heal, and max out weapon shots for a Knight. Amrigers get Dakka with 2 amped up guns, and character gets a laser weapon like a Chimera, but you know, bigger.
Codex fixes two problems with the Armiger high points and weak to hordes in combat. Both new Armigers will cost less that a leman russ, and chainreaper will gain a multi-attack ability. Helverin gets dakka that taken over several models leaves any other walker’s firepower in the dust.
Dual Dominus Class model kit is bigger than existing Knight. Both have one shot 2d3 autocannon missles D3 damage that ignore inv saves and can target any character with a strategem. Reload by docking with new terrain piece. Valiant harpoon: S16 -6 10 damage rerolls hits against big targets & d3 MW additional. Flamer arm 3d6 S7-2 2 autohits. Another strat makes the knight a Voidshield generator for Imperium keyword.
3+ improvable both INV & regular save, 28 wounds, T8 you can field 3 of these in an 1850 army (barely).
9 houses for the knights, Questor Imperialis- Terryn, Griffith, Hawdhrous, Cadmus and Mortan. Questor Mechanicus- Raven, Krast, Taranis, Vulker.Griffith +1A on change, when charged or HI, ya lots of ways to heroiclly intervene with all knights. Raven advance & shoot with no penaly, heavy weap become assault type. Vulker Reroll 1’s to hit if shooing closest target
Armigers drop 60 from forgebane, knights down 25, gattler cannon down 20, dominus class base 100 more than Guilliman, new terrain 90.
From that, it looks to make Knights now 285 base, with the Armiger down to 163 from 223. The big boys are clocking in at 500 just for the knight itself, but a previous rumor said you could get three in an 1850 list so I would imagine that with weapons we’re looking at around 600 total cost to field them.
Houses abilities (presumedly working off a Faction Keyword system like other codex books) are:
Questor Imperial Houses
- Terryn: extra d6 advance or change
- Cadmus: reroll wounds in CC on anything with less than 12w profile
- Griffith: +1A when charging, charged, or via Heroic Intervention.
- Mortan: +1 to hit when charging, charged, or via Heroic Intervention.
- Hawkshroud: has double wounds for statline purposes when damaged
Questor Mechanicus Houses
- Raven: When they make Advance moves, treat Heavy weapons as Assault weapons.
- Taranis: 6+ FNP against Mortal Wounds.
- Krast: RR hits when charging, charged, or via Heroic Intervention against TITAN keyword
- Vulker: Rerolls 1’s when targeting the closest enemy unit during the shooting phase.
These are all known houses with from the previous Knight Codex as well.
There’s a new Knight sheriff in town, and his name is Sir Hekhtur, and his custom knight Canis Rex
Sir Hecktor & Canis Rex cost 50 more than Robbie G to field. Rex is the new Preceptor class 4A hits on 2+ for CC &Range. Pulse Laser 36″ 2d6 S6 -2 D3 or 18″ D6 S12 -4 d6 damage. Hand of Liberty (melee) S16 -4 2d6 Damage (always at least a 6) trhows dead vehicles and monsters 9″ doing d3 MW on a 4+. If Sir Hecktor survives Rex’s 2d6 explosion d6MW explosion sets up on board and plays. Vet Guard statline w/ Archotech pistol S5 -2 2. Affected by Freeblade table.
Knight Armiger
From the looks of this close-up, the Helverin will indeed be getting some long-range firepower.
Codex fixes two problems with the Armiger, high points and weak to hordes in combat. Both new Armigers will cost less that a leman russ, and chainreaper will gain a multi-attack ability. Helverin gets dakka that taken over several models leaves any other walker’s firepower in the dust.
Sacristan Forgeshrine
Terrain is like tech priest with the ability to re-load, heal, and max out weapon shots for a Knight.
Knight Castellan Dual Dominus Class model kit is bigger than existing Knight.
Knight Valliant: Castellan & Valiant Pics Spotted
Apparently, the new dual kit will be bigger than the Knights we know now. From the hip joints, the positioning of the legs, and the forced perspective of these two knights it looks like the Valiant is indeed bigger than the Errant behind it.
Is this the flame arm from the rumors we heard last week?
Ouch. if the rumors are true this harpoon packs a wallop with 10 damage
3+ improvable both INV & regular save, 28 wounds, T8 you can field 3 of these in an 1850 army (barely).
If this pans out to be true that’s a pretty HUGE rollout of the new Castellan kit. Wow, a walking Baneblade, who’s in on this one?
According to GW, there is a lineup of 11 new releases with some cool rules for a codex previously only had a handful of datasheets.
Plus it looks like 2016’s Renegade box set is getting an update to 8th Edition, with some of the new Sector Mechanicus terrain as well. This was previously $200 retail. What do you think it will be going for now?
For those of you that missed it the first time, Imperial Knights: Renegade is a boxed game that pits two Knights against one another in epic combat. As well as being a great game in its own right, the set costs much less than buying two Knights on their own, AND even features some scenery – we’ve swapped out the older Sector Imperialis stuff for a shiny new Galvanic Magnavent. This kit’s a pretty appealing option for Chaos players too, as you’ll be able to field both Knights inside as Renegades using the rules in Index: Chaos. Handy!
Perhaps the combination of Mechanicus and Questor rules will be enough to fill a normal sized 8th edition codex, and four new Knight models wouldn’t hurt either.
No “official” word on the release date for Imperial Knights from GW’s preview on May 27th, however, sources have told us the Knight Codex will drop by the middle of June.
We also know the new Rogue Trader box is on the horizon, as well as Age of Sigmar 2.0 for June.
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