Come see the latest rules and points rumors for the awe-inspiring Imperial Knight Valiant and Castellan kit release that is on the way for 8th Edition Warhammer 40k.
Since before Adepticon, we had heard an awful lot recently about the new Imperial Knight codex, and Games Workshop even has teased us with some images of the Castellan Knight.
Imperial Knights 2018 Release
We already know there are GIANT FREAKING ROBOTS on the way with their very own codex from the announcement at Adepticon this year.
Knight Castellan
Rumors:
Scanner has been hinting there may be a lot more meat to the Imperial Knights codex that people have been expecting. However, these are just rumors of what may be on the way rules-wise for the Imperial Knights in 8th Edition:
Scroll down for the latest, and be sure to check out all the other new rules rumors as well
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.
4 new Knight kits coming!!! Terrain, Armiger (makes 2 diff versions), Knight Preceptor / Special Character (with full cockpit & pilot figure), Valiant / Castellan.
Imperial Knight Valiant and Castellan Rumors
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).
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?
For a codex previously only had a handful of datasheets the teasers of Mechanicus and Questor rules may just be enough to fill a normal sized 8th edition codex, and four new releases wouldn’t hurt either.
Existing Knight Lineup:
Still no “official” word on the release date for Imperial Knights, however, the release for the end of the month may end up being the new Rogue Trader box that was rumored to be releasing after Deathwatch arrived.
Update: Sources tell us to expect Knights by the second week of June 2018
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