Chaos Knight rules were just spotted for Apocalypse before their release for Warhammer 40k. So what does this mean for 8th edition?
Warhammer Community revealed a massive announcement showcasing all of the datasheets of 8th edition units converted to Apocalypse. In the midst of all the stats, the Chaos Knights were spotted.
Chaos Knight Tyrant
The Knight Tyrant is sitting in the same weight class as the Loyalist’s Castellan. It’s just a Dominus-class Knight running on Warp energy at the end of the day. It even has all of the same wargear as far as we can tell.
Chaos Knight Despoiler
As for the Questor-class Knights equivalent, Chaos lumped them into one name called the Knight Despoiler. These guys can take just about any combination of weapons and have the same access to wargear as the Loyalists.
Chaos War Dogs
And lastly, for the Loyalist’s Armiger equivalent Knight, Chaos will have the War Dogs. These guys are definitely the “Bad Guy” version of Armigers for two reasons. They have all of the same wargear and are the only Knights that travel in packs. They may operate independently from each other in-game, but the Vehicle Squadron lets you bring three in a single detachment as long as you place them all at the same time and within 6″ of each other during deployment.
What Does This All Mean?
There are definitely some important takeaways here. It’s exciting to see the Chaos variants of Imperial Knights already coming with rules when Apocalypse drops fresh out of the gate. While we don’t have any official models and have only seen a handful of previews, this could be a sign that Chaos Knights waiting for us just around the corner for 8th edition as well. It’s also important to remember that Chaos and Imperial variants of models usually differ in some small way in 8th edition (That may not be the case in Apocalypse).
At the end of the day, it’s refreshing to see GW break the pattern of book-bound updates and move into the digital era giving us quick, accessible, and free new datasheets as downloads. At least we know that we shouldn’t have to buy datasheet expansion books for future Apocalypse units!
Chaos Knights are on deck for a July release!
What do you think about the Chaos Knights popping up as a download for the game this early on? Have you already converted these Imperial models to Chaos? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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