Gatling cannons aren’t going anywhere now as Chaos Knights have access to a whole lot of dakka. Check out the weapons points costs, relics & more.
Spotted on Blood of Kittens, we’ve got an early look at a ton of rules coming to Chaos. We initially thought that GW would be taking away the classic Knight weapons like the Thermal Cannon and Avenger Gatling Cannon, but you’ll be happy to know that they’re still on the table!
Take a look at the latest points and rules we have already posted as we rundown their weapons costs, relics & more:
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Chaos Knight Weapons Points Cost
Check out the base points of your Knights and add up the Wargear options below to get a ballpark of what your list will be looking like once the codex drops.
- Reaper Chainsword: 30pts
- Thunderstrike Gauntlet: 35pts
- Avenger Gatling Cannon: 85pts
- Laser Destructor: 0pts
- Rapid Fire Battle Cannon: 90pts
- Thermal Cannon: 55pts
- War Dog Autocannon: 5pts
- Ironstorm Missile Pod: 16pts
- Plasma Decimator: 40pts
- Stormspear Rocket Pod: 45pts
- shield breaker missiles: 15pts
- Thundercoil Harpoon: 0pts
- Conflagration Cannon: 0pts
- Thermal Spear: 0pts
- Volcano Lance: 70pts
- Meltagun: 14pts
- Heavy Flamer: 14pts
- Heavy Stubber: 2pts
There’s a lot going on here in terms of points but the great news is that Chaos is still having full access to what the Imperium has to offer. Though for some options the costs are a bit higher…
Chaos Knight Despoiler Datasheet Spotted
This datasheet was spotted in a youtube video review of the codex. There’s some fantastic news here…
The Knight Despoiler is going to be the option you want to roll with if you plan on bringing any kind of classic Imperial firepower.
Some of the community was worried that they could be getting rid of the dual Avenger Gatling Cannons and the good news is that you can totally still bring two on your Knights. PEW PEW!
Corrupted Heirlooms LATEST
You might have already seen this page of corrupted heirlooms. However, there is apparently even more out there:
- The Teeth that Hunger: Replaces Chainsword for a S+8 AP -4 Damage flat 6. +1 Attack, and the end of a battle round where you don’t kill any models this model takes a MW.
- Quicksilver throne of Slaanesh: +1 to Advance and Charge rolls. Always fights first.
- Rune of Nak’T’Graa: Model gains a 5++ save. Dreadblade only. (We thought all Knights had Ion Shields, however, this could be a 5++ invuln in combat as well).
- Bound Yaradian Psychogheist: When shooting, an unmodified roll of a 6 increases the AP of the attack by 1.
- The Traitors Mark: Enemies within 12″ are -1 Ld. -2 Ld when they are within 6″.
- Helm of Warp-Sight: Ignore all modifiers to hit when shooting ranged weapons. Especially good against anything -1/-2.
- Carapace of Nurgle: When this model makes a save in melee on a 4+ if causes a Mortal Wound to the unit that caused it. (This is incredible if you pair this with the Nurgle relic that does the exact same thing for Death Guard. Your opponents will be forced to throw their heaviest firepower at the Knight to prevent any unnecessary MW.
Chaos Knight Warlord Traits
- Enemy units within 12″ are -1 to charge and Ld is taken on 2D6 discarding the lowest result.
- Knight has Objective Secured and counts as 10 models.
- Every enemy vehicle within 6″ suffers a MW on a 4+ each turn.
- Knight gets +1″ to charge and +1 attack when they’re in their opponent’s deployment zone.
- Knight can deny one Psychic Power and has a 5+++ FNP against Mortal wounds caused in the Psychic Phase.
Overall, these traits don’t seem overly impressive. They do have their uses. However, are very conditional.
The best way to describe Chaos Knights in terms of their Imperial counterparts is different. We can’t say they’ll be objectively better or worse. However, their rules are so unique that we’ll just have to wait and see how they shape the meta once they hit the tabletop. That being said, how will you be kitting your Knight out? How many will you be bringing in your 2k list?
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