Lock and load! Pilots here are you Imperial Knight formations and detachments!
pics via Atia on Bolter & Chainsword
DETACHMENTS
Household Detachment
3 Lords of War – Compulsory
2 Lords of War – Optional
Command Benefits
Knight Commander: If Primary Detachment, may reroll Warlord Trait, Warlord rerolls misses in a challenge.
Lord Baron: If Primary Detachment, Warlord may select 1 Heirloom, and is +1 WS, +1 BS
All Units are Objective Secured
Oathsworn Detachment
1 Lords of War – Compulsory
2 Lords of War – Optional
Command Benefits
None
FORMATIONS
Skyreaper Lance
3 Knights (all with Twin Icarus autocannon carapace mounts)
Skyreapers: vs enemy flyers: reroll failed penetration rolls, may reroll glances, may reroll failed to-wound rolls vs FMCs
Gallant Lance
3 Knights Gallant
Crusader, Rage, Reroll failed charge distance
Tripartite Lance
1 Knights Gallant
1 Knights Warden
1 Knights Crusader
Withering Fire: Formation members reduce enemy cover saves by -1 till Formation Knight Warden is destroyed.
Wrathful Onslaught: Formation members inflict D3 Hammer of Wrath hits till Formation Knight Gallant is destroyed.
Precision Bombardment: Formation members blast weapons are twin-linked till Formation Knight Crusader is destroyed.
Baronial Court
3-5 Knights
Ionic Sheildwall: +1 Ion Shield save if it is in the front arc, and within 6″ of another Baronial Court Knight.
Knight Commander: If Primary Detachment, may reroll Warlord Trait, Warlord rerolls misses in a challenge.
Knightly Vassals: Baron and all formation menbers with 12″ may overwatch and counter-attack.
Lord Baron: If Primary Detachment, Warlord may select 1 Heirloom, and is +1 WS, +1 BS
Exalted Court
3-5 Knights
Council of Lords: Each member may select a single Heirloom.
Knight Commander: If Primary Detachment, may reroll Warlord Trait, Warlord rerolls misses in a challenge.
I think the early winner is the Gallant Lance for funsies, and the Household Detachment – which may just replace the ‘infamous’ Adamantine Lance formation as a staple on the table-top.
Full Knights Roundup
~Speaking of which, where did the Adamantine Lance go?
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
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While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
