Hello everyone! Zak Ludick here from Cape Town, South Africa and this is a Warhammer 40k - Datasheet Review post!
What is it all about? It is not there to just give a stat. It is there to give MY review of the unit in the game of Warhammer 40,000
The last of the Indexes! A new challenge!
Right, I am finally ahead and by my best estimations as I explained in this Post, I should be able to keep ahead of the release curve and get the remainder of the Indexes reviewed before those Codex releases.
So I embark on a new challenge. I have calculated that there are roughly 148 reviews to do. I have chosen my frequency and have given myself 96 days to review them all. That means that I am aiming at Day 96 being the 21st of July 2025!
Today is Day 11/96.
I have reviewed 18/148.
Time elapsed: 11.45%
Review Completion: 12.16%
A little bit ahead!
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At the current count I am paying off some hobby debts. I still have $245 to pay off!
Every bit counts!
Back to the review!
Army Rule Recap
The Imperial Knights Army Rule is the Code Chivalric, where you can choose either extra accuracy or extra movement and two different Deeds to Complete in order to gain Honoured Status.
Honoured Status will become useful in the Detachment rules!
Detachment Rules - Noble Lance
Indomitable Heroes
All Imperial Knights models from your army has the Feel No Pain 6+ rule. If your Army is Honoured, those models get a Feel No Pain 5+ instead.
Thoughts
It might sound silly, but an enemy rolls to hit with their shots, there is a chance of success or failure. Then they roll to Wound, another chance to succeed or fail. You will get a chance to save depending on the Armour piercing the enemy has on the shot or if you have an Invul save, you get to roll for that even against high AP weapons. So you can roll for that save and ward off some damage.
Now... when the wound goes through, it will deal a certain amount of Damage which will reduce the number of Wounds you have left.. For every point of Damage, Feel no Pain allows you to roll a dice.
When a 22 Wound Knight takes 5 damage from a Lascannon or missile launcher and rolls 5 dice and blocks 1 of those wounds, it tends to count up!
Enhancements
Every Detachment has their own Enhancements to put on Characters. You cannot put 2 Enhancements on 1 hero, Epic Heros cannot take them either and you are limited to 3 of the 4. (This Imperial Knights Detachment actually has 5 Enhancements which is unusual!)
Here are the Enhancements for the Noble Lance:
Revered Knight (Aura) - 15pts
Imperial Knights within 6" of this model (That includes this model) gain +1 to Leadership. Should the Army become Honoured, increase this range to 12"
This is a fairly OK Enchancement. Surely it helps when the enemy tends to be the sort that forces your units t take Leadership/Battle Shock tests and possible concede objectives to the enemy.
Mysterious Guardian - 25pts
The model gains the Deep Strike ability. Once per battle at the end of your Opponent's turn, if this model is not in Engagement Range of an enemy, it can be removed from the Battlefield and in your next Reserves phase, it may be set up on the battlefield anywhere more than 9" from enemy models.
This is a scary concept! A Deepstriking Titanic model AND it can up and down once more in the game means that if you don't nail this Knight down, it will be able to redeploy.
You could put this on a Close Combat Specialist and zip him into one combat and then after that is done, pick him up and stick him on the other size of the table.
Or you can use a ranged unit and catch the enemy from strange angles.
Mythic Hero - 25pts
The Questoris Knight can use its Bondsman ability on two Armigers a turn.
This will depend on the Bonsman ability on what Knight and what Armigers there are. I would need to find a few builds to see how Knights would play this.
Banner of Macharius Triumphant - 30pts
This Knight gains Sticky Objectives. Thus, when it tags an Objective, it remains yours until the enemy can come take it away.
This is really important for an army that is notoriously low on model-count!
Unyielding Paragon - 40pts
Questoris Knights only. When an enemy targets this Knight with an attack, reduce the AP on that attack by 1.
This is ridiculously good! Reducing AP and getting a better save against attacks is really amazing! Well worth the 40pts! It puts the model in a whole new class!
Stratagems
Stratagems are used in the battle as an elective rule that can be employed in crucial moments. All armies have access to Universal Stratagems but each Detachment has their very own Stratagems that they can use.
This is what the Noble Lance can do.
Shoulder the Burden - 2CP
This Stratagem can only be used once per game in the Command Phase. If your army is Honoured, you can use it a total of 2 times.
This stratagem can also only be used on a Knight that has lost a wound.
Until the start of your next Command phase, this model gains +1 Move, Toughness, Save, Leadership and OC and each time you make an attack, add 1 to the To Hit roll.
This is fantastic. It turns Questoris Knights into T13 Sv 2+ monsters! There are so many ways to take advantage of this Stratagem!
Thunderstomp - 1CP
Used in the Fight Phase before making any strikes. The Knight cannot hit Vehicles of Monsters with his attacks. The Knight's melee attacks gain the Devastating Wounds Ability.
This might be good for removing things like Terminators, where they have High Invul saves.
Squire's Duty - 1CP
Used at the start of your Shoot or Fight Phase. Select two or more Armigers. The all need to hit the same enemy unit
Until the end of the phase, increase the Strength and Armour Penetration of weapons armed by the Armigers by 1. If the Army is Honoured, then increase the Damage of those weapons by 1 as well.
Extra Strength means better chance to wound most targets, better AP means the enemy can defend less. Extra Damage - even better! The damage that goes through can really rip at the enemy.
This does not always result in advantage. You need to understand the Wound/Saves/Wounds characteristics in the game and when it will matter and when it will not!
Trophy Claim - 2CP
Used in the Shoot or Fight Phase on One Imperial Knight that is targeting a Monster or a Vehicle. Until the end of the phase, get +1 to Wound rolls.
If you kill the target, you get 1CP back but if you do not kill the target, then you cannot use this Stratagem again for the rest of the battle.
Valiant Last Stand - 2CP
Used in the Fight Phase on an Imperial Knights unit that has just been destroyed. This unit gets "Fight on Death" before rolling to see if it explodes.
This model counts as having 1 Wound Left but if the army is Honoured, then this model counts as being at full wounds.
What that last bit means is that at 1 Wound left, you would be hitting at -1 To Hit. But if the army is honoured then you would not be penalized.
Rotate Ion Shields - 1CP
Used in the opponent's Shooting phase to increase the Invul save against ranged attacks to 4+ until the end of the turn.
This is definitely the Knight Stratagem that I have seen used the most! Usually the Knight player tries to use this on the Knight that is about to receive the most damage from firepower in hopes of deflecting it!.
However, if there is more than one Knight in range of several big guns then you could start targeting one and if the Knight activates Ion Shields against the attack and then switch targets wit the remainder of your heavy weapons against the other Knight in question.
Conclusion
The Noble Lance has a good Detachment Rule and great Enhancements. While most of the Stratagems are useful, 3x of their Stratagems are 2CP a piece which makes them a lot less useful!
I would like to play a Knight army one day!
Thank you for reading this post!
Warhammer Review Library
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I shall leave Army and Detachment rules here as well as The Space Wolves Datasheets I did before.
Army Rule and Detachment Rule Reviews
| Faction | Detachment | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Agents of the Imperium | Army Rule #2 | |
| Aeldari | Army Rule #4 | |
| Astra Militarum | Army Rule #1 | |
| Astra Militarum | Combined Regiment | Detachment Rule #1 |
| Astra Militarum | Bridgehead Strike | Detachment Rule #2 |
| Chaos Knights | Army Rule #8 | |
| Chaos Knights | Tratoris Lance | Detachment Review 11 |
| Chaos Knights | Iconoclast Fiefdom | Detachment Review 12 |
| Death Guard | Army Rule Review #6 | |
| Death Guard | Plague Company | Detachment Review #4 |
| Death Guard | Flyblown Host | Detachment Review #7 |
| Imperial Knights | Army Rule Review #9 | |
| Space Marines | Army Rule #3 | |
| Space Wolves | Champions of Russ | Detachment Review #9 |
| Space Wolves | Champions of Fenris | Detachment Review #10 |
| Thousand Sons | Army Rule #7 | |
| Thousand Sons | Cult of Magic | Detachment Review #5 |
| Thousand Sons | Hexwarp Thrallband | Detachment Review #8 |
| World Eaters | Army Rule #5 | |
| World Eaters | Berzerker Warband | Detachment Review #3 |
| World Eaters | Vessels of Wrath | Detachment Review #6 |
Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)
| Faction | Unit | Review Number |
|---|---|---|
| Chaos Knights | Knight Abominant | #94 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Desecrator | #357 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Despoiler | #358 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Rampager | #359 |
| Chaos Knights | Knight Tyrant | #360 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Brigands | #30 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Executioners | #31 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Huntsman | #77 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Karnivore | #361 |
| Chaos Knights | War Dog Stalker | #362 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Crusader | #363 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Errant | #364 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Gallant | #365 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Paladin | #366 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Preceptor | #367 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Valiant | #368 |
| Imperial Knights | Knight Warden | #369 |
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