The "Boltgun and Chainsword Veteran" of the Knights.

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Imperial Knights, Knight Paladin

10th Edition Index

The Knight Paladin hits a sweet spot between melee and ranged threat. It is not the master of either but he is reliable in both. It can deal damage from very far away and it deals even more damage at mid-range. When it gets into combat it can handle itself as good as most Knights save for the close combat specialists.

I would say that this Knight can show a bit more patience.

They are 405pts to field.

Let's check its stats and abilities!

Stats

Movement 10"
Toughness 12
Save 3+/5++(invul against ranged only) (armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 22
Ld 6+
OC 10

Weapons

Standard weapons: Reaper Chainsword, Rapid-fire Battle Cannon, Meltagun, Questoris Heavy Stubber

This model can exchange Meltagun for a Questoris Heavy Stubber.

This model can exchange their Reaper Chainsword for a Thunderstrike Gauntlet.

This model can also be armed with one of the following:

Icarus autocannons
Ironstorm missile pod
Stormspear rocket pod

Ranged Weapons

Rapid-Fire Battle Cannon

72" Range, D6+3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S10, AP-1 and 3 Damage each.
Blast (Add 1 to the attacks for every 5 enemy models in the target unit, rounding down)
Rapid Fire D6+3 (This weapon gains an additional D6+3 attacks when firing at half range of 36")

Questoris Heavy Stubber

36" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S4, AP-1 and 1 Damage each.
Rapid Fire 3 (This weapon gets 3x more attacks when shooting a target within Half Range of 18")

Meltagun

12" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S9, AP-4 and D6 Damage each.
Melta 2 (When this weapon is fired from half range of 6", add 2 to the damage)

Stormspear Rocket Pod

48" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S8, AP-2 and D6 Damage each.

Icarus Autocannons

48" Range, 3 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S7, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Anti-Fly 2+ (This weapon causes Critical Wounds on a 2+ against targets with the Fly Keyword)
Twin Linked (This weapon can re-roll to Wound)

Ironstorm Missile Pod

48" Range, D6+1 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S5, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Blast (Add 1 to the attacks for every 5 enemy models in the target unit, rounding down)
Indirect Fire (This weapon can be fired at a target that it cannot see, if it does the enemy shall get Benefit of cover and you get a -1 to Hit and cannot get better than a 4+ to hit.)

Melee Weapons

Reaper Chainsword - Stike

4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S14, AP-4 and 6 Damage each.

Reaper Chainsword - Sweep

12 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S9, AP-3 and 2 Damage each.

Thunderstrike Gauntlet - Stike

4 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S20, AP-3 and 8 Damage each.

Thunderstrike Gauntlet - Sweep

8 Attacks, Hitting on 3+, S10, AP-2 and 3 Damage each.

Abilities

Deadly Demise D6 (When this model is destroyed, roll a dice to see if it explodes. On a 6 it does so, dealing D6 damage to every unit within 6" of this model)

Seasoned Noble

Once per Phase, this model can re-roll one To Hit, To Wound or Save dice.

Paladin’s Duty

Bondsman ability. Therefore this model can use this ability in the Command Phase to select one Armiger. That Armiger can gains Lethal Hits and Lance on its weapons.

Thoughts

Like I said. Reliable.

Let me break it down:

Re-roll a Hit, Wound or Save.
Your turn Shooting Phase - One critical Wound roll is generally what you want to re-roll here
Your turn Fight Phase - If the enemy is going to hit first or if the enemy is going to survive your initial attack, re-roll a Save or if the enemy just needs to die no matter the cost then to Hit or Wound as needed.
Your opponent's Shooting Phase - Re-roll a Save!
Your opponent's Fighting Phase - Same as in your own. Saves trump Hit/Wound.

Thus this ability is more a defensive ability but it is really very good!

Bondsman ability: Works for either Helverins or Warglaives. It could boost a Helverin for Lethal Hits shooting early game and then inspire a Warglaive with Lethal and Lance on the turn it needs to charge and sally forth, the Warglaive already grants itself Sustained Hits on that turn so the combination is amazing!

That makes 8 Imperial Knight Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 72.72% Completed! The total of the remaining Index reviews is now 135.

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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
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