Detachment Rule
Malefic Surge
Calling upon heretical - often supernatural - powers, these Knights are infused with strange and terrible might.
In your Command phase, one or more Chaos Knights units from your army can make a Malefic Surge. Each one that does must first take a Leadership test; if that test is failed, that unit suffers D3 mortal wounds. Then, until the start of your next Command phase, that unit is Empowered. While a unit is Empowered it can use one of the Malefic Surge abilities below. Once that unit has used a Malefic Surge ability, it is no longer Empowered.
Designer’s Note: We recommend placing a token next to Chaos Knights models that are Empowered, removing it once they have used a Malefic Surge ability, and removing all unused tokens at the start of your Command phase.
- Unholy Hunger: When a model in this unit makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, until the end of the phase, add 3" to its Move characteristic.
- Diabolic Power: When this unit is selected to shoot or fight, select either the [LETHAL HITS] or [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. Until the end of the phase, weapons equipped by models in this unit have the selected ability.
- Unnatural Fortitude: When this unit is selected as the target of an attack, until the end of the phase, select one of the following:
- Models in this unit have a 5+ invulnerable save.
- Models in this unit have the Feel No Pain 6+ ability.
Designer’s Note: We recommend placing a token next to Chaos Knights models that are Empowered, removing it once they have used a Malefic Surge ability, and removing all unused tokens at the start of your Command phase.
Stratagems
CORRUPTING TAINT
1 CPInfernal Lance – Epic Deed Stratagem · Command phase
WHEN: Your Command phase, just after a Chaos Knights Character unit from your army makes a Malefic Surge.
TARGET: That CHAOS KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker your unit is within range of that you control. That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
TARGET: That CHAOS KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker your unit is within range of that you control. That objective marker remains under your control until your opponent’s Level of Control over that objective marker is greater than yours at the end of a phase.
DIABOLIC BULWARK
1 CPInfernal Lance – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, models in your unit have a 4+ invulnerable save.
HELLFORGED CONSTRUCTION
1 CPInfernal Lance – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Fight phase
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the attacking unit has finished making its attacks, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
PROFANE SYMBIOSIS
1 CPInfernal Lance – Battle Tactic Stratagem · Any phase
WHEN: End of any phase.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that is not Empowered.
EFFECT: Your unit makes a Malefic Surge.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select the same unit as the target of this Stratagem more than once per battle round.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that is not Empowered.
EFFECT: Your unit makes a Malefic Surge.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select the same unit as the target of this Stratagem more than once per battle round.
UNLEASH BALEFIRE
1 CPInfernal Lance – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: After your unit has shot, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test; if the test is failed, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, it is aflame. While a unit is aflame, subtract 2" from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for it.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: After your unit has shot, select one enemy unit hit by one or more of those attacks. That enemy unit must take a Battle-shock test; if the test is failed, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, it is aflame. While a unit is aflame, subtract 2" from its Move characteristic and subtract 2 from Charge rolls made for it.
WARP VISION
1 CPInfernal Lance – Wargear Stratagem · Shooting phase
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [IGNORES COVER] ability.
Enhancements
Bestial Aspect
20 ptsCHAOS KNIGHTS model only. The bearer’s ranged weapons have the [assault] ability. While the bearer is using the Unholy Hunger ability, it can ignore any or all modifiers to its Move characteristic and/or to Advance rolls made for its unit.
Knight Diabolus
25 ptsCHAOS KNIGHTS model only. Improve the Weapon Skill characteristic of the bearer’s melee weapons by 1. While the bearer is using the Diabolic Power ability, its melee weapons have the [LANCE] ability.
Blasphemous Engine
35 ptsCHAOS KNIGHTS model only. Add 2 to the bearer’s Wounds characteristic. Each time the bearer’s unit makes a Malefic Surge, you can re-roll the Leadership test taken to see if it suffers any mortal wounds.
Fleshmetal Fusion
35 ptsCHAOS KNIGHTS model only. Add 1 to the bearer’s Toughness characteristic. While the bearer is using the Unnatural Fortitude ability, each time an attack with a Damage characteristic of 1 is allocated to the bearer, add 1 to any armour saving throw made against that attack.
Eligible Units
Characters