Editing Tactics - Knights Inductor

[[Knights Inductor|Light Up the Night!]]

This is the Tactics Page for [[Codex - Knights Inductor|Knights Inductor]]. 

==Why Play Knights Inductor==

Do you want an expanded armory with all sorts of shiny toys? Do you think that Nulls are a cool concept and deserve expansion? Do you like the capacity to pretend it's the Horus Heresy in the 41st Millennium and bring squadrons of tanks and 20+ guys in a squad? Then the Knights Inductor are for you!

The Knights Inductor are an unique chapter of space marines that emerged as an attempt to create a viable chapter of reasonable marines. They have diverged from the path of the regular Space Marine and taken up an independent style of warfare aimed at minimizing casualties, aided by limited reverse-engineering and stolen science and their Null Powers. Taking the field in squads of up to 24 marines which divide into Fire Teams like regular Combat Squads but far more flexible, having a single squad of Knights Inductor marines come to your aid is a far greater force than it initially may appear. The enemy who relies upon his Psychic powers to come to victory and yet is too arrogant to bring Daemonfactory or Eldar with 25+ dice will find his powers stripped from him, as every man in the Knights Inductor ranks possesses traces of the Null Gene, which makes them capable of shutting down most Psykers without even the aid of one of their Psychic Warfare specialists. When one of these true blanks, a Silencer, takes the field, this Null effect is amplified hugely, shattering minds souls and hearts.

So, come to the field. Let us Light Up the Night!

==Pros and Cons==
All armies have their Ups and Downs and the Knights Inductor subscribe to this as well.

===Pros===

*'''Number of Men''' - The Knights Inductor can bring huge numbers of marines to the field if they are willing to invest the points into basic infantry, rivaling Legion marines in size. With almost all infantry squads having a size cap of 24 men, the Knights Inductor will commonly outnumber normal space marines and other elite armies such as Necrons.
*'''Number of fancy guns''' - The Knights Inductor have a greater access to fancy equipment than regular Space Marines and have a greater choice available to them when choosing this gear - a standard 24 man tactical squad will have 8 special and/or heavy weapons with full available choice.
*'''Squad Issue Wargear''' - Almost all Knights Inductor non-vehicle units have access to a special armory section with goodies that upgrades individual Knights or buffs the entire squad as a blanket upgrade.  If you're willing to shell out the points, you can have pseudo Sternguard with 3 different types of bolt ammo or night stalkers with NVG gear and camo cloaks.
*'''Cover saves''' - Hoo boy, the Knights Inductor love them some cover saves. With almost universal access to camo cloaks/netting, Chapter tactics that activate when behind cover and gear that improves or hands out cover saves, being able to penetrate 3+ armour is frequently not nearly as good as it sounds against the Knights and their vehicles can be a bastard to put down.
* '''Psyker Hate''' - Every single non vehicle unit and every independent character and dreadnought in the army can generate Null Charges, and Silencers generate plenty. Each of these Charges can be used to Deny on a 5+ or generate Silencer Powers. With better than most armies denying capacity even without a Silencer and units a Silencer is with being entirely immune to Psychic powers, it is difficult to play psyker against the Knights Inductor without a [[Eldar|stupid]] [[Daemon|number]] of [[Grey Knights|Warp]] Charges.
* '''Defensive Grenades''' - the ENTIRE ARMY has Blind grenades, which work as Defensive Grenades. This is good against armies that rely upon charge buffs, like Orks, but is not always as good as you would think, due to your army being in cover most of the time.
: Note that Defensive Grenades DO NOT APPLY to Furious Charge, so those Khorne Berserkers and Orks can just laugh at your attempts to blunt their charge.
*'''You are still a Space Marine''' -  Learn to love the WS4, BS4, S4, T4, I4, Ld8, 3+ save stats.  About that ATSKNF though...

===Cons===

*'''No And They Shall Know No Fear''' - That's right, in this age of every man and his battle brother having ATSKNF, the Knights Inductor lack it with their mainline units.  They don't auto-regroup, are not immune to fear, and can be overrun and destroyed in combat.  While Ld10 units and those with a ATSKNF leader in them will still benefit from ATSKNF, for the most part you have to do without unless you pay a points tax to get cheaper Ld10 HQ's in all of your most important units.  

*'''Empyrean Anathema's automatic Null Charges cap out at 10 man squads''' - While you -can- bring 24 man teams, this is rarely ever worth it for the pure purposes of Null Charges, when you can instead bring smaller squads to maximize the number of null charges you're putting on the table.

*'''Limited to no options for melee combat''' - All but one of the Knights special characters are complete shit in melee, and their one and only Melee-oriented squad has extremely limited options. ONLY INCURSION SQUADS HAVE FRAG GRENADES, so keep that in mind while you use them on the offensive, as you will strike at Initiative Step 1 in melee with these guys.  Frag grenades can be purchased but predictably cost extra on a model by model basis.

*'''No Grav-Weaponry''' - This is pretty self explanatory, and is arguably one of the most crippling aspects. No other weapon in the entire codex fills the niche that Grav-Weapons have. Keep that in mind in a meta completely plastered with Grav-Gun Bikes and Grav-Cannon Centurions.

*'''Limitations on relic equivalent gear''' - Like 30k Marines, you have to take those in the technical know-how (aka Techmarines/Gajet) in order to unlock more experimental wargear slots for some wargear options and even units.  

*'''Weaker Psykers''' - Due to having a null gene that can kill psykers upon implantation, your Librarians and even your Chief Librarian are all S3 T3 I3 like regular humans.  The regular Librarians in particular also have a slightly lower Leadership than Space Marine Librarians.

==Tools of the Knights Inductor==
Learn well the tools of your army, for they are your path to victory.

===Warlord Traits===
* '''1) We have you Outnumbered''' - A small leadership drop to everyone bar HQ's across the whole enemy army. Not that impressive, but can be worth it against non fearless armies like Tau. Gajet starts with this trait.  
* '''2) Disrupt Reinforcements''' - The mandatory -1 to enemy reserve rolls. We've all seen this before. Situational. Zakis Randi and Isaac Rico start with this trait.
* '''3) Wall of Bullets''' - One of the best traits. Once a game, you can make one unit from the Codex fire full BS overwatch, still no blasts though. Brutal when applied correctly, terrifies poorly prepared Orks. It won't save your ass against combined charges, however. Ferrus and Rachnus start with this trait.
* '''4) Right Behind You''' - A gimmicky trait, sometimes worth it, sometimes not. You pick a piece of neutral terrain and one of your squads, you get to have that squad deepstrike into the terrain with no scatter. Absolutely useless if someone has occupied the terrain, can be hilarious if it's still free. Since you don't have to tell your opponent which piece you nominated, this can be a crapshoot. Xavion starts with this trait.
* '''5) Skilled Negotiator''' - Enemy units within 6" of the Warlord use their lowest leadership for checks. Depends on the opponent and your army composition. If you are running lots of pinning checks and Silencer powers, this can be impressive. Without it, it's decent. If you have few checks and the enemy is ATSKNF, it is weak. If the enemy is fearless, it's pointless. Roland Darren and Chief Librarian Zecherias start with this trait.
* '''6) Big Game Hunter''' - Warlord and unit gets Tank Hunter and Monster Hunter. Again, depends on what your Warlord is doing and who he is going with. A Marauder field master with this trait in a sizeable unit of Marauders can be terrifying. Garven Brias starts with this trait.

===Special Rules===

'''And They Shall Know No Fear''' - We've all seen this, moving on.

'''Empyrean Anathema'''
Don't be fooled by it's strangeness. Empyrean Anathema is at the core of most Knights Inductor lists, and can make or break them given the situation. Against lists revolving around Psykers, it has a decent ability to buy back it's point cost.

Here's how it works. All squads are capable of generating "Null Charges", and null charges can be used to deny psychic powers on a 5+ instead of the warp charges 6+. If the squad is 10 men or better, you automatically get a charge. If the squad is less than 10 men, you'll need a 4+ roll to generate a charge. All Independent Characters and Dreadnoughts count as their own unit for this rule.

*: As a General Rule, most lists that are optimized for Empyrean Anathema will generate roughly 12 Null Charges per turn.

*: For every 10 Warp Charges spent on a power, you need 13 null charges to deny it. keep this in mind as you build. Silencers will counter Librarians at a 1:1 rate, but just be warned that unlike Librarians, Silencers are limited to leadership shenanigans and Instant Killing characters outside of this role.

*: DO NOT RELY ON THIS AGAINST ELDAR, Grey Knights, or Daemons. As much fun as it is to laugh at your average Space Marine or Guard player's attempts to utilize their psychic phase, they will probably learn not to use psykers at all against Knights. Eldar are another slice of pie, as they can readily and easily burn through your charges with Runes of Warding Seer Councils, while throwing 30+ dice at the table to your 10 null charges. 

'''The Unseen''' - Essentially Chapter Tactics, Knights Inductor Edition. It gives pinning if firing from within or behind terrain. If the target is immune to pinning, you count your BS as one point higher than usual. This is deceptively powerful with the amount of access that the Knights get to pinning weapons externally as well, with the Marks Sense upgrade giving the whole unit pinning and a variety of weapons with just the rule flat + mobile cover in the form of the Bulwark dread. 
:: In order to build lists centered around these tactics, you should look into finding ways to further decrease the Leadership of enemies. Keep in mind that all cover except from Camo Cloaks will trigger this rule, and Aegis Defense Lines DO count as terrain. Gunline, use Rolland Darren, and make sure to split your squads(Because each squad can only pin once per shooting round), and you can lock down an opponent's advance rather quickly. This ability works well in conjunction with Silencers, but can rapidly fall apart against Fearless armies.
:: Note that due to current RAW the +1 BS can apply to Snap Shots in the odd cases when you're firing Snap Shots against Pinning immune units that cannot go to ground.

'''Tactical Fire Teams''' - Combat Squads, Knights Inductor Edition. It lets you split into 2-4 fire teams of 6, 8 or 12 men. This is where you can get your versatility from the big 24 man squads. Special and Heavy weapons can be freely distributed throughout the teams, giving you far more flexibility than just combat squads. Critically, however, it lets you bring 2 dedicated transports for the one squad if there are 18 or more mens in the unit.
*: This can let you get more null charges from the big units. As with Grey Knights and the Brotherhood of Psykers, fire teams have their own independent chances of generating Null Charges, giving some incentive for bigger squads.
*: Bigger squads also benefit in cost-effectiveness from the flat upgrade options in the squad issue wargear section as well as the to-unit benefits such as Feel No Pain from the Aceso.  

===Silencer Powers===

It makes sense that, given that they're all Nulls, Silencers wouldn't have access to regular Psychic powers. Instead, they get this one set of powers and they're... not too terrible, actually. Mostly Leadership and Character dicking focussed.  NOTE: Fearless doesn't mean immune to Leadership tests, only auto-pass Morale/Pinning/Regrouping checks.

'''Primaris Power: Unleash Aura''' - This is the original Null trick - It's a blessing, but it works like a combo of Nova and Malediction. It costs 1 null charge initially, but for every additional one that is used to manifest, it increases its range by 3", starting at 6". Any enemy unit caught in the field gets -2 to leadership, except Psykers and Daemons which were already at -2. This is your basic toolbox power for screwing the enemy over and it synergises excellently with the rest of the army. Cutting leadership is brilliant in an army with endless pinning. Just watch for low range.

'''1) Synapse Disruption''' - This one is a true Nova. It costs 1 Null Charge for a 6" bubble, 12" costs 2. It has two different effects: regular Tyranids count as not being in Synapse range and all armies that aren't Tyranids are forced to use their lowest leadership values when taking checks. Another power with low range but good Synergy.

'''2) Warp Void''' - Now we get into anti-psychic powers. Pick a squad within 18". Any Blessing or Malediction effecting them ends immediately. If there aren't any to remove, they take a pinning check at -1 leadership. This is excellent against Invisible bastards and people who think Iron Arm is the best thing ever. Takes 2 charges though.

'''3) Shatter Mind''' - An Assassination power, plain and simple. Pick a character in 24", take a leadership check. Every point you fail by is a wound with no armour or cover allowed. Excess shots follow through to the unit, coming from the character as the source of the shot. An extra charge can be spent to make the test 3D6. Simple. Can be effective.

'''4) Horrifying Presence''' - This one is risky and a bit iffy unless you have a few other powers off. It's another 9" nova. EVERY unit, repeat, EVERY unit within that bubble has to take a morale check, although friendlies get to re-roll it. An extra charge can be spent to make it a 3D6 check. This can be awful if you make your own unit run away, or a key hold-the-line unit, or if the enemy is Fearless. On the other hand, with a little luck, you can stop an [[Orks|Army Wide Devastating Charge]]. This power is exponentially better if you already have Unleash Aura or Synapse Disruption out.

'''5) Isolate''' - Another Character power, but this isn't for killing. Target one character in 18". They check leadership at -1. Fail, and they can't do anything. AT ALL. FOR AN ENTIRE TURN. And the squad has to remain in coherency. If the target was an independent character, they can perform a -3 Ld check to dump his sorry arse and move away, but they can't do shit if the target was a Sergeant. This can be hilarious against a unit already hit with Unleash Aura. It could also do the square root of jack shit, when jack left to get groceries.

'''6) Null Drain''' - This one is another leadership power but with a twist. It's a malediction with a range of 18". The target loses D3 leadership, Daemons and Psykers lose an extra one. If the target was a CHAOS daemon, they must immediately check for Daemonic Instability. With a D3+1 negative to their leadership. Also, while this power is out, affected Psykers generate half the number of charges, rounding up. This power is brutal against Psykers and Daemons and is essentially a long range targeted Unleash Aura against everyone else. Take what you will.

===Armoury===

=='''Squad Issue Wargear'''==
Each squad has a choice of one item from this list, while certain primary formations also grant uses of Squad Issue Wargear. 

*: '''Specialty Ammunition''': You can give your squad a choice of Flash Bolts(Giving Blind and AP-), Kraken Bolts for better range and AP4, or Sun Bolts for Poisoned 3+. Generally speaking if you're getting a free choice of Specialty ammo, Stun Bolts is the optimal choice for most cases as it allows your tactical marines to take on Monstrous Creatures a little more easily. Given a choice of Squad Issue gear, it generally comes down to either Specialty Ammunition, or Marksman Autosense
::: Unlike the Sternguard Equipment in [[Space Marines|Codex Space Marines]], Specialty Ammunition here doesn't give you free reign of tactical flexibility. You buy it in your lists, and you only get one type of bolt per squad, and that's it. 

*: '''Marksman Autosense''': This right here is the bread and butter of your army. Marksman Autosenses grants Precision shot and Pinning to the effected squad, effectively making them into Mini-snipers. Do note however that it cannot be taken in Suppressor squads with Tac-Senses, and Garven Brias cannot provide his Tac-Senses bonus to any squad that has Mark-sense. The squad with this also doesn't Rend on 6s to wound, unlike normal snipers. This is usually an Auto-take, but it competes for the Squad Issue slot with Specialty Ammo. 

*: '''Tenebras Visors''': Acute Senses, and Night Vision. This is kind of a Meh' ability, but with Re-roll Night Fighting from the primary formation, it -COULD- be useful. Marksman Autosense and Kraken bolts still apply past turn 1, so you should save this for Land Speeder squadrons that actually benefit from Acute Senses.

*: '''Camo Cloaks''': Only moderately useful on Tactical Marines, as boosting cover saves might be nice, but you already have Power Armor. That being said, Power Armor doesn't save your ass from lascannons, plasma guns, [[Eldar|Literally anything eldar]], snipers, melta guns, gravity guns, [[Wraithguard|AP2 Flamethrowers]], and Orbital Bombardments. Okay fine, cover is nice to have. But should you really take 2 points per model instead of Marksman Autosense of Kraken Bolts when 4+ cover saves are usually readily available? Not an Auto-take.
:: '''Odd Loophole''': Special Issue Wargear camo cloaks are 1 point, and the sergeant can take them. Squad Issue(Of which each squad can only have 1) are 2 points per model.  You can save 1pt per unit with a sergeant that has access to camo cloaks!

*: '''Frag Grenades''': [[Lolwut|HAHAHA NO]]. You're a shooting army. Why the hell are you charging? Never take these, let your suicide incursion squads use them. Just don't bother.

=='''Special Issue Wargear'''==
*: '''Aceso''': Costs as much as an Apothecary. Turns your Sargeant into ''Apothecary Lite''. This is great for just about anything if you want to add survivability. Putting an Aceso in the squad is pretty much the only reason you would ever want to put a 24-man squad on the table. 
:: Like any piece of gear that buffs the squad, but is dependent on a single model. This is weak to lots of Precision Shots, or a Vindicare. Just one Vindicare firing a turbo penetrator is pretty much all an opponent needs to make you waste these points.

=='''Experimental Wargear'''==
::::'''Your entire army has only one Experimental Wargear Slot. Every item below takes up one slot. If you want more slots, bring techmarines. Keep this in mind before you start throwing away points, as the tax for Experimental Wargear grows quite quickly.''' 

*'''Damocles Power Armor MkI'''- 3+ armor save and Slow and Purposeful.  The standard armor for Innovatus squads that pairs up well with the Gravitic Mass Drivers they have.  Like Trooper armor and Marauder armor, watch where you place your units or else they can find themselves doing a whole lot of nothing as they struggle to move from place to place without a transport.

*'''Disruptor Array'''- These are tough (T7 W2 Sv3+) pseudo-gun emplacements that provide a 12" radius debuff and are placed anywhere outside of the enemy deployment zone: Deep striking units have to re-roll hits and roll 3d6 for scatter.  Most importantly, enemy shooting within the radius must rely on the its basic stats (S, AP, Type) only.  Unlike the Signature Projector, this has a much smaller radius of effect with conflicting abilities (the anti Deep Strike is a defensive one and the anti-Shooting can be considered primarily offensive).  Expect it to be shot up or assaulted grenades early in battle.


*'''Gravitic Mass Driver Rifle'''- The standard weapon for Innovatus squads, these are powerful anti high toughness and armor weapons that aim to blow up vehicles with armourbane and AP1.  Abuse the range to stay in safety and take down vehicles with massed fire if you can afford it.
::While it is standard for Innovatus Squads, Gravitic Mass Drivers are a good alternative for HQ Choices if you want to make a shooty captain with a Heavy weapon. This weapon can really benefit from BS5, and boosts your ability to take down big things.


*'''Signature Projector'''- Like the Disruptor Array, with some key differences: it has an 18" radius and forces enemy units within the radius to take leadership tests to not shoot or not assault the Signature Projector.  This is generally unreliable except against low Leadership units and pairs up well with Leadership reducing items or abilities.  It also notably includes a locator beacon, so place it where it can reach the most amount of enemy units and give your deep striking units a solid place for no scatter.

*: '''Tracer Bolts''': Markerlight Lite. It's a nice bonus that you can give this to a Sarg, who is then exempt from the rule that all models must fire the same special ammo. If you're doing this, storm bolter Sarg' is mandatory so you get that 2nd shot at 24". Tracer Bolts put a marker on the target model. You spend the marker to cause precision hits on 5, or re-roll failed hits, or ignore cover. Ignoring cover is great for squads with Kraken Bolts, making this a solid choice.
:: Like all cases of the Special Issue gear. Tracer Bolts aren't squad based. If your sargeant/character who has them dies, you lose the tracer bolts. Opponents with lots of Precision Shot, or a Vindicare can cause you to waste these points almost instantly. 

*: '''Graviton Grenades''': Enemies charging the squad with this roll 3d6 and take the 2 lowest dice. This is kind of a Meh' choice, but if you're running Gajet for uncapped experimental slots, it can be a decent means to throw away points. Usually your best bet is to give them to a Chaplain, put the chaplain in a 24-man squad, give the Sarg an Aceso, and then laugh at attempts to charge them by anything that's not Furious Charge/Fleet. Khorne Berserkers will laugh at your attempts to stop them in turn, as mentioned previously about the passage on Blind Grenades.

*: '''Macharius Codex''': It's like having Zakis Randi as your warlord, except you're not putting the "Obligatory costs as much as a land raider" character on the board! For one Experimental Slot, you get to give another unit your choice of tank hunters or Infiltrate.
:: If you use this to give infiltrate to a squad of 3 vindicators, we will not be responsible for your death by strangulation.

==Unit Analysis==

===Troops===

*: Tactical Squad

*: Scout Squad(Silent Hands)

*: Guard Aspirants

===Dedicated Transports===
Knights Inductor have access to the same Dedicated Transports as normal space marines, with only a few changes. All KI Transports have the option to replace storm bolters with Cerberus Launchers for a points buff, if you enjoy spamming blind tests at close range.

*: Rhino: Can replace the useless Self-Repair Systems to carry 12 guys instead of 10. Otherwise the same as Space Marines

*: Drop Pod: Can replace the storm bolter to carry 12 guys instead of 10.  Does not have the option to take Deathwind launchers, though instead you can take the even better Cerberus Launcher instead.

*: Razorback: same as Space Marines

===Elites===

*: '''Terminator Squads''' KI terminators start with 3-man squads, and gain an additional heavy weapon for one out of every 3 guys. Functionally its easier to bring more heavy weapon terminators, but really? Don't even bother with 3 terminators, just not enough bodies to justify it.

:: '''Decloak.... Now!''': An odd special rule that the KI terminators can purchase. It's essentially a late-game infiltrate, so you can get shooty terminators in position more easily. Rarely worth it though, and you STILL can't use it to Deep Strike into cover. Though this is possibly an oversight.

*: '''Null Paladins''': A good excuse for using those Grey Knight models you bought awhile back. At 55 points a model, they're obscenely expensive, and only have storm bolters for ranged weapon options. Their unique weapon: Null Halberds, are functionally identical to Nemesis Halberds except that they use Null Charges and are marginally more effective against Psykers. Unlike Grey Knight Paladins, these can't be changed to any better melee weapons aside from the standard set of null weapons with master-crafted. Other than that, for 2 Wound terminators, giving one of them an Aceso is MANDATORY.

*: '''Dreadnoughts''': 7th edition brings us a huge number of buffs to Dreadnoughts in the form of Chapter Tactics, massively Cheaper weapons, Squadrons, and more close-combat attacks. Knights get these too for their dreads. In this case, Knights Inductor Dreadnoughts get a small points increase to gain Empyrean Anathema, and the Fear USR. Kinda useless in the edition of "Everyone and their mom is fearless", but hey it might inexplicably save the dreadnought in melee at some point. 
:: If you really want to be silly, consider giving your Dreadnoughts Camo Cloaks. No seriously this codex lets you take ''Sneeki Breeki Dreadz''. If you think this is stupid, turn around and note the lack of anything in the treeline. Now look back around, [[Orks|OI GIT, U's FInKIN WES' NoT SNEEKI *Krump*]]. Camo Cloak Dreads can make a formidable firebase, just be sure to deliver cheesy one liners to your opponent like '''"I've come to hide from  my enemies!"''' in your best dreadnought voice.

*: Innovatus Squads

*: '''Sternguard Veterans(Silent Hands)''': Remember the fluff that says Sternguard Veterans are the shootiest of the shooty shooters? And how the standard SM Codex fluff paints them as absolutely nothing like that? Here we have actual Shooty-Shooting marines crunched as Elite Marine Snipers. Their default weapon is the Stalker Bolter, which is a Strength X 30" Rapid Fire  Bolter. There's also an option to upgrade them to '''Silent Hands''', which boosts their BS to 5, thus making them even more shooty. Finally, a limited number of their ranks can take Anti-Material Rifles(Which in Warhammer 40k are quite literally the Anti-Tank Recoiless Rifles from WW2), in case you need AP3 with Rending for killing bigger things. By default this squad can threaten Wraithknights, Carnifexes, and anything that relies on high toughness. 
:: While expensive, this is a SOLID elite choice for threatening anything short of Heavy Armor. Silent Hands can bring down just about anything big each turn through massed Strength X shooting, and can be hard to kill in turn if you place them in good cover with great sightlines.

===Fast Attack===

*: Incursion Squad

*: Landspeeder Squadrons

*: Mounted Knights

*: Attack Bikes

*: Mobilius Artillery

*: Valkyrie Avenger Squadron

*: Valkyrie Repressor Squadron

===Heavy Support===

*: '''Suppressor Squad''': This is what you get instead of a Devastator Squad. Okay, there's a few things of note.
:: - Starts at the cost of a Tactical squad, exactly 96 points.
:: - 3 Heavy Weapons for each 6 devastators, so it's a little harder to put large numbers of heavy weapons on the board. 
:: - No, you don't have a Signum
:: - You get to instead purchase something called Tactical Autosense, kinda like a CrossCom system for your space marines. It doesn't work with Marksman Autosense so you can't give your guys precision shot too. But the Tactical Autosense lets the Sarg give his whole squad Re-roll 1s to hit if he forgoes shooting. This means it is a good bit more powerful than the Signum and gets better in cost effectiveness if you take more Knights and heavy weapons.

*: '''Marauder Team''': The Knight's Centurion equivalents with the following differences: they have -1 Initiative, not terrible but it's still a con if you're not taking powerfists/chainfists.  They move 1" slower in all phases, meaning you really have to be spot-on with their placement and positioning to avoid wasting their firepower at times if not taking the longer ranged weapon options.  Finally and most importantly, they have S4 and T6 instead of S5 T5.  While marginally less effective in melee, the T6 makes Marauders true DISTRACTION CARFNIFEXES as they'll take much more punishment than a Centurion, requiring even more firepower to bring them down (though Grav weapons still laugh at you).  If taking extra Marauders seriously consider the Aceso to give them a pseudo-invulnerable save of 5+ and more protection against small arms fire.  Placing characters with invul saves or getting them cover saves through other means will go far to protect them against high volume high S and low AP fire that'll most likely be directed their way

*: '''Predator Vaeris''': It's a predator with slightly better armor, and can take Land Raider Sponsons. You would do well to stick this sucker in the corner of the board with a railgun, and dual TL-Lascannons. Alternatively, you can give it the MLRS and Twin-Linked Heavy Flamers, and go to town on hordes of infantry if your opponent doesn't see through the shenanigans. Besides that, there's a huge variety of ways you can kit your Vaeris, from Tank-Hunting, to Lawn-Mower, Anti-Air, and Heavy-Artillery. The only downside is that you can't bring him in Squadrons, and he takes up an '''experimental slot'''(Of which you have only 1 by default)

*: '''Predator Squadrons''': Same as Space Marines, though they can take advanced upgrades for better survivability or cheap camo netting for cover camping.

*: '''Vindicator Squadrons''' Same as Space Marines. However there is the notable case that you might want to buy Storm Bolters for these guys, and then swap them for Cerberus Launchers. Both are already short-range Large Blast weapons, so why the hell not throw ing a BLINDING large blast on top of an S10 Large Blast to add insult to injury on anyone dumb enough to let this get close.

*: Land Raiders

*: Whirlwind Squadron

*: Tempest Squadrons

===Special Characters===

*: Silencers

*: Marauder Field Masters

*: Chapter Master Zakis Randi

*: Captain Roland Darren

*: '''Captain Isaac Rico''': A highly Schizophrenic captain who acts as "That one asshole with wings" in the ''entire army of shooty marines''. Recent buffs to him made him more reliable against infantry by giving his chainsword AP3, but other than that the only reason he should ever be taken is that he has Disrupt Reinforcements standard, and thus can troll Deep Strike armies. By default, he's not the usual take.

*: '''Garven Brias, Master of Ordnance''': ''A source of GREAT [[RAGE]] in the past. He has since been nerfed into oblivion. Originally Garven Brias was a 120 point model, that had access to an Orbital Bombardment, and could take two more for 20 points each. Then later he got nerfed into a massive points increase, and had his number of additional purchases deceased to only one more. Now he's a 170 point model that can only use a Ordnance 2 Orbital Bombardment '''If he's your Warlord'''. Just take a look at his statline: WS4, W2, and only 2 attacks. If you really want those orbital bombardments, you've got to be willing to take a 2-Wound glass cannon as your warlord. If you field him, HE WILL DIE, usually by your opponent [[Rape|Shooting him with his entire army on turn 1 as soon as you let him know what he does]]. Should your opponent make the mistake of letting him live past turn 1, expect him to lose a not-insignificant chunk of his army.

*: Mechanicus Maestro Gajet

*: '''Captain Xavion''' : GOD TIER CAPTAIN. Captain Xavion's pretty well known for being the shootiest captain you'll ever put on the table. He sports a 36" Salvo 2/4 S:X Ap5 Stalker Bolter with Sniper-Shred, and is named Mandate. With his Ballistic Skill of 7, and Crack Shot, he's capable of putting 4 wounds on anything you damn well please each round.  Just beware that this guy 'has no invulnerable save of any kind, and therefore will go down like a [[tau|Limp Fish]] in melee. That being said, if this guy ends up in melee, you deserve exactly what will happen to him. His Preferred Enemy: Necrons, and Necron Destroyer ability are inherently situational, and unfortunately you're paying for them regardless of whether or not you're playing against Necrons though if you do come across them, aim for the Overlords when possible relying on Reanimation Protocols to stay up when possible.
::: There is a noteworthy form of [[Cheese]] you can manifest with Xavion, in the form of Quad Guns. You see, the Quad Gun that can be purchased with Aegis Defense lines takes the BS of whoever is manning it. Go ahead and put xavion on it for fun. This particular editor has endlessly [[troll|trolled]] his FLG's Ork-bro, by consistently destroying his Fighta'Bommas the very turn they come in before they ever get to do anything. And the best part about this is that RAW for Interceptor means that if Xavion fires the Quad-gun during your opponent's turn, he can still fire Mandate in your turn. '''Never stop shooting!'''

*: Chief Librarian Zecherias

*: Sergeant/Paladin/Captain of the Guard Ferrus

===Lords of War===

*: Maxima Marauder

*: '''Silencer Alpha Rachnus''': Oh god, where the hell do I even begin with this guy? For starters there's the obvious that he's a THREE HUNDRED POINT infantry model. Only 4 wounds with Eternal Warrior, and 2+/4+ saves. So if your opponent stares at him with a sufficiently angry expression Rachnus will probably die. Stick him in a 24-man squad with an Aceso, for the MAXIMUM number of wounds. 

:: Now, you might be thinking why you would ever want to buy a 300 point model with only 4 wounds. And the answer is pretty simple. [[RAPE|Rachnus is a 1-man Squad-wiping Lawnmower in the Psychic Phase, literally so scary that even Marines are forced to LEARN HOW TO FEAR THINGS in his presence.]] One tactic that the editors have learned to use is to ally a Farsight Enclave, Fireblade Wing with the Knights, and then attach Rachnnus to the squad. Psychic phase rolls around and Rachnus Unleashes his aura to drop everyone's LD by 3 points, then casts Synapse Disruption to force enemies to take lowest leadership, then Horrifying Presence to nova EVERYTHING within 9" to take a 3d6 Leadership test on -3LD, -4LD if they're psykers. If your opponent doesn't retaliate with everything he has to remove this guy immediately from the board, then he'll likely start losing entire sections of his gunline.

*: '''Predator Avalon''' With very obvious arthurian Naming Conventions, the Knights Inductor codex brings out yet another glass cannon Lord of War. This is the Predator Avalon, carrying only a single weapon that can essentially be summed up as a Lascannon Scattergun. Aside from that, the Avalon has significantly reinforced armor over standard predators, and has two void shields.
:: - The obvious, '''Takes up your one Experimental Slot'''
:: - The Excalibur Prismatic cannon is a Large-Blast Lascannon that causes a large number of automatic hits on enemy units inside of the pie plate. Vehicles take D3 Lascannon LANCE hits, Infantry take D6+3 Lascannon hits. It's a nasty piece of work, but it's not a S:D, and thus is of limited usefulness against titans. In order to be most effective, you actually want to aim for tank columns and groups of elite enemies like Terminators, Mega Nobz, and [[Wraithguard|Annoying walkers with Strength D Flamers]]
:: - Void shields might be AV-12, so they're not here to protect you from lascannons. What they're really for is stopping Strength D weapons from 1-shotting the Avalon. A Destroyer roll of 6 still only takes out a single shield layer and that's it. 
:: - Cover is mandatory, no joke. You need it to keep your opponent from peeling the shields to expose the tank to D-Cannon fire. If this tank isn't sitting in the corner of the board to take pot-shots at the opponent's army from safe cover, you're doing it completely wrong.

==Building an Army==
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==Tactics==
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