Editing Warhammer 40,000/8th Edition Tactics/Imperial Knights (section)

====Close Combat====
These guys have lost the big "D", and in exchange do a flat 6 damage per hit. Great at wrecking vehicles and MCs, but they can be very binary - there's lots of things like Dreadnoughts with >6 wounds that take two hits to kill and can leave a nasty mark if they get to hit back, so it's always advisable to try to soften these targets up a bit first. As noted above, you're better off kicking most infantry to death instead.
*'''Reaper Chainsword''': S+6 (14)/AP-3/D6. Best for light-medium vehicles and medium-sized gribblies. It's not bad against stuff like Land Raiders, but the gauntlet edges it out.
**'''Chain-Cleaver''': Has two attack options: Strike and Sweep. Strike is Sx2/AP-3/3D and Sweep S-/AP-2/1D but doubles the amount of hit rolls you can make with it. So this gives the Armiger some very nice added adaptability in their close combat.
*'''Thunderstrike Gauntlet''': S16/AP-4/D6. Higher strength and AP in exchange for -1 to hit and a meager +5 points. This excels at pretty much the same things the Inferno Cannon does; anything T7/3+ or better. Plus, you get the lulzy spectacle of chucking a dead Razorback at his warlord for extra mortal wounds. The choice between the two is pretty much a toss-up depending on your opponent - take the gauntlet vs. IG and the sword vs. Deldar, etc, but either one will do the job most of the time.
**The gauntlet gives you access to the Death Grip stratagem, which is a death sentence for any infantry warlord. Sure, he was probably already dead if you got into melee with him in the first place, but this is faster...and ''way'' more satisfying.