Warhammer 40k - Review Library 368 - Imperial Knights, Knight Valiant

He's set to Harpoon your monsters!

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Imperial Knights, Knight Valiant

10th Edition Index

The Knight Valiant is the alternative to playing the more long ranged Knight Castellan. They both have a larger chassis than the other big knights on the list and are the biggest... until you go for the stuff that are part of the Imperial armor list.

He has a massive Harpoon that wrecks most Monsters and Vehicles easily!

Let's check its stats and abilities!

Stats

Movement 8"
Toughness 13
Save 3+/5++(invul against ranged only) (armor/invul/Feel No Pain)
Wounds 24
Ld 6+
OC 10

Weapons

Standard weapons: Conflagration Cannon, Thundercoil Harpoon, 2x Shieldbreaker Missile Launchers, 2x Twin Meltaguns, 1x Twin Siegebreaker Cannon

This model can exchange the 2 Shieldbreaker and 1x Siegebreaker for 2x Siegebreaker and 1x Shieldbreaker.

Ranged Weapons

Conflagration Cannon

18" Range, 3D6 Shots, Hitting on Auto, S8, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.
Torrent (This attack hits automatically, just roll for the number of shots)
Ignores Cover (Enemies cannot get Benefit of Cover against this attack!)

Thundercoil Harpoon

18" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 2+, S24, AP-6 and 12 Damage each.
Anti-Monster 4+ / Anti-vehicle 4+ (Scores a Critical Wound on a Monster or a Vehicle regardless of Toughness on a roll 4+)
Devastating Wounds (On a Critical Wound of 6+, causes Mortal Wounds)

Twin Siegebreaker Cannon

36" Range, D6 Shots, Hitting on 3+, S6, AP0 and 1 Damage each.
Blast (Add 1 to the attacks for every 5 enemy models in the target unit, rounding down)
Twin Linked (This weapon can re-roll the Wound Roll)

Twin 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)
Twin Linked (This weapon can re-roll the Wound Roll)

Shieldbreaker Missile Launcher

72" Range, 1 Shot, Hitting on 3+, S12, AP-6 and D6+1 Damage each.
Anti-Titanic 4+ (Scores a Critical Wound on a Titanic model regardless of Toughness on a roll 4+)
Devastating Wounds (On a Critical Wound of 6+, causes Mortal Wounds)

Melee Weapons

Titanic Feet

4 Attacks, Hitting on 4+, S8, AP-1 and 2 Damage each.

Abilities

Deadly Demise D6+2 (When this model is destroyed, roll a dice to see if it explodes. On a 6 it does so, dealing D6+2 damage to every unit within 6" of this model)

Overwhelming Firestorm

After this model has fired its weapons, choose one unit that was hit by one of those attacks. That unit must take a Battle-Shock test.

Ion Aegis

While a friendly Armiger is within 6" of this model, that Armiger gets Benefit of Cover.

Thoughts

This is a big boy! The Shieldbreaker missiles are really the only threat at far. Then it needs to come close (18") and then all hell breaks loose!

That Thundercoil cannon! It is a 1-shot kill on a Screamer-killer!

That makes 10 Imperial Knight Datasheets Reviewed putting them on 90.90% Completed! The total of the remaining Index reviews is now 133.

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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

FactionDetachmentReview Number
Agents of the ImperiumArmy Rule #2
AeldariArmy Rule #4
Astra MilitarumArmy Rule #1
Astra MilitarumCombined RegimentDetachment Rule #1
Astra MilitarumBridgehead StrikeDetachment Rule #2
Chaos KnightsArmy Rule #8
Chaos KnightsTratoris LanceDetachment Review 11
Chaos KnightsIconoclast FiefdomDetachment Review 12
Death GuardArmy Rule Review #6
Death GuardPlague CompanyDetachment Review #4
Death GuardFlyblown HostDetachment Review #7
Space MarinesArmy Rule #3
Space WolvesChampions of RussDetachment Review #9
Space WolvesChampions of FenrisDetachment Review #10
Thousand SonsArmy Rule #7
Thousand SonsCult of MagicDetachment Review #5
Thousand SonsHexwarp ThrallbandDetachment Review #8
World EatersArmy Rule #5
World EatersBerzerker WarbandDetachment Review #3
World EatersVessels of WrathDetachment Review #6


Datasheet Review list (Alphabetical)

FactionUnitReview Number
Chaos KnightsKnight Abominant#94
Chaos KnightsKnight Desecrator#357
Chaos KnightsKnight Despoiler#358
Chaos KnightsKnight Rampager#359
Chaos KnightsKnight Tyrant#360
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Brigands#30
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Executioners#31
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Huntsman#77
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Karnivore#361
Chaos KnightsWar Dog Stalker#362
Imperial KnightsKnight Crusader#363
Imperial KnightsKnight Errant#364
Imperial KnightsKnight Gallant#365
Imperial KnightsKnight Paladin#366
Imperial KnightsKnight Preceptor#367

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!PIMP
!ALIVE
!LOLZ
!MEME

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He is ranged but not ranged🤔

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Short ranged heavy.

I would rather play Castellan but it IS funny when he goes: 2+, 2+, ok, your full wound Screamer-Killer is dead.

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