Chaos Knights — army rules

WHEN: Start of your Shooting phase or start of the Fight phase. TARGET: One Titanic Chaos Knights unit from your army and up to two friendly War Dog units, none chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit that is an eligible target for each of those CHAOS KNIGHTS units. Until the phase ends, when one of those units is chosen to shoot or fight, if that enemy unit is an eligible target, it must be the only target of all those attacks, and those attacks gain [SUSTAINED HITS 1].

WHEN: Start of your Movement phase. TARGET: One Titanic Chaos Knights unit from your army and up to three friendly War Dog units within 6" of it. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, when one of those War Dog units makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, its models can move through models and terrain. They can move within Engagement Range of such models but cannot end the move there, and any Desperate Escape test is automatically passed.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One CHAOS KNIGHTS unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until that attacking unit finishes its attacks, each attack against your unit has its Armour Penetration worsened by 1.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a CHAOS KNIGHTS unit from your army Falls Back. TARGET: That unit. EFFECT: Until the turn ends, it may shoot and declare a charge after Falling Back.

WHEN: Any phase, right after a mortal wound is allocated to a Chaos Knights unit from your army. TARGET: That unit. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, its models have Feel No Pain 5+ against mortal wounds.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has shot. TARGET: One CHAOS KNIGHTS unit from your army that lost one or more wounds from those attacks. EFFECT: Your unit can make a Surge move: roll one D6; its models move up to that many inches, ending as close as possible to the closest enemy unit (excluding AIRCRAFT). They can move within Engagement Range of that enemy unit.

WHEN: Start of the Shooting phase or start of the Fight phase. TARGET: One War Dog Character unit from your army. EFFECT: Each enemy unit within 6" of it must take a Battle-shock test. Each friendly Battle-shocked WAR DOG unit within 6" of it takes a Leadership test; if passed, it is no longer Battle-shocked. RESTRICTIONS: Once per turn.

WHEN: Start of the Fight phase. TARGET: Two or more War Dog units from your army within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit within Engagement Range of those WAR DOG units. Until the phase ends, those units can only target that enemy unit, but each attack they make scores a Critical Hit on an unmodified Hit roll of 5+.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after a War Dog unit from your army that has not yet fought is destroyed. TARGET: That WAR DOG unit (usable even though just destroyed). EFFECT: Before resolving its Deadly Demise ability, it can shoot or fight, targeting only the enemy unit that destroyed it and only if that unit is an eligible target. Afterward, and after any Consolidation moves, resolve its Deadly Demise as normal.

WHEN: End of your opponent's Fight phase. TARGET: One War Dog unit from your army wholly within 12" of one or more battlefield edges and not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. EFFECT: Remove it from the battlefield and place it in Strategic Reserves.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a War Dog unit from your army Falls Back. TARGET: That WAR DOG unit. EFFECT: Until the turn ends, it may shoot and declare a charge after Falling Back.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, right after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move. TARGET: One War Dog unit from your army within 9" of that enemy unit. EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6".

WHEN: Any phase. TARGET: One Damned unit (excluding Accursed Cultists) from your army just destroyed (usable even though destroyed). EFFECT: Add a new identical unit to your army in Strategic Reserves at Starting Strength with full wounds. RESTRICTIONS: Once per battle. Cannot return a destroyed CHARACTER unit to an Attached unit.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after a CHAOS KNIGHTS unit from your army has fought. TARGET: That unit. EFFECT: If one or more models were destroyed by those attacks, your unit regains up to D3 lost wounds; if one or more of those destroyed models were from Battle-shocked units, it regains up to D3+2 lost wounds instead.

WHEN: Your opponent's Movement phase, right after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army within 9" of that enemy unit. EFFECT: Pick one Damned unit from your army that is not Battle-shocked, not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, and within 6" of your unit. It can make a Normal move of up to 6", ending closer to that enemy unit than it started.

WHEN: Any phase. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army just destroyed (usable even though destroyed). EFFECT: For the rest of the battle, the enemy unit that destroyed it is Marked. When a Damned model from your army attacks a Marked unit, that attack gains [LETHAL HITS].

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a CHAOS KNIGHTS unit from your army Advances or Falls Back. TARGET: That unit. EFFECT: Until the turn ends, it may shoot and declare a charge after Advancing or Falling Back.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Damned unit from your army. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, enemy units are not treated as within Engagement Range of your unit for selecting ranged targets. Also until the phase ends, each time an enemy model loses a wound while its unit is within Engagement Range of your unit, roll one D6: on a 4+, one model from your unit is destroyed after the attacking unit finishes its attacks.

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 target the same unit with this Stratagem more than once per battle round.

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until that attacking unit finishes its attacks, each attack against your unit has its Armour Penetration worsened by 1.

WHEN: Your Command phase, right after a Chaos Knights Character unit from your army makes a Malefic Surge. TARGET: That CHAOS KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit. EFFECT: Pick one objective marker you control that your unit is within range of. You retain control of it until, at the end of a phase, your opponent's Level of Control over it exceeds yours.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit's models have a 4+ invulnerable save.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, that unit's ranged weapons gain [IGNORES COVER].

WHEN: Your Shooting phase. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot this phase. EFFECT: After your unit shoots, pick one enemy unit hit by those attacks; it takes a Battle-shock test. If failed, until the end of your opponent's next turn it is aflame. While aflame, subtract 2" from its Move and subtract 2 from its Charge rolls.

WHEN: Any phase, right after a Chaos Knights Character unit from your army is destroyed. TARGET: That unit (usable even though destroyed). EFFECT: When rolling for whether that model's Deadly Demise ability inflicts mortal wounds, it does so on a 4+ instead of a 6.

WHEN: Your Shooting phase or Fight phase. TARGET: One Chaos Knights Character unit from your army not yet chosen to shoot or fight this phase. EFFECT: Pick one enemy MONSTER or VEHICLE unit. Until the phase ends, when a model in your unit attacks it, re-roll a Hit roll of 1 and a Wound roll of 1; if that enemy unit is TITANIC, you can re-roll the Hit roll and the Wound roll instead.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase or the Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Chaos Knights Character unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each attack allocated to a model in your unit has its Damage reduced by 1.

WHEN: Start of your Command phase. TARGET: One Chaos Knights Character unit from your army within range of one or more objective markers you control. EFFECT: Pick one of those markers. You retain control of it with a Level of Control of 5 (unless already higher) until, at the end of a phase, your opponent's Level of Control over it exceeds yours.

WHEN: Your Movement phase, right after a Chaos Knights Character unit from your army ends a Normal move. TARGET: That unit. EFFECT: Pick one enemy unit (excluding MONSTERS and VEHICLES) your unit moved over during that move and roll six D6: for each 4+, it takes 1 mortal wound. If one or more models are destroyed, that enemy unit takes a Battle-shock test.

WHEN: Fight phase, just before a Chaos Knights Character unit from your army consolidates. TARGET: That unit. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, each time your unit Consolidates, its models can move an extra 3" as long as the unit can end within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.

WHEN: Fight phase. TARGET: One Chaos Knights model from your army that made a Charge move this turn and has not been chosen to fight this phase. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, improve the Armour Penetration of your model's melee weapons by 1. After it finishes its attacks, if it destroyed one or more enemy units this phase, each enemy unit within 6" of it takes a Battle-shock test.

WHEN: Your Movement or Charge phase. TARGET: Up to two War Dog units from your army, or one Titanic Chaos Knights unit from your army. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, when a model in those units makes a Normal, Advance, Fall Back or Charge move, it can move through models and terrain. It can move within Engagement Range of such models but, unless it made a Charge move, cannot end there, and any Desperate Escape test is automatically passed (the Super-heavy Walker ability does not apply during this Stratagem).

WHEN: Fight phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit's models have Feel No Pain 6+, and Feel No Pain 5+ against attacks from Battle-shocked models.

WHEN: Your opponent's Shooting phase, right after an enemy unit has chosen its targets. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army chosen as a target of one or more of those attacks. EFFECT: Until the phase ends, your unit's models have Stealth, and each attack against your unit treats its models as having Benefit of Cover.

WHEN: Your Command phase. TARGET: One Abhorrent unit from your army and up to two friendly War Dog units. EFFECT: Until your next Command phase, those WAR DOG units are treated as within range of any Aura abilities your ABHORRENT unit has.

WHEN: Any phase, right after an enemy unit fails a Battle-shock test. TARGET: One Chaos Knights unit from your army within 12" of that enemy unit. EFFECT: Roll six D6: for each 4+, that enemy unit takes 1 mortal wound and one model in your unit regains up to 1 lost wound. RESTRICTIONS: Once per battle round.