When you only have a handful of stompy mechs on the board, it’s important that they each excel in their chosen role. The upcoming Chaos Knights Army Set offers you dozens upon dozens of different loadouts for the forces within – and thanks to these flexible build options, you can reign supreme across the Shooting phase, the Fight phase, and even the Psychic phase.
As we saw in the announcement at AdeptiCon, the War Dog Karnivore is a dedicated melee monster, equipped with a reaper chaintalon for sweeping away lesser chaff and a slaughterclaw for crushing hard targets. Unburdened by ammunition stowage, the Karnivore’s impetuous spirit also gives it an extra burst of speed, so it won’t be left languishing in no man’s land.
For those who prefer unleashing devastation at a distance, the same kit also builds several other varieties of War Dog, each loaded with some properly scary guns. The War Dog Stalker finds a middle ground by trading one of those melee weapons* for the fearsome avenger chaincannon – and its 12 infantry-shredding shots – or a tank-melting daemonbreath spear.
The War Dog Brigand takes it one step further by eschewing blades and claws altogether, packing two ranged weapons for a tag team of arms-length armaments. All three varieties also come with a classic carapace-mounted havoc launcher** for additional firepower, which can be traded for a diabolus heavy stubber should the mood take you.
Knight Abominants have become so corrupted that they can control the immaterium itself, manifesting terrifying psychic powers from their unique Warp Storm discipline, which can suffuse allies with the power of the Empyrean and wrack enemies with the same.
They also pack a volkite combuster, using technology from the dark days of the Horus Heresy to atomise elite infantry and light vehicles alike under a beam of deflagrating death. Coupled with its thrashing electroscourge arm and nesting flocks of sinister Pterrorshades, the Abominant is a sight plucked from your nightmares.
If psychic powers aren’t your style,*** the Abominant kit also includes all of the parts to build a Knight Rampager, equipped to sunder mortals and machines alike in close combat, or a gun-toting Knight Desecrator. An ancient laser destructor – a weapon the Imperium can no longer replicate – gives the Desecrator enough firepower to challenge even the lumbering Knight Tyrants as it blasts apart heavy tanks in a single volley.
This maddening panoply of options mean the Chaos Knights Army Set can fill any gap in your existing forces – or form a balanced foundation for a new Dread Household. Crush your enemy under an iron stampede with two Karnivores and a Rampager, or despoil their lands from afar with War Dog Brigands and your choice of Abominant or Desecrator. It also contains a special art edition of the Chaos Knights codex and a set of datacards – the only place these will be available for some time.
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* Which melee weapon you swap is entirely up to you. Flexibility!
** Veteran Chaos commanders will remember these adorning their Rhinos.
*** Followers of Khorne will be pleased to know that the new codex has room for bloodthirsty Abominants, too…