Black Knights

(Unit)
Type:

unit

Category:

Special

Categories:

Faction: Vampire Counts, Special, 0-1 Grave Guard or Black Knight per 1,000 points, Units (not including units whose troop type is 'swarms', 'war beasts' or 'war machines'), 1 single 'per 1000 points' selection in Battle March

LinkId:

9fad3859-866a2aaf

Hidden:

false

Options (2)

Profiles:

Unit Troop TypeUnit Size
Black Knights

Heavy cavalry

5+

Special Rule
Cleaving Blow:

If a model with this special rule rolls a natural 6 when making a roll To Wound for an attack made in combat, it has struck a ‘Cleaving Blow’. Enemy models whose troop type is ‘regular infantry’, ‘heavy infantry’, ‘light cavalry’, ‘heavy cavalry’ or ‘war beasts’ are not permitted an armour or Regeneration save against a Cleaving Blow (Ward saves can be attempted as normal).

Note that if an attack wounds automatically, this special rule cannot be used.

Close Order:

A unit consisting of models with this special rule may adopt a Close Order formation.

First Charge:

If this unit’s first charge of the game is successful (i.e., if the unit makes contact with the charge target), the charge target becomes Disrupted until the end of the Combat phase of that turn.

Necromantic Undead:

Models with this special rule are ‘Undead’. Undead models cannot march (unless they have the Fly (X) special rule and choose to move by flying). In addition, all Undead models have the following universal special rules:

  • Fear
  • Immune to Psychology
  • Unbreakable
  • Unstable A character with this special rule cannot join a unit without this special rule, and vice versa.
Regeneration:

Immediately after a Wound is lost, but before models with zero Wounds remaining are removed from play, a model with this special rule may make a "Regeneration save" roll by rolling a D6 and comparing the result to its "Regeneration value", shown in brackets after the name of this special rule (shown here as "X+"). If the Regeneration save roll equals or exceeds the model’s Regeneration value, the lost Wound is recovered, but is still counted for the purposes of calculating the combat result. Rules that affect armour values do not affect Regeneration values unless stated otherwise.

Swiftstride:

A unit which consists entirely of models with this special rule increases its maximum possible charge range by 3" and, before making a Charge, Flee or Pursuit roll, may choose to apply a +D6 modifier to the result.

Modifiers:

increment max pts(self) 1
repeat for every 4 limit::points of any in roster (recursive)
increment max pts(self) 1
and
force is not 1. Open War
force is not 2. Combined Arms
force is not 3. Grand Melee
force is not 5. Battle March
repeat for every 4 pts of any in force (recursive)
increment max pts(self) 1
ancestor is 5. Battle March
repeat for every 3.3333333333333335 limit::points of any in roster (recursive)
increment max pts(self) 1
ancestor is 5. Battle March
and
force is not 1. Open War
force is not 2. Combined Arms
force is not 3. Grand Melee
force is not 5. Battle March
repeat for every 3.3333333333333335 pts of any in force (recursive)
set max Unit Strength(self) 20
ancestor is 5. Battle March
set max pts(self) 0
set max pts(self) 0
ancestor is 5. Battle March
Used By (1)
Vampire Counts(Catalogue)

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