Chaos Knights

How Chaos Knights play

Chaos Knights are the Chaos mirror of Imperial Knights: a handful of enormous walkers, no chaff, and a game decided by whether your models are in the right place. The structural constraints are identical — three or four models cannot hold five objectives — and so is the fundamental tension between bigger Knights and more of them.

Where they differ is tone. Chaos Knights lean harder into aggression and into rules that reward destruction and terror, and their War Dogs are generally the more aggressive counterpart to Imperial Armigers.

It is a small, expensive, visually spectacular army that rewards a player who accepts its limitations rather than fighting them.

Building a Chaos Knights army list

War Dogs over Titanics, usually. More models means more objectives held, and objective control is what the army lacks rather than damage.

Chaos Knights cannot use the Dreadblades alliance rule — that exists to put War Dogs into other Chaos armies, not to add more to a Knights list.

Chaos Knights FAQ

How do Chaos Knights differ from Imperial Knights?

Structurally they are very similar — few, large models with the same objective-control problem. Chaos Knights lean more aggressive in their rules and field War Dogs in place of Armigers.

Can other Chaos armies take Chaos Knights?

Yes, via Dreadblades: if every model in your army has the CHAOS keyword you may include either one Titanic Chaos Knight or up to three War Dogs. Not both, and they cannot be your Warlord or take Enhancements.

Are Chaos Knights good for beginners?

They are simple to learn — few models, few rules — but structurally difficult to win with, because objective control is a constant uphill problem.