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Hey guys, I'm running a unit of 7 knights on my 2500pts list and 10 on my 3000pts. However I'm not sure if I'm inflating them so I come asking for your advise. I read that knights + MoK is the more traditional way to go, however due to the overall models on my army and my wallet size I've been forced to give them Banner of Rage (5 points more than the mark) instead of MoK this is mainly due to my Lord joining the knights unit and benefiting from Frenzy, avoiding paying for the lords mark, however this leave me with the option to mark them with any other god or just leave them as they are.

I though Tzeentch would be a nice mark, a unit of knights with frenzy and ward save sounds good, specially for the mark cost. However on my last 3k game I only got 1 ward save, sure that payed the mark off still not sure if those extra points would have worked better in the form of magical items/gifts for my lords/heroes

No mark is best IMO, spend the points elsewhere.

I would say if you stick with the rage banner than no marks would be needed.
Mon costs too much, mos is a waste, mot you get a 6+ ward.
These options really are not great.
If you want mot to be effective with knights take the blasted standard.
Other than that they really don't need a mark.

MoT is good if you take the Blasted Standard. 4+ ward against shooting will protect them from cannons and handguns while they charge forward.

once in combat the Ward doesn't matter very much because they have a 1+ armor.

If you save one Knight with the MOT it paid for itself and a 1+ as and 6+ ws and 4+ ws vs shooting is pretty good.

I would tend to agree that imo, unmarked works just fine. I've never found a need or want for Slaanesh, Nurgle is ok if you think your fighting a bunch of WS 3 troops since they'll be hitting you on 5s (might not be a bad idea with the influx of OK armies with lots of Ironguts, atleast in my area), Khorne is just asking to be redirected into a bad spot. Tzeentch is generally the one I see the most with, mainly with warshrine builds that try to get the 12 result for 3+ ward save and stubborn.