Chaos Knights: Tactica, First Impressions, etc...

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DJ3 wrote:
If they get published in a book as-is (they're currently marked experimental so no events would allow them), those Chaos Knights will change the competitive game for Daemon players. The special Khorne one is too expensive and doesn't do enough, but the normal ones are going to be insane.

A bunch of us were already finding ways to shoehorn in Insensate Rage Bloodthirsters because we needed some kind of access to D so badly, to at least attempt to counter other people's deathstars and superheavies.

A Chaos Knight of Khorne will be better than an Insensate Rage BT in pretty much every conceivable way--finding the 150 extra points to fit it will be a given. Being included in a Daemon army (and containing the Daemon special rule) opens up a metric ton of opportunities that normal Knights don't have. First and foremost being the Grimoire leading to 2+ Ion Shields (and 3+ on all other facings, including in combat, and 2+ if a Cursed Earth is nearby) and guaranteed access to Invisibility via Be'lakor.

So you're talking about a ~425 point Knight with invul saves on all sides at all times, re-rollable Stomps, +D3 charge attacks, and the capability to power up to essentially insane defensive abilities whenever necessary.

And I guess also a Dirge Caster because why not?

So I'm curious how these rules are not acceptable in tournament play? Using Nova 2015 as an example they clearly state all FW rules are acceptable. There is no disclaimer saying experimental FW is not admissible. Are we to assume FW means any FW, seeing as the latest books and sheets have got rid of the approved designations all together? Just curious because I'm trying to see how I can fit a Knight into my GT list after reading the Nova rules for 2015.