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I was wondering if anyone in the Dakka community would know much about the upcoming Imperial Knight codex? Mainly, I had two questions ...

1) Could we expect Renegade Knight rules to be in the upcoming Imperial Knight codex? I have recently started fielding one in my Chaos army, but without access to stratagems or, dare I dream, an option to <Legion> them so other models in their detachment don't lose their Legion Trait, Renegade Knights aren't looking to be the most competitive option out there.

2) Could we expect an option to include, say, Renegade Warglaives or any other variant of Imperial Knight?

Thanks for any information!

I very much doubt that Renegade rules would appear in the Imperial Knight codex.

Hopefully, Renegade knights will either be put out as a dataslate/mini-dex sort of option. I doubt they will get a full-blown codex, even thought they (and Renegade Guard) should get their own.

 Stormonu wrote:
I very much doubt that Renegade rules would appear in the Imperial Knight codex.

Hopefully, Renegade knights will either be put out as a dataslate/mini-dex sort of option. I doubt they will get a full-blown codex, even thought they (and Renegade Guard) should get their own.

Yeah, I figured as much. Since they only had like three pages in the Index, I was thinking it'd make more sense for GW to fold the Renegade Knight into the Imperial codex rather than have to fluff out those three pages for their own full blown codex. Who knows, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised!

As long as the renegade knights get a similar treatment that imperial gets I'm happy. I.E. points adjustment, weapons changes or traits changes. Whether that be a quip in the upcoming codex or a PDF I'll need to download, I'd even pay for such a thing (as long as it's reasonable).

Can I ask why models in a Renegade Knight's detachment lose <LEGION> if he's the only model in his detachment? Or are you bringing him in a Supreme Command for some reason!

In a perfect world I think GW could easily make a renegade Knight codex.

Truthfully, I think they should do something more like a traitor Astra Miltia/Dark Mechnicium/Renegade Knight dex.

While the fiction has lots of times where there seems to be a large gathering of CSM fighting, a lot more times there seems to be a few bad apples at the top have subverted these random imperial forces, and chaosified some of them, and marched off to war.

 Unit1126PLL wrote:
Can I ask why models in a Renegade Knight's detachment lose <LEGION> if he's the only model in his detachment? Or are you bringing him in a Supreme Command for some reason!

That's precisely it. I don't run Magnus, Mortarion, or a Lord of Skulls so if I want to pick up a Command Point for fielding a Renegade Knight, I'd have to run him in a Supreme Command Detachment.

That, or buy two more Renegade Knights ... but let's not get crazy now.

Why not just put him in a Super Heavy Auxiliary Detachment?

If you're bringing him, the cost of 3HQ's and an Elite are not worth the 1 measly command point you're getting.

You bring a Supreme Command Detachment if you want 3 more HQ's than ones you already have on the board from your other detachments, and you're honestly not going to run out of HQ slots. If you have a Battalion and a Spearhead, you already have 3-5HQ's in your army. The only reason I can think of the actually want the Supreme Command Detachment is for fielding a pile of Tank Commanders [or Flyrants, Shield-Captains, etc.].