Grey Knights
An ancient order of champions shrouded in mystery and legend, the Grey Knights are Humanity’s greatest defence against the threat of Daemonkind. Though the common folk of the Imperium will never know of their sacrifice and courage, it is only by their hand that the untold perils of the warp are kept at bay.
Contents
Books
| Book | Kind | Edition | Version | Last update |
 Grey Knights | ||||
| Grey Knights | Index | 10 | September 2024 | |
 Munitorum Field Manual | ||||
| Munitorum Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.13 | October 2024 |
 Legends Field Manual | ||||
| Legends Field Manual | Expansion | 10 | 1.9 | October 2024 |
 Boarding Actions | ||||
| Boarding Actions | Expansion | 10 | 1.0 | October 2024 |
 Imperial Armour: Grey Knights | ||||
| Imperial Armour: Grey Knights | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
| Legends: Grey Knights | ||||
| Legends: Grey Knights | Datasheet | 10 | September 2024 | |
| Balance Dataslate | ||||
| Balance Dataslate | Rulebook | 10 | June 2024 | September 2024 |
FAQ
Index: Grey Knights
| Q: | If the mission rules I am using state that Reserves units cannot arrive on the battlefield during the first battle round (e.g. the Pariah Nexus mission pack), can I target a unit that has the First to the Fray Enhancement with the Rapid Ingress Stratagem during the first battle round if I have the second turn? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Can I use the Servitor Retinue ability to join a SERVITORS unit to an Attached unit consisting of a BROTHERHOOD TECHMARINE and another Servitors unit? |
| A: | Yes, but no further Servitor units can join that unit. |
| Q: | Can I use the Mists of Deimos Stratagem after an enemy unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT? |
| A: | No (see ‘Count as Having Made a Normal Move’ in the Rules Commentary). |
| Q: | Does the GRAND MASTER’s Might of Purity ability ignore rules that would reduce the Damage characteristic of weapons equipped by Bodyguard models in that Grand Master’s unit? |
| A: | Yes. |
Army Rules
Teleport Assault
The soul of the Grey Knights is sacrosanct, and their purity is incorruptible. The silvered armour of this Chapter’s warriors is bound with incantations, engraved with sigils of warding. Their blades shine with the inner light of their sanctity, for each of these Space Marines is a psychic warrior, in empyric communion with his battle-brothers. Empowered by minds constantly on guard, they can cut steel with bare hands, their eyes blaze with fire and even the power of their words flays the otherworldly skin of daemons. They are the Imperium’s foremost sword and shield against the daemonic. Guided by the foresight and prophecies of the Chapter’s Prognosticars, a Grey Knight can adapt to the most irrational of foes and, in a flare of teleportation energies, emerge at exactly the right location to unleash their devastating power.
If your Army Faction is GREY KNIGHTS, at the end of your opponent’s turn, you can select a number of GREY KNIGHTS units from your army with this ability (excluding units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units). The maximum number of units you can select depends on the battle size, as follows:
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Once you have made your selections, remove those units from the battlefield. In the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, set each of those units up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. Any units that are not on the battlefield at the end of the battle count as destroyed.
Teleport Strike Force
Detachment Rule
If your Army Faction is GREY KNIGHTS, you can use this Teleport Strike Force Detachment rule.Teleport Shunt
Hardened against the corrupting touch of Chaos, protected by silver sigils and the warriors’ own purity of spirit, Grey Knights are capable of enduring rapid and repeated submersions in the warp. When a lightning-fast purgation is required, orbiting strike cruisers maintain a constant spiritual lock on their battle-brothers, enabling Grey Knights to perform short-ranged teleportations. Flickering in and out of reality, this exceptional mobility allows them to outmanoeuvre the most otherworldly of enemies.
Each time a GREY KNIGHTS unit with the Deep Strike ability Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to that unit’s Move characteristic and that unit can FLY.Stratagems
If you are using the Teleport Strike Force Detachment rule, you can use these Teleport Strike Force Stratagems.TRUESILVER ARMOUR
1CP
Teleport Strike Force – Wargear Stratagem
Grey Knights battle plate incorporates litanies of purity, strands of sanctified silver and other sacred wards, whose defences can be further empowered by ritual mantras.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of that enemy unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of that enemy unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time an attack targets your unit, worsen the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
DEATH FROM THE WARP
1CP
Teleport Strike Force – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Utilising their warp-attuned senses during the timeless instant of teleportation, Grey Knights know exactly where the enemy are before they arrive. They emerge from the blinding flare of warp energies already firing.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that either Advanced this turn or arrived using the Deep Strike or Teleport Assault abilities this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [ASSAULT] ability and each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that either Advanced this turn or arrived using the Deep Strike or Teleport Assault abilities this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the turn, ranged weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [ASSAULT] ability and each time a model in your unit makes an attack, add 1 to the Hit roll.
PROGNISTICATED ARRIVAL
1CP
Teleport Strike Force – Epic Deed Stratagem
Accessing a vision granted by the Chapter’s Prognosticars, the Grey Knights perceive the hidden ways of the battlefield and a sliver of the enemy’s intentions, granting them a prophetic situational awareness that aids their strategic disposition.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that is arriving using the Deep Strike or Teleport Assault abilities this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 3" horizontally away from all enemy models.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit targeted by this Stratagem is not eligible to declare a charge in the same turn.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that is arriving using the Deep Strike or Teleport Assault abilities this phase.
EFFECT: Your unit can be set up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 3" horizontally away from all enemy models.
RESTRICTIONS: A unit targeted by this Stratagem is not eligible to declare a charge in the same turn.
MISTS OF DEIMOS
1CP
Teleport Strike Force – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
When the enemy closes in, the Grey Knights wreathe themselves in psychic mists to confound the foe while they reposition until the time is ready to launch a counter-blow.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" as if it were your Movement phase or, if it has the Deep Strike ability, it can be placed into Strategic Reserves.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" as if it were your Movement phase or, if it has the Deep Strike ability, it can be placed into Strategic Reserves.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
RADIANT STRIKE
2CP
Teleport Strike Force – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Psychic fire rimes the blades of the Grey Knights as they charge at the foe, fanned by their battle fury. At the moment of contact, the empyric charge is unleashed in a blast of azure light.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit with the [PSYCHIC] ability also have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit with the [PSYCHIC] ability also have the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability.
HALOED IN SOULFIRE
2CP
Teleport Strike Force – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The blazing glare of ancient technology and the shrouding coils of the immaterium often linger, obscuring the Grey Knights’ presence.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that is arriving using the Deep Strike or Teleport Assault abilities this phase.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Movement phase, your unit can only be selected as the target of a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 18".
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS PSYKER unit from your army that is arriving using the Deep Strike or Teleport Assault abilities this phase.
EFFECT: Until the start of your next Movement phase, your unit can only be selected as the target of a ranged attack if the attacking model is within 18".
Enhancements
If you are using the Teleport Strike Force Detachment rule, you can use these Teleport Strike Force Enhancements.
Whether braving premature teleportation assaults or leaping from the hatch of a transport still aglow from atmospheric entry, this sanctified commander frequently makes the first strike in battle, and ever from an unexpected quarter. Inspired by such zealous bravery, his battle-brothers are never far behind. GREY KNIGHTS model with the Deep Strike ability only. The bearer’s unit must start the battle in Reserves, but neither it, nor any TRANSPORT it is embarked within, is counted towards any limits the mission places on the number of Strategic Reserves units you can have. That unit can be set up using its Deep Strike ability in the Reinforcements step of your first, second or third Movement phase, regardless of any mission rules. |
This tome is said to be a relic of Supreme Grand Master Janus, he who mastered all six hundred and sixty-six words of banishment, each one painstakingly recorded on its pages. In times of need a hero of the Chapter will carry this book into battle, its bindings crackling with arcane energy as the words repel warp entities and send daemons howling back into the warp. GREY KNIGHTS model only. Each time the bearer makes a melee attack add 1 to the Wound roll and, if that attack targets a DAEMON unit, add 1 to the Damage characteristic of that attack as well. |
Forged by the Techmarine Dorvel urThann, this small chor-bronze icon contains a powerful teleport matrix and a trio of vigilant machine spirits. Their pre-cogitative psyroutines guard against attacks from afar, spiriting their host and his allies away from danger in a blaze of light. GREY KNIGHTS model only. Once per battle, in your opponent’s Shooting phase, when the bearer’s unit is selected as the target of a ranged attack, you can remove the bearer’s unit from the battlefield and then set it back up again anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If the bearer is no longer an eligible target, your opponent can then select new targets for any attacks that had targeted the bearer’s unit. |
When this warrior leads his battle-brothers into the foe, they strike like silver lances of lightning. By focusing his powers upon a pivotal moment, he connects himself via a tether of inevitability to his enemies. Drawn by the tether, he bears down upon them with incredible speed, ensuring none escape his and his warriors’ wrath. GREY KNIGHTS model only. Add 1 to Charge rolls made for the bearer’s unit. |
Boarding Actions
Introduction
Within the following pages you will find numerous Boarding Actions Detachments that can be used in your Boarding Actions games. Each lists which units you can include in your army, any modifications to those units’ army rule as presented in their Codex or Index, a Detachment rule unique to that Detachment, and a number of Enhancements and Stratagems that you can use.ARMY FACTION
A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
A keyword that will be shared by all units in your army.
MUSTERING RULES
Which units you are allowed to include in your army.
FORMING BOARDING SQUADS
Any additional rules that will apply in the missions Form Boarding Squads step. Note that not all Detachments will have these.
RULES ADAPTATIONS
Some units will be unable to use certain abilities in Boarding Actions battles. Where this is the case, these units and their relevant abilities will be listed here.
ARMY RULE
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Due to the distinct nature of close-quarters battle in Boarding Actions, most army rules require some modifications to their effects. Where this is the case, these will be described here.
DETACHMENT RULE
Each faction will have a number of different Detachments to choose from, each with its own Detachment rule to reflect the unique fighting methods of such forces.
ENHANCEMENTS
Further Enhancements that you can give to CHARACTER models from your army, beyond those(Boarding Actions Enhancments), will be found here.
STRATAGEMS
Additional Stratagems that you can use, in addition to those (Boarding Actions Stratagems), will be found here.
Void Purge Force
Whether striking into a warp-compromised vessel to annihilate all aboard, defending a vital Grey Knights warship from infernal threats, or removing allies or foes who know too much, these strike teams of Grey Knights hit hard and fast to ensure none escape their purge.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following unit (duplicates are not allowed):- BROTHER-CAPTAIN
- BROTHER-CAPTAIN STERN
- BROTHERHOOD CHAMPION
- BROTHERHOOD CHAPLAIN
- BROTHERHOOD LIBRARIAN
- BROTHERHOOD TECH MARINE
- CASTELLAN CROWE
- GRAND MASTER
- GRAND MASTER VOLDUS
- KALDOR DRAIGO
- STRIKE SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- INTERCEPTOR SQUAD (5 or 10 model)
- PURIFIER SQUAD (5 model)
- BROTHERHOOD TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 model )
- PALADIN SQUAD (5 model )
Rules Adaptations
- The BROTHERHOOD LIBRARIAN model loses the Vortex of Doom ability.
- The GRAND MASTER VOLDUS model loses the Hammer Aflame ability.
- The INTERCEPTOR SQUAD unit loses the Personal Teleporters ability.
- The KALDOR DRAIGO model loses the One With the Warp ability.
- The STRIKE SQUAD unit loses the Sanctifying Ritual ability.
Eye of the Prognosticars
Forewarned of threats yet to manifest by the divinations of the Prognosticars, these Grey Knights are ready to exploit any eventuality.
Units from your army with the Teleport Assault ability replace that ability with this one.Each time you target this unit with a Stratagem, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if this unit is within range of an objective marker you control: on a 5+, you gain 1CP.
Detachment Rule
An Urgent Duty
None can be allowed to reach an escape craft or get a distress call away - the purge must be swift and total. This knowledge lends the Grey Knights even greater urgency.
Add 1 to Advance and Charge rolls made for GREY KNIGHTS units from your army.Enhancements
Sigil of Warding This minute silver icon contains a personal teleport matrix and a vigilant machine spirit. Its precogitative psyroutines carefully watch for attacks from a distance, and at the sign of danger it transports its bearer away in a crack of energy. Once per battle, al the end of your Shooting phase, the bearer can use this Enhancement. If it does, it can make a Normal move of up to 3" and can then attempt to operate a Hatchway. The bearer is then not eligible to declare a charge this turn. |
Tactical Haruspexy Sanctioned psychic foretelling has determined the future whereabouts of this warrior’s primary target at a precise moment in time. It is a rendezvous only one will survive. Once per battle, when the bearer declares a charge, it can use this Enhancement. If it does, it can select units that are not visible to it as targets of that charge, provided they are within 9" of it. |
Stratagems
BREACH-SHOCK
1CP
Void Purge Force – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
So swift and overwhelming is a boarding assault by the Grey Knights that foes are overrun in short order before they even realise their peril.
WHEN: Fight phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that has not been selected to fight this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, each time a model in your unit makes a Pile-in or Consolidation move, it can move up to 6" instead of up to 3".
HEXBANE WARDS
1CP
Void Purge Force – Battle Tactic Stratagem
These unsettling hexagrammatic wards, inscribed on the Grey Knights' wargear before boarding, cause enemy weapons to falter and misfire as machine spirits are banished or tormented to madness.
WHEN: Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in that enemy unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in that enemy unit have the [HAZARDOUS] ability.
TRANSLOCATION
1CP
Void Purge Force – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Employing single-use microteleportation matrices or focused psychic powers, these Grey Knights step through the warp and back to realspace in an eyeblink.
WHEN: Your Movement phase.
TARGET: One INTERCEPTOR SQUAD or GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
TARGET: One INTERCEPTOR SQUAD or GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER unit from your army that has not been selected to move this phase.
EFFECT: The next time your unit is selected to move this phase, models in that unit can move through Walls and closed Hatchways as if they were not there, but when doing so, no model can move more than 6".
RESTRICTIONS: You can only use this Stratagem once.
SANCTIFIED SLAUGHTER
1CP
Void Purge Force – Battle Tactic Stratagem
With their foes cornered, the Grey Knights’ blades rise and fall, the purge thorough and unmerciful.
WHEN: Your Fight phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that charged this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If such a weapon already has that ability, until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made with that weapon, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that charged this turn.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, melee weapons equipped by models in your unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability. If such a weapon already has that ability, until the end of the phase, each time an attack is made with that weapon, a successful unmodified Hit roll of 5+ scores a Critical Hit.
Baneslayer Strike
The infernal power of dire threats such as the Heretic Astartes, the Daemons of Chaos or the most abominable of xenos horrors is magnified within the close quarters of shipboard war. They Grey Knights have the tools to deal with even such arch-fiends, however, and they come clad in Terminator plate.
Mustering a Boarding Patrol
You can include up to two of the following units (duplicates are not allowed):- BROTHER-CAPTAIN
- BROTHER-CAPTAIN STERN
- BROTHERHOOD CHAPLAIN
- BROTHERHOOD LIBRARIAN
- GRAND MASTER
- GRAND MASTER VOLDUS
- KALDOR DRAIGO
- BROTHERHOOD TERMINATOR SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
- PALADIN SQUAD (5 or 10 models)
Rules Adaptations
- The BROTHERHOOD LIBRARIAN model loses the Vortex of Doom ability.
- The GRAND MASTER VOLDUS model loses the Hammer Aflame ability.
- The KALDOR DRAIGO model loses the One With the Warp ability.
Eye of the Prognosticars
Forewarned of threats yet to manifest by the divinations of the Prognosticars, these Grey Knights are ready to exploit any eventuality.
Units from your army with the Teleport Assault ability replace that ability with this one.Each time you target this unit with a Stratagem, roll one D6, adding 1 to the result if this unit is within range of an objective marker you control: on a 5+, you gain 1CP.
Detachment Rule
Pre-Emptive Strike
Employing ancient teleportation technologies, the Grey Knights are able to strike deep into enemy vessels or reposition with supernatural haste to defend vital sites on their own ships.
In the Reinforcements step of your first Movement phase, you can set up on the battlefield one GREY KNIGHTS Reserves unit from your army using the Deep Strike ability. When doing so, you can set up that unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 6" horizontally away from all enemy models (measure this distance as you would normally for the Deep Strike ability). Until the end of the turn, that unit is not eligible to declare a charge.Enhancements
Shield of Admonishment This ancient and heavily warded pauldron gleams with searing light in a range of enipyric spectra that blind not only a foes physical sight, but also its intangible senses. Each time a melee attack targets the bearer, subtract 1 from the Hit roll. |
Close and Sanction Focused on closing the distance to their quarry, this warrior surges forward through enemy fire. In your opponents Shooting phase, each time an enemy unit is selected to shoot, after that unit has shot, if the bearer was hit by one or more of those attacks, the bearer can make a Dash move. To do so, roll one D6: the bearer can be moved a distance in inches up to the result, but it must finish that move as close as possible to the closest visible enemy unit. When doing so, it can be moved within Engagement Range of that enemy unit. The bearer can only make one Dash move per phase. |
Stratagems
ARMOURED AEGIS
1CP
Baneslayer Strike – Epic Deed Stratagem
This warrior stands indomitable, a shining tower of strength amidst a maelstrom of foes.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, just after an enemy unit has selected its targets.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER model from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your model has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER model from your army that was selected as the target of one or more of the attacking unit’s attacks.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your model has the Feel No Pain 4+ ability.
SANCTIC CIRCLE
2CP
Baneslayer Strike – Epic Deed Stratagem
Through focused psychic might, this warrior cleanses and wards a vital location against the foe.
WHEN: Your Command phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER or PALADIN SQUAD unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker within 9” of and visible to your unit. If that objective marker does not have any enemy models within range of it (excluding Battle-shocked models), your unit must take a Leadership test, subtracting 1 from the result if that objective marker is Secured by your opponent’s army. If that test is passed, that objective marker is no longer considered Secured by your opponent’s army and is Secured by your army.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS CHARACTER or PALADIN SQUAD unit from your army.
EFFECT: Select one objective marker within 9” of and visible to your unit. If that objective marker does not have any enemy models within range of it (excluding Battle-shocked models), your unit must take a Leadership test, subtracting 1 from the result if that objective marker is Secured by your opponent’s army. If that test is passed, that objective marker is no longer considered Secured by your opponent’s army and is Secured by your army.
RELENTLESS BOARDERS
1CP
Baneslayer Strike – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Once aboard the enemy vessel, the elite of the Grey Knights press forward relentlessly, even their momentary withdrawals only presaging another aggressive push into the next chamber.
WHEN: Your Charge phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that has not been selected to charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that has not been selected to charge this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, your unit is eligible to declare a charge in a turn in which it Fell Back.
PSYBOLT AMMUNITION
1CP
Baneslayer Strike – Wargear Stratagem
By entreating the machine spirit of his weapon with psychic incantations, a battle-brother can infuse it's already deadly payload with explosive mental energy.
WHEN: Your Shooting phase.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of storm bolters equipped by models in your unit by 1.
TARGET: One GREY KNIGHTS unit from your army that has not been selected to shoot this phase.
EFFECT: Until the end of the phase, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of storm bolters equipped by models in your unit by 1.
DEEP STRIKE
Some units make their way to battle via tunnelling, teleportation, high-altitude descent or other extraordinary means that allow them to appear suddenly in the thick of the fighting.
During the Declare Battle Formations step, if every model in a unit has this ability, you can set it up in Reserves instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. If a unit with the Deep Strike ability arrives from Strategic Reserves, the controlling player can choose for that unit to be set up either using the rules for Strategic Reserves or using the Deep Strike ability.- Unit can be set up in Reserves instead of on the battlefield.
- Unit can be set up in your Reinforcements step, more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models.
RAPID INGRESS
1CP
Core – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Be it cunning strategy, potent technology or supernatural ritual, there are many means by which a commander may hasten their warriors’ onset.
WHEN: End of your opponent’s Movement phase.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves.
EFFECT: Your unit can arrive on the battlefield as if it were the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, and if every model in that unit has the Deep Strike ability, you can set that unit up as described in the Deep Strike ability (even though it is not your Movement phase).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in.
TARGET: One unit from your army that is in Reserves.
EFFECT: Your unit can arrive on the battlefield as if it were the Reinforcements step of your Movement phase, and if every model in that unit has the Deep Strike ability, you can set that unit up as described in the Deep Strike ability (even though it is not your Movement phase).
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot use this Stratagem to enable a unit to arrive on the battlefield during a battle round it would not normally be able to do so in.
Attached Units
Some CHARACTER units have the Leader ability, which lets them merge with other units (known as Bodyguard units) to form an Attached unit.The Starting Strength of an Attached unit is equal to the combined Starting Strengths of all of its units (i.e. the number of models in the Leader unit added to the number of models in the Bodyguard unit). If either the Leader unit or the Bodyguard unit in an Attached unit is destroyed, the Starting Strength of the remaining unit is changed to be equal to its original Starting Strength.
Example: A Primaris Captain (Starting Strength 1) is attached to a unit of Intercessors (Starting Strength 5). This Attached unit has a Starting Strength of 6. If all the Intercessors are destroyed, the remaining Primaris Captain would revert to having a Starting Strength of 1.
For the purposes of rules that are triggered when a unit is destroyed, such rules are still triggered when one of the individual units that made up an Attached unit is destroyed (the Leader or the Bodyguard unit).
Example: If a rule awards you with 1VP each time an enemy unit is destroyed, and you target an Attached unit, you would gain 1VP if the Bodyguard unit is destroyed and 1VP if the Leader unit is destroyed (for a total of 2VP).
Normal Moves
When a unit makes a Normal move, each model in that unit can move a distance in inches less than or equal to its Move (M) characteristic, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of any enemy models.- Normal Move: Models move up to M".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
Advance Moves
When a unit Advances, make an Advance roll for that unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the phase. Each model in that unit can then make an Advance move by moving a distance in inches less than or equal to this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Advanced.- Advance Move: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Fall Back Moves
When a unit Falls Back, each model in that unit can make a Fall Back move by moving a distance in inches less than or equal to its Move characteristic, and when doing so you can move it within Engagement Range of enemy models, provided it does not end that move within Engagement Range of any enemy models – if this is not possible, that unit cannot Fall Back.
A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back.
Desperate Escape Tests
Unlike when making other types of move, models can move over enemy models when making a Fall Back move as if those enemy models were not there, but you must take a Desperate Escape test for each model that will do so (excluding models that are TITANIC or can FLY) before any models in that unit are moved. In addition, if a unit is Battle-shocked when it is selected to Fall Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit before any are moved.
Each time you take a Desperate Escape test for a model, roll one D6. For each roll of 1-2, one model from the unit that is Falling Back is destroyed (selected by you). The same model can only ever trigger one Desperate Escape test per phase.A unit cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn that it Fell Back.
Desperate Escape Tests
Unlike when making other types of move, models can move over enemy models when making a Fall Back move as if those enemy models were not there, but you must take a Desperate Escape test for each model that will do so (excluding models that are TITANIC or can FLY) before any models in that unit are moved. In addition, if a unit is Battle-shocked when it is selected to Fall Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit before any are moved.
- Fall Back Move: Models move up to M".
- Units that Fall Back cannot shoot or declare a charge in the same turn.
- Models can move over enemy models when Falling Back, but you must take Desperate Escape tests for them before they do so (excluding models that are TITANIC or can FLY).
- If a Battle-shocked unit is selected to Fall Back, take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
- Desperate Escape Test: Roll one D6. On a 1-2, one model from that unit is destroyed.
Engagement Range
Engagement Range represents the zone of threat that models present to their enemies. While a model is within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically of an enemy model, those models – and their units – are within Engagement Range of each other.Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If for any reason a model cannot meet this condition, that model is destroyed.
- Engagement Range: Within 1" horizontally and 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up or end a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move within Engagement Range of any enemy models.
MISTS OF DEIMOS
1CP
Teleport Strike Force – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
When the enemy closes in, the Grey Knights wreathe themselves in psychic mists to confound the foe while they reposition until the time is ready to launch a counter-blow.
WHEN: Your opponent’s Movement phase, just after an enemy unit ends a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
TARGET: One PSYKER unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" as if it were your Movement phase or, if it has the Deep Strike ability, it can be placed into Strategic Reserves.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
TARGET: One PSYKER unit from your army that is within 9" of that enemy unit.
EFFECT: Your unit can make a Normal move of up to 6" as if it were your Movement phase or, if it has the Deep Strike ability, it can be placed into Strategic Reserves.
RESTRICTIONS: You cannot select a unit that is within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units.
Disembark
If a unit from your army starts your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT model, that unit can disembark in that phase.When a unit disembarks from a TRANSPORT model, set it up on the battlefield so that it is wholly within 3" of that TRANSPORT model and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models. If, for any reason, a disembarking model cannot be set up, that model’s unit cannot disembark.
Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Remained Stationary this phase or has not yet made a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move this phase can then act normally (make a Normal move, Advance, shoot, declare a charge, fight, etc.) in the remainder of the turn. Such a disembarking unit cannot choose to Remain Stationary.
Units that disembark from a TRANSPORT model that made a Normal move this phase count as having made a Normal move themselves; they cannot move further during this phase. Such a unit also cannot declare a charge in the same turn, but can otherwise act normally in the remainder of the turn.
Units cannot disembark from a TRANSPORT model that either Advanced or Fell Back this turn.
- Units that start your Movement phase embarked within a TRANSPORT can disembark this phase, provided their TRANSPORT has not Advanced or Fallen Back.
- If a unit disembarks before its TRANSPORT moves, it can act normally.
- If a unit disembarks after its TRANSPORT moves, it cannot move or charge this turn, but can otherwise act normally.
- Disembarking units must be set up wholly within 3" of their TRANSPORT and not within Engagement Range of any enemy models (or the unit cannot disembark).
- Units that disembark this turn cannot Remain Stationary.
Destroyed
Throughout a battle, models will suffer damage and be destroyed. When a model is destroyed, it is removed from the battlefield. When every model in a unit has been destroyed, that unit is destroyed.
Flying
If a model can FLY, then when it makes a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move, it can be moved over enemy models as if they were not there, and can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models when making such a move. Note this also means that MONSTER and VEHICLE models that can FLY can be moved over other MONSTER and VEHICLE models when making such a move. However, models that can FLY cannot end their move on top of any other models or within Engagement Range of any enemy models.When a model that can FLY starts or ends a move on a terrain feature, instead of measuring the path it has moved across the battlefield, you instead measure its path ‘through the air’, as shown in the diagram below.
- FLY models can move over enemy models when they make a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
- FLY models that start or end a move on a terrain feature measure distance moved through the air when they make a Normal, Advance or Fall Back move.
Teleport Assault
The soul of the Grey Knights is sacrosanct, and their purity is incorruptible. The silvered armour of this Chapter’s warriors is bound with incantations, engraved with sigils of warding. Their blades shine with the inner light of their sanctity, for each of these Space Marines is a psychic warrior, in empyric communion with his battle-brothers. Empowered by minds constantly on guard, they can cut steel with bare hands, their eyes blaze with fire and even the power of their words flays the otherworldly skin of daemons. They are the Imperium’s foremost sword and shield against the daemonic. Guided by the foresight and prophecies of the Chapter’s Prognosticars, a Grey Knight can adapt to the most irrational of foes and, in a flare of teleportation energies, emerge at exactly the right location to unleash their devastating power.
If your Army Faction is , at the end of your opponent’s turn, you can select a number of units from your army with this ability (excluding units that are within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units). The maximum number of units you can select depends on the battle size, as follows:
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Once you have made your selections, remove those units from the battlefield. In the Reinforcements step of your next Movement phase, set each of those units up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" horizontally away from all enemy models. Any units that are not on the battlefield at the end of the battle count as destroyed.
Assault
Assault weapons fire so indiscriminately that they can be shot from the hip as warriors dash forward.
Weapons with [ASSAULT] in their profile are known as Assault weapons. If a unit that Advanced this turn contains any models equipped with Assault weapons, it is still eligible to shoot in this turn’s Shooting phase. When such a unit is selected to shoot, you can only resolve attacks using Assault weapons its models are equipped with.- Can be shot even if the bearer’s unit Advanced.
Hit Roll
When a model makes an attack, make one Hit roll for that attack by rolling one D6. If the result of the Hit roll is greater than or equal to the attack’s Ballistic Skill (BS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a ranged weapon) or its Weapon Skill (WS) characteristic (if the attack is being made with a melee weapon), then that Hit roll is successful and scores one hit against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.An unmodified Hit roll of 6 is called a Critical Hit and is always successful. An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails. A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Hit Roll (Ranged Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s BS.
- Hit Roll (Melee Attack): A hit is scored if the D6 result equals or exceeds that attack’s WS.
- Critical Hit: Unmodified Hit roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Hit roll of 1 always fails.
- A Hit roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
Psychic Weapons and Abilities
Some weapons and abilities can only be used by PSYKERS. Such weapons and abilities are tagged with the word ‘Psychic’. If a Psychic weapon or ability causes any unit to suffer one or more wounds, each of those wounds is considered to have been inflicted by a Psychic Attack.
Devastating Wounds
Weapons with [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] in their profile are known as Devastating Wounds weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if that attack scores a Critical Wound, no saving throw of any kind can be made against that attack (including invulnerable saving throws). Such attacks are only allocated to models after all other attacks made by the attacking unit have been allocated and resolved. After that attack is allocated and after any modifiers are applied, it inflicts a number of mortal wounds on the target equal to the Damage characteristic of that attack, instead of inflicting damage normally.Example: An attack made with a Devastating Wounds weapon with a Damage characteristic of 2 scores a Critical Wound. Instead of allocating the attack and making saving throws normally, the target suffers 2 mortal wounds.
- A Critical Wound inflicts mortal wounds equal to the weapon’s Damage characteristic, instead of any normal damage.
The TRANSPORT keyword is used in the following Grey Knights datasheets:
Wound Roll
Each time an attack scores a hit against a target unit, make a Wound roll for that attack by rolling one D6 to see if that attack successfully wounds the target unit. The result required is determined by comparing the attack’s Strength (S) characteristic with the target’s Toughness (T) characteristic, as shown below.
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If the result of the Wound roll is greater than or equal to the required number shown in the table above, then that Wound roll is successful and scores one wound against the target unit. Otherwise, the attack fails and the attack sequence ends.
An unmodified Wound roll of 6 is called a Critical Wound and is always successful. An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails. A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
- Critical Wound: Unmodified Wound roll of 6. Always successful.
- An unmodified Wound roll of 1 always fails.
- A Wound roll can never be modified by more than -1 or +1.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have selected an eligible unit to declare a charge, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of that charge. The targets of a charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit.You then make a Charge roll for the charging unit by rolling 2D6. The result is the maximum number of inches each model in that unit can be moved if a Charge move is possible. For a Charge move to be possible, the Charge roll must be sufficient to enable the charging unit to end that move:
- Within Engagement Range of every unit that you selected as a target of the charge.
- Without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of the charge.
- In Unit Coherency.
- Charge Roll: 2D6".
- Targets of a charge must be within 12" but do not need to be visible.
- If the distance rolled is insufficient to move within Engagement Range of all targets while maintaining Unit Coherency, the charge fails.
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not a target of the charge.
- If the charge is successful, each model makes a Charge move less than or equal to the Charge roll, and must move into base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible.
Pile In
When a unit Piles In, you can move each model in that unit that is not already in base-to-base contact with an enemy model up to 3" – this is a Pile-in move. For a Pile In to be possible, a unit must be able to end these moves within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions cannot be met, no models in the unit can make Pile-in moves this phase and you progress to making melee attacks with that unit. Otherwise, the unit can make Pile-in moves.Each time a model makes a Pile-in move, it must end that move closer to the closest enemy model. If it can also end that move in base-to-base contact with one or more enemy models while still satisfying all of the conditions above, it must do so. The controlling player chooses the order in which to move their models.
- Pile-in Move: Up to 3".
- Every model that moves must end closer to the closest enemy model, and in base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible. The unit must end in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of at least one enemy unit (or no models can Pile In).
Consolidate
After a unit has finished making all of its melee attacks, it Consolidates. Each time a unit Consolidates, you can move each model in that unit that is not already in base-to-base contact with an enemy model up to 3" – this is a Consolidation move. For a Consolidation to be possible, a unit must be able to end these moves within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions cannot be met, then each model in that unit can instead make a Consolidation move towards the closest objective marker, but only if, after doing so, that unit is within range of that objective marker and in Unit Coherency. If these conditions also cannot be met, no models in the unit can make Consolidation moves this phase and that unit’s fight ends.If a unit can end its Consolidation within Engagement Range of one or more enemy units, then each time one of its models makes a Consolidation move, it must end that move closer to the closest enemy model. If it can also end that move in base-to-base contact with one or more enemy models while still satisfying all of the conditions above, it must do so. The controlling player chooses the order in which to move their models.
- Consolidation Move: Up to 3".
- Every model that moves must end closer to the closest enemy model, and in base-to-base contact with an enemy model if possible. The unit must end in Unit Coherency and within Engagement Range of at least one enemy unit if possible.
- If the above is not possible, each model can move towards the closest objective marker, but this must result in the unit being within range of it and in Unit Coherency.
- If the above is also not possible, no models can Consolidate.
Hazardous
Weapons powered by unstable and dangerous energy sources pose a substantial risk to the wielder every time they are used.
Weapons with [HAZARDOUS] in their profile are known as Hazardous weapons. Each time a unit is selected to shoot or fight, after that unit has resolved all of its attacks, for each Hazardous weapon that targets were selected for when resolving those attacks, that unit must take one Hazardous test. To do so, roll one D6: on a 1, that test is failed. For each failed test you must resolve the following sequence (resolve each failed test one at a time):- If possible, select one model in that unit that has lost one or more wounds and is equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
- Otherwise, if possible, select one model in that unit (excluding CHARACTER models) equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
- Otherwise, select one CHARACTER model in that unit equipped with one or more Hazardous weapons.
If a unit from a player’s army is selected as the target of the Fire Overwatch Stratagem in their opponent’s Charge phase, any mortal wounds inflicted by Hazardous tests are allocated after the charging unit has ended its Charge move.
Example: A unit of five models make five attacks with ranged weapons with the [HAZARDOUS] ability. After the unit has finished shooting, its controlling player rolls five D6. One of the results is a 1, and so one of those models suffers 3 mortal wounds.
- After a unit shoots or fights, roll one Hazardous test (one D6) for each Hazardous weapon used. For each 1, a model equipped with a hazardous weapon suffers 3 mortal wounds, that must be allocated to the selected model.
Characters
Some models have the CHARACTER keyword. These models can make Heroic Interventions in Charge Phase and are not easy targets in the Shooting Phase (see Look out, Sir, rule). If your Warlord has the CHARACTER keyword he may be able to have a Warlord Trait (see Warlord Trait section on model’s faction page).Note that CHARACTERS cannot use their Aura Abilities while %000015069performing actions%.
Sustained Hits
Some weapons strike in a flurry of blows, tearing the foe apart with relentless ferocity.
Weapons with [SUSTAINED HITS X] in their profile are known as Sustained Hits weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, if a Critical Hit is rolled, that attack scores a number of additional hits on the target as denoted by ‘x’.Example: A model makes an attack with a melee weapon with the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability. If the Hit roll is an unmodified 6 (a Critical Hit), then that attack scores a total of 3 hits on the target (1 from the successful Hit roll of 6, and 2 from the [SUSTAINED HITS 2] ability).
- [SUSTAINED HITS X]: Each Critical Hit scores ‘x’ additional hits on the target.
Mortal Wounds
Some attacks are so powerful that no armour or force field can withstand their fury.
Some rules inflict mortal wounds on units. Each time mortal wounds are inflicted on a unit, each of those mortal wounds inflicts one point of damage to that unit, and they are always applied one at a time. Each mortal wound is allocated to a model in the same manner as allocating an attack. Excess damage from mortal wounds is not lost if the damage can be allocated to another model. Instead, keep allocating damage to another model in the target unit until either all the damage has been allocated or the target unit is destroyed.If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, do not make a Wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saving throws) against those mortal wounds. If those mortal wounds are inflicted by an attack that has the [PRECISION] ability, the attacking model’s controlling player can allocate those mortal wounds to a CHARACTER model in that unit.
If mortal wounds are being inflicted as a result of the [HAZARDOUS] ability or by an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability that scored a Critical Wound, each time those mortal wounds are allocated to a model, if that model is destroyed as a result of those mortal wounds, the remaining mortal wounds from that attack are lost, just as with a normal attack.
If, when a unit is selected to shoot or fight, one or more of its attacks can inflict mortal wounds on the target, resolve any normal damage inflicted by the attacking unit’s attacks on that target before inflicting any mortal wounds on that target. If an attack inflicts mortal wounds in addition to any normal damage, but the normal damage is subsequently saved, the target unit still suffers those mortal wounds, as described above.
- Each mortal wound inflicted on a unit causes one model in that unit to lose one wound.
- Unless the source of the mortal wounds is the [HAZARDOUS] ability or an attack with the [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] ability, damage from mortal wounds is not lost if it can be allocated to another model.
- No saving throws can be made against mortal wounds.
- Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks always apply after any normal damage, even if that damage was saved.
Feel No Pain
FEEL NO PAIN
Some warriors refuse to be laid low, even by what should be fatal wounds.
Some models have ‘Feel No Pain x+’ listed in their abilities. Each time a model with this ability suffers damage and so would lose a wound (including wounds lost due to mortal wounds), roll one D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the number denoted by ‘x’, that wound is ignored and is not lost. If a model has more than one Feel No Pain ability, you can only use one of those abilities each time that model suffers damage and so would lose a wound.- Feel No Pain x+: Each time this model would lose a wound, roll one D6: if the result equals or exceeds ‘x’, that wound is not lost.
2. Battle-shock
In this step, you must take a Battle-shock test for each of your units on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength. To do so, roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the best Leadership characteristic in that unit, the test is passed; otherwise, the test is failed and, until the start of your next Command phase, that unit is Battle-shocked.While a unit is Battle-shocked:
- The Objective Control characteristic of all of its models is 0.
- If it Falls Back, you must take a Desperate Escape test for every model in that unit.
- Its controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect that unit.
Once you have taken Battle-shock tests for all of your units that require them, your Command phase ends and you progress to your Movement phase.
In this step, if for any reason a unit is forced to take a Battle-shock test for being below its Starting Strength, unless otherwise stated, that unit does not also have to take a Battle-shock test for being Below Half-strength. While a unit is Battle-shocked, all models in that unit are also Battle-shocked.
- Take a Battle-shock test for each unit from your army on the battlefield that is Below Half-strength.
- Roll 2D6: if the result is greater than or equal to the unit’s Leadership, the test is passed. Otherwise, the unit is Battle-shocked until the start of your next Command phase.
- Battle-shocked units have an OC of 0 and their controlling player cannot use Stratagems to affect them.
- Battle-shocked units must take Desperate Escape tests if they Fall Back.
Leadership Tests
If a rule requires you to take a Leadership test for a unit, roll 2D6: if the total is greater than or equal to the best Leadership characteristic in that unit, that test is passed. Otherwise, it is failed.
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