T’au Empire – Knarloc Riders
| No | NAME | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | A | Ld | Sv | Base |
30 Knarloc Riders (base: 65mm) |
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| 3‑6 | 30 Knarloc Riders |
7" | 3+ | 4+ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4+ | 65mm |
If this unit contains 4 or more models, it has Power Rating 8. Every model is equipped with: Kroot rifle; Knarloc beak and talons.
* This datasheet is part of the Warhammer Legends range of rules and can be used in any type of play - open, narrative or matched. However Legends units are not updated by GW and not supported by Wahapedia and therefore not recommended for competitive tournaments.
WEAPON | RANGE | TYPE | S | AP | D | ABILITIES |
| Kroot rifle (shooting) | ||||||
| Kroot rifle (shooting) | 24" | Rapid Fire 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Knarloc beak and talons | ||||||
| Knarloc beak and talons | Melee | Melee | +2 | -2 | 2 | Each time the bearer fights, it makes 2 additional attacks with this weapon and no more than 2 attacks can be made with this weapon. |
| Each time the bearer fights, it makes 2 additional attacks with this weapon and no more than 2 attacks can be made with this weapon. | ||||||
| Kroot rifle (melee) | ||||||
| Kroot rifle (melee) | Melee | Melee | User | -1 | 1 | - |
ABILITIES | |
ABILITIES |
Loping Stride: Each time this unit Advances, do not make an Advance roll. Instead, until the end of the phase, add 6" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit. Thunderous Pounce: Each time this unit fights, if it made a charge move this turn, then until that fight is resolved, add 1 to the Strength and Attacks characteristics of models in this unit. |
| FACTION KEYWORDS: T’AU EMPIRE, KROOT | |
| KEYWORDS: CAVALRY, KNARLOC RIDERS | |
Datasheet-related Stratagems
THE BLOODY GORGING1CP
T’au Empire – Boarding Actions – Battle Tactic Stratagem
Through the consumption of the enemy’s flesh, Kroot are revitalised and absorb a portion of the foe’s strength.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when a KROOT unit from your army has finished making attacks. Roll one D6 for each enemy model that was destroyed by that unit this phase: on any dice result of 4+, until the end of the battle, each time a model in that KROOT unit would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
THE GRISLY FEAST1CP
T’au Empire – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
By devouring the flesh of fallen foes, Kroot believe they also absorb the enemy’s vigour and vitality.
Use this Stratagem in the Fight phase, when an enemy unit is destroyed by an attack made by a model in a KROOT unit from your army. Until the end of the battle, each time a model in that Kroot unit would lose a wound, roll one D6: on a 5+, that wound is not lost.
A TRAP WELL LAID1CP
T’au Empire – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Kroot have long perfected the art of ambush hunting, and are not above using allied forces as their bait.
Use this Stratagem in the Heroic Interventions step of your opponent’s Charge phase. Select one KROOT unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. Until the end of the turn:
- Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit.
- That unit is eligible to perform Heroic Interventions as if it were a CHARACTER.
- That unit is eligible to perform a Heroic Intervention if it is within 6" horizontally of an enemy unit, and when performing a Heroic Intervention move with that unit, you can move each model in that unit up to 6". All other rules for Heroic Interventions still apply.
A TRAP WELL LAID2CP
T’au Empire – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
The Kroot have long perfected the art of ambush hunting, and are not above using allied forces as their bait.
Use this Stratagem in the Heroic Interventions step of your opponent’s Charge phase. Select one KROOT unit from your army that is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units. Until the end of the turn:
- Add 1 to the Attacks characteristic of models in that unit.
- That unit is eligible to perform Heroic Interventions as if it were a CHARACTER.
FIRING LINE1CP
T’au Empire – Boarding Actions – Strategic Ploy Stratagem
Even when under intense pressure, T’au warriors remain calm and resolute to break enemy charges with salvoes of fire.
Use this Stratagem when a T’AU EMPIRE unit from your army successfully completes the Set Overwatch action. While that unit is Set Overwatch it also Holds Steady.
This datasheet has Fast Attack Battlefield Role. Full list of T’au Empire units sharing same Battlefield Role follows:
RAPID FIRE
Rapid fire weapons are versatile armaments capable of aimed single shots at long range or controlled bursts of fire at close quarters.When a model shoots a Rapid Fire weapon, double the number of attacks it makes if its target is within half the weapon’s range.
- Double number of attacks made if target is within half range.
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 are within Engagement Range of each other. While two enemy models are within Engagement Range of each other, those models’ units are also within Engagement Range of each other. Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.- Engagement Range: 1" horizontally + 5" vertically.
- Models cannot be set up within Engagement Range of enemy models.
Charging with a Unit
Once you have chosen an eligible unit to declare a charge with, you must select one or more enemy units within 12" of it as the targets of its charge. The target(s) of this charge do not need to be visible to the charging unit. You then make a charge roll for your unit by rolling 2D6. This is the maximum number of inches each model in the charging unit can now be moved if they can make the charge move. To make a charge move, the unit’s charge roll must be sufficient that it is able to end that move in unit coherency and within Engagement Range of every unit that was a target of its charge, without moving within Engagement Range of any enemy units that were not a target of its charge. If this is possible, then the charge is successful and the models in the unit make a charge move so as to fulfil the above conditions. If this is impossible, the charge fails and no models in the charging unit move this phase.- Declare targets of the charge (must be within 12").
- Charge roll = 2D6".
- If insufficient to move charging unit into Engagement Range of all targets, charge fails.
- If charge successful, models make their charge move.
- Cannot make a charge move within Engagement Range of any unit that was not the target of the charge.
The T’AU EMPIRE keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
HQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Flyers
Heavy Support
Fortifications
and others...
Set Overwatch
One or more units from your army can start to perform this action at the end of the Move Units step of your Movement phase. The action is completed at the end of your turn. If completed, until the end of your opponent’s next turn, that unit is said to have Set Overwatch. Each time an enemy unit is set up on the battlefield or ends a Normal Move, an Advance move, a Fall Back move, a charge move, or opens a Hatchway, units from your army that have Set Overwatch can fire Overwatch at that enemy unit.Overwatch is resolved like a normal shooting attack except that models can only target the enemy unit that has just finished moving, and an unmodified hit roll of 6 is always required for a successful hit roll, irrespective of the firing model’s Ballistic Skill or any modifiers. A unit cannot fire Overwatch while enemy units are within Engagement Range of it unless it is firing Overwatch at an enemy unit that has just finished making a charge move within Engagement Range of it. In this case it can do so even if other friendly units are within Engagement Range of the same enemy unit, and it can do so with any ranged weapon it is equipped with (excluding weapons with the Blast ability).
After a unit has fired Overwatch, it must complete the Set Overwatch action again before it can fire Overwatch again.
Hold Steady
Some rules will allow a unit to Hold Steady. If a model makes an Overwatch attack while its unit is under the effects of such a rule, an unmodified hit roll of 5+ for that attack will score a hit.
Army List
Datasheets collatedHQ
Dedicated Transport
Elites
Fast Attack
Heavy Support
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 performing actions.
Select Weapon
When a model makes a close combat attack, it must do so using a melee weapon (i.e. a weapon that has the ‘Melee’ type). The weapons a model is equipped with are described on its datasheet. If a model is not equipped with any melee weapons, or if it cannot make an attack with any of the melee weapons it is equipped with, then that model makes its attacks using a close combat weapon, which has the following profile:
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If a model has more than one melee weapon, select which it will use before resolving any attacks. If a model has more than one melee weapon and can make several attacks, it can split them between these weapons however you wish – declare which attacks are being made with which weapons before any attacks are resolved. If the selected weapon has more than one profile that you must choose between, you must declare which profile is being used at the same time. Different attacks made with such a weapon can be made using different profiles if you wish.
If your unit is making attacks with more than one melee weapon against a unit, and those weapons have different characteristics profiles, then after you have resolved an attack with one of those weapons you must, if any other weapons with the same characteristics profile are also being used to make attacks against that unit, resolve those attacks before resolving any attacks against the target with a weapon that has a different characteristics profile. Note that all the attacks you have declared are always resolved against the target unit even if, when you come to resolve an individual attack, no models in the target unit remain in range (this can happen because of models being destroyed and removed from the battlefield as the result of resolving other attacks made by the attacking model’s unit first).
- Each close combat attack is made with a melee weapon.
- A model makes attacks using the close combat weapon profile if it has no other melee weapons.
- If a unit attacks with multiple weapons, all attacks made with weapons that have the same profile must be resolved before resolving attacks with the next.
Advance
When a unit makes an Advance, make an Advance roll for the unit by rolling one D6. Add the result in inches to the Move (M) characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the current phase. Each model in that unit can then move a distance in inches equal to or less than 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 made an Advance.- Advance: Models move up to M+D6".
- Cannot move within Engagement Range of enemy models.
- Units that Advance cannot shoot or charge this turn.
Kroot rifle (shooting) used in the following datasheets:
Troops
Heavy Support
Fast Attack
Kroot rifle (melee) used in the following datasheets:
Troops
Heavy Support
Fast Attack
The KROOT keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Troops
Heavy Support
Performing a Heroic Intervention
When a unit performs a Heroic Intervention, you can move each model in that unit up to 3" – this is a Heroic Intervention move. Each model in the unit must finish its Heroic Intervention move closer to the closest enemy model. Remember that a unit must finish any type of move in unit coherency.- Heroic Intervention: Move up to 3".
- Must end closer to the closest enemy model.
Engagement Range
When measuring to see if one model is within Engagement Range of another, if the shortest line between those two models passes through an open Hatchway, then those models are within Engagement Range if they are within 2" of one another, as shown below.
- Both Models B and C are within Engagement Range of Model A, as the shortest distance between them passes through an open Hatchway and they are within 2" of one another.
- However, Model D is not within 2" of Model A and so these two are not within Engagement Range.
The CAVALRY keyword is used in the following T’au Empire datasheets:
Elites
Fast Attack
