Swords of Chaos (Chaos Knights)
Melee cavalry· Cavalry· Tier 4· 16 models (crew of 24) at Ultra sizeRegiment of Renown
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Swords of Chaos (Chaos Knights) are Warriors of Chaos melee cavalry: 5,312 HP across 16 models, armour 120, melee attack 52, melee defence 61, weapon strength 80. It costs 1,500 in the campaign and in multiplayer. Unit key wh_pro04_chs_cav_chaos_knights_ror_0. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.
Health
332 per model
5,312
Armour
shield blocks 30% of small-arms missiles from the front (not artillery)
120
Leadership
85
Speed
70
Melee attack
52
Melee defence
61
Weapon strength
24 base + 56 armour-piercing
80
Charge bonus
44
Attributes
- Causes Fear
This unit frightens all enemy units, reducing their leadership when nearby. It is also immune to fear. Fear penalties do not stack.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
- Immune to Psychology
The unit is immune to psychological attacks (Fear & Terror).
Abilities
- GuardianWard Save (Area) · +15% Physical ResistancepassiveGuardianWard Save (Area)+15% Physical ResistancePassive · Range 35 mIn the midst of a bloodbath it's good to know that someone has your back.
- Apocalyptic ChargeAugment (Area) · +10% Charge Speed, +20% Charge BonusactiveApocalyptic ChargeAugment (Area)+10% Charge Speed+20% Charge BonusCooldown 120 s · Duration 30 s · Range 35 mIf you see him coming run as fast as you can… not that it will do you any good whatsoever!
Counters
Good against
- Heavily armoured units — 56 of 80 weapon strength armour-piercinge.g. Steam Tank, Blessed Bastiladon (Solar Engine), Rotting Leviathan · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Knights of Khorne, Chosen of Khorne
- Units weak to fire — flaming melee attackse.g. Malevolent Treeman, Chaos Frost Dragon, Treeman
- Light infantry-sized units — large, mass 1,330e.g. Exalted Plaguebearers of Nurgle, Zombies, Zombie Pirate Deckhand Mob · Warriors of Chaos: Chosen of Nurgle, Chosen of Slaanesh
Vulnerable to
- Bonus vs large — large (cavalry-sized or bigger)e.g. Bone Giant, Feral Troglodon, Warp Lightning Cannons · Warriors of Chaos: Dragon Ogre Shaggoth, Dragon Ogres
- Armour-piercing — armour 120e.g. Warp-Doom Magma-Cannon, Luminark of Hysh, Little Grom · Warriors of Chaos: Chaos Giant, Dragon Ogre Shaggoth
Computed from base unit-card values (no skills, items or abilities), one rule per line; examples are units with the most of that trait. How counters are worked out · Try it in the combat calculator
Gold for gold
Beats, at a similar price: Luminark of Hysh (1395.64× faster), Casket of Souls (767.07× faster), Mortis Engine (74.89× faster)
Loses to, at a similar price: Mournfang Cavalry (Great Weapons) (2.44× slower), Bull Centaur Renders (Great Weapons) (2.27× slower), War Bear Riders (2.08× slower)
Equal gold, every model fighting at its weapon's attack interval, combat calculator formulas; no charge, mass, splash, leadership or abilities. “Similar price”: within 30% of its 1,500 multiplayer gold. Warriors of Chaos units ranked.
Who can field it
- Warriors of Chaos · Warhost of the Apocalypse
Custom Battle lists factions under each race; every faction of a race fields that race's units (units_custom_battle_permissions rows of any of its factions). The name after the race is the faction the army builder uses.
Where these numbers come from
Read from the game's database tables for patch 9.0.4 (main_units, land_units, battle_entities, melee_weapons, projectiles…) as published in the WH3-Dump export (commit 099796e8). Formulas that turn table values into card values are checked against known units before they are shown — how we verify.