I spam gauntlets of the duel. They are insanely good. Especially if you kill their champion round 1 you can cover their choppy character to waste round 2 on your champion alone.

Empire greatswords are complete trash, and empire knights only avoid the same label by being core.

Id argue that since core is usually best used for anvil units state troopers are better than knights. Your characters, special, and rare units are your real damage

Highest reward on the charge with furious charge as well. The problem is KotR on horseback are so damn good. Countercharge, good frontage with the lance, Lances and the 3+ I really want to make them work though. Recently i've been doing some Errantry crusade stuff, you get an extra bit of range on the charge which can help, you don't give up the ward save like exiles does, and you can take the frenzy banner if your BSB is in the unit. It's a decent block, especially if you can have a prophetess drop lady's gift on it at the start of the game and then fly off to avoid the opposing level 4's dispel range. (i like battle magic for Arcane urgency, pillar of fire etc) Big investment, but they're core, seeing as so many armies just take minimum core and basically achieve nothing with that 25% they're forced to spend, being able to actually play around with a lot of solid choices is nice... just sucks for foot knights that they're competing with such solid options in mounted knights, archers and M@A imo

@@Hawko1313 They are great on errantry crusade, it also helps that the rules "free up" points because you're gonna want errants over mounted knights of the realm.

You can't dispel as your in combat but you can still cast assailment and self spells. So what are you using Hammerhand (Battle Signature Spell) Guarantee and low casting spells in the list. This is most likely the best option. The Lady's Wrath (Signature Spell) or Glittering Robe (Illusion Signature Spell) with Spectral Doppelganger (Illusion) High cast value spells in this list for a level 2 but you got a 1 in 3 chance to get Doppelganger. Flaming Sword (Elementalism) I guess if you don't get the spell your going to be used in a supporting role outside the unit or you could take The Lady's Wrath (Signature Spell) still.

@@grlmgor you are correct about the dispel and "engaged in combat" - that was a slip up on my part. The following is my opinion, but the asailment spell I usually use is hammerhand. 2d3 @ str 4, -2 AP usually nets a good return on most enemy units, and cheapest to cast. On average I usually kill about 3 in the enemy fighting rank. Then she does her melee attack and then retires. Flaming sword - not worth it as it is only Str 3, and no AP. For a trade of one or two more hits. Flammable is not that great in this edition either, also costs 1 more to cast. Spectral doppelganger could be good, but you will be using points for a better weapon - to have better attack stats. I prefer to use most of my other points on more useful items for my Damsel or Prophetess. Especially for my Prophetess - I buy a lore familiar so I can choose the spells. I also buy the Ruby Ring of Ruin to get a few magic missile shots in before engaging in combat. The Lady's Wrath, I have used when I field knights using a sword and board combo. But from most of my games I stick with great weapons. Granted peoples play styles are different. But this combo has been the most successful for me - putting a Prophetess on a unit of knights on foot. To make it really nasty I put a paladin on foot in the unit with the Headmans Axe or Giant Blade. As his initiative is usually better than most other enemy units as well. This also can help reduce an opponent's fighting rank.

@@templarwhiskey8167 Doppelganger you can increase your S and AP with The Lady's Wrath. Instead of a Paladin with magic items you should take a Barron with a morning star, shield and Gauntlet of the Duel. This way you can champion snipe.

@@grlmgor true, but doppelganger ganger is a 9+ to cast vs a 7+. The paladin, in the unit of knights, is also a BSB. So he may or may not have a magic banner - depending on how I feel. Normally my Barron is on horse running around with the virtue of knightly temper with the ogre blade Or he will have the virtue of heroism with the sword of battle or the duellist blades. These two combos have served me well. Morning stars I don't care for. The wording says you only get the str bonus on the first round of combat. When a unit falls back or gives ground and you follow up - you don't get a str bonus in subsequent rounds. Seems the lance is the only weapon that can reused - only on the charge.

@@templarwhiskey8167 Morning Stars are a cheap sword of might.

they're from the arcane journal, fronteir axe can only be taken by brettonian exiles, SotSH is generally good though

detail creep has gone to far, when you need more time painting an infantry knight then a Knight on Horse

Fair point! I just feel like infantry pretty much always get charged then do the charging :)

It's certainly a risk. It's why they are niche. But if you get the charge everything just dies.

I haven't played a game of Warhammer yet, but marching Foot Knights beside my Men-at-Arms to do a counter-charge was the niche that occurred to me. Encouraging to hear I'm picking up some of the right ideas.

*cheeto voice* wrong. Fr I feel like everyone downing infantry has only done mathhammer

@@janehrahan5116 Overall? They're definitely the worst performing unit type and for sure the most common. They're anvils, screens, tarpits, or in the case of Black Orcs quell impetuosity. The units that are meant to be hammers are overshadowed by better options.

If it was once it would be unusable