Imperial Knights mathhammer rankings Points efficiency · 11th edition

We scored all 27 Imperial Knights units on what they do per point: expected damage into five kinds of target, and how much punishment they soak from five kinds of attacker. The most efficient overall is Canis Rex (value 76/100).

Best by role

Epic Heroes: Canis Rex (76)
Characters: Knight Gallant (66), Knight Valiant (62), Cerastus Knight Lancer (61)
Battleline: Skitarii Vanguard (52), Skitarii Rangers (46)
Vehicles: Armiger Warglaive (65), Armiger Helverin (64), Armiger Moirax (59)

Specialists

Best into chaff: Skitarii Vanguard · 5.87 wounds per 100 pts
Best into MEQ: Tech-Priest Dominus · 3.95 wounds per 100 pts
Best into TEQ: Knight Gallant · 3.35 wounds per 100 pts
Best into light vehicle: Knight Gallant · 3.33 wounds per 100 pts
Best into heavy vehicle: Knight Gallant · 3.95 wounds per 100 pts
Toughest vs small arms: Canis Rex · 226 hits per 100 pts
Toughest vs special: Canis Rex · 150 hits per 100 pts
Toughest vs plasma: Canis Rex · 28.2 hits per 100 pts
Toughest vs elite: Knight Valiant · 22.5 hits per 100 pts
Toughest vs anti-tank: Skitarii Vanguard · 21.2 hits per 100 pts

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All Imperial Knights units by value

#	Unit	Pts	Value	Off	Def	Util	Chaff	MEQ	TEQ	Light vehicle	Heavy vehicle
1	Canis Rex2 models	415	76	54	98	29	2.06	2.19	2.77	2.83	3.20
2	Knight Gallant1 model	355	66	70	61	14	2.80	2.82	3.35	3.33	3.95
3	Armiger Warglaive1 model	140	65	46	84	84	3.17	2.65	2.38	2.38	1.39
4	Armiger Helverin1 model	140	64	43	84	77	2.65	3.16	2.54	1.90	1.27
5	Knight Valiant1 model	400	62	44	79	14	2.31	2.41	1.84	2.61	3.04
6	Cerastus Knight Lancer1 model	415	61	45	78	67	1.67	2.02	2.42	2.77	2.91
7	Armiger Moirax1 model	150	59	38	80	26	2.78	2.70	1.49	2.09	1.56
8	Knight Castellan1 model	425	59	42	75	77	1.88	2.28	2.04	2.37	2.81
9	Cerastus Knight Castigator1 model	380	54	46	62	17	2.57	2.55	2.17	2.38	2.23
10	Knight Defender1 model	400	54	35	73	49	2.23	2.22	2.07	2.03	1.43
11	Skitarii Vanguard10 models	85	52	32	72	45	5.87	2.94	1.47	0.98	0.49
12	Cerastus Knight Acheron1 model	380	49	35	62	12	1.75	2.40	1.12	2.38	2.23
13	Acastus Knight Porphyrion1 model	725	48	26	69	2	1.35	1.35	1.44	1.62	2.07
14	Questoris Knight Styrix1 model	375	46	40	53	6	1.90	2.44	1.86	2.41	2.26
15	Knight Crusader1 model	395	46	43	49	73	2.52	2.50	2.40	2.46	1.53
16	Skitarii Rangers10 models	85	46	19	72	41	5.23	1.96	0.65	0.65	0.33
17	Knight Destrier1 model	265	44	36	51	76	3.62	3.04	1.94	1.67	0.78
18	Cerastus Knight Atrapos1 model	405	43	33	53	55	1.69	1.69	1.56	2.29	2.13
19	Questoris Knight Magaera1 model	385	43	35	51	6	1.93	2.37	1.10	2.35	2.20
20	Acastus Knight Asterius1 model	785	41	22	60	1	1.26	1.22	1.42	1.46	1.63
21	Knight Errant1 model	355	40	18	61	25	0.94	1.36	0.92	1.66	1.09
22	Tech-Priest Dominus1 model	60	40	53	26	32	3.70	3.95	2.60	1.98	1.11
23	Knight Warden1 model	375	38	24	53	59	2.59	2.45	1.82	1.49	0.58
24	Knight Preceptor1 model	365	38	19	57	26	1.54	1.29	1.11	1.44	1.15
25	Knight Paladin1 model	375	32	10	53	62	1.34	1.15	1.12	0.91	0.41
26	Tech-Priest Manipulus1 model	60	28	30	26	32	3.09	2.96	1.80	1.48	0.69
27	Skitarii Marshal1 model	35	25	30	21	48	5.29	2.54	1.69	1.27	0.42

Value, Offense, Defense and Utility are percentiles against every current unit in the game (100 = best per point). Value is Offense and Defense; Utility (board control, actions, reach, support, and how often winning lists take the unit anyway) is shown beside it. Target columns: expected wounds removed per 100 points.

Recent Imperial Knights tournament lists

2nd of 20 · Canicule sur Cadia · 2026-07-18

2000 pts · 7 units

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Cerastus Knight Lancer (445 Points)
• Seigneur de Guerre
• 1x Cerastus shock lance
• Optimisations : Bringer of Justice

Knight Castellan (435 Points)
• 1x Plasma decimator
• 2x Shieldbreaker missile launcher
• 1x Titanic feet
• 2x Twin meltagun
• 1x Twin siegebreaker cannon
• 1x Volcano lance
• Optimisations : Mysterious Guardian

Knight Crusader (435 Points)
• 1x Avenger gatling cannon
• 1x Heavy flamer
• 1x Questoris heavy stubber
• 1x Questoris heavy stubber
• 1x Rapid-fire battle cannon
• 1x Stormspear rocket pod
• 1x Titanic feet
• Optimisations : Hunter’s Eye

Knight Destrier (265 Points)
• 1x Chastiser gatling cannon
• 1x Frag bombard
• 1x Questoris heavy stubber
• 1x Titanic feet

AUTRES FICHES TECHNIQUES

Armiger Helverin (140 Points)
• 2x Armiger autocannon
• 1x Armoured feet
• 1x Questoris heavy stubber

Armiger Helverin (140 Points)
• 2x Armiger autocannon
• 1x Armoured feet
• 1x Questoris heavy stubber

Armiger Warglaive (140 Points)
• 1x Questoris heavy stubber
• 1x Reaper chain-cleaver
• 1x Thermal spear

Top 4 placings from the last three months. Lists from grimstat-corpus (CC BY 4.0), published by their players and organisers on MiniHeadQuarters, player names removed.

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Detachments

Valourstrike Lance · Questor Forgepact · Gate Warden Lance · Questoris Companions · Spearhead-at-Arms · Freeblade Company · Dominus Foebreakers · Throne-bonded Outriders

Detachment rules aren't included in these scores; apply them as buffs in the army comparator.