L30n1d4s Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Black Knights have been one of my favorite 40 K units for a while now and I also am a fan of the new (7th edition) Telekinesis discipline, well at least part of it. With the new rules, Telekinesis now gives you the chance to have Levitation, Force Dome, Objuration Mechanicus, and Psychic Maelstrom, in addition to Crush, Assail, and Shockwave, which are situational/mediocre abilities. How does this relate to Black Knights? Well, if you take a Biker Librarian with Telekinesis and he gets any of those first 4 abilities I mentioned, you can genuinely enhance BK's already superior abilities.... between Scout, 12" move, and 12" Levitation move, the BKs can displace 36" by turn 1, giving their Plasma Talons an effective Rapid Fire threat range of 45".... that is something most opponents will not expect and it can allow you to completely redeploy and still shoot. Using Force Dome, you can give the BKs and several allied units (multiple Vindicators anyone?) a 5++, increasing their survivability against AP2/3 shooting and also making your opponent have target priority issues. Objuration Mechanicus can make units that threaten BKs with a high volume of fire (Plasma Command Squads, Fire Warriors with Ethereal support, massed Termagaunts, mass Dire Avengers, IG Blob squads, Grav Cannon Centurions, etc) very vulnerable to overheating themselves to death. Finally, using Pyschic Maelstrom, while tough (due to requiring 3 Warp Charges to manifest) with Black Knights can be a game changer... first, use the Rad Grenades from a RW GL to reduce your target's T by -1... if this is a T6 MC, save Hive Tyrant with Tyrant Guard, then they all become T5... next, if you can successfully cast Psychic Maelstrom and hit, its S10 AP1 Large Blast will cause ID to all but the toughest of targets (i.e. those TMCs, now T5, get instant gibbed if they suffer a single wound)... follow this up with rapid firing Plasma Talons and you should be able to clean up almost any unit, even including Rip Tides, Wraith Knights, Canifex Broods, and MegaNobz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polythemus Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 interesting take on telekenesis. Still I'm not sure if its my favorite psypower on BK, I feel that telepathy or even Pyromancy may be first choice, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmattlythgoe Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Correct me if I'm wrong, but the grenades won't be fired before the psychic blast. So their toughness will still be its original value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L30n1d4s Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Good point notmattlythgoe, I forgot that. So no dropping enemy MC to T5 (unless you have the Enfeeble power from Biomancy) before using Psychic Maelstrom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lucifer Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I find telekinesis surprisingly versatile despite the somewhat "diluted" power. The WC3is a kiler, but very hard to pull unless you have Zeke and a Lvl2 lIbbie giving you base 5 WC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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