Are there any formations of knights 700 points or less?

[TheAvengingKnee]

I am considering going to a tournament for 40 and the rules they have say:

 

Players are limited to either:

 

○ 1 Imperial Knight formation

 

OR

 

○ Spending a total of 700 points on Lords of War

 

 

I messaged the contact email and they are saying both are legal but that the formations are still bound by the 700 point cap, I can't find any knight formations that would be less than 700 points(they aren't counting the household/oathsworn detachments as formations). Closest I can figure if you went with the cheapest knights would be 975 points. 

 

Is there some other formation that I am missing?

[librisrouge]

The allied detachment, Oathsworn, can be a single knight, so that is how you field on in under 700 points. Mind you, you'd want another faction to round out the points since you'd have about 325ish left to spend after taking a single knight.

 

Might a recommend a Paladin. It's my favorite knight.

[CommodusXIII]

He said that Oathsworn Detachments aren't counted as a formation in this case.

 

I'd talk to the TOs and explain the math. Either they miscalculated, or they're trying to ban Knights without saying so.

[librisrouge]

They're not a formation. Sorry I wasn't clear there. They're a detachment, just like a Combined Arms Detachment or a Nemesis Strike Force or all of the other detachments that seem to come one per book now. If they're not allowing knight detachments and the game is only 700 points, then knights are being blocked.

 

Except for one work around 

 

All of the forgeworld knights can be used as Lords of War for Armies of the Imperium. If you have any other then you can do it that way.

[TheAvengingKnee]

It is an 1850 tournament, but they say the rules for superheavies:

 

Players are limited to either:

 

○ 1 Imperial Knight formation

 

OR

 

○ Spending a total of 700 points on Lords of War

 

The person on their email says the 700 point restriction applies to the part before the OR as well, this makes no sense as there are no legal formations that low. If you weren't allowing knight to go past the 700 and be restricted instead by formation rules then it would be better to write:

 

Players are limited to spending 700 points total on Lords of War

 

There is no need for the OR option and the 1 Imperial Knight formation part as it is illegal based on their rules. 

Edited November 10, 2015 by TheAvengingKnee

[librisrouge]

Yeah, it sounds like the only way you're getting a knight is a FW knight in the LoW slot of another imperial army.

[Terminus]

Bring an Acheron and let them regret the errors of their ways.