Grey Knights Warhammer 40K: Lore, Playstyle & How to Build an Army in 11th Edition

Some Space Marines defend worlds.

Some conquer them.

The Grey Knights are called when reality itself starts coming apart.

Hidden from most of the Imperium, the Grey Knights are an elite Chapter of psychic Space Marines created specifically to confront Daemons, Chaos corruption and supernatural threats that ordinary Imperial soldiers may not even be allowed to know exist.

Every Grey Knight is a psyker. Every warrior carries sanctified equipment. Their fortress-monastery is hidden on Titan. Their armouries contain weapons built specifically to destroy creatures of the Warp, and their missions can involve teleporting directly into the centre of a daemonic incursion before disappearing again almost as suddenly as they arrived.

That identity also translates extremely well to the tabletop.

Grey Knights entered Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition in June 2026 as a highly mobile, elite army that rewards careful positioning, teleportation and concentrated strikes rather than simply filling the battlefield with bodies.

Players can browse the full Grey Knights & Inquisition range at TistaMinis, including Strike Squads, Terminators, Castellan Crowe, Combat Patrol sets and army-building essentials.

Who Are the Grey Knights?

The Grey Knights are officially designated Chapter 666 of the Adeptus Astartes.

But calling them simply another Space Marine Chapter does not really capture what they are.

They exist for one purpose:

to fight Daemons.

The forces of Chaos are not conventional enemies. Daemons are manifestations of the Warp itself—creatures capable of corrupting minds, twisting reality and destroying civilizations without necessarily needing a traditional military invasion.

When such a threat grows beyond the ability of ordinary Imperial forces to contain it, the Grey Knights may be summoned.

And if the Grey Knights have arrived, things have probably already gone very badly.

The Grey Knights Were Forged During the Horus Heresy

The origins of the Grey Knights reach back to the final days of the Horus Heresy.

As Horus and the Traitor Legions turned against the Emperor, Chaos became an undeniable threat to humanity's survival.

Malcador the Sigillite gathered warriors considered capable of resisting the corruption of the Warp and formed the foundation of what would become the Grey Knights.

Among the first Grand Masters were Space Marines drawn from different Legions whose loyalty to humanity and resistance to Chaos had been tested during the Heresy.

The new Chapter was sent to Titan, one of Saturn's moons, where preparations for an entirely different kind of war began.

Titan: The Hidden Fortress of the Grey Knights

Titan became the Grey Knights' fortress-monastery and remains one of the most heavily defended and secretive locations in the Imperium.

Its location within the Sol System makes the symbolism particularly appropriate.

The Grey Knights exist close to the heart of humanity while simultaneously remaining hidden from almost everyone they protect.

Within Titan are:

• Training chambers.
• Libraries of forbidden knowledge.
• Reliquaries.
• Daemonological archives.
• Weapon forges.
• Containment vaults.
• Ancient artefacts too dangerous for ordinary Imperial institutions.

Knowledge that would result in immediate execution elsewhere in the Imperium may be studied by the Grey Knights because understanding the enemy is essential to defeating it.

Every Grey Knight Is a Psyker

This is one of the defining characteristics of the Chapter.

Space Marine Librarians are normally unusual individuals within their Chapters.

Among the Grey Knights, psychic capability is expected.

Every Battle-Brother possesses psychic potential and is trained to combine his power with those around him.

The result is an army where psychic abilities are not simply attached to one or two specialist characters.

Psychic power is built into the identity of the entire force.

Why Their Armour Is Silver

The silver armour of the Grey Knights is one of the most recognizable colour schemes in Warhammer 40,000.

Their suits incorporate the Chapter's specialized Aegis systems, designed to protect their wearers against psychic and daemonic attack.

The armour is frequently covered with:

• Protective inscriptions.
• Purity seals.
• Scripture.
• Personal heraldry.
• Daemon-banishing wards.

This makes Grey Knights excellent painting projects despite their relatively simple silver foundation.

A model can start as metallic armour and become surprisingly elaborate once red heraldry, parchment, gold details, glowing weapons and engraved script are added.

Nemesis Force Weapons

Grey Knights carry specialized weapons collectively known as Nemesis force weapons.

Depending on the warrior and kit, these have historically appeared as swords, halberds, hammers, falchions and other forms.

What makes them different from conventional blades is their connection to the wielder's psychic power.

These are weapons designed to destroy enemies whose physical bodies may be only part of the threat.

On the modern tabletop, psychic weapons remain an important part of the Grey Knights' identity, particularly in melee.

Grey Knights and the Inquisition

The Grey Knights are historically closely associated with the Ordo Malleus of the Imperial Inquisition.

The Ordo Malleus exists specifically to investigate and confront daemonic threats.

That makes the relationship fairly straightforward.

The Inquisition finds the nightmare.

The Grey Knights kill it.

This relationship is one reason Grey Knights and Inquisition models fit naturally beside one another as a hobby collection. You can browse both through the Grey Knights & Inquisition collection.

How Secret Are the Grey Knights?

Historically, extremely.

The Imperium frequently attempted to conceal not only individual Grey Knight missions but the very existence of the Chapter.

That could result in civilians or military personnel being mind-wiped, detained or eliminated after witnessing threats the Imperium considered too dangerous to become public knowledge.

This creates one of the darker aspects of their lore.

The Grey Knights are unquestionably fighting to protect humanity.

That does not necessarily mean everyone they protect gets to go home afterward.

Grey Knights vs Chaos Daemons

This is the classic matchup.

Daemon Princes, Greater Daemons and other Warp entities can overwhelm conventional warriors through brute force, psychic power and supernatural corruption.

The Grey Knights were specifically created to fight them.

That is why their armour, training, psychic abilities and weaponry all revolve around resisting and destroying Warp-spawned creatures.

On the tabletop, Games Workshop continues to preserve this identity through rules that emphasize elite combatants capable of confronting unusually dangerous targets.

Kaldor Draigo: Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights

Perhaps the most famous modern Grey Knight is Kaldor Draigo.

Draigo is the Supreme Grand Master of the Chapter and one of its greatest warriors.

His story is also appropriately strange even by Warhammer standards.

Draigo became trapped within the Realm of Chaos and has spent enormous periods fighting through the Warp itself, appearing in realspace when circumstances allow before being drawn back into the Immaterium.

Imagine being such a dedicated Daemon hunter that you essentially become trapped inside the Daemon dimension and respond by continuing the mission.

That is Kaldor Draigo.

Castellan Crowe and the Black Blade of Antwyr

If Draigo represents the Grey Knights' martial supremacy, Castellan Garran Crowe represents their resistance to corruption.

Crowe is the keeper of the Black Blade of Antwyr, a profoundly dangerous daemonic weapon.

The sword attempts to corrupt those around it and possesses terrifying supernatural power.

Crowe's job is effectively to carry this nightmare around permanently without ever allowing it to corrupt him.

He does not rely on the daemon trapped within the weapon for power.

He resists it.

Constantly.

The current plastic Grey Knights Castellan Crowe is also one of the strongest visual centrepieces for players who want to build a Purifier-themed force.

Grey Knight Purifiers

The Purifiers are warriors whose spiritual purity is extraordinary even by Grey Knight standards.

They specialize in cleansing corruption and are closely associated with Crowe.

For tabletop players, Purifiers provide one of several specialized builds available from the Grey Knights power-armoured infantry kit.

The Grey Knights Strike Squad kit can also be assembled as Purifiers, Interceptors or Purgation Squads, making it one of the most useful boxes in the entire range.

Grey Knight Terminators

If a normal Grey Knight is already an elite psychic Space Marine, a Grey Knight in Terminator armour represents the concept turned up another notch.

Brotherhood Terminators combine:

• Heavy armour.
• Psychic ability.
• Nemesis weapons.
• Teleportation.
• Strong melee performance.
• Serious battlefield durability.

They are also Battleline units in the army, making Terminator-heavy Grey Knight forces entirely appropriate.

The Grey Knights Paladin / Terminator Squad builds either Brotherhood Terminators or the even more elite Paladins.

Paladins: The Elite of the Elite

Paladins are among the most accomplished warriors in the entire Chapter.

Think of the hierarchy this way:

A human soldier is elite compared with an ordinary civilian.

A Space Marine is elite compared with that soldier.

A Grey Knight is elite compared with many Space Marines.

A Grey Knight Paladin is elite among the Grey Knights.

At some point the word “elite” starts running out of room.

The distinction became especially important with the transition into Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition, because Games Workshop introduced the Argent Assault Detachment specifically to emphasize Paladin-heavy armies.

The Nemesis Dreadknight

Then there is the machine built for the moment when even a Terminator needs something larger.

The Nemesis Dreadknight is a towering combat frame designed to allow a Grey Knight to confront Greater Daemons and other massive enemies at close range.

It combines heavy weaponry with enormous melee weapons and the psychic capabilities of its pilot.

On the tabletop, Dreadknights have repeatedly played an important role in Grey Knight army construction because they provide something the faction otherwise has in relatively limited supply:

a fast, heavily armed monster-sized combat platform.

You can browse the current Grey Knights range at TistaMinis for Dreadknights alongside the faction's infantry and characters.

How Did Grey Knights Play in 10th Edition?

Warhammer 40,000 10th Edition established the foundation for the modern Grey Knight playstyle.

The key idea was mobility through teleportation.

Grey Knights could remove units from the battlefield and redeploy them elsewhere, effectively allowing a comparatively small elite army to create threats across a much larger area of the table.

This was vital because Grey Knights face an obvious mathematical problem:

They normally have fewer models than their opponent.

You cannot control every part of the battlefield simultaneously through numbers.

Instead, you control it through mobility.

11th Edition Has Now Arrived

This is an important update for anyone returning to Grey Knights.

Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition launched in June 2026.

So while many Grey Knights guides online still discuss 10th Edition, the current game is now 11th.

The good news for existing players is that Games Workshop did not completely reinvent the faction.

The mobility-focused identity established during 10th Edition continues into the current game, while the new edition expands army construction through revised Detachments, Detachment Points and Force Dispositions.

How Grey Knights Play in 11th Edition

The simplest way to describe current Grey Knights is:

elite teleporting problem-solvers.

You are usually not trying to create a giant wall of models.

You are trying to identify which part of the battlefield matters most and put the correct Grey Knight unit there at exactly the right time.

1. Mobility Is Your Greatest Weapon

Grey Knights retain their exceptional ability to manipulate deployment and battlefield position through Warp-based movement.

This allows them to:

• Threaten weak objectives.
• Escape unfavourable positions.
• Concentrate several units against one part of an enemy army.
• Force opponents to screen their deployment zone.
• Move elite infantry where they can achieve the greatest effect.

2. You Have Fewer Models

This is the other half of the equation.

A Grey Knight lost is meaningful.

Five Grey Knights standing in the wrong place is significantly worse than five inexpensive infantry models standing in the wrong place.

You are paying for:

• Armour.
• Weapons.
• Psychic capability.
• Mobility.
• Special rules.

You need to actually use those advantages.

3. Grey Knights Reward Concentrated Violence

Because the army is elite, spreading yourself too thin can be dangerous.

Grey Knights often work best when multiple units combine against a valuable part of the opposing army.

Teleport in.

Shoot.

Charge.

Remove the problem.

Then reposition.

Trying to fight an entire enemy army simultaneously usually wastes the faction's greatest advantage.

4. Objectives Still Win Games

There is a major temptation with Grey Knights.

Your models are powerful.

Your Terminators look incredible.

Your Dreadknight is carrying a sword approximately the size of a family car.

Clearly you should charge everything.

Not necessarily.

Warhammer 40,000 is still an objective-based game.

One of the most useful Grey Knight units is therefore not necessarily the unit causing the most damage.

It may be the Strike Squad quietly controlling an objective while the expensive units are fighting elsewhere.

The 11th Edition Detachment System Gives Grey Knights Several Personalities

The 2026 Grey Knights Faction Pack supports several different Detachments.

Current options include:

• Argent Assault.
• Augurium Task Force.
• Banishers.
• Brotherhood Strike.
• Fires of Purgation.
• Hallowed Conclave.
• Immaterial Interdiction.
• Sanctic Spearhead.
• Warpbane Task Force.

These are particularly interesting because they push different parts of the relatively compact Grey Knight range in dramatically different directions.

Argent Assault: Bring the Paladins

Argent Assault is one of the most straightforward options for players who look at Grey Knight Paladins and think:

“Yes. More of those.”

Its rules focus on Paladin Squads and help these elite Terminators fight enemies whose Toughness would normally make their Nemesis weapons less efficient.

The Detachment also provides tools for helping Terminator-armoured warriors reach combat.

This makes it particularly attractive for players who want a very compact army of extremely powerful infantry.

Who Is Argent Assault For?

Choose it if you like:

• Paladins.
• Terminator-heavy armies.
• Melee combat.
• Very low model counts.
• Hunting Monsters and Vehicles.
• Armies where nearly every miniature looks like a character.

Fires of Purgation: Grey Knights With Guns

Grey Knights are famous for Nemesis weapons and psychic melee, but they are not restricted to charging everything they see.

Fires of Purgation emphasizes Purgation Squads and their specialized heavy weaponry.

Depending on loadout, Grey Knight infantry can bring weapons such as:

• Psycannons.
• Psilencers.
• Incinerators.

The 11th Edition Detachment enhances this role further, including ways to strengthen Purgation firepower and interfere with enemy movement and objective control.

Who Is Fires of Purgation For?

Choose it if you enjoy:

• Infantry gunlines.
• Psychic shooting.
• Controlling enemy movement.
• Forcing Battle-shock.
• Purgation Squads.

Immaterial Interdiction: Teleportation Turned Up Again

If the thing you love most about Grey Knights is appearing where you absolutely should not be able to appear, Immaterial Interdiction deserves attention.

This Detachment focuses heavily on Interceptor Squads.

Interceptors carry personal teleporters that give them exceptional battlefield mobility.

In 11th Edition, Immaterial Interdiction adds even more movement tricks, including the ability to make short Warp jumps after shooting while still positioning for a possible charge.

This can make Interceptors extremely frustrating for opponents trying to predict where your threat will be next.

Who Is Immaterial Interdiction For?

Choose it if you like:

• Speed.
• Movement tricks.
• Objective play.
• Flanking.
• Aggressive repositioning.
• Interceptor Squads.

Sanctic Spearhead: Bring the Dreadknights

Some players enter Grey Knights because they love mysterious psychic knights.

Other players enter because they saw a Nemesis Dreadknight and thought:

“I want several.”

Sanctic Spearhead supports the vehicle-heavy side of the army and is a natural home for Dreadknight-focused collections.

This produces a very different Grey Knight army from a Paladin brick or infantry-heavy teleport force.

Warpbane Task Force: Purifying the Battlefield

The Warpbane Task Force particularly rewards Purifier Squads, making Castellan Crowe an obvious character to consider for this style of force.

This is also one of the most thematic Grey Knight armies you can build.

Crowe.

Purifiers.

Teleportation.

Psychic fire.

Daemon hunting.

Very little subtlety.

Grey Knight Units at a Glance

Unit	General Role	Best For
Strike Squad	Flexible Battleline infantry	Objectives, utility and general army support.
Interceptor Squad	Highly mobile infantry	Flanking, objectives and rapid repositioning.
Purifier Squad	Aggressive anti-infantry specialists	Crowe armies and Warpbane-style forces.
Purgation Squad	Heavy weapons infantry	Players wanting more dedicated ranged firepower.
Brotherhood Terminators	Durable Battleline elite	Holding important areas and supporting Terminator characters.
Paladins	Ultra-elite Terminators	Melee pressure and elite infantry armies.
Nemesis Dreadknight	Heavy mobile combat platform	Anti-monster, anti-vehicle and aggressive pressure.
Castellan Crowe	Purifier commander	Players building around Purifier Squads.

Strike Squads: The Unsung Heroes

The flashy Grey Knight units get most of the attention.

Terminators look impressive.

Paladins are terrifying.

Dreadknights are enormous.

But Strike Squads remain extremely useful because Warhammer 40,000 requires players to actually control the board.

A five-model Strike Squad can:

• Secure objectives.
• Teleport where needed.
• Perform mission tasks.
• Threaten lighter enemy units.
• Force opponents to divert resources.

The Grey Knights Strike Squad is also an unusually flexible purchase because the same box can create Strike Squads, Interceptors, Purifiers or Purgation Squads.

Terminators or Paladins?

This is one of the classic Grey Knight army-building questions.

Brotherhood Terminators

Terminators are excellent if you want durable elite infantry while retaining the utility associated with Battleline troops.

They also provide natural bodyguard units for several Grey Knight characters.

Paladins

Paladins push even further toward quality over quantity.

They cost more, but the entire point is that these are the Chapter's supreme veteran warriors.

If you want the most elite Grey Knight army possible, Paladins fit the fantasy perfectly.

Fortunately, the Paladin / Terminator Squad kit allows you to choose which direction you want to take.

Are Grey Knights Good for Beginners?

Yes—with one important warning.

They are easy to collect.

They are not necessarily easy to master.

A lower model count means:

• Fewer miniatures to buy.
• Fewer miniatures to paint.
• Easy transportation.
• A relatively compact collection.

That is excellent for a beginner.

But on the table, every mistake matters more.

If an Ork player loses a cheap unit in the wrong position, they may have several replacements nearby.

If you throw an expensive Grey Knight Terminator unit away for no reason, a significant percentage of your army may have just disappeared.

Grey Knights Reward Players Who Like Movement Puzzles

The faction is particularly satisfying for players who look at a battlefield and immediately start asking:

Where will my opponent move?

What objective will matter next turn?

Where can I teleport?

Can I force them to screen their backfield?

Can I move away from one fight and suddenly create another?

That is the real skill ceiling of the army.

The best Grey Knight movement often begins one turn before the attack actually happens.

Who Should Play Grey Knights?

Grey Knights are a strong match if you enjoy:

• Elite armies.
• Low-to-medium model counts.
• Teleportation.
• Terminators.
• Psychic warriors.
• Strong melee units.
• Silver armour.
• Daemon-hunting lore.
• Positioning-heavy gameplay.
• Armies where almost every model feels important.

Who Might Want to Skip Grey Knights?

You may prefer another faction if you want:

• Huge hordes of infantry.
• Large numbers of conventional tanks.
• Extremely long-range gunline gameplay.
• A massive catalogue of dozens upon dozens of unique infantry kits.
• A forgiving army where losing one unit early is not particularly important.

The Grey Knight range is compact, and that is either one of its greatest strengths or a limitation depending on what you want from the hobby.

A Sample 1,000-Point Grey Knights Army for 11th Edition

For a newer player, 1,000 points is a useful stage between Combat Patrol and a full 2,000-point army.

The following list is designed as an example rather than a tournament prescription. Points and balance updates can change, so always verify the current Warhammer 40,000 app or Munitorum Field Manual before an event.

Example 1,000-Point Force

Unit	Size / Upgrade	Current Points
Castellan Crowe	1 model	100
Purifier Squad	10 models + 1 Psycannon	265
Brotherhood Terminator Squad	5 models + 1 Psycannon	180
Strike Squad	5 models	120
Interceptor Squad	5 models	125
Nemesis Dreadknight	Heavy Psycannon	210
Total		1,000 Points

Why This Army Works as a Starting Collection

It does not lock you into one extreme army style.

Crowe + Purifiers

This gives you an aggressive thematic unit capable of acting as one of the army's primary threats.

Brotherhood Terminators

The Terminators provide a durable unit that demonstrates what makes Grey Knights different from conventional power-armoured armies.

Strike Squad

This is your practical objective unit.

Not glamorous.

Very useful.

Interceptors

These introduce the movement-heavy side of the faction and give you a unit capable of rapidly exploiting openings.

Nemesis Dreadknight

The Dreadknight gives the list a large mobile threat and provides experience using one of the faction's signature models.

What Detachment Should the Sample Army Use?

There is no single mandatory answer.

That is part of the benefit.

You could begin with a broader Grey Knight Detachment while learning the army and then gradually specialize.

If you find yourself loving the Purifiers, move further toward a Warpbane-style force.

If Interceptors become your favourite unit, investigate Immaterial Interdiction.

If the Dreadknight becomes the reason you play the army, Sanctic Spearhead gives you a direction for expansion.

If Terminators and Paladins become the stars, Argent Assault or another Terminator-focused combination may make more sense.

How Would You Expand This Army to 2,000 Points?

Do not immediately buy another 1,000 points at random.

Play first.

Then identify what the army is missing.

If You Want More Durability

Add additional Terminators or Paladins.

If You Want More Speed

Build additional Interceptors from the Strike Squad kit.

If You Want More Shooting

Build Purgation Squads and explore Fires of Purgation.

If You Want More Heavy Threats

Add another Nemesis Dreadknight or consider a Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight.

If You Love Crowe

Add more Purifiers and lean harder into his part of the Chapter.

What About the Grey Knights Combat Patrol?

The current Combat Patrol: Grey Knights – Crowe's Sanctifiers is another sensible entry point.

It contains:

• Castellan Crowe.
• 10 Grey Knight power-armoured warriors.
• 5 Brotherhood Terminators.
• 1 Venerable Dreadnought.

Because the infantry kits themselves have multiple build options, the box provides considerable flexibility for someone beginning a collection.

It also supports the self-contained Combat Patrol format, meaning you can start playing before reaching a full 1,000- or 2,000-point army.

Grey Knights Have One of the Most Efficient Model Ranges in 40K

This deserves more attention.

The Grey Knights do not currently have a giant range of separate boxes for every infantry unit.

Instead, a relatively small number of kits create multiple datasheets.

Kit	Possible Builds
Strike Squad	Strike Squad, Purifier Squad, Purgation Squad, Interceptor Squad
Terminator / Paladin Squad	Brotherhood Terminators or Paladins
Nemesis Dreadknight	Nemesis Dreadknight or character-style Dreadknight options depending on build and rules

This makes Grey Knights unusual in a good way.

Two players can buy many of the same boxes and build substantially different armies.

Grey Knights vs Space Marines

New players occasionally assume Grey Knights are simply silver Space Marines.

They are not.

Standard Space Marines	Grey Knights
Large range of specialized units	Smaller, concentrated range
Psychic ability limited to appropriate specialists	Psychic identity throughout the Chapter
Broad combined-arms warfare	Elite teleport strike warfare
Many vehicle families	More limited armour selection
Can support large infantry formations	Generally lower model counts
Fight every enemy of the Imperium	Created specifically for the war against Daemons

If you prefer conventional Adeptus Astartes armies, browse the wider Space Marine collection. If psychic Terminators teleporting into the middle of a daemon infestation sounds better, stay with Titan.

Grey Knights vs Adeptus Custodes

There is also some overlap in who finds these factions appealing.

Both offer:

• Low model counts.
• Highly elite warriors.
• Excellent armour.
• Strong individual models.
• Distinctive Imperial lore.

The difference is thematic and tactical.

Custodes embody the Emperor's personal guardians and often lean heavily into raw individual excellence and durability.

Grey Knights are psychic specialists whose mobility and Warp-based tactics form a much larger part of their identity.

Grey Knights vs Thousand Sons

This is another fascinating comparison because both armies are strongly associated with psychic warfare.

But the narrative relationship with the Warp could hardly be more different.

The Thousand Sons manipulate sorcery while serving Chaos.

The Grey Knights use psychic power while dedicating their entire existence to destroying Chaos.

Two psychic armies.

Very different HR departments.

Painting Grey Knights

The good news is that a basic Grey Knight colour scheme can be surprisingly approachable.

The classic sequence starts with:

• Metallic silver armour.
• Gold or brass details.
• Red heraldry.
• Parchment and purity seals.
• Dark weapon casings.
• Blue or glowing psychic effects.

This allows beginners to get a respectable force painted fairly quickly while leaving plenty of room for advanced techniques.

Advanced Grey Knight Techniques

Experienced painters can experiment with:

• Cold blue glazing over silver armour.
• Object-source lighting from force weapons.
• Glowing eyes.
• Non-metallic metal.
• Hand-painted heraldry.
• Weathering.
• Daemon-themed bases.
• Warp effects.
• Burning runes.

Browse miniature paints at TistaMinis for metallics, washes and detail colours, or visit Hobby Supplies for tools, glue, basing materials and modelling accessories.

A Great Army for Players Who Hate Painting 100 Models

This should not be underestimated.

Some people love horde armies.

Other people get to miniature number 47 and begin reconsidering their life choices.

Grey Knights are extremely appealing to the second group.

A Terminator-heavy army can place a surprisingly small number of miniatures on the battlefield compared with armies built around mass infantry.

That means more time can be spent on each individual model.

For painters who prefer detailed elite forces rather than production-line batch painting, the army can be an excellent fit.

Common Grey Knights Buying Mistakes

Building Only the Most Expensive Units

Terminators and Dreadknights are fun.

You still need models capable of handling objectives and mission tasks efficiently.

Building Every Strike Squad as the Same Unit

The Strike Squad kit can create four different units.

Use that flexibility.

Buying for an Old 10th Edition List

This is particularly important in 2026.

11th Edition is now the current edition, with new Faction Packs, Detachment Points, Force Dispositions and updated points.

An army guide written before June 2026 may contain useful general ideas, but do not assume its exact list remains current.

Copying a Tournament List Before Learning the Army

Competitive lists are built for specific environments.

They may also change dramatically after the next balance update.

Build a flexible core first.

Forgetting That Mobility Is Part of Your Defence

You do not always have to stand somewhere and absorb damage.

Sometimes the best way for an expensive Grey Knight unit to survive is simply to stop being where the enemy expected it to be.

Frequently Asked Questions

Final Thoughts: Grey Knights Are an Elite Army That Rewards Thinking Ahead

The Grey Knights occupy a fascinating position in Warhammer 40,000.

In the lore, they are humanity's hidden weapon against the most unnatural threats in the galaxy.

They descend from a secret project begun during the Horus Heresy.

Every warrior is psychic.

Their fortress lies hidden on Titan.

Their armour and weapons are constructed specifically to resist the Warp.

And when a Daemon invasion becomes severe enough to require their intervention, simply winning the battle may not be enough—the Imperium may also need to erase evidence that the nightmare ever happened.

That extraordinary background translates naturally into their tabletop identity.

Grey Knights do not need to control the battlefield by having more bodies than everyone else.

They control it by appearing where they are needed.

A Strike Squad secures an objective.

Interceptors suddenly cross the board.

Terminators emerge from teleportation.

Paladins attack something far larger than themselves.

Castellan Crowe leads Purifiers into the heart of corruption.

A Nemesis Dreadknight goes looking for something enormous enough to justify the sword.

That was already central to their identity in 10th Edition, and 11th Edition has expanded the concept rather than abandoning it, giving Grey Knight players more specialized Detachments and new ways to emphasize the units they enjoy most.

For someone starting today, the best approach is not necessarily to copy the latest tournament army.

Start with a flexible collection.

Learn how teleportation changes the battlefield.

Discover whether you prefer Terminators, Purifiers, Interceptors or Dreadknights.

Then specialize.

Browse the Grey Knights & Inquisition range at TistaMinis to start or expand your army, with options ranging from the Grey Knights Combat Patrol and Strike Squads to Terminators and Paladins.

Because when the Warp tears open and the Daemons start coming through, there are plenty of Imperial armies capable of fighting a war.

The Grey Knights are the army you call to end the nightmare.