TITAN HULL COSTS

Titans have a basic hull cost that includes a base WS and BS, void shields/powerfields, but no main weapons. These points costs are shown in the right hand column of the Base Titan Data table. Main weapons are purchased separately, as are WS and BS upgrades over the base values. Equipping Titans with Close Combat weapons gives special close combat bonuses as described below.

The basic hull cost also includes one non-optional head-mounted heavy bolter (Imperial or Ork), shuriken cannon or scatter laser (Eldar). This weapon fires with the lowest BS of any of the Titan's main weapons.

The basic hull cost also includes Titan equivalents of the following Vehicle and Wargear cards: Vortex Detonator, Electrohull and Aegis Suit (Wargear).

Other Vehicle or Wargear Cards: Dream on! Not even! We my eventually do some Titan cards, but you can be sure that they will cost considerably more points than the current vehicle cards.

Strategy Cards

None of the Strategy Cards can have any effect on any Titans and none of them can be used with a Titan.

BS, WS UPGRADES

Each Titan has a BS and WS (as shown on the Base Titan Data table) included in the base hull cost. Base crew for Imperial Titans are Imperial Guard and the BS stat already includes a targeter. Ork Titan main weapons are assumed to be crewed by Mekboyz with a BS of 4 and a WS of 4. Eldar crews are Guardians and the BS stat already includes a targeter. If you want improved stats they must be purchased as an extra points cost option. The upgrade points costs shown below are per weapon with the exception of Knights for which all weapons are upgraded for the points cost shown. Example: If you wanted to upgrade the BS of all three of your Reaver's weapons to BS 5 it would cost 3 x 150 = 450 points.

WS, BS Upgrade Points Costs Per Weapon
Upgrade	BS	WS
4	-	50
5	150	100
6	300	200
7 (Eldar only!)	600	400

There are some limitations to what WS and BS upgrades can be purchased. Only Eldar Titans may buy WS 7 and BS 7. Orks may only have one model with a WS or BS of 6 on the table, whether as an infantry model or a Titan. This represents the fact that there can only be one Warboss on the table whether he is leading his troops on the ground or commanding a Titan. There is no limit to the number of Big bosses (WS and/or BS 5) allowed on the table. The Ork Warboss (only) works a bit differently from other Titan commanders. He may comandeer any one main weapon per turn and direct its use (use his BS or WS), instead of being limited to one weapon as are all other Titan gunners.

CLOSE COMBAT WEAPON BONUSES

Any Titan that buys one or more close combat weapons recieves the following free bonuses:

• Imperial and Ork Titans (except Knights) add 4" to Combat and Fast speed stats.
• Eldar Titans (except Knights) add 6" to Combat and Fast speed stats.
• Titan's Initiative is raised by 2.
• Titan's Attack stat is raised by 2 per functional combat weapon.

MISCELLANEOUS

Ork Titan Auxilliary Gun Ports

Ork Titans may have up to ten additional auxilliary Class 1 gun ports (two times the class number of the Titan) built into the hull. These gun ports cost 20 points for a port with a single Ork crew, or 30 points for a port with a single Mekboy crew, plus the cost of the weapon (use the Ork Army List costs). These gun port crew are individually targetable, but there is a -3 to hit modifier to hit them.

Racial Weapons Limitations

Only Eldar Titans may use Eldar weapons. The only shooting weapons that Eldar Knights may use are lascannons and scatter/pulse lasers. Ork Titans do not use laser or plasma weapons.

Base Titan Data Imperial Titans
Type	Speeds S/C/F	WS	BS	S/T	I	A	D/L	VS,PF	Weapons Capacity	Hull Pts
Knights (Class 2)
Paladin Errant Praetor	12/16/20	3	4	9	4	1	10	1	2 x Class 2 (1 CC)	220
Lancer/Centurion	8/16/24	3	4	8	3	1	10	1	2 x Class 2	300
Crusader/Castellan	8/10/12	3	4	10	2	1	10	2	3 x Class 2	130
Baron/Lord	8/16/24	3	4	9	4	1	10	1	2 x Class 2	370
Scout/Light (3)
Warhound	10/18/24	3	4	9	4	1	20	2	2 x Class 3	780
Medium Titan (4a)
Reaver (2 Weapons)	4/12/20	3	4	9	3	1	30	4	2 x Class 4	1300
Med. Hvy Titan (4b)
Reaver (3 Weapons)	-/10/16	3	4	9	3	1	30	4	3 x Class 4	1500
Heavy Titan (5a)
Warlord (2 Weapons)	-/8/12	3	4	10	2	1	50	6	2 x Class 5	2100
Very Hvy Titan (5)
Warlord (3/4 Weapons)	-/6/10	3	4	10	2	1	50	6	3/4 x Class 5	2700/ 3300
Super Heavy Titan (5c)
Emperor	-/4/8	3	4	11	1	1	120	12	Lots x Class 5	10000

Base Titan Data Ork Titans
Type	Speeds S/C/F	WS	BS	S/T	I	A	D/L	VS,PF	Weapons Capacity	Hull Pts
Scout/Light
Stomper	-/8/14	4	4	10	3	1	20	D3	2 x Class 3	350
Medium Titan (4a)
Slasher	-/8/14	4	4	10	2	1	40	3+D3	2 x Class 4	740
Medium Titan (4b)
Slasher	-/6/12	4	4	10	2	1	40	3+D3	2 x Class 4 +2x Class 3	1040
Heavy Titan (5a)
Slasher or Gargant	-/6/12	4	4	11	1	1	50	4+D4	3 x Class 5	1480
Heavy Titan (5b)
Gargant	-/6/12	4	4	11	1	1	50	4+D4	3 x Class 5 +2 x Class 3	2640
Super Heavy Titan (5c)
Great Gargant	-/6/12	4	4	12	1	1	65	6+D6	3 x Class 5 +3 x Class 3	2950

Base Titan Data Eldar Titans
Type	Speeds S/C/F	WS	BS	S/T	I	A	D/L	Weapons Capacity	Hull Pts
Knights (2)
Gale	16/20/-	3	4	8	4	1	10	2 x Class 2	260
Stallion	28/-/-	3	4	8	5	1	10	2 x Class 2	450
Destroyer	14/20/-	3	4	9	6	1	10	4 x Class 2 (2 CC)	360
Scout/Light (3)
Revenant	10/20/30	3	4	8	5	1	20	2 x Class 3 +2x Class 2	890
Medium Titan (4)
Phantom Shade	10/18/24	3	4	9	4	1	30	2 x Class 4 +2 x Class 2	1300
Heavy Titan (5)
Phantom Spectre	10/18/24	3	4	9	3	1	40	2 x Class 5 +2 x Class 2	1950

More Titan Rules

Introduction
Background, Play Balance, Classes
Wierd Weapons vs. Titans
Titan Point Values
Reference Sheet
Ork Gargant Special Weapons
Revenant and Phantom Titans
Titan Legions

Data Sheets

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