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As the Black TemplarsвЂ™ combat style tends to favor a melee-heavy approach, theyвЂ™re much better suited for 9th edition than they were 8th, and as such are among the stronger Space Marine chapter options, although likely not as strong as White Scars or Space Wolves from a raw power standpoint.

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These give Black Templars their own stratagems, special characters, relics, warlord traits, and litanies, essentially giving them a full chapter treatment. Chapter OverviewДЄlthough the Black Templars are an Imperial Fists successor for fluff purposes, they do not operate as such in the rules (and cannot use any rules from Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists), instead using their own rules as currently laid out in the 9th edition Index Astartes: Black Templars FAQ document. Thousands of people got into Warhammer based on this cover alone. So a big thanks to Ben for lending his expertise in the вЂњHow to PlayвЂќ and вЂњListsвЂќ sections. Ben is also the founder of Advanced Warfare 40k, a fundamental and tactics coaching video podcast aimed at improving your tournament play. He recently finished third at the Mid-MO Maelstrom event with Black Templars, his army of choice. BenвЂ™s a founding member of the Frozen North Gaming Club from Minneapolis, Minnesota and you may recognize his name from his impressive 20 seasons. Additionally, weвЂ™ve invited guest writer and Black Templars expert Ben CherwienВ to help write this article. More recently, the chapter received a вЂњmini-supplementвЂќ with the release of Psychic Awakening: Faith and Fury вЂ“В which has largely re-appeared in the form of the Index they currently draw their rules from.ДЄs always, weвЂ™re going to walk you through the options available to the Black Templars, drawing on their surprisingly extensive index options and their raft of special characters. Since then the Black Templars have been a major fixture in Warhammer 40k, receiving rules on an on-and-off basis including a full codex in 4th edition.

They didnвЂ™t receive proper rules until the release of Codex: Armageddon when they, along with the Salamanders, were given chapter rules of their own that established some of their more esoteric practices, such as the inclusion of neophytes in their squads and an emphasis on melee combat.

First mentioned in the 2nd edition Codex: Ultramarines, the Black Templars were given the spotlight with the release of Warhammer 40kвЂ™s third edition, where they were put front and center on the cover of the 3rd edition box art and rulebook вЂ“ one of the most iconic pieces of art in Warhammer. The Black Templars number in the thousands, rivalling a first founding Legion in size, spread across a number of crusades that reach across the galaxy and act as more or less independent units вЂ“ though all ultimately under the control of the High Marshal of the Black Templars. Unlike their former comrades in the Fists who adopted the Codex Astartes virtually in full, the Black Templars wanted no part of it, particularly the edict on the number of Marines in a Chapter. They were organized under the command of Sigismund, the chapterвЂ™s first High Marshal and DornвЂ™s own nominee for EmperorвЂ™s Champion. Left over were the most zealous brothers, who committed themselves to an eternal crusade against the Traitor Legions, forming the Black Templars. The core of the old legion remained in the new Imperial Fists Chapter, while the younger and less doctrinaire Marines formed the Crimson Fists. A chapter embarked on a perpetual crusade for the Imperium, the Black Templars were formed following the end of the Horus Heresy when the Imperial Fists were forced to split their numbers.