Post by Andrew on Mar 20, 2009 11:39:42 GMT -6
Aighty, everybody who actually spends time on the forums will now get the assault phase right, as I will esplain now that I can, yayz! I would've done this in the club FAQ, but it's rather long and yea.
So, basic assaults are easy. Done.
Multiple assaults.
FIRST:
- A single unit may assault two units in the same turn, provided the closest model moves first, and the rest of the unit stays in coherency. Otherwise every assaulter moves as far as possible (like normal) and you can engage more than one enemy unit. Don't listen to Nathan (fat jesus) as he always insists otherwise, despite me pointing the rules to him, written clearly in the BRB.
SECOND:
- When one unit is assaulted by a second unit, it can attack either it is in BTB with. Why? Because the beginning of the combat is NOT the beginning of the assault phase in any way, shape, or form. We all read it wrong, and now I'm trying to get the correct view out there for all of us. The bullet points on page 41 (and the new one in the FAQ) only point out the obvious for us, saying we can attack two units (duh) and each model may split it's attacks between different units if it's in BTB with more than one (neat). The third bullet in the FAQ is for the following situation:
Say this is the combat. The green dude, mr X there, is only in BTB with the blue squad. If the blue squad gets wiped out before he can attack for some reason (say the green guy to his right is Abaddon or Ghazkull or some crazy character), he cannot now attack the red squad, even if he's within 2" of the green dude that's BTB with the red squad (which he is). That's what the FAQ bullet explains. He's too busy with blue squad to turn around.
So don't listen to Ted or anyone else that says anything other than what's explained here. This is the absolute correct go-around for this part of the assault phase. You can rest assured that the rules will support this (as that is what they clearly say).
So, basic assaults are easy. Done.
Multiple assaults.
FIRST:
- A single unit may assault two units in the same turn, provided the closest model moves first, and the rest of the unit stays in coherency. Otherwise every assaulter moves as far as possible (like normal) and you can engage more than one enemy unit. Don't listen to Nathan (fat jesus) as he always insists otherwise, despite me pointing the rules to him, written clearly in the BRB.
SECOND:
- When one unit is assaulted by a second unit, it can attack either it is in BTB with. Why? Because the beginning of the combat is NOT the beginning of the assault phase in any way, shape, or form. We all read it wrong, and now I'm trying to get the correct view out there for all of us. The bullet points on page 41 (and the new one in the FAQ) only point out the obvious for us, saying we can attack two units (duh) and each model may split it's attacks between different units if it's in BTB with more than one (neat). The third bullet in the FAQ is for the following situation:
Say this is the combat. The green dude, mr X there, is only in BTB with the blue squad. If the blue squad gets wiped out before he can attack for some reason (say the green guy to his right is Abaddon or Ghazkull or some crazy character), he cannot now attack the red squad, even if he's within 2" of the green dude that's BTB with the red squad (which he is). That's what the FAQ bullet explains. He's too busy with blue squad to turn around.
So don't listen to Ted or anyone else that says anything other than what's explained here. This is the absolute correct go-around for this part of the assault phase. You can rest assured that the rules will support this (as that is what they clearly say).
