Allandaros
05-25-2010, 12:13 AM
Question spurred by this blogpost (http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/05/adapt-or-die-unit-usage-in-40k.html).
I play a Guard army with a Harker veteran squad. I like having an outflanking scoring unit, and I also like it when it doesn't explode shortly after coming onto the table. Harker gives his squad infiltrate, which allows them to outflank if I hold them in reserve - an ability which applies to any dedicated transport they receive. (The outflanking, not the infiltration.) Therefore, I give Harker's unit a dedicated transport Chimera; the Chimera gains outflank, and thus I can have vets in a Chimera outflanking. Yay!
But what if I come across a situation where I think that infiltrating Harker's squad, rather than outflanking, is the way to go? Since they have a dedicated transport, and infiltrate doesn't extend to that, am I stuck fielding them as a non-infiltrating unit? I suspect this is the case, but would like to confirm :)
I play a Guard army with a Harker veteran squad. I like having an outflanking scoring unit, and I also like it when it doesn't explode shortly after coming onto the table. Harker gives his squad infiltrate, which allows them to outflank if I hold them in reserve - an ability which applies to any dedicated transport they receive. (The outflanking, not the infiltration.) Therefore, I give Harker's unit a dedicated transport Chimera; the Chimera gains outflank, and thus I can have vets in a Chimera outflanking. Yay!
But what if I come across a situation where I think that infiltrating Harker's squad, rather than outflanking, is the way to go? Since they have a dedicated transport, and infiltrate doesn't extend to that, am I stuck fielding them as a non-infiltrating unit? I suspect this is the case, but would like to confirm :)