Apocolocyntosis wrote:
Rules question from a tournament game this Saturday:
–Landa with mob air assaults marine scouts on overwatch (taking AP and AT shots due to razorback, so both the boyz and the lander are allocated hits).
–Orks take a BM from coming under fire from overwatch, but are counted as 1 formation for the assault.
–After the assault (assuming no non-grot losses), the orks are 2 separate formations, how do you decide if the landa or the mob keeps the BM for coming under fire?
Would the situation be any different if only one of the two ork formations (at that time counting as 1) had taken a BM inflicting casualty from OW? In our game the landa took 1 DC of damage, so there were 2BM total, but the boyz had come under fire as well.
Assume this must happen fairly often, but we weren't sure what to do and were under some pressure, is there a ;correct; answer?
I've found this also happens with combined assaults too, I don't think there is a definitive answer.
I'd usually let the firer choose where the BM went but if we need a RAW answer I'd say the Mob would take the BM for coming under fire. This would be due to reading Neal Hunts Master FAQ and the NetEA FAQ
NHMaster FAQ :-
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Q: When units appear on the table, for example by teleporting, or spawning, or being summoned, do they trigger Overwatch?
A: No. Only completing a move or disembarking triggers Overwatch. Also, note that “a move” in the context of Overwatch has been ruled to be a normal ground move. An aerospace move (planetfall or a landing aircraft) does not trigger overwatch, nor does a countercharge move during an assault.
NetEA FAQ:-
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Do units that enter play via a special rule (landing, planetfall, self planetfall, teleporting, tunneling, being summoned or swarmed) trigger overwatch fire?
No, only completing a move or disembarking triggers overwatch.
I know both formations count as 1 for the engagement but it would be the dismounting troops that trigger the Overwatch, so if pushed for an answer I would go for whatever dismounts (the mob in this case).