Sporefield and Deathleaper's Assassin Brood...

[kippawah]

With the Sporefield, though you can Infiltrate... could you instead Deep Strike? Would the Spores that return to the board, be able to Deep Strike or simply return to my board edge?

I'm considering taking Leaper's Brood and Sporefield in attempt to Infiltrate the Brood, hopefully to get into position for a Pheromone Trail to guide in a lengthy barrage of surgically placed mines.

Now, I imagine because they would be entering from reserve (the destroyed spores), they wouldn't explode immediately, but would have to wait a turn to assault anything close by, right?


Perhaps this trick is viable? 

Has anyone else used these in combination, or used the Sporefield with Lictors lately?

[Kyokii]

You should be able to deepstrike them, yes. They have the deepstrike special rule fter all, which allows them to enter from reserves via slamming into the ground willy-nilly.
They just keep going.

[gigasnail]

they have DS, you can DS them. nothing in the formation requires them to be deployed on the board at the start. they can't assault the turn they arrive by DS, because you have no permission to circumvent the rules that say they can't.

[kippawah]

The question I guess, is if they deep strike, do the ongoing reserves units that respawn, clntinue to deep strike, or do they come knto the board, on my board edgek?

[Kark]

They can either deepstrike or arrive from Your own table edge. Choice is Yours

[Freeman]

Apr 18, 2015 16:39:46 GMT Kark said:

They can either deepstrike or arrive from Your own table edge. Choice is Yours

You do have to make that choice at the start of the game though.

[Kark]

Really?

I choose units to either infiltrate or keep in reserves (and before game starts I declare if units are deepstriking or not), but when unit is detroyed, I roll a die, if 4+ new unit returns to the game and I can declare if it is going to deepstrike or eneter from my table edge.

[Freeman]

You are correct you get to choose when they are respawned. It's the original ones you have to make the choice in advance.

[javaman21011]

I think the formation says when they are destroyed, roll a d6, on a 4+ they are placed immediately into ongoing reserve. So then next turn you HAVE to deploy them from reserve (as I understand OR). Whether you DS them or walk them from your table edge (but really with 3" move, and half run/assault, why would you) it's up to you.

[gigasnail]

yeah, you'd just have to declare when they went into reserves how they are coming back in.

[almostmercury]

There is a RAW conflict with ongoing reserves somewhere. I'm not digging for it right now, though. The short and sweet is that there is a line for when a unit enters ongoing reserves that it can return using a special reserves rule (deep strike, outflank) only if it entered the game that way.

I think it's beside the point as far as RAI is concerned, but words are words. Regardless, be aware, discuss with opponent, read tournament FAQs, etc... etc...

[jimmyp]

Was just recently looking at using spore field formation and was thinking the same if they return with deep strike from reserves or not.
Like the idea of the spore mines and the larger ap3 versions causing a nuisance to my openent with the infiltrate rule and returning on 4+. The rule about not giving the openent kill points is great too

[FTGTEvan]

I have a bit of a lengthy post about this - there's definitely a debate: Deep Strike Rules Debate

For me, it boiled down to the formation saying it is a new unit, which indicates the original units' deployment method should be irrelevant. They are not the same unit.

[gigasnail]

^this.

[almostmercury]

Apr 21, 2015 15:57:24 GMT FTGTEvan said:

I have a bit of a lengthy post about this - there's definitely a debate: Deep Strike Rules Debate

For me, it boiled down to the formation saying it is a new unit, which indicates the original units' deployment method should be irrelevant. They are not the same unit.

So the same would apply to Skyblight Gargoyles and Endless Swarm troops, but not Burrowing Mawlocs or FMCs that fly off the table.