Tyranid Prime and MTC

[vodimier]

I guess this won't matter in like 2 days, but I'm making sure that I have this right.

The tyranid prime has had Move Through Cover this whole time because he is an independent character?

[carnogaunt]

Yes.

Technically he has Skilled Rider as well.

[N.I.B.]

Jun 28, 2012 22:49:38 GMT vodimier said:

The tyranid prime has had Move Through Cover this whole time because he is an independent character?

Only when he was on his own. In a unit with Move Through Cover he would actually slow them down, since he doesn't have the rule.

[maugrim]

Why would he slow them down? ICs gain the Skilled Rider and Move Through Cover rules (pg 47). If the IC joining the unit has the USR, then the unit he joins doesn't lose it.

[nurglitch]

What maugrim said: A Tyranid Prime joining a Carnifex brood or Ripper Swarm brood or Termagant brood doesn't stop the unit from using its Move Through Cover because a Tyranid Prime is an Independent Character and therefore also has Move Through Cover.

[N.I.B.]

I've been playing this wrong then, on the few occasions were it mattered. I thought IC's had MTC when they were alone, not necessarily when they joined another unit. In WFB lone models move faster, maybe I mixed it up.