Glancing?

[heartagramtc]

Ive seen people talking about gaunt/gants being able to glance on 6's, and I have looked high And low trying to figure out how a gaunt/gants can glance AV10+, can someone please clarify the exact breakdown on. How this is possible?

Sorry to ask what to me sounds like a basic question, but I can't find the answer. Thanks!

[gloomfang]

Furious Charge. On the charge it makes gaunts S4. S4 +D6 for can glance AV10.

It can come from Adrenal Glands or from some other buff like the Swarmlord.

[Geneva]

Also, Fleshborers are S4.

[nalathani]

Devourers are Str 4 as well, so if you drop gants from a pod they can hit rear armor really easily and glance like a madman.

[heartagramtc]

Dang, I don't know how I missed that. But it will make me rethink my 10 devilgants spored in behind enemy lines.

[aihtin]

20 devil-gaunt death pod = 60 shots at rear armor (+ pod weapons) then the ones that survive the return fire should be able to mop up whatever was inside unless they get assaulted or the dice gods hate you.

[maugrim]

Well, at least the contents of the vehicle you destroyed in the previous turn can't assault you now as per the latest FAQ. Unless it was a vehicle with the Assault rule.

[Jabberwocky]

Overwatch from 20 devgaunts would also be quite brutal anyway

[DukeMantis]

i use 16 in a spore, is that enough to get the job done?

[wisdomseyes1]

48 shots -> 24 hits -> 4 glancing hits on average against AV10. So, about 60% chance to wreck a vehicle (dont quote me on the percent)

You wreck them on average though, you can quote me on that.

[heartagramtc]

I might just have to up my devilgants squad. Or heck just run two squads of 15 spored in.

[bronyzro]

That could work. a bad scatter could screw you over though.

But, that's the risk with DS. And pods are pretty safe anyway.

[gloomfang]

Sept 13, 2012 3:34:08 GMT wisdomseyes1 said:

48 shots -> 24 hits -> 4 glancing hits on average against AV10. So, about 60% chance to wreck a vehicle (dont quote me on the percent)

You wreck them on average though, you can quote me on that.

4 glances will wreck everything that has an AV10 rear. Almost all of them only have 2-3 HP.

[coredump]

Sure, but without actually doing the math, I would estimate those 48 shots will get less than 4 glances about 45% of the time.

Remember, when figuring 'averages', that just means >50% of the time. Might be as high as 66% (2 on a D3), or as little as 51%.

[WestRider]

Yeah, but you only need 3 to wreck just about anything with AV10 in the rear, so if you've got a 50+% chance of getting 4 or more, that leaves you in pretty good shape.