Leech Essence vs Re-Animation?

[arrakis]

Hello Hive!

My search-fu is a bit rusty. Are necrons allowed reanimation protocols from leech essence or spirit leech? How about from instant death? (i.e. boneswords/sabres)

Thanks for any help!

[infornography]

I don't think there are any stipulations on it's use. Unless the model is removed from play, it can reanimate.

[arrakis]

Thanks for the reply

As far as the leech powers, does the DoM get the additional buffs or the tyrant get wounds if the reanimation is successful?

[scrotatohead]

Nothing is written anywhere in the rules or our codex that says the wounds gained by the Doom or Tyrant are lost as a result of reanimation. I would have your opponent show you from the Necron codex if there's anything under their rules that overrides ours.

[Jestar]

Reanimation protocols and leech essence/ spirit leech operate independently and don't interfere with one another. The wounds gained/recovered are done so at the time unsaved wounds are inflicted. Reanimation happens at the end of each phase, and has no effect other than some models recovering/joining back together.

As ifornography said, Reanimation protocols can be used no matter what inflicted the wounds, as long as it was wounds and not "Removed from play".

[omnivore]

Sorry to go off topic a bit but does leech essence follow the rule for shooting where you can only remove models in range? Or does it affect the whole squad? If the former it's quite a nerf...

[infornography]

It isn't a shooting attack so it only needs to reach one model to affect the whole unit.

[brianb9999]

They also can't use RP if you wipe the whole squad in one phase. Easier said than done, but possible.

[killme304]

The only things I can think of that will deny RP counters being added to the unit are:

1) Jaws from Space Wolves

2) Portal of Exile from a Monolith.

Any time you remove a model because its wounds were dropped to 0, it is a casualty. Necrons get RP counters when removed as a casualty. The above also deny Ever-living, which makes me hate playing Wolves all the more with crons.