Alien Cunning

[hiveminded]

Does this rule happen immediately after deployment before first turn is determined, or does it happen after deployment during the “resolve pre-battle rules” step, which would be after first turn is determined?

I’m thinking the latter, but does anyone know if there is community consensus or official clarification on this question?

[No One]

It's not ironclad, but it should be resolve pre-battle rules (https://thetyranidhive.proboards.com/post/1015630/thread). As far as community consensus goes, I only know of one ruling (WTC says yes step 11), and basically everyone I've seen discuss it agreed with that once it's been explained (albeit usually with a fair bit of grumbling ).

[hiveminded]

Perfect, thanks!

[trashcan01]

We have a lot riding on this. Just make sure to have a short talk with your opponent about it. I like to be open about these kind of things.