Allocating wounds Between Character and Bodyguard

[killercroc]

In a game I had last week against another Tyranid player they used their Lictor to try and take out my Tyrant with Guard using precision hits, Tyrant flubbed his Armour and FnP saves and ended up taking 3 wounds (Which enraged the Tyrant and Guard was they went on to kill that Lictor, another Lictor, a Haruspex and a unit of Zoans!). Now, as far as I'm aware when wounds are assigned to a unit they have to be taken on wounded models first... does that mean once a character is wounded all other damage has to be allocated to him, or only addition precision shots and the wounds go onto the bodyguard?

I'm sure it's in the rules somewhere but for the life of me I cannot find it

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Mar 29, 2024 17:11:20 GMT killercroc said:

In a game I had last week against another Tyranid player they used their Lictor to try and take out my Tyrant with Guard using precision hits, Tyrant flubbed his Armour and FnP saves and ended up taking 3 wounds (Which enraged the Tyrant and Guard was they went on to kill that Lictor, another Lictor, a Haruspex and a unit of Zoans!). Now, as far as I'm aware when wounds are assigned to a unit they have to be taken on wounded models first... does that mean once a character is wounded all other damage has to be allocated to him, or only addition precision shots and the wounds go onto the bodyguard?

I'm sure it's in the rules somewhere but for the life of me I cannot find it

Found it! It's under the leader text. I just searched in the app. Turns out that even if the leader is injured the attacks need to go at the bodyguard unit

[killercroc]

Awesome thank you! I don't have the app just my rulebook so scouring through that takes longer and easy to miss things. That's good to know the wounds are still allocated to bodyguards first! Was thinking for a second the Tyrant guard were going to not be as effective as I first thought, but seems they can still do their job even if a lucky precision hit sneaks through.

[yoritomo]

I think it has to work that way. Otherwise if you hang one wound on a character through a precision hit the all other models that attack the unit effectively gain the precision rule.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Mar 29, 2024 19:44:44 GMT killercroc said:

Awesome thank you! I don't have the app just my rulebook so scouring through that takes longer and easy to miss things. That's good to know the wounds are still allocated to bodyguards first! Was thinking for a second the Tyrant guard were going to not be as effective as I first thought, but seems they can still do their job even if a lucky precision hit sneaks through.

The app is actually really good now. I'd recommend it if you have a phone that can support it.

[killercroc]

Mar 29, 2024 22:18:09 GMT yoritomo said:

I think it has to work that way. Otherwise if you hang one wound on a character through a precision hit the all other models that attack the unit effectively gain the precision rule.

I sort of figured as well, but during the game I thought it meant now every wound would go to him, luckily the ruling is not the case. I have noticed however most precision didn't look like they'd be very good at killing characters, you'd need a few each round shooting in to take them down, so wasn't sure if this was a sort of "he's wounded so others can finish him off" sort of deal. But it works well! Now to decided if I want to start running 6 Tyrant Guard...

Mar 29, 2024 23:07:42 GMT hivefleetkerrigan said:

The app is actually really good now. I'd recommend it if you have a phone that can support it.

I'll have to check it out then. Most the people I game with seem to use it, however I still like to have the codex and cards, a lot easier to reference quickly. Plus just something about having the thing physically in front of you.

[hivefleetkerrigan]

Yeah I use both. The app now has a battle mode where it shows everything for your list + all strats. I have that up + cards on the table for my opponent.