close combat

I had this situation in a game. Esher Leader with Shock Whip moved engaging Enforcer. Now what can enforcer do to attack back? My reading of RAW is that Enforcer cannot charge and to move they would need to roll for initiative and expose themselves to reaction attacks to withdraw. Have I missed...

Hi all, First off this is theoretical but I can't seem to find an answer that doesn't seem "off". So a Wyld Runner (I know, but I like them) and her 3 pets activate as a quasi group activation. They are all within easy charge range of the CC enemy that just gibbed their sister. As per the group...

Hi all - looking for a quick check of my understanding of attacks on the charge in 2 different scenarios.....Scenario 1.) 2 attacks in base character stats, armed with a weapon with the paired trait such as spider rig, plus another close combat weapon or a sidearm. On the charge paired traits...

Fighter A charges and engages with fighter B. Fighter A then beats the crap out of fighter B and causes fighter B to become seriously injured. There is no knockback or anything other special rule to create space between them in this scenario. At this point are both fighters still engaged...

Hello everyone, we are having a discussion in our game group on the following situation and we need swarm knowledge. Five fighters are in close combat. A1 attacks B1 and does not wound B1. Who is allowed to do a counter attack in this situation? 1. only B1 2. or B1 and B2 And If B2 is...

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I tried to do a search, but couldn't find any answers. How do these work in close combat? Forearm spines gives a 6+ save and a parry, but do you still need a weapon in that hand to fight efficiently, or does the spines count as a weapon? Same for tentacle, it says you can grapple to reduce your...

Hello Yak Tribe, I am starting this thread to solicit the opinions of the many wonderful posters here. I am gearing up for a perpetual campaign and as arbitrator I get to mold the whole thing! I really miss the ORB combat rolls. What do you think of bringing them back? Below is my initial...

Currently revamping my Escher gang and I am down to my last ganger who is currently armed with a stiletto knife and scare gas grenade, I have 10 credits left to spend and can't decide between giving her a lasgun and upgrading to a power knife, giving her a lasgun and upgrading to a choke grenade...

This question started as "Power Knife vs Powersword" but it's bigger than that. How do the CCWs available to Escher stack up? It comes out of trying to make a decision between these builds: Powersword + Plasma Pistol or Powerknife + Plasma Pistol? Powersword + Power Knife or Chainsword + Power...

In my most recent game we played the marauders scenario with me being the defender and the attacker having "scrag" as his special objective meaning he secretly selected one of my fighters and gets extra points for killing that fighter (he chose my leader). After a fairly bloody fire fight and...

A few of the Close Combat weapons have a value in the Ammo column in the Armory. I didn't see any reference to this in the rules. Did I miss it? Should be simple enough, but considering you get multiple attacks in Close Combat, are we supposed to roll the to-hit sequentially with the Firepower...

Hi Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere, I've done a search but couldn't find anything. Question - Can I use a double move to move into base contact with an enemy fighter and thus become engaged, but not able to use close combat attacks? I've looked through the rules and cannot find...

Hello all, Been tossing around some ideas and wanted to get some outside opinions on them. I've been doing some close combat conversions using the extra plastic from the shield sprues to make an energy hammer and an energy flail. Both paired with a shield. I've also will convert a shock staff...

I'm helping my friend get a Van Saar gang into our ongoing turf war. He's new to the game and I want to set him up with a list that's going to be competitive with the rest of the league. This includes the following models: Leader - Hand Flamer, Energy Shield Champion - Combi-Melta, Energy...