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We looked in the rule book and I've tried searching here but....

Anyway, had a situation that we diced off on. Basically, my buddy had an IC joined to a unit that was in assault, the IC was at the back of the squad, not in B2B and not within 2" of any enemy model. The squad he was attached to was wiped out but he was unharmed (obviously). Is that IC still considered in assault at that point (during combat resolution) or is he no longer in assault and gets to consolidate per normal?

I believe that he would have no longer been in assault and should have been able to consolidate. Obviously opinions were torn and we rolled a dice and he ended up locked in assault after all.

Thoughts?

The IC was in the Squad for Combat resolution so he would have had to take a Morale Test for losing epically and then you all consolidate together.

The roll-off was correct. Any units that were in combat and did not flee have to pile-in. Only after both pile ins are done if the IC was no longer in base contact with an enemy, he could leave combat and consolidate.

Well that's just it though, for everything prior to combat resolution he is his own squad, technically. So when the combat resolution phase came into play there was no squad left for him to "rejoin and be a part of" as his joined unit had been killed by the opposition already. There was no one left to pile into during combat resolution either because of this. So technically no, he was not in the squad for combat resolution. Since he technically never took part in combat and was no longer part of any unit during combat resolution it's just difficult to see how he could be part of the assault anymore.

He is still part of the assault. He is still a part of the unit until his movement phase.

Ah, see that makes sense then. thanks.