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Hi, not sure if this is in the right forum (if not I apologize), but I have a question for all you Tyranid players. Is it possible to have two formation in any legal competitive list? Not unbound.... I know you cant have both formations as part of the same detatchment, but is there another way?
thanks

One does not take a Formation as part of another Detachment, though that is a common mistake for some reason....

Formations are a specific type of detachment, unique in that they do not have a Force Organization Chart but still singled out as a type of detachment. One can take as many detachments, of any type, that they wish by default. Without some sort of internal Restriction on the Formation itself, 'only one per army' or the likes, it is entirely legal to select the same Formation multiple times. In fact, it is entirely legal to have a battle-forged army that consists of nothing but Formations.

So if I have an eligible warlord within my formation I am not required to take an HQ outside of the formation to be legal? Thanks for your answer above.

That is also another change in 7th: Warlords are no longer selected from Models filling a Head Quarter role.
They don't even have to be Characters, but that requires constructing an Army which has no Characters to begin with to be legal.

JinxDragon wrote:
That is also another change in 7th: Warlords are no longer selected from Models filling a Head Quarter role.
They don't even have to be Characters, but that requires constructing an Army which has no Characters to begin with to be legal.

EG:
HQ
Trevigon

Troop:
10 guants
1 Musciloid <<< Warlord


Stupid as feth, but totally legal.

Or this:
Fill an Army with nothing but Tau Firebase Support Cadre Formations
Do not purchase any character upgrades
Select a single broadside as the Warlord

Legal and battle-forged!

Yes you can have more than 2 formations in the same army. Unless your group or local doesn't allow it.

With regards to the "competitive" bit, there are no tournaments so far that would allow just dual formations, but I expect that it will happen a lot more often, as well as unbound.

morgoth wrote:
With regards to the "competitive" bit, there are no tournaments so far that would allow just dual formations, but I expect that it will happen a lot more often, as well as unbound.

Games Workshops own Throne of Skulls allows for as many Detachments as you want
No unbound though..

morgoth wrote:
With regards to the "competitive" bit, there are no tournaments so far that would allow just dual formations, but I expect that it will happen a lot more often, as well as unbound.

Our annual C.A.G.E Match, a state wide tourney, allows any combination of "unique" formations. Basicly You can run any number of formations but no more than 1 of a given formation.

barnowl wrote:

morgoth wrote:
With regards to the "competitive" bit, there are no tournaments so far that would allow just dual formations, but I expect that it will happen a lot more often, as well as unbound.

Our annual C.A.G.E Match, a state wide tourney, allows any combination of "unique" formations. Basicly You can run any number of formations but no more than 1 of a given formation.

Shame. A couple of zagstrukk / Snikrot formations sound absolutely hilarious.