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I previously thought that you only take a last man standing test at the start of your turn for units which:

1. Have been reduced to 1 model.
2. Are not already fleeing (from tank shock, casualties, combat, previously failed LMS test the turn before, etc).

However is it actually true that units that have been reduced to 1 model, and are fleeing, also take last man standing tests?

There are no limits placed on LMS tests... if there's only 1 model left, he must take a LMS test.

So yes, that would apply even if he is already fleeing.

Haha, and if he passes LMS I imagine he rallies like the test says.

Or not?

If not now I'm confused, what happens if he passes the test. What happens if the model fails the LMS test, they don't run twice do they?

He would have to rally. He ordinarily wouldn't be able to if he's below 50%... but passing a LMS test causes him to automatically rally.

As it reads, he probably should take both the LSM test and the Regrouping test (assuming that 1 model left in the unit isn't below 50% of the starting strength)... and if both are failed, he would indeed fall back twice.

I suspect that's not the original intention... it feels more sensible to only take one or the other. But it's not likely to come up very often, since there aren't exactly a plethora of 2-model units in the game.


Edit: Actually, after another look, even if he doesn't get to make the Regrouping test, he's still going to have to Fall Back (because he wasn't able to Regroup) as well as taking his LMS test. So one model left from a unit is always going to be Falling Back twice, unless he passes his LMS test.

Which definitely swings me over firmly to the 'not intended' side. I'll be continuing to play it as the LMS Fall Back counting as his Fall Back for the turn.

Can a unit take more than 1 last man standing test in a game?

Lets assume I had a squad of 6, and reduced to 1 guy.

They aren't fleeing at the start of my turn, but I have to take a LMS test.

Hey hey he passed, and blows up a tank with his meltagun.

Does he have to take another LMS test the next turn?

Yup. LMS specifies that they take the test in 'each of their turns'

insaniak wrote:He would have to rally. He ordinarily wouldn't be able to if he's below 50%... but passing a LMS test causes him to automatically rally.

As was pointed out on another board... this is in fact nonsense.

The LMS rules don't actually say that he rallies, just that he 'continues to fight on single-handedly'... which clearly isn't the same thing at all.

If he is already falling back, passing a LMS test won't change that status.

So, yes to taking LMS tests every turn.
No to getting to rally when you otherwise couldn't.