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So this may be a no brainer, but I just want to double check with those with more experience. Although it may be an unlikely situation, I couldn't find an answer to it in the 5th ed. rule book (didn't look too hard). If there are two enemy units within 6 inches of my unit, and my unit shoots and either destroys or causes it to run away, can I assult the other unit, or do I lose my close combat turn?

I don't have the rulebook in front of me, but I believe I read that you have to assault whatever unit you shot at. So, if the unit you shot at is destroyed or runs away, your stuck. At least that's what I remember, but I've only read the new rules once, so I could be wrong.

There is an exception regarding vehicles. If you shoot at a transport vehicle and destroy it, forcing the unit inside to disembark, you may then assault the disembarked unit.

pg 33 states "a unit that fired in the Shooting phase can only assault the unit that it shot at - it cannot assault a different unit to the one it previously shot at.". I see no exceptions which would allow you to charge a totally different unit, except in the case of assaulting multiple enemy units, which still requires you charge the original unit you fired upon.

So in a word, no, if you destroyed the target unit in the shooting phase, you cannot assault any other unit.

Negatory, OP. There is no charging a different unit than you shot at, even if the previous one was wiped out.

Burning Star IV wrote:There is no charging a different unit than you shot at, even if the previous one was wiped out.

True. But if you can reach BOTH units while remaining in coherency, feel free to assault both

SilentW wrote:

Burning Star IV wrote:There is no charging a different unit than you shot at, even if the previous one was wiped out.

True. But if you can reach BOTH units while remaining in coherency, feel free to assault both

That's a little difficult if you wiped the first one out...

In which case it isn't possibly to reach both units, is it?