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Had this question come up in a game today.

A Wolf lord with a frost blade, and Saga of the warrior born is in combat with a 14 man unit of necrons. After killing 4, and receiving only one wound in return the necrons took a LD check and failed, and the Wolf Lord caught them in a sweeping advance. The question is, does he get 4 additional attacks in the next round of combat, or 14?

Sweeping advance does not say the winner of the close combat kills the loser, simply that the loser is destroyed.

I'm quite confident that he would only get 4 additional attacks.

He gets 4 attacks - the swept unit is destroyed and removed from play, no wounds are caused.

4 Attacks. Sweeping Advanced does not cause wounds.

I agree with what has been said already, however here's the passages from the books that my opponent quoted from;

C:SW page 64
... bonus to his attacks equal to the number of models he killed during the previous assault phase.

As odd as it sounds, it doesn't say anything about wounds. So as I read it even multiwound models only give 1 attack if they are killed, not wounded.


BGB page 40
The falling back unit is destroyed. We assume that the already demoralised foe is comprehensively scattered, ripped apart or sent packing, its members either dead, wounded and captured, or at best fleeing and hiding.


I just wanted to thank you guys, and I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here. I'm just looking to put any future arguements that may arise to rest before the start.

He didn't kill them. The Sweeping Advance Special Rule killed them. If the Wolf Lord had been with a Wolf Guard Unit, and they Sweeping Advanced, would you still claim the Wolf Lord Killed them?

Gwar! wrote:He didn't kill them. The Sweeping Advance Special Rule killed them. If the Wolf Lord had been with a Wolf Guard Unit, and they Sweeping Advanced, would you still claim the Wolf Lord Killed them?

Too true gwar .... Sweeping advance destroys the unit. It never technically kills the models.

This question should probably be part of the new SW INAT FAQ.

willydstyle wrote:This question should probably be part of the new SW INAT FAQ.

O rly?