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What is the proper way to do a squad that is deepstriking? 10 man terminor or 10 man GK squad, for example?

1) I assume roll for coming in from reserve as one unit.

2a) Place one model, and deepstrike all 10 models, and then separate the squads from then on, or

2b) Place one model from each combat squad, and deep strike the combat squads separately?

General consensus is 2b.

Yeah, you're allowed to deploy them separately when you combat squad them, so they would likewise deep strike separately, as that is their deployment.

insaniak wrote:

balsak_da_mighty wrote:Last sentence of the second paragraph under combat squading in the DA codex.

Yes, Dark Angels have a slightly more restrictive version of the Combat Squads rule than everyone else does. Dark Angels units that are put in Reserve can not split. For everyone else, the FAQ has clarified that they can't be split when they are put in Reserve (because that is not deployment) but the Combat Squad rules do allow them to split when they arrive.

Insaniak: the no combat squads for reserves line is specifically deleted by the Errata I quoted earlier; they now have the exact same Combat squads as everyone else; excepting of course for the detail on Victory points that the main rules no longer use.

So....you would what have you 10 squad walk on next to an empty razor, then declare they are combat squading. Then next movement phase the 2 squads can do their own thing right?

You declare as they are being deployed, so you:

1) move on the razorback
2) deploy 2 separate units of marines
3) If one is within 2" of the hatch it can embark.

But they are walking onto the field and so their movement phase is used up right? So they'd have to wait till it was their turn again. Right?

No. You bring the transport onto the table, and ensure the unit is within 2" when they finish THEIR movement phase. They can then embark, exactly as if the vehicle was already on the table.

Check out the embarking rule, and note that there are no restrictions on the turn you arrive from reserves.