Can Lootas still get Slow and Purposeful from a Big Mek in Mega Armor?

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**nekooni**

Lord Corellia wrote:
Let's stop all this arguing bs-ing!

Bottom line, if a mega armoured character joins my bloody Lootas can they move and shoot?

Yes, because the Meg Armors Slow and Purposeful gives all models in the unit (=those bloody Lootas) the ability to move and shoot.

**Glitcha**

Yes, you can take a big mek in mega armor and it gives the squad he is in SnP. It can be nice, but you lose the ability to run and fire overwatch. I highly dough you will miss those abilities when it comes to lootas and Mek Gunz. Personally, I put a big mek in mega armor and put him with a unit of flash gitz and have them ride around in a battle wagon.

Side note, you can not do the same with the Da Supa Cybork. Relentless only applies to model with the Cybork. SnP applies to the whole squad.

**Happyjew**

Kommissar Kel wrote:
Cristoph is correct.

Dakkadakka may be a pretty unique community in that we do not simply answer yes or no, nor do we just give the answer to questions: we give the tools to answer them yourself(and we take pride in our work).

Semantic arguments aside: the unit gains the benefits and penalties from slow an purposeful.

Any time you see a rule that begins with the phrase "units that contain at least 1 model with this special rule" is very likely to provide the benefits and penalties to all models in the unit. You still have to read the whole rest of the rule because the rules may still state that it is only models with the rule that benefit although that is very rare(I can only think of 1 rule that I vaguely recall having that setup and cannot remember which rule that is off hand right now)

Counter-Attack. It starts off with "A unit that contains one or more models with this special rule..." but then goes on to say that only the models with the special rule get the extra attack.

**Charistoph**

Kommissar Kel wrote:
You still have to read the whole rest of the rule because the rules may still state that it is only models with the rule that benefit although that is very rare(I can only think of 1 rule that I vaguely recall having that setup and cannot remember which rule that is off hand right now)

Counter-Attack is one. When a unit that contains at least one model with this special rule is charged, models with this Special Rule gain +1 Attack. So, rule is triggered on an event to the unit, but only possessing models can benefit.