Assaults and initiative?

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**Sanguinius1385**

something keeps coming up in games i play and im not sure how the rule goes or where to find it in the book to clarify. lets say i have a model swinging at initiative 6. he kills 6 out of 8 guys. now those last to guys are out of base contact with anything from my unit. can they attack still? or are they out? either way where in the rule book can i find this? thanks

**nosferatu1001**

They can still attack. In "Who can attack?" you work out who can attack before any blows are struck. So, as long as the unit they were fighint is still alive whne their I turn comes around, they can (and must!) fight

**calypso2ts**

In 5th edition you determine 'Who can Fight?' at the start of combat before blows are struck. This means that models that are in base contact with an enemy or models within 2" of a model in base contact can swing even if the models in base are slain. This differs from previous editions of the rules and makes having a higher initiative less effective than it used to be.

In your scenario if those 2 models meet one of the above criteria, they still get their attacks but I bet you are going to win combat anyways!

I am not sure on the page, check in the index under 'Who Can Fight' (Edit - Thanks Kirs pp 35)

**kirsanth**

(Page 35, main rules.)

**Sanguinius1385**

thanks guys

**Katfish!**

out of curiosity and similarity, what happens when at the end of combat res both sides are still locked in bu the units are no longer in B2b?

they pile in right?

**DeathReaper**

Yes they both make pile-in moves of up to 6 inches to get into B2B if they were engaged in that combat at the start of that round of combat.

it is outlined on P.40 under the pile in! section paragraph 3