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And then Ill stop asking


Firstly, the Staff of Light, does it count as a gauss weapon? If so where does it say that, because I couldnt find it in the codex

Secondly. If I have a res Orb on a Lord and he is tied to a unit, if he goes down, can I still use the res orb ability on the unit if he goes down in CC before the others? Again it wasnt really clear in the codex (unless I missed that too)

To the first; Nope, it needs to have Guass in its actual name in order to be a Guass weapon and get the benefits therein. For the second, since he is no longer active, his Rez Orb can no longer work, as it's not there until he makes his WBB

Staff of light doesn't count as a Gauss weapon, I beilieve the name must explicitly contain the word "Gauss" for it to be a Gauss weapon.

On the res orb applies to everyone with in 6" and works when rolling WBB so it doesn't matter when you're lord goes down.


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Azure wrote:To the first; Nope, it needs to have Guass in its actual name in order to be a Guass weapon and get the benefits therein. For the second, since he is no longer active, his Rez Orb can no longer work, as it's not there until he makes his WBB

MAybe I misread it as well then, but the Res orb works on the lord himself when he is down, so shouldn't it still apply to the surrounding units?

Ok Ive been playing the SOL as a non gauss weapon so far, so that was mainly a "just curious" thing

Also, Ive been playing the res Orb as, if the Lord is down, then the unit does not get the res orb ability, but being wrong on this one would obviously be nice to know lol. So which is it? Because again, its incredibly vague

Have a gander at the Necron FAQ. Specifically covers Res Orb.

In short, youre playing it right KingCracker, and Sunocard is wrong.

Many thanks there Nos, I always forget to look at that blasted FAQ

Uh....why would a Lord get a WBB if he goes down? The only way a completely dead unit gets a WBB is if a like unit is within 6", and wouldn't help a dead Lord unless he had a Phylactory.

Necron Lords get an exemption to needing a like unit within 6".

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thats why. It says in the Lord section that explains WBB and and whatnot

A lord always gets WBB, unless he is killed by something that denies WBB, should he have a Rez Orb though, he Always gets WBB unless there is a remove from the table-esque rule in play. Phylacteries just allow the Lord to stand back up with more wounds then one