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i was wondering about attacks in an assault

My first question is... how many do we get.

Lets say a CSM with a base attack of 1 goes up against a Daemonette with a base attack of 3

The daemonette has 3 attacks. However she has 2 claws.

The CSM has a pistol and chainsword.

How many attacks does each one get?? (ignore charging bonuses)

I'm guessing the daemonette would get 4 because she has 2 claws.

I'm also guessing the CSM would get 2 because he has a chainsword AND a pistol.

If the claws count as 2 CCW (not sure how demons work) than it would get +1. You're CSM would have +1 as well for 2 single-handed CCW.

Yeah thats what I figured. But I also don't know if the claws count as 2 CCW.
My buddy who also plays said his Hormagants have 3 close combat weapons, which was kinda unheard of. is this true?

Nids never get bonuses for multiple CCW. They DO get the benefits of all their close combat weapons. So for example a Nid with Rending Claws and 1 set of Scything Talons, would have X attacks that Rend and re-roll 1's for 'To Hit' in CC.

Tyranids are special - they never get bonus attacks as per their own rules because all their attacks are included in the profile.

Daemonettes only have 'claws' and they're not specifiied as having 2 CCWs so they'd get 3. Just because there's two things on the model doesn't mean they have additional CCWs.

The Marine gets 2 attacks base because of his pistol and CCW.

Okay thanks guys for clearing that up. Its much appreciated!

Even more than that, Tyranids dont use Close Combat Weapons, which is why they can never gaint he bonus attack.

Corrode wrote:Daemonettes only have 'claws' and they're not specifiied as having 2 CCWs so they'd get 3. Just because there's two things on the model doesn't mean they have additional CCWs.

This is correct, but for the wrong reasons...

The Daemonette's Rending Claws are listed as a pair of close combat weapons, however the Rending Claws entry specifies that the 2nd weapon bonus is already included in the profiles of those Daemons who have the claws.