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So i was playing one of my league games last night, and either found a new great ork stategy or got cheated on real bad. The opponent was running two battlewagons with deathrollers, one had Gaszkull and meganobs the other hardboys and a mek. The issue im having was he would move 13" (red paint job) disembark per open top, then assault me with the nobs.
I was under the impression that battlewagons were tanks, not fast vehicles. So i would assume he could only move 7" and disembark. So i was hoping for a little clarification to see if i need to get ahold of the league moderator for a cheating player.

You're confused.

You can move up to 12" (13" with RPJ), disembark, and shoot (as if moving) from any vehicle.

You can move up to 12" (13" with RPJ), disembark, and assault out of any open-topped vehicle, or any vehicle with the Assault Vehicle special rule.

A unit embarked in a transport can only SHOOT out of it if the vehicle moves up to 6", regardless of what type of vehicle it is.

Thanks for clearing things, after 3,4, and now 5th edition my brain gets a little scrambled from time to time

It happens.

Gorfac wrote:So i was playing one of my league games last night, and either found a new great ork stategy or got cheated on real bad. The opponent was running two battlewagons with deathrollers, one had Gaszkull and meganobs the other hardboys and a mek. The issue im having was he would move 13" (red paint job) disembark per open top, then assault me with the nobs.
I was under the impression that battlewagons were tanks, not fast vehicles. So i would assume he could only move 7" and disembark. So i was hoping for a little clarification to see if i need to get ahold of the league moderator for a cheating player.

This is Orks 101, and its pretty much what they do incredibly well. Just a little run down in case this will be a regular league opponent for you. The actually Turn 2+ ork threat range from open topped vehicles is:

Battlewagon OR Trukk: move 13 w red paint. Disembark 2. Waagh D6, assault 6 not in terrain / d6 if into
Target in the open: 21 + d6 if your models are in the open.
Target in terrain: 15 + 2d6 if your models are in terrain. (simplifying the 2d6 terrain check)

Just something to keep in mind for your future Orky encounters.

Trukks can even go 18"/19" on their first turn.

Even better if the orks have gaz because they auto roll a six on the run roll for the wagggghhhhh woop woop go gaz

So could I move 13inches in a BW with RPJ, disembark 2 inches, shoot with assault weapons and then charge if in range?

Yes.

Billagio wrote:So could I move 13inches in a BW with RPJ, disembark 2 inches, shoot with assault weapons and then charge if in range?

If you really want to have fun. You can try to rely on the Ramshackle rule to really get deep in your opponents line. IE move your trukks 19 with red paint. If you have lots of trukks, odds are your opponent cannot get them all. Plus if you move them correctly IF they spin from ramshackle, it might only be a going front or back, then you move / bail out. You might end up tethering yourself, as the spin might just stop, then you have to pick do you bail out into LOS of your opponent, or bail out in back of the trukk. Creative trukk placement can really cause some headaches for a opponent