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What takes presedence? Rulebook or Codex?


They are pretty much the same except in a coupe of points:

1) In the Necron 'dex i think the CCB allows D3 attacks, the rulebook says "...each attack the rider has in his profile"
2) Sweepign into combat. oringinaly you could, in theory do sweep attacks into a combat since the 'dex didnt say one way o another. the rulebook clearly says "pick one unengaged unit".

Codex would likely take precedence by general rules of Codex > Rulebook when a conflict occurs. But I'd probably have a discussion with my opponent or the TO first.

Praxiss wrote:What takes presedence? Rulebook or Codex?


They are pretty much the same except in a coupe of points:

1) In the Necron 'dex i think the CCB allows D3 attacks, the rulebook says "...each attack the rider has in his profile"
2) Sweepign into combat. oringinaly you could, in theory do sweep attacks into a combat since the 'dex didnt say one way o another. the rulebook clearly says "pick one unengaged unit".

1) Incorrect, we got three attacks in codex.

I would say rulebook for number 2, as the CCB now is a Chariot, and the Chariot rules are more or less as CCB rules in Codex, but we are given the charge thing. You can't shoot in to cc, so cant see why we would be able to Sweep Strike into CC.

See page 7 of the Rulebook, very last paragraph.

I'd say, as a Chariot, the CCB definitely has access to the Chariot's Sweep Attack, since there's nothing explicitly denying that, it just so happens that it has it's own special rule that shares a name and operates similarly, neither of them inheret from or replace one another, A similar example would be the old Dark Eldar codex where the Talos had a special rule called "Skimmer" that had nothing to do with being an actual skimmer.

As such, I would say you can choose which one to use as you see fit, even changing each turn (although for the sake of everyone's sanity, I would advise using consistency in your choice)

If there is a confliction of rules due to wording or being different your codex rule trumps the rulebook, this is only the case if it has not be errated or FAQ'd to amend it, in this case it hasn't as the Necron FAQ simply updates the type of vehicle the CCB is with Chariot but does not amend or remove its Sweep attack thats in the codex.
The last paragraph on page 7 of new rulebook advises you that if this happens you always use your codex rule so in this case the CCB can do everything it can before but gains the additional benefits of the chariot rule ie D6 HoW attacks, +1 on saves etc.

to be fair, when i actually used it in a game last night the rulebook ones are exactly the same, except they exclicitly state you have to target an unengaged unit the barge has moved over for the Sweep attacks.

By the way, it is MEAN now! Got charged my a Tac squad last night, took a hull point but survived and took out 2 marines. Moved out of combat by sweepign the unit, killing another 2. only swept 12" so coudl then turn aroudn and fire - another 2 dead marines from gauss cannon.

THEN i charged in with D6 I10 S6 attacks (i rolled for 5 attacks), one more dead marines. used MSS to make the powerfist sergeant punch his squad mate to death (only one), then killed the last 2 with the warscythe!

One Barge, 10 dead marines - I took 1 "wound". WTF!?!


Oh, this is all after Going Flat out 30" (12" move + 18" Flat Out) in my own turn to sweep and kill a Land Speeder.

Did you sweep attack the Land Speeder in the Movement phase? Because it's the only time you can. You can't sweep in the shooting phase when you move flat out.

I'm sure you got it right but i'm just chucking it out there since it's a big change to how CC barges played in 5th.

OOOOh......you're right! So now the Barge can only sweep targets at up to 12" because the rest of it's movement is in the shooting phase.

That's quite a buzzkill.

Plus when you moved 12" inches to sweep the tax squad, you couldn't disembark to assault, cause you can't disembark if the vehicle moved more than 6".

Didn't need to disembark, the CCB is now a Chariot and can charge into combat itself.