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Hy dakka-again with something I haven't found on the forum.

So ..how do you play beasts?

Beasts ignore terrain-so if they are assaulting through cover will they strike at I 1 or their normal initiative?

Because now it states- when you assault through cover- not if you roll difficult terrain test

They do not ignore terrain, there movement is simply not slowed by it so they get their normal assault rolls but they still go at I1. It's the same for Necron Wraiths not using their jump packs (lol) to assault.

It says they are "not slowed by difficult terrain" (p48). Dropping down to initiative 1 because of difficult terrain could easily be interpreted as "being slowed", so I can see the argument. The hard part is defining exactly what "slowed" means - does it only refer to movement, or could it also refer to the stage at which you make your attacks?

Doesn't it say soemthing like they automatically pass terrain tests?

I might be getting confused as the only Beasts i play are Scarabs...and they are also Swarms.

 Praxiss wrote:
Doesn't it say soemthing like they automatically pass terrain tests?

I might be getting confused as the only Beasts i play are Scarabs...and they are also Swarms.

In 5th edition, you were reduced to I1 if you had to take a Difficult or Dangerous Terrain test when you charged. In 6th edition, you get reduced to I1 just be charging through terrain.
There's a similar thread regarding jetbikes and jump infantry charging through terrain here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/469611.page

Read the new FAQ's. They are striking at I1.