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My friend plays orks and he often spreads his boys out, so they are just within the squad group distance limit, to avoid blast templates etc.
He will then charge one of my units, with the first few boys within the charging distance and the rest out, saying that as long as the first one is whithin the distance it is within the rules.
I have had instances where the last boy of his squad has ended moving 18" to get into combat. I just think it seems a bit fishy
Is this whithin the rules?
any help is greatly apreciated
thanks

Models can only move the distance they roll for the charge plus their 3" pile-in move at their Inititive level.

Sweet, thanks for the quick reply. So does that mean that they get to move 3" for each point of initiative?

No. They move 3" for their Pile In at their Initiative step (aka when they fight). If you add in the end of combat Pile In of 3", It will take a guy who is 18" away 3 rounds to get into BTB contact with one of your models.

Remember anyone over 2" from a model in BTB cannot fight, so that guy 18" cannot swing.

Ok that makes sense. It was crazy what he was doing. Can this guy that is 18" away shoot in the shooting phase?

No, the unit is locked in combat and cannot shoot, regardless of whether of not that guy is actually in BTB or not.

Ok cool. Thanks for the help