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In Typhus's special rule 'destroyer hive' it says that it can be used at the start of any assault phase instead of attacking. Does this mean that he can do it even when he is not in combat?

It stipulates that it can be used when he is attacking. If he is not in combat I don't see how he could be attacking, so I would say no.

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However, it is used instead of striking blows. The other thread says that it can't be used because he can't strike blows. Following that logic if a vehicle has no guns it can't move flat out. Can anyone find another reason he might not be able to use it?

 Grimnarsmate wrote:
However, it is used instead of striking blows. The other thread says that it can't be used because he can't strike blows. Following that logic if a vehicle has no guns it can't move flat out. Can anyone find another reason he might not be able to use it?

That's a bit of a straw man, not having guns doesn't equate to not being able to fire, such a model would still have the rules' implicit permission to fire a certain number of weapons, it simply has no weapons to nominate under those rules.

Even ignoring that though, it is said to happen at the start of Typhus' initiative step, which simply doesn't exist as an event unless Typhus is locked in combat.