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I have a 30 man blob of IG. I get assaulted. Troops move in the 3 inches to base to base. Troops get killed (given). No other troops in BTB or 2 inches. I still have 25 of original 30. Does combat still continue, or are they allowed to fall back without getting swept away?

Assault carries on, unless no models can make base to base AFTER the end of combat pile in.

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Assault carries on, unless no models can make base to base AFTER the end of combat pile in.

I believe in this circumstance the assault is just ended - losing combat tests done, of course. I'm not sure though, the End of Combat Pile in doesn't mention this.

Charging unit moves into B2B with Charge Movement.

At initiative step, move 3"

Initiative 4 moves 3"
Initiative 3 moves 3"
etc.

So if 5 models with Initiative 3 were killed at the Initiative 4 step, the rest would move 3" at their initiative step to try and consolidate. If at the end of that movement no one is in b2b, then they cannot attack and you go into end of assault consolidation. Each party in the assault then consolidates 3" to try and get into b2b.

IF at the end of that no one is in b2b, then combat immediately ends.

So essentially, assuming different initiative values you effectively need 9" distance between parties. At the same initiative values it's only 6". Still, large distance to end assault.

Remember if the assault does end because no one can get into base contact after pile in moves, you "work out the assault result as described on page 26" P.23

So you can still get swept.