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I've done some searching around and cant seem to find the exact information I need.

I know Daemonic assault was removed?

But what i want to know is,
do i ALWAYS have to deep-strike only half of my army?

Can I not choose to (if I'm running allies) to field all of the allies i have, and deep-strike the entirety of my Chaos daemon forces as they come? (Or at least pass their rolls)?

can i choose to not field anything at all on turn 1? and wait to deep-strike anything that i am planning on fielding?

any information on this would be greatly appreciated,I'm tired of scouring my Codex and rule-book and not finding any definitive answers.

Thank you all.

Up to half your army (of those units not required to start in reserve) can start in reserve. If you have enough units in your allied army to place all of your daemons in reserve you can.

If at the end of any game turn you have nothing on the table you auto-lose. While there are a few armies who can build an all reserve list, most have units that come in turn 1.

Now does this have to do with points? Or total unit or model count?

I.e. in a 1000pt army, 500pts (may) start in reserve?

or is it based on 10 total units, 5 must start on field? or model count?

Brachra wrote:
Now does this have to do with points? Or total unit or model count?

I.e. in a 1000pt army, 500pts (may) start in reserve?

or is it based on 10 total units, 5 must start on field? or model count?

It says half your units, so it is unit count

There is a fair amount of fiddly rules related to what counts and what doesn't, so I do recommend you read page 124 and 125 carefully as the majority of it is there. There are some situations where units will not count for reserves and a few where joined units will count for 1.