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Now that escalation has dropped, I may actually have to face super heavy vehicles. Can my warriors humble gauss guns still get glances on a 6 against super heavy vehicles?

AFAIK they can

Yes. Nothing changes as far as Gauss weapons are concerned.

Hooray! Bring on the baneblades!

Yep. Necrons are probably the least hurt by the addition of the Escalation and Stronghold Assault.

They will still get hurt by GC though.

yes they can, although I'm pretty sure super heavies have a ton more HP to glance off.

Baneblades have the equivalent of 9 Hull points right? That's about 90 Gauss shots. So about 600 points of Warriors to destroy 500 points of Banblade? Still, it's nice that you're never in a situation where you can't hurt it.

Necrons love escalation, not only do they get an amazing super heavy but they have the guass rule to deal with other super heavies

Hi All, as a Necron player, I would love for gauss to work against super heavies... But I'm interpreting the "Invincible Behemoth" rule in Escalation differently. Rule on page 13 states "...any attacks or special abilities that permanently lower the Armour Values of the target vehicle do not affect a Super-heavy vehicle." Maybe this is a discrepancy between codex and Escalation, but until a FAQ clarifies I'm assuming the worst (as a Necron!). Would love to hear other thoughts!

That would stop things like entropic strike from working against super-heavies. Gauss Simply glances on a set number, which nothing in the SH rules stops from happening.

Thanks pyre-very good point!

Dupiello wrote:
Hi All, as a Necron player, I would love for gauss to work against super heavies... But I'm interpreting the "Invincible Behemoth" rule in Escalation differently. Rule on page 13 states "...any attacks or special abilities that permanently lower the Armour Values of the target vehicle do not affect a Super-heavy vehicle." Maybe this is a discrepancy between codex and Escalation, but until a FAQ clarifies I'm assuming the worst (as a Necron!). Would love to hear other thoughts!

That dose gimp scarabs because they permanently drop the armor, but your warriors are A-OK as they only need to roll a 6 to score a glance. Warriors don't change the armor of a vehicle, just like grav and lance.