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Quick question. Having a discussion about how a unit can be deployed during ongoing reserves. Take mawlocs for example. Drops in, kills things but has to auto mishap. Roll and get placed into ongoing reserves. How is it allowed to return to the field?

So the rules for ongoing reserves state that the unit always re enters but has to follow the rules of reserves. Now I was informed that it has to walk onto the board because it was not allowed to re enter via deep strike. Trying to find this in the rules but no such luck was wondering if anyone could help me see what I might be missing.

It was iN DS reserves initally, so still DS back in again from ongoing reserves.

Thanks for the quick response.

You declare when entering ongoing reserves how the unit will be deployed and enter play using that method on your next turn, just like when placing a model in reserves normally (except without the roll and you can't outflank).

-You started in Reserves
-You are in Reserves
-You have a rule that lets you deep strike

Ergo, you can deep strike.

Take a look at Swooping Hawks. They can deepstrike, leave the table, then deepstrike again.

It is worth noting for other cases, that RAW, you are required to start the game in Reserves to Deep Strike. Matters for Hawks, because technically the rules state that the model must start the game in Reserves (never seen it played that way though).

There are three criteria for Deep Striking per the SR:

1. Every model in the unit must have the Deep Strike rule.
2. The unit must start the game in reserve.
3. You must declare they are Deep Striking when they are placed in reserve.
-Page 36, BRB

So technically if a unit starts in reserves it could declare DS at any time it goes into reserves but... is going into ongoing reserves the sames as going into reserves?

Page 125, BRB , first line of ongoing reserves says it is "If a unit enters reserve part way through the game, such as a Flyer
leaving the battlefield, this is referred to as entering Ongoing Reserves"

But then it says "follow the normal rules for Reserves". Is Deep Strike 'normal' reserves?

Yes, the "normal" rules for reserves specifically mention it as an alternative to moving in from the board edge.
"Models that are arriving by Deep strike or Outflank deploy using their special rules" page 124, BRB, Arriving from Reserve

So yes, per RAW, if a unit with the Deep Strike SR starts the game in reserve, then at some point in the game goes back into ongoing reserves, it may Deep Strike...

Note: Most people I play with skip the 'having to start the game in reserve' part feeling it makes little sense... I tend to agree.

 Abandon wrote:



"Models that are arriving by Deep strike or Outflank deploy using their special rules" page 124, BRB, Arriving from Reserve

I have noticed that this line has been removed from the new 7th edition rule book. Does that change the ability to deep strike after a mishap?