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I'm not sure to understand this new rule I've been hearing about, supposedly I can take an infinite number of detachment?

So let's say I have 1 HQ + 3 elites + 2 troops could I take another 1 HQ + 1 elite + 1 troop or any number of additional decampment as long as it respect the 1 HQ + 1 TROOP ally rule?

Also, can a multiple detachment army of Death Guard still ally with another faction (like a chaos renegade list).

Thanks

Yes to all of the above, afaik.

I think this belongs in 40k YMDC, though.

You can add an additional detachment (not allied) as long as you fill the minimum requirements. So if your primary detachment has one HQ and two Troops you can keep adding detachments as long as they also have the required one HQ and two Troops.

 Ghaz wrote:
You can add an additional detachment (not allied) as long as you fill the minimum requirements. So if your primary detachment has one HQ and two Troops you can keep adding detachments as long as they also have the required one HQ and two Troops.

and are you sure I could add a different faction ally on top of this multiple detachment army ?

your allied detachment yes...

AFAIK you can also have multiple allied detachments too...

basically IIRC

CAD detachments, you get unlimited #,

only rules being: all units in them must be same faction, and you must take one HQ + two troops in each one.


allied detachments, again, unlimited # of them,

only rules: must be different faction(s) to your CAD detachments, and must fill one HQ and one troops


so yeah... not much different from unbound to be honest... slight HQ + troops tax, but that really isnt an issue.

expect 99% of tournaments to cap the # of detachments.

There are two types of Detachments listed in the BRB: CAD and Allied. These are used for Battle-Forged armies, so we can ignore anything about Unglued at the moment.

CAD requires 1 HQ and 2 Troops. You may have as many CADs as you like provided each one has 1 HQ and 2 Troops. CADs can be combined from any armies that you like. For example, you may take a CAD of Salamanders and a CAD of White Scars and a CAD of Daemons in the same army, and choose the Daemons as your Primary Detachment.

Allied Detachments requires 1 HQ and 1 Troop. Also, this detachment may not be the same faction as your Primary Detachment. Continuing the above example, you may not take an Allied Detachment of Daemons in this army, since they are your Primary Detachment.

 Elric Greywolf wrote:

CAD requires 1 HQ and 2 Troops. You may have as many CADs as you like provided each one has 1 HQ and 2 Troops. CADs can be combined from any armies that you like. For example, you may take a CAD of Salamanders and a CAD of White Scars and a CAD of Daemons in the same army, and choose the Daemons as your Primary Detachment.

This is untrue, right? All Combined Arms Detachment (CADs) must be from the same faction.

Detachments have Restrictions, for example the Allied Detachment states it can not contain Units from the same Faction as those in the Primary Detachment.
There is no restriction within the Combined Arms Detachment stating that all Combined Arm Detachments have to be from the same Faction as the Primary Detachment.

 RiTides wrote:

 Elric Greywolf wrote:

CAD requires 1 HQ and 2 Troops. You may have as many CADs as you like provided each one has 1 HQ and 2 Troops. CADs can be combined from any armies that you like. For example, you may take a CAD of Salamanders and a CAD of White Scars and a CAD of Daemons in the same army, and choose the Daemons as your Primary Detachment.

This is untrue, right? All Combined Arms Detachment (CADs) must be from the same faction.

I couldn't find any such requirement/restriction.


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 RedFox wrote:
I'm not sure to understand this new rule I've been hearing about, supposedly I can take an infinite number of detachment?

So let's say I have 1 HQ + 3 elites + 2 troops could I take another 1 HQ + 1 elite + 1 troop or any number of additional decampment as long as it respect the 1 HQ + 1 TROOP ally rule?

Also, can a multiple detachment army of Death Guard still ally with another faction (like a chaos renegade list).

Thanks

Any number of detachments(CAD), any number of allies, follow the restrictions of the ally matrix, no points restrictions to unlock, all battle forged.

The "all units must be from the same faction(or no faction)" requirements within CAD are the internal requirements of the CAD, not that all CADs have to be from the same Faction(or no faction)

 Kommissar Kel wrote:
The "all units must be from the same faction(or no faction)" requirements within CAD are the internal requirements of the CAD, not that all CADs have to be from the same Faction(or no faction)

Yep. The only use for Allies Detach is if you don't want the mandatory 2nd Troop slot of a CAD and more than 1 slot in the other battlefield roles as well.

 Vector Strike wrote:

 Kommissar Kel wrote:
The "all units must be from the same faction(or no faction)" requirements within CAD are the internal requirements of the CAD, not that all CADs have to be from the same Faction(or no faction)

Yep. The only use for Allies Detach is if you don't want the mandatory 2nd Troop slot of a CAD and more than 1 slot in the other battlefield roles as well.

True.

Although I do love how they show 3 of each optional in the chart(I am sure there will be tons of lists trying to take 3 HS in an Allied detachment because the pretty picture shows it).