Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I quote the Rulebook:

You can include models from any number of different Factions (pg 118) in the same army if you wish.

Page 126

Does that mean that I can have more than 1 allied detachment? Awesome!

Yes. A Battle-forged army consists of any number of Detatchments, in any combination (how long have we been in 7th now? I still can't spell Detachments).

As long as each Allied Detatchment doesn't share the Faction of your Primary Detachment, you're fine. Also remember that you can also take an "allied" CAD (Combined Arms Detachment) or any Codex-specific Detachment (such as a Nemesis Strike Force) in addition to your Primary.

So... I can take a CAD with my Chaos Marines, and then take the Waaagh detachment from C: Orks, and then an allied detachment of say 'Crons? Awesome!

Indeed.

Legal list:

CAD Dark Eldar (Warlord comes from here, so it's your Primary Detachment)
CAD Haemunculus Covens
Allied Necrons
Allied Tyranids
Nemesis Strike Force Formation


Illegal list:

CAD Eldar (Warlord comes from here, so it's your Primary Detachment)
Allied Eldar (same faction of your Primary Detachment. Must use an Eldar CAD or Formation)
CAD Necrons
Allied Space Marines
Nemesis Sitrke Force Formation

ally != Allied Detachment

One comment VS. If you take a CAD from Haemunculus Covens it is just regular Dark Eldar. To benefit from the HC stuff you have to either take the Covenite Coterie Detachment, or one of hte Formations.

 Vector Strike wrote:
Indeed.

Legal list:

CAD Dark Eldar (Warlord comes from here, so it's your Primary Detachment)
CAD Haemunculus Covens
Allied Necrons
Allied Tyranids
Nemesis Strike Force Formation


Illegal list:

CAD Eldar (Warlord comes from here, so it's your Primary Detachment)
Allied Eldar (same faction of your Primary Detachment. Must use an Eldar CAD or Formation)
CAD Necrons
Allied Space Marines
Nemesis Sitrke Force Formation

ally != Allied Detachment

This is a excellent guide. It's also worth noting that the illegal list would become legal if your Primary detachment was the Necron CAD. There is nothing stopping you have a CAD and Allied Detachment of the same faction, providing that the CAD is not your Primary.

Frozocrone wrote:This is a excellent guide. It's also worth noting that the illegal list would become legal if your Primary detachment was the Necron CAD. There is nothing stopping you have a CAD and Allied Detachment of the same faction, providing that the CAD is not your Primary.

Thanks!

Another worthy note: Space Marines can have Allied Detachments from Space Marines, as long as the Chapter Tactics between them are different.

Legal:
CAD SM (CT: Salamanders) (Primary)
Allied Detach SM (CT: Raven Guard)
CAD SM (CT: Ultramarines)
CAD Eldar
Allied Detach Astra Militarum
Stormwing Formation

Illegal:
CAD SM (CT: Salamanders) (Primary)
Allied Detach SM (CT: Salamanders)
CAD SM (CT: Ultramarines)
CAD Eldar
Allied Detach Astra Militarum
Stormwing Formation

Happyjew wrote:One comment VS. If you take a CAD from Haemunculus Covens it is just regular Dark Eldar. To benefit from the HC stuff you have to either take the Covenite Coterie Detachment, or one of hte Formations.

Ah yes, true. A bad example I used, then.