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I'm fairly new to 40k and play eldar. I've watched a few fine and have noticed that warp spiders can deep strike although I can't work out why in the codex allows them to deep strike? I'm not sure if I'm being stupid or if it's hidden in some special rule. I currently have 6th edition codex and will upgrade to 7th soon but to my knowledge they can deep strike in 6th. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

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They are Jet Pack Infantry, thus they have Deep Strike as a special rule.

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All units in 40k that have Jump and Jet Packs will have Deep Strike by default. As the Warp Spider's packs count as Jet Packs, they therefore have Deep Strike

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It's their unit type that lets them