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Quick one and couldent find it in a search or FAQ

Say my defiler advances can it still smoke in 8th. Wording of the rules seems to have maybe some wiggle room to allow it.

As far as i am aware yes you can.


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The wording in the SM codex is "Once per game, instead of shooting
any weapons in the Shooting phase, this model can use
its smoke launchers; until your next Shooting phase
your opponent must subtract 1 from all hit rolls for
ranged weapons that target this vehicle." nothing about not being allowed to advance in the movement phase. all it says is that the smoke is used in the shooting phase

Yes you can... it's instead of shooting and when you advance you can still have a (limited) shooting phase

The FAQ specifically allows this, yes. Abilities used instead of shooting can be done so long as the unit does not shoot, whether that be because they choose not to shoot or because they aren't allowed to shoot (e.g. after Advancing).

From the Rulebook FAQ:

Rulebook FAQ wrote:Q: Can abilities that are used ‘instead of shooting’, such as Smoke Launchers, be used if the model using them has Fallen Back, Advanced or has enemy models within 1" of it?
A: Yes. A model can use such an ability so long as it does not shoot – it does not matter whether this is because the model cannot shoot or it chooses not to.