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Friend and I played a few 1000pt games to try to understand the rules
He plays Eldar, I'm tau
1) can war walkers that flank come in on T1?
2) can the stratagem for a riptides novacharge be used for multiple riptides per turn?
3) if a vyper charges a riptide, is it locked in close combat?

The Eldar Codex says any movement phase the war walkers can enter but I thought stuff couldn't enter til t2 or later?
I thought there were different close combat rules applied to monsters and vehicles but couldn't find anything, any info would help, thanks.

1. If you are playing Matched Play, no (See Chapter Approved 2018). Otherwise, yes unless limited by the Scenario rules.
2. If you are playing Matched Play no, otherwise yes.
3. There is no such thing as "locked in combat" in 8th Edition. Any unit may Fallback during their Movement Phase if they start within 1" of an enemy model. For reference, there Vehicles and Monstrous Creatures are just units in 8th Edition. Those Keywords have no special rules attached to them.

Ok but a vyper getting in close combat will stop the riptide from firing overwatch on any other charging models, correct?
And can a riptide fall back and still shoot?
Sorry, 8th is new to me and some of these rules aren't so clear or I am struggling to find them

 KonTheory wrote:
Ok but a vyper getting in close combat will stop the riptide from firing overwatch on any other charging models, correct?
And can a riptide fall back and still shoot?
Sorry, 8th is new to me and some of these rules aren't so clear or I am struggling to find them

Correct.
Correct, since they have the FLY Keyword.

And no worries! We're here to help!

ok thanks,
I'm on the right track, sometimes just hard to find certain rules in the middle of a game, trying to keep a good pace and play properly..