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2 charges, target dead before 2nd units can attack. Can the second unit pile in and consoledate? I think I might have played it wrong.

 Niiai wrote:
2 charges, target dead before 2nd units can attack. Can the second unit pile in and consoledate? I think I might have played it wrong.

Because the unit charged, it can activate even if it's no longer within 1" of an enemy unit. It can do everything it normally could in the fight phase, but can only attack units it declared a charge against. If there is no valid target to attack, it will just Pile In and Consolidate as normal without making any attacks.

This is why multi-target charging is important. Even if you don't think you'll make it into the other unit(s) with your charge roll, you might be able to pile into them to attack them.

Yes, the second unit can still activate and can perform pile in and consolidate moves.

And note that when they say "can" they actually mean "must" since the unit charged. All units that can be activated during the Fight phase must before the phase can end.

That being said, they have the option of moving 0" during Pile-In and 0" during Consolidation.