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Me and my group have always assumed for some reason that models can walk away from close combat with a non walker vehicle. But upon further looking into the rules we began to wonder if we were playing it wrong.

So can a unit assaulting a vehicle walk out of combat during its movement phase, or is that right only reserved for the vehicle?

You cannot be locked in combat with a vehicle, except for special cases such as walkers. If you are not locked in combat there is nothing to prevent you from moving away as normal in the movement phase.

Ok thanks, we started to doubt ourselves when we read on pg 76

" a vehicle can never be locked in combat"

And we thought this was only applied to a vehicle and not the attacking unit.

 IXLoiero95XI wrote:
Ok thanks, we started to doubt ourselves when we read on pg 76

" a vehicle can never be locked in combat"

And we thought this was only applied to a vehicle and not the attacking unit.

I do not recall seeing 'locked in combat' specifically defined anywhere but it's generally accepted as a mutual state requiring both units to exist in it for it to be true.

 Abandon wrote:
I do not recall seeing 'locked in combat' specifically defined anywhere but it's generally accepted as a mutual state requiring both units to exist in it for it to be true.

Page 23 specifically defines Locked in combat.

 DeathReaper wrote:

 Abandon wrote:
I do not recall seeing 'locked in combat' specifically defined anywhere but it's generally accepted as a mutual state requiring both units to exist in it for it to be true.

Page 23 specifically defines Locked in combat.

So it does, ty

It is spelled out on page 76 under Successive Turns: "Enemy models that are in base contact with a vehicle are not locked in combat and can therefore be shot during the Shooting Phase."

This brought up a question we had a my LGS because you can't lock a vehicle in combat. If a command barge (with a lord on it) charges a wraith knight (the wraith knight chooses not to overwatch shoot the barge) and a the barge gets in. Then a squad of spyders charge the wraith, can the wraith overwatch the spiders since the command barge can't lock the wraith knight in combat and prevent it from shooting, or does he count as being combat in terms of overwatch?

Ailideon wrote:
This brought up a question we had a my LGS because you can't lock a vehicle in combat. If a command barge (with a lord on it) charges a wraith knight (the wraith knight chooses not to overwatch shoot the barge) and a the barge gets in. Then a squad of spyders charge the wraith, can the wraith overwatch the spiders since the command barge can't lock the wraith knight in combat and prevent it from shooting, or does he count as being combat in terms of overwatch?

I believe the requirement for firing over watch is that you are "Unengaged" at this point i would argue you are engaged are therefore may not fire over watch. I however don't have a book to hand so may be wrong.

Stratos wrote:
I believe the requirement for firing over watch is that you are "Unengaged" at this point i would argue you are engaged are therefore may not fire over watch. I however don't have a book to hand so may be wrong.

It only says, on page 21, that you cannot overwatch if you are locked in combat. Otherwise it is resolved as a normal shooting attack. Now page 12 gives us a non-exhaustive list of conditions that would prevent shooting (being locked in combat, having run) and states that other factors that would prevent a unit from shooting will be thoroughly explained in the appropriate section of the rules. Since there doesn't seem to be anything about being unable to shoot while in base contact with an enemy vehicle under the vehicle rules, I would presume the Wraithknight can in fact overwatch the spiders.

Ailideon wrote:
This brought up a question we had a my LGS because you can't lock a vehicle in combat. If a command barge (with a lord on it) charges a wraith knight (the wraith knight chooses not to overwatch shoot the barge) and a the barge gets in. Then a squad of spyders charge the wraith, can the wraith overwatch the spiders since the command barge can't lock the wraith knight in combat and prevent it from shooting, or does he count as being combat in terms of overwatch?

You cannot fire Overwatch when you are locked in combat. The CCB is a vehicle and cannot lock a unit in combat. Therefore the Wraithknight could fire Overwatch at the spyders despite the CCB being in BTB.