Helldrake Hover ability

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**supreme overlord**

Question abut Helldrake and hover
hey guys, one of my buddies from my gaming group says that since the helldrake has the hover special ability it is allowed to hover in place and shoot as normal. Is this allowed? with all the other helldrake nonsense (vector-strike then flame torrent out its ass) I thought it sounded a little too OP to be true.

thanks in advance.

**rigeld2**

It is.

But if it does so it's treated like a Skimmer - meaning you don't need 6's to hit it (you hit on normal ballistic skill).

**liturgies of blood**

Of course a flyer with hover mode can hover in place and fire as normal.
It does carry a lot of risks but is perfectly legal.

**Happyjew**

IIRC it also cannot Vector Strike while Hovering.

**Super Ready**

If your opponent wishes to hover their Heldrake, jump on that chance - it no longer benefits from Hard to Hit. It's a one-turn free pass to rip it out of the sky with little effort.

**Cyvash**

If it's hovering i'm assuming not much can be done since it's near the end of the game?

**liturgies of blood**

Cyvash wrote:
If it's hovering i'm assuming not much can be done since it's near the end of the game?

Unless your opponent makes a horrible mistake and does this in turn 3.

**hyv3mynd**

While hovering its also assaultable.

**Grey Templar**

Happyjew wrote:
IIRC it also cannot Vector Strike while Hovering.

I believe it can.

**grendel083**

Grey Templar wrote:
Happyjew wrote:
IIRC it also cannot Vector Strike while Hovering.
I believe it can.

It can't.
It requires Zooming.

**Grey Templar**

I stand corrected.

**Super Ready**

Well, end of the game or not, it should still make for a good Kill Point if you're in the right mission. It's also worth taking out in objective games - if you leave it alive, and the game stretches to another turn, it's capable of pushing out those last few stragglers you have sitting on the primary objective that would otherwise net you the win.