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Hello

If a unit of horrors assault and I overwatch and wipe the squad, the unit splits and creates new units.

First question

Do they still complete the charge?

Second

Say there is only 2 horrors left and I cause 5 wounds to the unit, when the 2 horrors are removed do the wounds spill over on the new horrors?

Ozeo wrote:
Hello

If a unit of horrors assault and I overwatch and wipe the squad, the unit splits and creates new units.

First question

Do they still complete the charge?

Second

Say there is only 2 horrors left and I cause 5 wounds to the unit, when the 2 horrors are removed do the wounds spill over on the new horrors?

1. The charge move happens after overwatch is completed, so the new horrors will attempt to make it in (though ofc they might have been placed out of range and fail). In fact you're not supposed to roll for the distance until overwatch is completed. The new horrors are still part of the same unit, so your declaration that the unit is attempting to charge still holds.

2. It depends what the damage of the weapons are if they "spill over". If they are five 1 damage wounds, then they will have a chance to hurt the new ones since you have to resolve saves one at a time, and when one dies, another model spawns and is a legitimate model to assign a wound to. If it was two wounds that do 5 damage each, then you'd be capped at 2 dead models, whether they were the original horrors or a newly split horror after the first died.

Just remember, mortal wounds roll over to other models in the unit, not any others.

Just like to point that out. Never know when it might come to play

Ozeo wrote:
Hello

If a unit of horrors assault and I overwatch and wipe the squad, the unit splits and creates new units.

First question

Do they still complete the charge?

Second

Say there is only 2 horrors left and I cause 5 wounds to the unit, when the 2 horrors are removed do the wounds spill over on the new horrors?

Note that the Split rule has each Horror replaced before you remove a slain Horror model. This means the replacement Horror is in the same unit and as BaconCatBug notes are eligible targets for wounds inflicted on the unit by your attack. In fact, it appears perfectly legal to have a Pink Horror fail it's save, replace it with two Blue Horrors, assign the next wound to a Blue Horror who fails it's save, replace it with a Brimstone Horror, and then assign the next wound to the Brimstone Horror.

So the unit either still exist and continues the charge or is gone and naturally can't.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
1. The charge move happens after overwatch is completed, so the new horrors will attempt to make it in (though ofc they might have been placed out of range and fail). In fact you're not supposed to roll for the distance until overwatch is completed. The new horrors are still part of the same unit, so your declaration that the unit is attempting to charge still holds.

Not a good idea to overwatch horrors. If a pink horror is slain, two new blue horrors can be added before the pink one is removed. This can shorten the charge distance a lot, because the blue ones can be placed up to 1" from enemy models.