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When are you able to make a heroic intervention? There are some that think you are able to heroically intervene with a character for any unit within 3", not just those in combat or those that have charged. Additionally, there is confusion as to whether a unit can heroically intervene if the enemy made no charge moves this turn.

For example, a Tau Commander falls back from my Custodes Captain within 3" and doesn't charge anything in his charge phase...am I allowed to heroically intervene to fight him anyways, ignoring his overwatch as I did not charge him?

Relevant rules I could find:

Heroic Intervention (Page 182 Rulebook) - "After the enemy has completed all of their charge moves, any of your characters that are within 3" of an enemy unit may perform a Heroic Intervention. Any that do so can move up to 3", so long as they end the move closer to the nearest enemy model."

Designer Commentary FAQ (See Attached) - "Q: Can CHARACTERS only perform a Heroic Intervention against enemy units that charged this turn, or can they do so against any enemy unit?
A: They can do so against any enemy unit."

My interpretation is you can heroically intervene and fight the Tau commander in the situation above, what do ya'll think?

Seems pretty clear to me on how and when you can do it.

DEATHBYSMILEY wrote:
My interpretation is you can heroically intervene and fight the Tau commander in the situation above, what do ya'll think?

I'd agree with your interpretation.

You can only fight if you end up within 1 inch, but aye otherwise legal.

Ice_can wrote:
You can only fight if you end up within 1 inch, but aye otherwise legal.

You need to be within 3" of an enemy unit for HI to begin with, so a 2" move would always get you within 1 inch of an enemy (and you're allowed up to 3"). If anything, it could be the inverse. You could be within 3.5 inch and, theoretically, be able to get into close combat (within 1 inch) with a 3 inch move, but you cannot HI, because you're outside of 3" to active HI.

Sunny Side Up wrote:

Ice_can wrote:
You can only fight if you end up within 1 inch, but aye otherwise legal.

You need to be within 3" of an enemy unit for HI to begin with, so a 2" move would always get you within 1 inch of an enemy (and you're allowed up to 3"). If anything, it could be the inverse. You could be within 3.5 inch and, theoretically, be able to get into close combat (within 1 inch) with a 3 inch move, but you cannot HI, because you're outside of 3" to active HI.

You still need to adhere to the movement rules. The 3" distance can be blocked by your own units and you would need to take a 6" detour around them to get into 1" of the enemy.

@OP: I agree, totally legal move.

 Hanskrampf wrote:

Sunny Side Up wrote:

Ice_can wrote:
You can only fight if you end up within 1 inch, but aye otherwise legal.

You need to be within 3" of an enemy unit for HI to begin with, so a 2" move would always get you within 1 inch of an enemy (and you're allowed up to 3"). If anything, it could be the inverse. You could be within 3.5 inch and, theoretically, be able to get into close combat (within 1 inch) with a 3 inch move, but you cannot HI, because you're outside of 3" to active HI.

You still need to adhere to the movement rules. The 3" distance can be blocked by your own units and you would need to take a 6" detour around them to get into 1" of the enemy.

@OP: I agree, totally legal move.

Commanders can FLY

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 Hanskrampf wrote:

Sunny Side Up wrote:

Ice_can wrote:
You can only fight if you end up within 1 inch, but aye otherwise legal.

You need to be within 3" of an enemy unit for HI to begin with, so a 2" move would always get you within 1 inch of an enemy (and you're allowed up to 3"). If anything, it could be the inverse. You could be within 3.5 inch and, theoretically, be able to get into close combat (within 1 inch) with a 3 inch move, but you cannot HI, because you're outside of 3" to active HI.

You still need to adhere to the movement rules. The 3" distance can be blocked by your own units and you would need to take a 6" detour around them to get into 1" of the enemy.

@OP: I agree, totally legal move.

Commanders can FLY

True, though there still needs to be space to fit the base in. It's conceivable that an enemy model is 3" away, and that the nearest space your model's base can fit in that is within 1" of the enemy model is more than 3" away.

Huh? Heroic intervention on your own turn? That doesn't seem right. Enemy even cannot make any charge moves...

Well guess that's RAW but that is ignored here for sure.

He is heroicly intervening during the opponents turn as the commander moved way within 4 inches during the movement fase
wich would be legal even if you opponent didnt charge