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if somewone were to equip an honor guard with a specialist weapon such as a thunder hammer, would you get the +1 attack from the specialist weapon or not because of the two handed rule? me and a friend of mine have been arguing about it for some time now and we really need to solve it. i think it would because of the specialist weapon statement saying "unless both have the specialist rule" and i believe the two handed count as having two weapons because it reads "Two-Handed This weapon is particularly heavy and requires both hands to wield. A model attacking with this weapon never receives +1 Attack for fighting with two Melee weapons." the last sentence leads me to believe as such, anyone have any ideas?

Firstly, welcome to Dakka!

Next, 40k rules questions go in the 40k You Make Da Call sub-forum.

A Two-Handed weapon is only a single weapon, and prevents the model gaining the +1A benefit of having a second melee weapon.
Specialist weapons also prevent the model getting the +1A bonus unless both weapons are Specialist.

Here are some examples:
2 normal close combat weapons = +1A
2 Specialist Weapons = +1A
1 Specialist and 1 normal ccw = +1A when attacking with the normal weapon, but not when attacking with the Specialist (Specialist only kicks in when you are attacking with that weapon).
1 Two-Handed weapon and 1 normal ccw = As for Specialist, +1A when attacking with the normal, but not when attacking with the Two-Handed weapon (I know, it's wierd).

Now, here is what you might be getting confused about - a Thunder Hammer does not have the Two-Handed special rule.

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