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I got a question on cover saves. Rules say a unit must be entirely on or within terrain, so if a unit of 10 models has 7 in cover and 3 outside of cover and is shot at suffering 5 wounds.

If you allocate them 1 at a time, the first 3 saves are failed and you remove the 3 models outside of cover. Does the unit immediately benefit from being entirely within cover for the remaining 2 wounds?

Is there a clarification for this somewhere?

 Akaiyou wrote:
I got a question on cover saves. Rules say a unit must be entirely on or within terrain, so if a unit of 10 models has 7 in cover and 3 outside of cover and is shot at suffering 5 wounds.

If you allocate them 1 at a time, the first 3 saves are failed and you remove the 3 models outside of cover. Does the unit immediately benefit from being entirely within cover for the remaining 2 wounds?

Is there a clarification for this somewhere?

Yes, that is exactly how it works. This is one of the reasons why Fast Rolling is only permitted when there is no difference. This is a situation where it makes a difference.

From the Designers Commentary:

Q: When determining whether a model benefits from cover, does the model’s entire unit need to be fully on or within terrain, or just the model making a particular saving throw?

A: All of the models in a unit need to be at least partially on or within terrain if any of the models are to receive the +1 bonus to their saving throw.

Note, however, that it is possible for a unit to gain the benefit of cover as it suffers casualties during the Shooting phase by removing those models that are not on, or within terrain. As soon as the last model that was not on or within terrain is slain, the rest of the unit immediately starts to receive the benefit of cover.