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Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« on: August 16, 2016, 10:54:43 PM »
Why do wind rider have battle focus. They can't run correct?

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2016, 01:26:44 AM »
Why do wind rider have battle focus. They can't run correct?

depends on how literal you want to go, but they do a have a roll for moving in the assault phase.

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2016, 08:51:44 AM »
Sorry I'm new but what gives them their roll to move in the assault phase?  I was assuming it was battle focus but if they don't get that because they can't run what gives that to them

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2016, 10:34:56 AM »
Sorry I'm new but what gives them their roll to move in the assault phase?  I was assuming it was battle focus but if they don't get that because they can't run what gives that to them

Windriders have battle focus because they are technically Guardians, but on jetbikes. Since guardians have battle focus it carried over to the Windriders as well. However Windriders don't run, they turbo-boost and the rule does not allow you to turbo-boost and shoot. So you cannot actually use battle focus with the windriders.

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2016, 11:02:19 AM »
So they can't move in the assault phase, correct?  I watched some videos and saw a lot of people doing that which I was assuming was the battle focus

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2016, 11:42:40 AM »
So they can't move in the assault phase, correct?  I watched some videos and saw a lot of people doing that which I was assuming was the battle focus
They can still shoot and then move in the movement phase. That is a jetbike rule if you check the brb. They just can't turbo-boost and shoot in the same turn.

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2016, 01:53:21 PM »
Found it. Thanks

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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2016, 05:05:33 PM »
Doesn't battle focus have a caveat about requiring all models in the unit to have the rule to be able to use it, or am I thinking of something else?
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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2016, 11:57:28 AM »
actually, since windriders aren't just Jetbikes, but Eldar Jetbikes, they do have a move in the assault phase (see the black box on page 63)
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Re: Jetbikes, Battle Focus, and Shooting
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2016, 08:19:57 PM »
Windriders have battlefocus, just in case. There might be some that wants to forge scenarios where bikers actually gets off their bikes.
GW wants us to "forge the narrative" right?

But on a more serious and practical note, GML is correct.
Imagine you have an IC with battlefocus and no bike attached to a unit of windriders, if the windriders didn't have battle focus that IC would not be allowed to use it either, but as it now stands that IC can still use it while attached to the windriders.
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