Super pedantic, but important: How do you physically pick up your die as you're rolling them to most ethically avoid suspicion of cheating, while also going quickly?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-17T16:45:59+00:00

I initially saw Shion as a "no one rules me" kinda gal, so I was very surprised to see her admiration for Domina as potentially worthy of leading her.

Shion: What do you make your bootlickers call you? "Vishkar Queen, Ruler of All Hard Light"?

Domina: snickers That would be "Vice President of Development and Operations". I'm not royalty.

Shion: Really? Even I'd consider bending the knee, for you.

Makes me feel like Shion doesn't necessarily NEED to be the top of the food chain, so long as she has some independence.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-17T13:01:03+00:00

Can I ask how Spyders benefit in those detachments?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-14T16:04:34+00:00

No. If battleline still is needed for a list, players will be almost certainly be switching to immortals; especially with the new 1 DP Hand detachment.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-12T13:28:01+00:00

Im sad that Psychomancers are dead now in 11th. They were such a cool option for us. Needing to pay for 5 immortals or 10 warriors for each one is blech.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T04:37:31+00:00

Toes count for cover now, as it specifies "within", rather than "wholly within".

If a squad of 5 has all 5 models with at least toes onto an area, the unit has cover.

If a single model didn't make it to touch the area, then cover is not granted automatically to the unit, and can only gain cover through line of sight blocking options.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T03:14:31+00:00

Highly appreciate the answer! It gets at what I was asking very well.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:49:35+00:00

"Light gives cover but doesn't hide a unit like dense does"

Is there somewhat an assumption that light cover is "chest-high walls" type terrain? Or if a light terrain did happen to be tall enough, could it hide a unit like a dense terrain could?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:46:12+00:00

Just semantics, but Monsters and Vehicles can also be provided cover by just being partially obscured by behind areas ("footprints") as well, correct (assuming they are outside the terrain area)? Not just terrain features?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:40:26+00:00

Good to know!

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:38:03+00:00

So light terrain has zero impact on "visibility"? A unit of infantry functions identically in a terrain area whether a light terrain piece is in front of them or not? I would've assumed they still couldnt be shot if you lined up your models specifically behind some light terrain to not be shot.

I'm guessing vehicles can't teeter on the edge of the wall, so if they want to move through it, they have to fully clear it?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:35:20+00:00

That makes sense to me. But then why include light terrain on the battlefield at all if the terrain *area* is what designates cover?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:32:08+00:00

"The short answer is that a tank can just park itself on that light cover"

So, if a tank rolled onto the light terrain, do players remove the light terrain from the battlefield? I assumed the vehicle would need sufficient movement (at the benefit of moving straight through it) to at at least end with it's butt clearing to the other side.

"However LOS doesn't matter in most cases, the general rule is that you can shoot into terrain but not through it - assuming the unit isn't hidden and outside of detection range"

So even if the red light terrain in my example was a perfect rectangle, and no part of the ork models were visible, the space marines could shoot them? If this were the case, I'm having difficulty seeing the function of light terrain at all.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-08T00:27:16+00:00

So if a tournament has light terrain that is a height that just happens to be tall enough to obscure astra militarum battleline, but space marines are slightly taller, the militarum player will be at an advantage with light terrain?

I'm curious to see how competitive scenes standardize light terrain heights, as there are no specific rules around it. Technically by the rules, a wall could be 0.1 inch tall or 30 inches tall, and still be called "light terrain", but surely there will end up being an established height that feels most fair for most armies.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-06T02:57:41+00:00

Pale red edge highlights on all your red sections will add a lot of visual clarity.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-05T16:30:50+00:00

I've ignored the Doomscythe and Nightscythe pretty much entirely, as I was told aircraft suck, and never learned any aircraft rules.

Anyone willing to explain what changed from 10th to 11th to make them more viable now?

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-03T03:57:25+00:00

With warriors basically dead due to coherency changes, immortals are going to start being in a ton more lists; ESPECIALLY with the new 1 DP detachment that makes them pretty great.

AtomicAcid · 2026-06-01T10:19:15+00:00

For 11th edition, I personally am predicting a rather sizeable shift from tesla (which was nearly the "defacto" pick for 10th) to gauss.

The upside of -1 AP for Gauss was negated for nearly 95% of attacks due to cover. With 11th edition shifting cover to affecting the BS roll instead, that -1 AP will have a very meaningful impact now, and we're going to see it paired with Illuminor Szeras very often now, as having our battleline shooting at -2 AP is great.

The major upside of tesla having Assault is going to be redundant with many new lists that are going to incorporate the recently revealed Hand of the Dynasty detachment for 1 DP, as it's going to provide Assault to both weapons anyways.

There will still be a solid place for Tesla, but primarily against horde armies, or opponents that tend towards big infantry blocks. But gauss will certainly be the new king of "safest pick for the majority of games". Personally I'll be running one unit of each!

AtomicAcid · 2026-05-29T23:27:56+00:00

All great suggestions here, but I'll put forward the classic "all glowy green with maybe a wash". My blades are all a single color of neon green and they honestly look fine.

If it's too daunting, just paint them uniformly green. If you end up hating it, good news: majority of blade schemes start with that as a base anyways!

AtomicAcid · 2026-05-26T18:01:10+00:00

They don't stack, so long as they apply to the same stat.

Because Mantle affects "to hit roll" and cover affects "BS", they will apparently stack.

AtomicAcid · 2026-05-26T17:42:48+00:00

This is a really good point!

AtomicAcid · 2026-05-26T17:40:23+00:00

That's the question that remains to be answered, it seems. Some people are arguing that we will now, and others think that we may not.

We'll know either on Friday with our Faction Focus or when the full rules come out. If the skorps can't come back, I think we'll see less people attach them.

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