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Rules Clarification:  : Warbeast      (Edit)
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• Forcing
  • If an ability doesn't specify how much it costs to force, it costs 1. (Infernal Ruling)

• Animi
  • A single Animus can be on several models at the same time. (Infernal Ruling)
  • Unlike in Mk2, in Mk3 if a model has an animus on it from any source and then another animus is cast on that model, it will lose the first instance of an animus and will be replaced by the second. It does not matter if either the first animus or the second animus is from a warlock or warbeast. (Infernal Ruling)
  • An animi cast by a warlock is an animi and a spell. (Infernal Ruling)

• Transferring Damage
  • If both the warlock and the warbeast are damaged by the same attack (such as an AOE), then you need to apply the 'normal' damage to the warbeast before the transferred damage. This distinction can be important when you're working out who/what actually destroyed the beast. (Infernal Ruling)

• Frenzy (Edit)
  • You cannot trigger optional abilities (such as Cleave or Sprint). (Infernal Ruling)
  • You must trigger compulsory abilities (such as Consume) ... except for compulsory abilities that also generate an extra attack (such as Berserk). In that case, you don't get the Berserk attack. (Infernal Ruling)
  • A warbeast may not make an Assault shot as part of a Frenzy activation.
  • If the closest target to a warbeast resolving a Frenzy cannot be charged, then the warbeast will forfeit movement and action (as per the rules of having to charge and not being able to). (Infernal Ruling)
  • If a frenzying warbeast can't reach its charge target (because the charge lane is blocked by terrain, etc) then it will make a failed charge and end its activation. (Locked thread)
  • If a frenzying warbeast has two melee weapons with the same POW, it can choose which one to use. (Infernal Ruling)

Rules Clarification:  : Countercharge      (Edit)
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• If the moving model has Assault, the Countercharge is resolved before the Assault attack. (Infernal Ruling).
• If the moving model has a rule that resolves "at the end of Normal Movement" (such as Slipstream), the Countercharge is resolved before the other rule. (Infernal Ruling)
• The moving model cannot use an "Any Time" after finishing their advance but before your Countercharge. They can use it only after the Countercharge is resolved.
• If the non-countercharging player has a similar "ends an advance" trigger (such as Admonition) then they can trigger and resolve that from your countercharge movement.
  • Example: Model [A] charges, and triggers Countercharge on [B]. Model [B] countercharges, and triggers Admonition on [C].
    Resolve Admonition on [C]. Then finish resolving Countercharge on [B]. Then finish model [A]'s activation.

    Triggering Countercharge    

• You can trigger Countercharge if you're engaging, but not engaged.
• You can trigger Countercharge during your own turn, if your opponent has an ability to move during your turn (such as Admonition).
• Some abilities let you "ignore intervening models when declaring a charge" (such as Flight). Unfortunately, you still need LOS to trigger Countercharge, and it's only after CC is triggered that you actually get to declare a charge. In other words, Flight and Countercharge don't work together for LOS purposes.
• What does trigger Countercharge
  • Countercharge triggers off any advance, not just in-activation stuff.
  • Standing still but changing facing is an advance.
• What doesn't trigger Countercharge
  • Aiming, or forfeiting your movement, is not advancing.
  • If a model doesn't move, doesn't change facing, doesn't aim ... does nothing but skips straight ahead to its Combat Action, this is not an advance. (Infernal Ruling)
  • Being placed (such as Teleport) is not an advance.
  • Involuntary movement (being slammed, thrown, or pushed) is not an advance.
• When a unit is moving, countercharge is triggered on a model-by-model basis. So you can countercharge after any model in the unit has finished its move within range, but you can only countercharge that model who just finished its movement. You can't "save it" until the entire unit finishes moving and then say "I'm going to Countercharge the first guy you moved."

    Attacks, Boosting, & Other Triggers    

• You only get one attack when making a countercharge, regardless of how many initials you normally have.
• The charge attack damage is only boosted if the Countercharger moved 3" or more, as with a regular charge.
• Countercharge occurs outside of activation so you can't spend fury/focus to boost a countercharge attack, nor buy additional attacks afterwards, not trigger stuff that only happens during your Combat Action (like Berserk).
• Even if you trigger Countercharge during your own activation, for the duration of you resolving the CC it "no longer counts" as being in your activation. (Infernal Ruling)

    After the Countercharge    

• The countercharging model cannot use any abilities that trigger on "during activation" or "during combat action" (such as Sprint), as Counter Charge is not an activation. (Locked thread)

    Other interactions    

• Countercharge during your own activation (Countercharge vs Admonition etc) ( Edit )
  • You can trigger Countercharge during your own activation, but only if an enemy model moves during your activation. For instance, you move towards a model who has Admonition and they trigger that to try to move away. (You do a normal move, they trigger admonition and move, you trigger countercharge from their admonition-move.)
  • However countercharge always counts as being out-of-activation, no matter when you trigger it. (Infernal Ruling)

  As a result, you can't trigger only-during-activation effects (such as Critical Shred & Sustained Attack).

  • On the other hand, you can potentially get two charge attacks (one for your normal charge, one for the counter charge). (Infernal Ruling)
    This ruling still applies even after the 2018.07 update (Infernal Re-ruling)

• Countercharge plus Admonition
  • If a model has both CC and Admonition, it can trigger both at the same time. A model moves nearby, it admonitions away, then countercharges back in.

• Countercharge Inception
  • If a model [A] has Countercharge, and it charges an enemy model [B] that has Countercharge and Admonition, then ...
    • Model [A] charges and triggers CC and Admo on [B]
    • Model [B] Admo moves but before it can resolve its own CC, it triggers CC on [A]
    • You now have two models that have triggered CC simultaneously. So the Active player gets to resolve their one first.
• Assault vs Countercharge ( Edit )
  • Things which are resolved when a model "ends movement" (such as Countercharge) need to be resolved before the Assault attack. (Infernal Ruling).
• Countercharge & Cavalry ( Edit )
  • A model with Countercharge and Cavalry can make Impact Attacks during the countercharge. (Refer "Charges Outside of Activation" in the rulebook).