Disembarking From surrounded transports

I have been seeing a lot of people run crazy expensive units in transports...  It got me thinking about the old reaver strategy.




Seems it is still valid as you disembark before removing the transport.  

Given that:



Even though the bullet would go within 1" of friendly models I can still technically shoot a unit through my own units as long as my unit does not have a model within 1" of the targeted squad... right?

It got me thinking though...

Whats the order for ynnari? (granted I havent surrounded yet)

Transport dies > soulburst move to surround > unit disembarks (aka cant and dies)?

Or

Transport dies > unit disembarks > soul burst to shoot the unit that disembarked?

Second one seems a bit more cheesy but the first one seems a bit OP.



If you immediately make a soulburst and you immediately leave the vehicle, is it whoever's turn it is decides what happens first and both end up valid outcomes?

Yeah, you could attempt to surround a transport as long as you are more than 1" away. They might be able to drop some models down but I'm sure you'd kill at least half a unit of 10.

No penalty to shooting through units with the majority of cover saves gone. Just make sure that you can actually see the enemy models.

Interesting, so they would probably still be able to place some of the models?  Maybe I missing something with the surround?  AFAIK they have to be wholly within 3" of the transport, but more than 1" from my models.   Since you cannot remove the transport until you place the models, and models cant be placed ontop of another model, there shouldnt be any room at all for the squad. Maybe I am wrong?

The ynnari order of operations still seems strange to me.

Both disembarking and soulburst happen immediately after the transport dies.  If I am not mistaken simultaneous actions allow the current players turn to decide the order right?

If your opponent lets you soulburst first (in hopes to save the unit inside from shooting) you can instead soulburst advance and maybe surround the vehicle.  

If they decide they disembark first, you get to then shoot the squad that was inside the transport.

Oh unit is placed and then the transport is removed. whoops my bad.

Barrywise wrote:

Oh unit is placed and then the transport is removed. whoops my bad.

Sweet! good to get that confirmed. I havent gotten a chance try it, had ones of those "am I seeing this right" moments haha. Thanks man.

This is pretty dirty. I wonder how few points I can use to kill a tac squad by destroying their rhino Reavers might be decently efficient.

TheHostwiththeMost wrote:

AFAIK they have to be wholly within 3" of the transport, but more than 1" from my models.   Since you cannot remove the transport until you place the models, and models cant be placed ontop of another model, there shouldnt be any room at all for the squad.  Maybe I am wrong?

The rule is within 3", not wholly within 3" in 8th Edition.

It takes a fair few models to fully deny placing a unit, but it is possible.

Jet bikes are pretty big, I used to be able to do it with about 6 in 7th. Remember we have 2" in between friendly models.

Good catch on the within, I dont know where I got wholly from, it clearly says "within" on the image I posted lol.

Its probably only worth it when its like an HQ/10 man squad in the transport. It would probably be more effective to use raiders. Flyer transports would be really easy to surround if they get ballsy and come in. Just have to actually kill it when its surrounded.