A question about an Archon in a unit of Grotesques

I was just needing my experienced brothers and sisters to clarify something for me. An Archon a unit of grots will still get the benefits of his grenades if assaulting into cover even if the grots don't?
is it worth taking a PGL for him to give the grots that benefit? My thinking is he goes in and carves anyways?

Archons grenades benefit only the archon. Usually its not that important to have PGL as grots are quite durable.

Thats what I thought thanks for the prompt reply!

I agree. I think of my 4 basic Grots as a 140 point upgrade for my tooled-up Archon; they are there to give her T5, to soak up wounds from crashing her Raider (honestly, that woman's insurance premiums must be through the roof...), to surround her on all sides from fire as she charges, and to make her look thin and pretty.

commandersasha wrote:

I agree. I think of my 4 basic Grots as a 140 point upgrade for my tooled-up Archon; they are there to give her T5, to soak up wounds from crashing her Raider (honestly, that woman's insurance premiums must be through the roof...), to surround her on all sides from fire as she charges, and to make her look thin and pretty.

couldn't agree more with this!! its so nice having a T5 archon rolling around causing mayhem

Will Archon have T5 in a challenge if he is a part of Grot unit?

Not that i'm aware of, i don't have my rulebook on me but as far as i remember the characters in the challenge are alone and everything is based on their own stats.

^Correct, challenges are at her base toughness. It was FAQed for the main rulebook.