The Subtlety of Assassins

[Turragor]

I'm asking for... a friend. Yeah.

Rules wise (regardless of cheese which this is) in matched play can an Assassin (or a unit of that type in each Grand Alliance) be within a 'leader' unit?

Follow up: Is there any limitation to the number of Assassins in each unit bar the limitation on leaders for the points size?

[Nico]

Yes.

No limit.

However, the assassins are pretty poor (wow I did 3 wounds against a 4+ save) except for Snikch and Shadowblade and are chewing up a valuable hero slot.

[Turragor]

Shadowblade is Exiles bound too I think (hidden at least). I was mainly just curious.

There may be a way that it works out as at the very least worth it as an experiment. For me anyway.

[BaldoBeardo]

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, so I'll answer both just in case -

There's nothing in the rules, warscrolls or FAQ indicating there's a limit on how many assassins you can hide in the same unit, and no limitations on type of unit.

In terms of army list construction, an assassin still counts as a leader in its own right (if it has that role as standard), how it is deployed doesn't affect this, I.e. 2 shadowblade assassins hidden in another Leader unit counts as 3 leaders in total, not 1.

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[Turragor]

4 minutes ago, BaldoBeardo said:

There's nothing in the rules, warscrolls or FAQ indicating there's a limit on how many assassins you can hide in the same unit, and no limitations on type of unit.

This is what I was asking. I wasn't wondering if them being hidden meant they lost the 'leader' tag.  Thanks.

[Double Misfire]

I plan on hiding five assassins inside Grombrindal in my next 2k game.

[BaldoBeardo]

I plan on hiding five assassins inside Grombrindal in my next 2k game.

Efukt can be quite informative on getting 5 people into a dwarf...

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[Double Misfire]

Just now, BaldoBeardo said:

Efukt can be quite informative on getting 5 people into a dwarf...

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*duardin

[Nico]

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I plan on hiding five assassins inside Grombrindal in my next 2k game.

So when you get countercharged by a Fanatic....

[Double Misfire]

I'd better hope he comes back to life...

[BaldoBeardo]

I'd better hope he comes back to life...

Ooh, that's an interesting one. He counts as slain and not on the board until he gets back up or is removed from the board, so it's a bit like Schrödinger's assassins.

That's a fair bit of tense dice-rolling there...

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[Double Misfire]

I could also hide assassins inside other assassins and get a conga line of them going until I got where I wanted on the board.