Blast templates and blocking damage?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:09 pm
Yesterday I fired a volley from some heavy artiliery Pods one of the missiles that missed the target scattered into my own unit.
Specifically there was a Single Spartan destroid and a Single regult pod under the marker.
Now me and my opponent discussed it and it seems to me If i use the pod to block for the spartan thus taking half his damage.
The regult would already be taking his own 9 plus half(i chose to round up) of another 9 giving it a total of 14 damage, clearly not worth command to try to save this pod, however now after a direct missile the spartan spend 1 command to half and walks away from a missile taking a measly 2 damage. I really want it to work this way however in this instance I chose not to use it.
We are both convinced that this must be illegal somehow but reviewing the books I cannot find a reason this isn't a legitimate tactic.
I was really hoping maybe this wonderful community could help me with something I may have missed or some opinions.
Specifically there was a Single Spartan destroid and a Single regult pod under the marker.
Now me and my opponent discussed it and it seems to me If i use the pod to block for the spartan thus taking half his damage.
The regult would already be taking his own 9 plus half(i chose to round up) of another 9 giving it a total of 14 damage, clearly not worth command to try to save this pod, however now after a direct missile the spartan spend 1 command to half and walks away from a missile taking a measly 2 damage. I really want it to work this way however in this instance I chose not to use it.
We are both convinced that this must be illegal somehow but reviewing the books I cannot find a reason this isn't a legitimate tactic.
I was really hoping maybe this wonderful community could help me with something I may have missed or some opinions.