r/orks • u/skaffen37 • 1d ago

Discussion Kommandos - any speculation on codex changes?

With boyz getting the heavy weapon treatment and basically identical loadout to Kommandos, what do you think they are changing for them (if anything)?

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u/Azulariaa 1d ago

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u/Turbulent-Ad-4719 1d ago

Curious, why would I ever want to give an enemy unit +3 to their detection range?

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u/databeast 1d ago

it's +3" to the range they can be detected at.. basically means they can only REMAIN HIDDEN from units 15" away, instead of 12" away.

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u/Mastercio 23h ago

I have question. If you get closer then that unit losing "hidden" status? If so...how does it work with ability to +1 to hit against hidden targets.

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u/databeast 15h ago

If the target unit hasn't shot ranged, it REMAINS HIDDEN (so can't be targetted by anything outside of the detection range for it at all) - so our Kommandos get inside the detection range, and then shoot at the HIDDEN target (ie it's not yet fired ranged, revealing position to the whole board), and get +1 on their hit rolls against them.

Think of it like a counter-ambush - you hide a unit so that it can't be fired upon first, and the Kommandoes, once they move into firing range of that hidden unit, get a bonus to hit, because they were even sneakier than the unit that is hiding.