Does Stalwart Defense work against hordes? On the one hand it allows a parry against all successful strikes and enemies get no bonus when outnumbering you, on the other hand there are generally no parries against horde attacks...

onkldoktr said:

You'd at least get the damage reduction.

Alex

damage reduction all right but how about the possibility to parry vs hordes?

You don't get to parry hordes. They swamp the defender.

I asked this very same question and sent it to Ross back on Thursday of last week. When the answer comes, I'll post it.

HappyDaze said:

any news yet?

Nothing yet. Other questions asked after this one have been answered, but not this one.

HappyDaze said:

They're moving slowly right now or they're swamped- the force sword activation question I asked about two months ago just got answered (and P.S. you can only activate the sword once per turn).

Put it in the errata thread so that they don't forget the clarification for the next update.

Alex

Something else about stalwart defense: if you have counter attack, can you do one for every successful parry?

rules as written: I would say yes. Combined with a high ws (+ hunter of aliens, hatred etc) I would call it the invincible defense of doom combo.

onkldoktr said:

I'm in agreement. When it comes to situations where both qualities identify an absolute in contradiction with each other, I would definitely allow the specific (Stalwart Defense) to override the general (basic horde mechanics).

It is also awesome, and a great way for a Marine to provide the sort of heroic, lengthy "distraction" required for his fellow Battle Brothers to escape an unwinnable situation.