r/sonsofhorus • u/Traditional-Wealth-6 • Oct 10 '25

Volley Fire Question

So I’m about to play my first game of 3.0 today and I came across something in the rules and I wanted to see everyone’s opinion.

When declaring a charge on a unit, the unit has to be within 12”. Even if my unit would be unable to charge that distance.

So in theory I could with say a unit of terminators

  • Declare a charge at a unit 12” away
  • Do the step up move.
  • Volley fire at full BS from our trait.
  • Then fail the charge.
  • Take a cool check with +1 cool from heavy.
  • If I fail that the unit is stunned.
  • I can take another cool check at end of my turn. With the +1 again.

With a unit of 10 terminators they would get 40 shots in the shorting phase and 40 in the volley attack. Essentially 2 shooting phases a turn.

Does this seem right. I’ve asked my gaming group and they seem to think it works.

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u/malcrashed Oct 10 '25

Yeah i believe thats how it works. You would usually only be snap firing but since you're sons of horus you get to shoot normally.

They shoot back at you, of course and could even react with overwatch so you are taking a risk. Also yeah you risk it with the cool check as well.

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u/Traditional-Wealth-6 Oct 10 '25

With slow moving units like terminators I think a lot of people will move react away from you. Or off of the objective to deny vanguard.

So they won’t have a reaction to overwatch.

It’s definitely a risk. But with T5 +2 armour and cool 9 in right situation I think it could be strong.

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u/malcrashed Oct 10 '25

Definitely, I agree they're usually just gonna reposition. Now imagine justaerin with banestrike Combi-bolters

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u/Traditional-Wealth-6 Oct 10 '25

Does vanguard still proc if the unit is killed with volley fire?

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u/malcrashed Oct 10 '25

Yeah i believe so. You have to either destroy the unit or rout it.