Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics (section)

====Advanced Notes====
*As a general rule of thumb, you want to break or destroy your enemy in your opponent's assault phase. That way, your opponent does not have a shooting phase before your assault teams move towards their next target.
*Generally speaking, Overwatch is more of an annoyance than a true threat, though certain rules, bonuses, etc (Dark Angel Chapter Tactics, Tau Supporting Fire/Counterfire Defensive Systems, flamers, etc) can take your toll, especially if you're relying on glass cannon units (Harlequins notably). Some special "Negate Overwatch" powers exist, but there are other ways to mitigate the effects of Overwatch.
**Pinned units cannot Overwatch. However, this generally is not a state you can reliably inflict on your opponent.
**Overwatch takes place before you move your charging unit, and is still subject to normal rules for Line of Sight, cover, etc. Moving a Rhino or other vehicle flat-out to block off models from shooting your chargers is always a valid trick.
**If blocking Line of Sight is not an option, then aim to eat the overwatch. One way to do this is to have a "tanky" unit lead the vanguard. For example, when charging a unit armed with multiple flamers, have a fast monster/walker lead the charge.
**Alternately, there's sacrificing an otherwise-depleted unit. If you have one grunt remaining from a squad, have him charge first before following up with a more intact unit. Either your opponent must waste the Overwatch killing that one single model, or that model must tie up the enemy unit.
*Remember that pile-ins use the same overall rules for charging, and thus any unit must ultimately maintain coherency. When attacking a large spread-out unit, you can negate a lot of its strength by attacking on opposing flanks.
*Multi-assaults are where things get interesting. Remember that should a model be engaged in an assault with two enemy units, and is in only base-to-base with models from one of those units, it must allocate its attacks against that unit. What this rule means, is that if you have more valuable units you wish to preserve in assault, then you can plan your attack vectors accordingly. Hilarity is forcing Commander Smashfucker to waste his Strength 10 super-hammer of doom on rank-and-file Termagants while his bodyguard is being eaten alive by the nearby Carnifex!
*The ability to quit close combats is a very powerful ability. It can be defensive, preventing ranged units from being tied down in melee, or it can be offensive, allowing assault units to "pinball" around the battlefield. Hit & Run is the main evasion ability, though Gate of Infinity finds its use as well (attaching Draigo to a unit of Centurions is the classic one-two of the infamous "Gravstar"). Another dirty trick you can use Hit and Run for in conjunction with a sufficiently durable unit (ex: A Conclave of the Burning One with a Deceiver Shard) is "Pulling" units off objectives. Attack the unit from the flank, wait for them to consolidate away from the objective, Hit & Run, and repeat the process.