MR stacks?

[Skittelz1981]

Just to clear the air, this has come up in 2 posts now and im confused.

A wardsave like ToP can be improved with MR to become a 2++ ward against magicspells. 2++ is the most since 1 is always fail. This i know 100% sure. No doubt about it.

Can an item like Obsidian Lodestone (giving MR3) that gives a 4++ ward against spells be improved with i.e. Lichebone banner (MR1) to give a total of 3++ wards against spells? I always thought it could and my meta plays it like this. I havent found anything that says it cant and it actually makes sense to me. If a character has an MR item which is backed up by another in the same unit, it would simply give the entire unit the improved MR that stacks.

 

[Melle]

No it does not. You only use the best MR.
( just like as if a char has 5++ ward and joins a unit with a 4++ward banner. This dont give him 2++ward, just the improved 4++ one)
MR is a specialrule, and you cant be affected by the same rule twice.
MR does however stack with wardsave, since that is another type of ward.

Hope i make sense

 

[Sanguinus]

I havent found anything that says it cant and it actually makes sense to me.

Page 72, last two sentences: "If a character with Magic Resistance joins a unit, all models in the unit benefit from the Magic Resistance. If a model has two sets of Magic Resistance, the two do not combine, it uses the highest."

Specifically, the last sentence, but the previous one adds context for this applying to non-character models.

 

[PureSphinx]

So for example on the screaming bell (Skaven) that has MR 2 (5+) and the special rule that gives the bell and the seer a 4+ ward, it takes the 4+ against non magical attacks, but gets two saves against magical attacks? (MR + regular ward) or does it only use the MR against magical attacks?

 

[Sanguinus]

Neither, it would use a ward improved by MR, so 4+ increased by MR2 = 2+ ward against magical attacks.

 

[PureSphinx]

Ah that's what he meant by stacks... Thanks! I'll let my skaven ally know

 

[Dancing Skeleton]

So for example on the screaming bell (Skaven) that has MR 2 (5+) and the special rule that gives the bell and the seer a 4+ ward, it takes the 4+ against non magical attacks, but gets two saves against magical attacks? (MR + regular ward) or does it only use the MR against magical attacks?

Just for clarity, I believe the MR improves the ward saves only against damage from spells. It wouldn't affect the ward save against attacks from magic weapons or "magical attacks" from ethereal units

 

[PureSphinx]

Right, I meant that but wasn't thinking in that context. Thanks for the clarification though