How many Primaris lieutenants can you take?

[NemFX]

This is kinda a weird question, but the newer rulebooks are written poorly compared to their older counterparts.

 

How many can you take?

 

I know for each HW slot you fill, you can take two lieutenants as a single HQ choice, but I'm not seeing the upper limit.

I miss the old system where it told you clearly "You need to take one, but after that you can have 1-3" kinda thing.

[War Angel]

It’s the exact same thing. You can only have 3 of a unit unless it’s a Troop. Of course, this rule is currently more of a suggestion.

[Gederas]

It’s the exact same thing. You can only have 3 of a unit unless it’s a Troop. Of course, this rule is currently more of a suggestion.

And only a suggestion for tournament play.

 

Realistically, I think people would look askance if you take more than two anyways. Well, more than two for every captain :lol:

[Panzer]

I think what he's actually looking for is the FOC restriction, or in this edition the detachments.

 

@NemFX

You can find the detachments in the actual rulebook. Those tell you how many of a unit you can take. The most common is the Battalion detachment with a HQ restriction of 2-3. So in such a Battalion detachment you could take up to 6 Lieutenants (two for each slot).

[NemFX]

Ah. So I can't make a Legion of the Lieutenants (wasn't going to, just not sure how many I currently have, since every other model lately seems to be a HQ)

[Hymnblade]

If you're playing by the rule of 3, you can take the "Primaris Lieutenant" datasheet 3 times, which is 6 lieutenants. You could also take another 6 regular Lieutenants, and 6 Phobos Lieutenants. If the Indomitus lieutenant has his own datasheet, you could take 6 of him as well.

[Panzer]

Provided you take detachments with enough HQ slots, yeah.