Blitzing

bbdave522 · Post by **bbdave522** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:09 am

An interesting question came up recently (on the cyanide forum actually). If you take a Blitz action, do you have to throw a block? This is basically only important with Wild animal.

Cleutin · Post by **Cleutin** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:17 am

I would say NO, as you don't have to actually throw the ball, when making a Pass-Action.

LRB5 says on page 7:

Blitz: The player may move a number of squares equal to their MA. He may make one block during the move. The block may be made at any point during the move, and 'costs' one square of movement.

So you really do not have to block. Indeed you do not even have to move, to trigger WA on a 2+ you just have to announce that you are using your Blitz for this player.

rodders · Post by **rodders** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:38 am

no you don't have to throw a block but it uses your blitz action

Aliboon · Post by **Aliboon** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:07 am

Only time you do, as far as I'm aware is when dump off has been triggered-too messy otherwise.

khudzlin · Post by **khudzlin** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:37 am

well, dump-off is triggered by a coach decision (when the conditions are right), so it would make little sense to back out of it a bit later, especially since the only circumstances that could lead you to change your mind are the use of pass block, which specifically states that the passer is not allowed to change his mind about throwing the ball (though latest rules disallow the use of pass block on a dump-off)

purdindas · Post by **purdindas** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:39 pm

No you don't have to throw a block in your blitz action. This is handy for moving players with wild animal who could only move on a 4+ normally.

bbdave522 · Post by **bbdave522** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:51 pm

Ok just wanted to make sure, also wanted to check that this was the intent.