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I'm pretty new to 40k so please excuse the noob sauce.

If my Justicar lands a hit/wound on a squad of necron warriors with a lord attached, what exactly happens...? Would I have to state who the Justicar was attacking (say the Lord) or would my opponent just decide which model the wound went to? If you could reference to the BRB that would be great. Thank you.

any model in base to base with the lord must use all attacks on the lord.

any model in base to base with the squad must use all attacks on the squad.

any model not in base to base must declare its attacks on one of the two, so long as a model in base to base with one is within 2".

any model in base to base with both may choose which to attack.



if you hit the squad with the justicar, he cannot choose to make invulnerable saves on the lord, because your attacking his squad, which for the purposes of CQC is a seperate unit.

T_VanderZwaag wrote:I'm pretty new to 40k so please excuse the noob sauce.

If my Justicar lands a hit/wound on a squad of necron warriors with a lord attached, what exactly happens...? Would I have to state who the Justicar was attacking (say the Lord) or would my opponent just decide which model the wound went to? If you could reference to the BRB that would be great. Thank you.

Because the lord is an IC, only models in BTB with him can direct their attacks at him. As such, the Justicar must be in BTB and must Direct his Attacks towards the lord. He can of course direct his attacks to either the lord or the unit if he is in BTB with both.

Thank you very much guys

Gwar, I don't believe you're right on this one. I believe that the IC is simply treated as a separate unit, meaning that models not in BTB with anyone but engaged with the IC (via 2" to BTB model rule) may attack him.

ajfirecracker wrote:I believe that the IC is simply treated as a separate unit, meaning that models not in BTB with anyone but engaged with the IC (via 2" to BTB model rule) may attack him.

That's correct.

ajfirecracker wrote:Gwar, I don't believe you're right on this one. I believe that the IC is simply treated as a separate unit, meaning that models not in BTB with anyone but engaged with the IC (via 2" to BTB model rule) may attack him.

That is actually what I meant. I just failed to elaborate on it because I was tired. Yes, the Lord is a Seperate Unit in CC, so Only Models in BTB or 2" with a Model in BTB with the lord can attack.

Apologies

Could I target him separately in the shooting phase while he is in the group? Say with a lascannon?

Not anymore.

not_u is correct. "Independent characters that have joined a unit are considered part of that unit and so may not be picked out as targets." BGB p. 49

If you want to direct a model's close combat attacks at the IC, that model must be:
1. in base to base contact with the IC -or-
2. not in base to base contact with another unit AND within 2" of a model in base to base contact with the IC (engaged).
See BGB p. 49 - diagram.

ok thank you

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A point OP brought up has not fully been addressed. I believe the rules say that when you say who you are attacking (which is the correct thing to do) subject to the engaged/BTB requirements mentioned above, you should do so before making any dice rolls. (as per p. 41 of the BRB)