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does spirit leech work to kill warmachines you compare leadership but wait warmachines don't have leadership or do you use crew leadership? does the spirit leech actually hit the machine or do you have to randomize crew/machine.

They have leadership "-".

I thought spirit leech was against characters? [too lazy to go grab book...]

It targets a "single enemy model (even a character in a unit)."

Would a war machine count as a single enemy model?

In the case of Spirit leech, if it were allowed to affect the war machine, then you would test on the crews leadership.

"War machines automatically fail all characteristic tests, save for toughness and leadership tests."
"You always use the Movement, Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill, Strength, Initiatve, Attacks and Leadership of the crew."

So if it were ruled that a war machine were a single enemy model then the war machine would test on the crews leadership.

As for ruling whether or not the War Machine is a single enemy model...

"The crew aren't really a combat unit per se, we ignore them for most gaming purposes, treating the war machine itself as the extent of the unit."

So if the crew are ignored, can the machine itself be considered a single model?

If it is considered a single model, then you must follow the rules for a war machine using any characteristic test, which I outlined above.

It works and you use the crew's Ld.

From the above you target the warmachine, which is a single model (even if the crew count for some reason, you can still target just the warmachine) and as above would use the crews leadership.