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Me and my brother were having a battle, his Dark Eldar versus my Necrons, and he unloaded some Dark Lances at my Ghost Arks. immediately, this question arose- did the Lances reduce the Ghost Ark's armour to 12 even though it's base was 11?

We rolled off and i won, so it didnt, but that is irrelevant.

In your opinion, which takes precedence? Quantum Shielding or Lances?

I would say that the Necrons are effectively AV 13, until QS goes down.

Lances will reduce this to 12, and after a good solid hit the QS goes down and it becomes AV 11.

^This.

It's 11 but 'counts as' 13.

Lances drop this to 12. As 'counts as' 13 is still higher than 12.

Punch a hole and it drops to 11 for the rest of the game.

yeah i read the rules on the shield and lance

And I have to say it counts as av12 since shield increase it to 13 and then lance treats all armour values higher than 12 as 12.

I also agree. This seems like it's the widely-accepted interpretation.

also, another question, can a vehicle with quantum shielding suffer damage from glancing hits even if it has the shielding up? i figure it would.

Yes... what about the rule would stop it from suffering glancing hits?

Yes. ALL QS does is raise your AV by 2; if you take damage from glancing, you have taken damage

Precisely what I thought.