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Lets say I start my firing phase as orks, and shoot my shokk attack gun. I roll badly and my mek is moved into combat. Does this end my shooting phase, as this is combat technically?

 Orock wrote:
Lets say I start my firing phase as orks, and shoot my shokk attack gun. I roll badly and my mek is moved into combat. Does this end my shooting phase, as this is combat technically?

Why would it end your shooting phase?

It does not say that it does end your shooting phase, so you are still in your shooting phase.

Moving into combat is just part of resolving the shock attack guns shooting attack.
It doesn't end the phase.

It doesn't even end the shooting of the unit that he's attached to!

Say you've got the Mek stuck in with a squad of lootas. You declare the target for the unit, decide to resolve the shock attack first, roll a pair of 5's, the lootas then get to shoot as, shooting from a unit is done simultaneously.

He has fired himself instead of snotlings, he still fired and so can the unit he's with.

The converse would also be true. If the lootas fired first, you would still have to roll on the shock attack chart and fire/deal with the consequences even if it would be unnecessary or detrimental.

Having a unit in close combat doesn't negate the entire shooting phase for the rest of the army as you can easily have many units engaged all over the table at any time.


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 Orock wrote:
Lets say I start my firing phase as orks, and shoot my shokk attack gun. I roll badly and my mek is moved into combat. Does this end my shooting phase, as this is combat technically?

As an aside, you are looking at it wrong!

You rolled awesomely and your Mek gets stuck in where da fight in' is da best! Waaaaagggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

Just curious, the Mek granted his furious charge? Does he also get +1A for succesful charge? And can he challenge?

I had this come up one time in a friendly game and my friend let me have all three.

EDIT; Should he get overwatch?

Yes yes yes and no.

He is treated as having charged. No overwatch though as he is already locked in combat.