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Question 1.

Can you stomp attack a unit that you have cast Invisibility on?


Question 2.

Can a Blast template scatter onto a unit that you have casted Invisibility on?

Both came up in a game me and a mate just played so I am curious on what other peoples opinions are on how this works.

FYI I would probably say yes to both ( even though it wasn't in my favour when it happened) as i couldnt find any ruling against either!

thanks in advance!

not looked at how stomp attacks work yet, but the scattering blast can certainly hit them, as long as they're not flying.

how come certainly? is there a certain rule?

Invisibility just restricts you from targeting them with template weapons.

If the blast scatters onto them it hits like normal.


Stomp should work, as you are already engaged with them in melee and it doesn target them as a unit. It just gets placed at the foot of the superheavy walker and works almost like a multiple barrage.

Blast markers may scatter onto invisable units but you still wont be able to resolve any wounds against them.

Stomp is auto hit, in combat, so it is fine.

MarkyMark wrote:
Blast markers may scatter onto invisable units but you still wont be able to resolve any wounds against them.

Stomp is auto hit, in combat, so it is fine.

Why would it not inflict wounds? Blast markers and templates do not work against flyers because it specifically says it cannot hit them. Invisibility simply says you cannot target them.

Whats the process for resolving wounds from blast markers.

You count how many models under the template and they are hit, are these snap shots? No, therefore any hits are wasted.

MarkyMark wrote:
Blast markers may scatter onto invisable units but you still wont be able to resolve any wounds against them.

Stomp is auto hit, in combat, so it is fine.

Rules ref to why you wouldnt wound them? I see a restriction on targetting, but nothing further

the restriction is on targeting. for example a mawloc deepstrikes in using TFTD he does not target the unit at all but if he cannot sdafely enter including the breaking of the standard 1" rule, he places upto 2 large blasts hitting everything under said templates. the unit has not been targeted and therefor is still hit and wounded as normal under the template rules for calculating the number of models hit

So you guys are reading it as target unit for shooting attacks, rather then target unit for the spell.

The spell states you target a friendly unit, and that only snap shots can hit the target unit.

To me that reads the target unit is in reference to the power, not to the shooting attack.

MarkyMark wrote:
So you guys are reading it as target unit for shooting attacks, rather then target unit for the spell.

The spell states you target a friendly unit, and that only snap shots can hit the target unit.

To me that reads the target unit is in reference to the power, not to the shooting attack.

No, they're reading the snap shot rules which only prevent *targeting* a unit with a blast if you have to fire snap shots.

There's no rule preventing resolving a blast if you must fire snap shots.

MarkyMark wrote:
So you guys are reading it as target unit for shooting attacks, rather then target unit for the spell.

The spell states you target a friendly unit, and that only snap shots can hit the target unit.

To me that reads the target unit is in reference to the power, not to the shooting attack.

But as you said - Hit, not Wound.

Your blast has scattered and Hit, creating Wounds. You were not targetted, so the Hit is still counted, so why are you now saying the wounds would be discarded?