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Ok I'm very much a "if your unsure of the rule intention play it to your disadvantage" kind of guy but was reading a topic on another site and wondered what my fellow Dakkarians thought.

Vehicles are treated as WS 1. Does this mean this can be modified?

Example: I hit a vehicle with a stasis grenade and it suffers -1 WS. Does it now play with WS 0 allowing my black knights to auto hit?

As I said, I would probably say not as it is unclear but wondered what other think.

I always thought nothing could drop any stat to less that 1?

me too but page 8 brb states

"a model's Initiative cannot be modified below 1, and no other characteristic can be modified below 0"

while page 9 states

"A model with WS 0 is incapacitated; they are hit automatically in close combat and cannot strike any blows back"

Its RAW vs RAI again.

RAW, I'd say definitely, yes. The rules allow a model to be reduced to WS 0, and since vehicles are WS 1, a stasis grenade would do it.

RAI? I'd say probably still yes. A tank that gets hit with a stasis grenade would just be a sitting duck. Makes sense it would be hit automatically.

Rules state vehicles are "treated" as having WS1. This is to represent the fact they can't fight back but you still need to focus your attacks on the weaker points, the chinks in the armour. would this change if it was hit by a stasis grenade? vehicles are stationary when you hit them in normal close combat so it seems unlikely.

I would argue that due to vehicles having no WS to begin with, you cannot modify it with stasis grenades. The "treated as WS1" is more akin to a set modifier, as you apply a stat that is non-existent to begin with. Hence you would be unable to modify it.

I have to agree. Much as I would love my black knights to be auto hitting, a vehicle in stasis would still need to be hit on its weaker points and so the option to miss those points still exsists

I'd have to say no. During your shooting phase, when the grenade hits, the vehicle doesn't have a weapon skill. You can't modify a number that doesn't exist. It's not until you get into close combat that the vehicle is given the temporary filler of WS 1.