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Can the opponent roll saving throws as normal against entropic strike To Wound rolls of 6?

Does the entropic strike have an AP value?

Entropic strike has no effect on ap or saving throws. It has no effect on the melee weapons used by the scarab.

Yeah, my friend wondered the same thing about Gauss. Since they wound/glance on 6, he thought it meant I got no armor'/invul save. Yeah, no. You just get a wound. It would say 'no saves allowed' if they weren't allowed to get them.

Canoptek Scarabs have no Melee weapons listed as Wargear. As such, they're assumed to have a Close Combat Weapon (CCW). The CCW is a S : User, AP : - Melee weapon. As such, when they attack, the attacks are resolved at S : 3 (the Scarab's Strength) and AP : -.

Since the Scarabs have the Entropic Strike rule, we know that to wound rolls of 6 result in a wound even if the Scarab's Strength of 3 normally wouldn't wound. We also know that armour pen rolls of 6 result in a glance even if the Scarab's Strength of 3 normally wouldn't glance or pen.

The AP is still resolved at the AP value of the weapon the Scrarab is using... namely AP : - of the CCW.

much less 'entropic-y' than it used to be, eh