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Let's take the Stormhawk Interceptor and its Icarus Stormcannon, "Add 1 to hit rolls for targets that can Fly"

Does it mean a roll of 2 becomes a 3 or I add 1 attack?

Edit: Bonus question: I can't find a reason why i would want to Hover...

 Gendo wrote:
Let's take the Stormhawk Interceptor and its Icarus Stormcannon, "Add 1 to hit rolls for targets that can Fly"

Does it mean a roll of 2 becomes a 3 or I add 1 attack?

Edit: Bonus question: I can't find a reason why i would want to Hover...

You add 1 to your hit rolls, not that you get to roll an additional hit dice.

And you mainly choose to Hover when you don't want to be forced to move a certain direction (or distance).

Here is what the rule actually says...

Add 1 to all hit rolls made for this weapon against targets that can FLY.

The exact wording makes it clear. As yakface said, you add 1 to your hit rolls.

The interceptor itself also has +1 to hit rolls against units which have the fly keyword in the shooting phase. So you would add +2 against flyers, if you shoot with the Icarus stormcannon.

p5freak wrote:
The interceptor itself also has +1 to hit rolls against units which have the fly keyword in the shooting phase. So you would add +2 against flyers, if you shoot with the Icarus stormcannon.

Really? So hitting on a 5+...would've thought flyers to be better vs flyers :(

 Gendo wrote:

p5freak wrote:
The interceptor itself also has +1 to hit rolls against units which have the fly keyword in the shooting phase. So you would add +2 against flyers, if you shoot with the Icarus stormcannon.

Really? So hitting on a 5+...would've thought flyers to be better vs flyers :(

No? You don't become worse by adding this way. It's adding to the dice roll, not the statistic. When you add 1 to hit for a BS3+ model, you're effectively hitting on a 2+ instead, because your final result is 2 plus 1, which equals 3, thus satisfies the need to hit for a BS3+ model.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 Gendo wrote:

p5freak wrote:
The interceptor itself also has +1 to hit rolls against units which have the fly keyword in the shooting phase. So you would add +2 against flyers, if you shoot with the Icarus stormcannon.

Really? So hitting on a 5+...would've thought flyers to be better vs flyers :(

No? You don't become worse by adding this way. It's adding to the dice roll, not the statistic. When you add 1 to hit for a BS3+ model, you're effectively hitting on a 2+ instead, because your final result is 2 plus 1, which equals 3, thus satisfies the need to hit for a BS3+ model.

HaHa, thanks I was confused as I usually post after my chill drink(s) post work and frustration from 8th doesn't help

Any flyer which is hard to hit, and not hovering, has -1 to hit. So, if you shoot with the interceptor and the icarus gun, it is +1 to hit, because +2-1=+1. You hit on 3+.