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Hello everyone.

Barrage weapons can ignore cover as the blast comes from the center. Under the following situations would this apply or not apply?

1. Jink special rule/any non-universal special rules (I.e. Ork bikes exhaust cloud) - I believe it doesn't apply here as these are static saves not given by terrain.

2. In area terrain - I believe it doesn't apply here as you're again getting a static save while in the area

3. In cover by terrain/fortification/vehicles/models - I believe it applies here.

Just wanted some clarification. Any page references would be great. Thanks in advance. You guys are always helpful!

You have the right of it, except for saying "ignores cover." Barrage changes where the shot counts as coming from for cover purposes, which means it's only going to change eligibility based on Line of Sight. So as you say, 1 and 2 are unchanged as they do not have a Line of Sight component. Number 3 can change, as being obscured by something does depend on the Line of Sight of the shooter.

Heh didn't think about that when I wrote the title. More meant it as exact words, not the rule lol but thx a bunch. Just wanted to make sure.

Reidentski wrote:
Heh didn't think about that when I wrote the title. More meant it as exact words, not the rule lol but thx a bunch. Just wanted to make sure.

That's what I figured, but I've seen enough people somehow get the idea that Barrage "ignores cover" (the rule) that I felt it should be pointed out.

As Chrysis has pointed out, all it does is change where you measure line of sight from.
It could even be possible for Barrage to grant a cover save to a model whom otherwise would not have had one. All it would require is for the Shot to simply scatters in a way that puts cover between it and the target, as the line of sight would then be drawn through said cover. For example: The Unit flanks another hiding behind the Defence Line, getting a clear line of sight to their targets, but alas one of the weapons being fired is Barrage and it scatters in front of the Defence Line. Very rare are those situations however, as there is no point in trying to flank with a Unit that has a way to discount intervening cover entirely.

While we're on the subject, say you get a direct hit on the center of a rhino, and a marine is also in the blast radius. As you draw line of sight from the marker, which is on top of the rhino, would the marine get a 5+ cover save for intervening model?

Potentially yes.