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Hello pros and fans, my question to you is if you novacharge..or overcharge your ion accelerator to the blast template, does that charge last until your next turn?

Was playing yesterday and my nova charged riptide was assaulted in the enemies following turn, we played it that i could not fire overwatch as blast can not fire in that scenario. was this correct?

or another option is it possible to choose which profile you are firing with in overwatch?

I only ask because a novacharge 3++ last until the following turn.

You can't snap fire a blast weapon so you couldn't overwatch the blasts period

 CrownAxe wrote:
You can't snap fire a blast weapon so you couldn't overwatch the blasts period

Yes i understand that, which is why i ask once i novacharge and fire my blast, does that weapon profile still carry over into the following players turn or does the weapon return to normal.

Edit:
Or do i get to choose which profile to shoot with in overwatch?

From Codex Tau Empire (emphasis added):

The Riptide Shas'vre's ion accelerator or heavy burst cannon can fire using its nova-charge profile.

"... can fire..." and not "... must fire..." This says to me that you can choose not to use the nova-charge profile and still fire Overwatch.

Nothing about your weapon profiles changed. You used one of the 3 weapon profiles an ion accelerator has that's all

Using the Nova Reactor allows (but does not force) you to use the nova-charge profile on the Ion Accelerator or Heavy Burst Cannon until the start of your next Movement phase:

"Nova-charge: The Riptide Shas'vre's ion accelerator or heavy burst cannon can fire using its nova-charge profile."

EDIT: Ninja'd while confirming rules quote, d'oh!

Thanks guys, appreciate it.

While not directly related but similar, when the XV109 Y'vahra's Phased Plasma-flamer is fired in full rotation mode (Heavy 2, Torrent (6"), Gets Hot) in overwatch, it does not generate 2d3 hits, only the normal 1d3 since it's a torrent weapon.

 Nilok wrote:
While not directly related but similar, when the XV109 Y'vahra's Phased Plasma-flamer is fired in full rotation mode (Heavy 2, Torrent (6"), Gets Hot) in overwatch, it does not generate 2d3 hits, only the normal 1d3 since it's a torrent weapon.

Just a query regarding the above - can you please clarify why being torrent impacts the amount of hits generated due to wall of death. I just can't see anything in the rulebook that states this.


Kind regards

Bellyfluff wrote:

 Nilok wrote:
While not directly related but similar, when the XV109 Y'vahra's Phased Plasma-flamer is fired in full rotation mode (Heavy 2, Torrent (6"), Gets Hot) in overwatch, it does not generate 2d3 hits, only the normal 1d3 since it's a torrent weapon.

Just a query regarding the above - can you please clarify why being torrent impacts the amount of hits generated due to wall of death. I just can't see anything in the rulebook that states this.


Kind regards

I believe he mistyped. It only gets 1d3 for being a template weapon.

Same with BA's Frag Cannons, I guess?

Yes. Wall of death is per weapon, not per shot fired by the weapon.