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An Eldar Striking Scorpion Exarch attacks a Necron Wraith with Lashwhips. The Exarch gets a bonus attack in the first round for each point his INI is higher than the opponents. Do you use the base INI of 2 or the modified INI of 5 due to the lashwhips?

Stalker (Exarch Only): In the first round of a challenge, this model makes 1 bonus Attack for each point that its Initiative is higher than its opponent's Initiative characteristic.

It does not mention unmodified in the rule, so I would assume that the Exarch only gets 1 bonus attack?

Modified, as nothing tells you to use unmodified. For example, sweeping advance explicitly states unmodified.

No bonus attacks at all.

Wraiths aren't characters so there can be no challenge.

 Kommissar Kel wrote:
No bonus attacks at all.

Wraiths aren't characters so there can be no challenge.

This is true, but my question was about the modified / unmodified INI. Wraiths were the only things off the top of my head I can think of that had a permanent bonus to INI based off wargear. Things like Terrain and Unwieldy dont effectively change a INI characteristic.

Lashwips the Nids have? Jain Zar's Banshee Mask. Off the top of my head.

Nos had the correct answer for both permanent(wargear or formation/detachment benefits, etc) and temporary modifiers:whatever their current I value is after all modifiers.

Note: striking at a different I step is not the same as a modified stat; so hammer of wrath or unwieldy weapons do not count.

It depends on the wargear, the lashwips allow you to strike at a higher initiative but do not modify your characteristic. For example Tyranid warriors with lashwips that are hit with a blind weapon pass the blind test using initiative 4

 humanas wrote:
It depends on the wargear, the lashwips allow you to strike at a higher initiative but do not modify your characteristic. For example Tyranid warriors with lashwips that are hit with a blind weapon pass the blind test using initiative 4

During the Fight subphase?

Lashwhips and Whip coils have swiftstrike. Swiftstrike. A model attacking with this weapon adds 3 to its INI during the Fight Subphase.

Why would they test on I4 ?