Castigator

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**newbod**

What does the castigators special attack count as? Melee attack, range attack, effect, what? Thanks!

**malfred**

Here's my non-answer: it's a regular damage roll.

**oomiestompa**

A quick check of the FAQ yields this.

FAQ wrote:Erratum: Superiority p.65 : Combustion
Replace the text of Combustion with the following:
Models within 1" of the Castigator suffer a POW 12 damage roll. Damage rolls must be boosted separately. Combustion is not a melee attack but may be made after a charge. The Castigator does not roll an additional damage die when it charges and makes a Combustion attack, but the damage roll may be boosted normally. The Castigator may spend focus points to make additional melee attacks after a Combustion attack. Combustion lasts for one round. A model entering the area within 1" of the Castigator and/or ending its movement within 1" of the Castigator suffers an unboostable POW 12 damage roll. A Combustion special attack does not need a target.

Since your question is vague, I can't be more thorough, but I can tell you that it's an attack that is not a melee attack or ranged attack and causes damage rolls, not hits. Is there a specific interaction you were wondering about?

**Spellbound**

I've been told that Combustion can kill an Impervious Vilmon, as it's not an attack.

Vilmon seems so easily killed, nowadays. I wonder why I pay the points for a model as easily killed as a Paladin of the Wall!

**malfred**

I think gone are the days when you run him up expecting him to be unmolested. He's
like everything else: second wave threat.

**Spellbound**

Old articles say that putting up the wall and running him into melee is effective, as it brings his defence to 17. In my experience this means most casters just have to boost their attacks to hit him, but is it generally still a good tactic? In my first games I had luck putting Protection of Menoth on him for a hefty 19 def, but since I've moved higher I've moved on to epic kreoss and Harbinger, and am at a bit of a loss.

And in this age of so many things being able to move away and ignore free strikes, running into melee seems an increasingly risky venture.

**oomiestompa**

Spellbound wrote:I've been told that Combustion can kill an Impervious Vilmon, as it's not an attack.

Is that right? Combustion is certainly an attack. Let's check the FAQ.

FAQ wrote:Erratum: Superiority : Impervious Wall
Replace the text of Impervious Wall with the following:
"Vilmon may forfeit his movement or action to enter the Impervious Wall. While in Impervious Wall, Vilmon does not suffer continuous effects, nor damage or effects from ranged and melee attacks except those that can affect models only affected by magic attacks. Impervious Wall lasts for one round."

Ah, since Combustion specifically says it's not a melee attack, and it's obviously not a ranged attack, it can hurt Vilmon. That means a Kodiak's Vent Steam and a Devastator's Rain of Death works too. Interesting.

**Spellbound**

From what I've been told, yes. Vilmon's Impervious Wall now says specifically the things that do not hurt him - instead of specifying the one thing that does [which as I understand it is what used to be the case].