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The recent rules reveal for 1kSons got me thinking about this ability, and others like it:



Ok so my opponent selects my Scarab Terminators as a target for a unit. I use this strat. Can my opponent then just change their mind, switch targets and shoot at something else, leaving my CP (kinda) wasted?

No, because they've started shooting with that unit, and have selected the unit as a target of the attack. After you've selected your targets, and after you play this strat, the rules move on to actually firing the weapons.

Agreed with Yarium. Your opponent has already committed to shooting the unit before you use the stratagem, so he can't back out of that.

Agreed, selecting a target is part of the shooting process. Once he's selected the unit, and procs the strat, that's it, he can't back out.

Edit: To piggy-back on this question; if I used this strat and reduced D2 weapons to D1, would that then trigger All is Dust? It's technically a D2 weapon but the damage has been reduced.

 Valkyrie wrote:
Agreed, selecting a target is part of the shooting process. Once he's selected the unit, and procs the strat, that's it, he can't back out.

Edit: To piggy-back on this question; if I used this strat and reduced D2 weapons to D1, would that then trigger All is Dust? It's technically a D2 weapon but the damage has been reduced.

Not having seen the Codex, only the article, I think the answer to your latter question is yes.

 JNAProductions wrote:

 Valkyrie wrote:
Agreed, selecting a target is part of the shooting process. Once he's selected the unit, and procs the strat, that's it, he can't back out.

Edit: To piggy-back on this question; if I used this strat and reduced D2 weapons to D1, would that then trigger All is Dust? It's technically a D2 weapon but the damage has been reduced.

Not having seen the Codex, only the article, I think the answer to your latter question is yes.

It's yes, the community article specifically states this works

Warcom articles arent rules. They have been wrong multiple times.

 Valkyrie wrote:
Agreed, selecting a target is part of the shooting process. Once he's selected the unit, and procs the strat, that's it, he can't back out.

Edit: To piggy-back on this question; if I used this strat and reduced D2 weapons to D1, would that then trigger All is Dust? It's technically a D2 weapon but the damage has been reduced.

The characteristic has been reduced so it looks to me like it would trigger. It's now a D1 weapon thanks to the strat.

 p5freak wrote:
Warcom articles arent rules. They have been wrong multiple times.

Except they gave the actual rules, so yes, they are rules. Both rules. It's not difficult to work out damage 1 is damage 1

It's also the same wording as many other 9th edition stratagems, which work exactly in the same way.