Question related with stratagem FIRE OVERWATCH

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**weo94**

I have a Tyrannofex with torrent weapon. It says that torrent weapon always automatically hits the target.
If I use stratagem called "Fire Overwatch" on enemy unit and my model is using torrent weapon, do I still have to roll 6+ in order to hit enemy unit even though it is torrent weapon?

**JNAProductions**

Nope. That’s what makes Torrent weapons great for Overwatch

**alextroy**

The answer is in the Torrent rule itself:

TORRENT
Torrent weapons shoot clouds of fire, gas or other lethal substances that few foes can hope to evade.

Weapons with [TORRENT] in their profile are known as Torrent weapons. Each time an attack is made with such a weapon, that attack automatically hits the target.

But for kicks, I'll add in the Rules Commentary things that support this:

Automatically Hits: If an attack automatically hits, the Hit roll for that attack is automatically successful (see Automatically Successful).

AUTOMATICALLY SUCCESSFUL
When a dice roll is automatically successful, the following applies:
■ If a roll is automatically successful, do not roll the dice. Any rules that take effect on a particular dice result or roll result do not take effect if the roll they refer to is automatically successful.
■ If a Hit roll is automatically successful, move straight to the Wound roll. Such a Hit roll is not a Critical Hit, and does not trigger any effects that are triggered by a Critical Hit.
■ If a Wound roll is automatically successful, move straight to the allocation of that attack. Such a Wound roll is not a Critical Wound, and does not trigger any effects that are triggered by a Critical Wound.

So there you have it. Torrent weapons automatically hit, which means they never roll to hit. Only hitting on a 6+ is therefore irrelevant to Torrent weapons.