Shooting at a character

[Chaplain Elijah]

Yesterday i had a Contemptor with Lascannon trying to shoot at a Ork character.

Between the two models there was a ongoing Close Combat between two infantry units.

The Ork player said i couldn't shoot at his character because he wasn't the closest.

I said i couldn't shoot at the closest unit because it was in Combat so the character become the closest target.

 

What is the correct interpretation of the rules ? Thanks in advance.

 

Note : i was in a inverted situation one week ago against a veteran who shooted at my character while there was a closest CC unit.

[Panzer]

The fact that you can't shoot at the closest target, whether it's due a close combat or lack of Line of Sight, doesn't allow you to shoot at the character, so the Ork player is right.

[Slasher956]

 

 

Q: If a model cannot shoot at the closest visible enemy unit for some reason (e.g. it is within 1" of one of your units) but the next closest visible enemy unit is a Character, can that model then target the character? A: No.

 

page 4 of the rulebook FAQ

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/warhammer_40000_rulebook_en.pdf

[Chaplain Elijah]

So i got kinda cheated the other day... Thanks !