Targeting a lord (necron)

[Orpheus108]

Greetings All,

 

A question about targeting.

 

The situation came up in a battle with a friend tonight, i had a unit of 3 suppressors go after his necron overlord, he moved in front of his overlord 3 scarabs bases in his movement so i couldnt target his overlord.

 

My question is, do they count as the closest unit to target in the shooting phase as per the normal normal rules?

[Jolemai]

Moved to the Official Rules forum

[Xenith]

The scarabs are closer to the shooting unit, and are a unit of 3 or more models, so the look out sir rule applies - Page 219 of the rulebook covers this. 

 

The scenario where you could target the lord is:

 

1) the lord moves in front of the scarabs, so the lord is within 3" of a unit of 3 models, but is the closest target

2) you shoot a different unit at the scarabs to kill one base, meaning the unit now has 2 models and doesnt count for look out sir

3) you maneuver so the lord is the nearest target

4) you use a unit that ignores look out sir like eliminators. 

[Orpheus108]

Thank you