Can I target something I can't damage?

[Valkyrion]

LA:Ultramarines Strength of Wisdom - add +1 to hit if the enemy unit has already been targeted by another friendly unit, in the same shooting phase, within 6".

 

Could I shoot a Land Raider with a tactical squad to get +1 to hit with a multi melta heavy support squad?

[Brother Sutek]

I don't know of any rule that says you can't. 

[Grotsmasha]

AFAIK, no edition of 40k has had a rule preventing you from shooting a target you can't damage.

[Gederas]

20 hours ago, Valkyrion said:

Could I shoot a Land Raider with a tactical squad to get +1 to hit with a multi melta heavy support squad?

Yes. As long as its a valid target, you can target it, even if you have no hope to damage it.

 

Just a tad gamey though

[Cruor Vault]

31 minutes ago, Gederas said:

Yes. As long as its a valid target, you can target it, even if you have no hope to damage it.

 

Just a tad gamey though

 

ehh... It's representational of tracer rounds, targeting telemetry, or just good old fashion eyeball ranging.

[MARK0SIAN]

I’ve seen this used in first edition to enable a unit that could split fire to shoot an ineffective weapon against a vehicle so that the unit could still charge it in the assault phase whilst they used their good weapons against a different target. It seemed weird and a bit gamey but I couldn’t see anything that prevented it and I think that’s still the case.

[Valkyrion]

Follow on question, which is more opinion based - do you think GW have allowed this to happen, (e.g, the tracer rounds analogy) or is it the law of unintended consequences (e.g, no one would fire bolters at a land raider)?

 

[General Zodd]

8 hours ago, Valkyrion said:

Follow on question, which is more opinion based - do you think GW have allowed this to happen, (e.g, the tracer rounds analogy) or is it the law of unintended consequences (e.g, no one would fire bolters at a land raider)?

 

There’s frequently debate about Rules as Written (RaW) and Rules as Intended (RaI), but personally, I’m dubious about any attempt to determine what a rules writer/team were thinking when they wrote it unless you’ve heard them speak on the topic. Especially the HH rules team, who frequently don’t seem to have known what each other had written, let alone intended!

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

Personally, I think you can. If the unit can see the target, is at range, etc...you can shot it even you can't harm it.  Nothing forbid that if it's a legal tarjet.