Particle Whip

as the rules point out, any such hit is taken by the unit aka. the controling (of the hit models) decides whom is hit...

the model that is under the hole takes an AP 1 hit and therefore if the save is failed that model must die. So yes you can snipe characters out.

I have looked it up now:
"The owning player can choose to remove any models form the unit, providing they are within line of fire and range of the attacker's weaponry. He can even remove models in the back of the unit if he wishes"

Maybe we should get a ref in here... a mod or somting like that...:O

Well, I think that it's something of a loop-hole, but not an unprecedented one. There are certain other abilities that allow one to target specific models, such as the Farseer Power Mind War.

No, they want it that way. Check the FAQ's. So yes, models under the center hole get hit automatically by a ap1 hit. (helpful for killing vehicles, and almost as powerful as a tau railgun)

This may seem unfair, but remember that it is ordnance with relatively short range and it can scatter. The best use of the particle whip in any situation is on space marines, especially a death company. (they just kill necrons by the squad)

Yes, according to the FAQ and I quote: "Any model directly under the center of the large blast template of the particale whip takes an ap1 hit. The new rules for blast weapons state that the defending player may remove casualties from the unit as a whole, not necessarily those under the template, and this rule remains in effect with the exception of the model directly beneath the hole of the template."

So yes this is the only instance of ordinance being able to take out enemy independent characters.

Because it is the direct point, if you aim it at that one person, there is a 5 in 6 chance that it will hit. So it's rubbish at sniping.

The problem which caused that rule to be written was that if you got an ordnance, and aimed it at character, then it could scatter about 5 inches and still hit him. Hence you have, in most cases, a high strength, low AP thing which, essentially, hits on 2s.

However, because it is the point, you are unlikely to hit whatever it is that you are aiming at, and so there would be no reason for them to re-write this bit of the rule.

Tunisia said:

Because it is the direct point, if you aim it at that one person, there is a 5 in 6 chance that it will hit. So it's rubbish at sniping.

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5 in 6 chance? There is a 1 in 3 chance the blast will drop in target. If it doesn't, any scatter of 3 or more will cause it to scatter off the infantry target. The large blast marker is only 5" wide so if it scatters more than 2.5" + 0.5" for the model's base it will miss the target model completely. Sniping does play an important part in that you have a 1 in 3 chance of dropping an AP1 hit on the target. With a STR of 9 the vast majority of models will be killed outright.

Tunisia said:

The problem which caused that rule to be written was that if you got an ordnance, and aimed it at character, then it could scatter about 5 inches and still hit him. Hence you have, in most cases, a high strength, low AP thing which, essentially, hits on 2s.
However, because it is the point, you are unlikely to hit whatever it is that you are aiming at, and so there would be no reason for them to re-write this bit of the rule.

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Any scatter roll of more than 3 will cause the blast template to miss its intended target. Also, ordnance fired from a moving vehicle is much more likely to scatter more than 3" thus missing the sniped character. Now I'm not saying that it isn't still hugely powerful, just that it's not that good at sniping specific models. I feel the sniping ability is an added bonus but definitely not my main reason for firing the particle whip instead of the gauss flux arc.

Yes, the center whole of the monoliths blast template CAN be used to snipe out characters, sergeants and heavy or special weapon cariers. It is the only ordnance that works in this way.

Well, I wouldn't really say,"sniped". The impression I got was that they were EVISCERATED. But the idea is essentially the same.