Category:Follow Up

Rules Clarification:  : Slam      (Edit)
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• General
  • If you slam someone via a Power Attack the distance they move depends on relative base sizes.

  If you slam someone via a weapon or spell, the distance they move will be as per that weapon's/spell's rules text. Sometimes it doesn't depend on base size.

  • Obstacles stop slams, but they don't stop throws.

  Obstructions stop both.

  • If three models are B2B and in a triangle formation, and you slam one toward the other two, it will contact both those two models simultaneously. (Infernal Ruling)
  • You can add model special rules (such as Gang) to the damage roll.

• Power Attack Slam
  • You don't add any special rules on your model, unless it specifically refers to Power Attack Slam (such as Hard Head)
  • You can use an "any time" ability after resolving the slam movement but before the slam attack roll. (Infernal Ruling)
  • The range of a Power Attack Slam is irrespective of your weapon range:
    • A Power Attack Slam made by a colossal or gargantuan has a 2˝ melee range.
    • A Power Attack Slam made by any other model has a 0.5˝ melee range.
  • You can boost the damage roll.

• Weapon Slam (ie Smite)
  • You use the weapon's full P+S, not the attacker's base STR.
  • You can add weapon special rules (such as Weapon Master) to the damage roll.
  • You can boost the damage roll (and if you charged, it is auto-boosted).

• Dual Attack & Slam/Trample ( Edit )

Power Attack Slam and Trample combine your Normal Movement and Combat Action, and how this works with Dual Attack is:

• Slam: You must resolve the movement, the attack, and moving the slammed model. Only then can you make initial ranged attacks.
• Trample: You must resolve the movement, the attacks, and the free strikes. Only then can you make initial ranged attacks.
• (Infernal Ruling)

• Incorporeal vs Slammed/Thrown models ( Edit )
  • Incorporeal models cannot be moved by someone trying to slam them.
  • Slammed models can move through Incorporeal models.
    • If they have enough movement to get past them, no dramas.
    • If they land on them, you move the Incorporeal model out of the way as per the Rule of Least Disturbance.
    • If the Incorporeal model cannot be moved (i.e. it's a flag) then you move the slammed model out of the way, also by the rule of Least Disturbance.
    • For the purposes of Collateral Damage, only the model(s) you contacted before you applied the rule of Least Disturbance count as contacted.
  • The same logic applies to Throws.

• Collateral Damage
  • Collateral damage cannot be boosted and is not considered damage from an attack or model. Refer page 33 of the 2021.08 version of the rules pdf. As a result:
    • It doesn't trigger stuff that relies on being hit by an enemy (such as Shock Field) or damaged by an enemy (such as Vengeance).
    • It doesn't get bonus damage from stuff that adds to a model's damage roll (such as Signs & Portents or Prey).
    • It doesn't matter if the attacker has crippled weapon systems or aspects.