Rules Clarification:  : Gunfighter      (Edit)
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• You cannot Aim if you start your activation in melee. (Infernal Confirmation)
• A free strike with a ranged weapon still gets the +2 to hit and boosted damage (I'm pretty sure - I'd like to double check it though).
• If you have a Gunfighter stuck in melee and the Gunfighter wants to shoot a friendly model, then you can only do so if that friendly is within the Gunfighter's melee range. Also, if that friendly model is engaged by an enemy, that friendly model will always get the +4 DEF bonus (because the point of origin of the attack, the Gunfighter, is not "in melee" with the friendly model).

Targeting

1. Outside of melee
   • If the Gunfighter isn't in melee, and didn't charge this turn, then it shoots just the same as a normal model.
2. In melee, but didn't charge
   • If it didn't charge, it can target anyone it's "in melee" with.
   • This can be any model in the Gunfighter's melee range, plus any models that have the Gunfighter in their melee range.
   • If a Gunfighter kills all the enemies it is in melee with, and still has the ability to make more ranged attacks, then those attacks just follow the normal Ranged Attack rules. (Infernal Ruling)
3. Charged into melee
   • If it did charge, its initial attacks can only target models that are in the Gunfighter's melee range.
   • If all models in the Gunfighter's melee range are killed before it makes its initial attacks, it loses any unspent initial attacks. (Infernal Ruling)
   • However if it can purchase additional attacks (via Reload for instance) and/or get free attacks (via Black Spot for instance), then those non-initial attacks can target anyone it's "in melee" with, as per #2 above.
4. Other targeting notes
   • Remember, you can never be "in melee" with a friendly model, so a Gunfighter can pretty much never choose to target a friend while it's in melee.
   • If the gunfighter is unengaged, it can still shoot a friendly model, which would just be a normal ranged attack.
   • Gunfighter doesn't change the RNG of your gun, it just provides you an ability to use it while in melee and imposes some targeting restrictions.
     • If you're affected by a debuff that reduces your RNG to 1", that will further limit who you can target.
     • If you're affected by a debuff that reduces your RNG to 0", you cannot make attacks (refer 'Weapon Statistics', page 19 of rulebook).

Attack Roll

• You use the Gunfighter's RAT for the attack roll.
• Gunfighters do not ignore the Cover/Concealment bonus. (Infernal Ruling)
• How the +4 DEF bonus for "being in melee" works with Gunfighters is:
  • they always ignore it vs enemies, because the "point of origin of the attack is in melee with the target".
  • they never ignore it vs friendlies, because you cannot be in melee with a friendly target.

Incorporeal Gunfighters

• Note that enemy models without magic weapons can't hurt you in melee, but they can engage you.
• If they engage you then you're in melee and your target selection is limited to just models in melee (as explained above).

Gunfighter + an AOE weapon

• If you miss then the AOE will deviate as per the normal AOE rules. Not very far, though, considering the max distance you'll be apart is 2".
• If you use an AOE weapon to make a free strike, you get the +2 to hit and you get boosted damage against everything under the blast template.

Gunfighter + a spray weapon

• Who you can target with the spray is limited as described above, but you get to put the whole spray template down and potentially hit models well outside the melee.
• If you use a spray weapon to make a free strike, you get the +2 to hit and you get boosted damage against everything under the spray template.

Units of Gunfighters

• If a unit of Gunfighters successfully charge, but someone else in their unit kills their charge target before they get a turn to attack, then they may redirect their attack.
• Redirected attack:
  • If they're still engaged, their initial attack (s) must be vs someone in their melee range.
  • If they're still engaged, but no one is in their own melee range, they don't get any initial attacks.
  • If they're unengaged, they are now free to shoot anyone within the gun's normal range.

Other interactions

• Gunfighter vs Point Blank (Edit)
  • If a model has both Gunfighter and Point Blank, then you should declare whether you're using it as a ranged attack or melee attack whenever you shoot the gun. Because that can limit what other initial/additional attacks you can make. (Infernal Ruling)
  • These two abilities are subtly different, but it's an important difference.
  • Gunfighter allows you to make ranged attacks while in melee.
  • Point blank allows you to make melee attacks with your ranged weapon.
    • Since you can't make both ranged and melee attacks in the same turn, a Gunfighter model has a choice of either initial melee attack(s) or initial ranged attack(s). (unless it has Virtuoso or something).
    • Whereas a Point Blank model chooses to make initial melee attacks, and then gets to make attacks with both weapons.
  • Furthermore, the types of bonuses, penalties, and special effects you (or your opponent) can trigger will change dramatically:
    • Any buffs/triggers on ranged attacks (such as Evasive, Shield Guard, Deadeye, etc) will affect Gunfighter attacks, but not Point Blank attacks.
    • Any buffs/triggers on melee attacks (such as Battle Lust, Riposte etc) will affect Point Blank attacks, but not Gunfighter attacks.
• Gunfighter & Cavalry ( Edit )
  • A cavalry model that charges then makes a Gunfighter attack will not gain a boosted charge attack roll, because a ranged attack is not a charge attack. (Infernal Ruling)
  • You also won't gain a boosted charge damage roll, as per normal for a Gunfighter.
• Gunfighter vs RNG modifiers (Edit)
  • Unlike what most people might tell you, Gunfighter doesn't have a "range", it just lets the model make ranged attacks while in melee. The gun's actual RNG is unaffected though, until you put something like Windstorm (-5 RNG) on it. Then what happens is:
  1. If the gun is RNG 7, Windstorm will reduce it to 2". Thus it won't affect any Gunfighter attacks.
  2. If the gun is RNG 6, Windstorm will reduce it to 1". Thus you can only make Gunfighter attacks vs models within 1" (if you can - charging Gunfighters may be more limited).
  3. If the gun is RNG 5, Windstorm will reduce it to 0". Thus you can't make any attacks as per 'Weapon Statistics' (page 19 of the core rulebook).

  (Infernal Ruling)