Category:Point-Blank

Rules Clarification : Point-Blank      (Edit)

• Number of attacks
  • Point-Blank gives you an extra initial melee attack (even though, RAW, it doesn't meet the criteria). (Infernal Ruling)
  • If you can make additional melee attacks, these can be Point-Blank attacks regardless of the weapon's ROF. (Locked Thread)
  • If you have the option of choosing between ranged or melee attacks (for instance you combined Point-Blank with Gunfighter), then you need to declare whether you're making melee or ranged attacks this activation, then declare the weapon and the target. (Infernal Ruling)

• AOE
  • Point-Blank AOEs work just fine, because the AOE template isn't tied to the range.
  • You make a melee attack roll then if you hit you centre the AOE template, or you miss and deviate the AOE template (it can only deviate 0.25").
  • If you have a buff to melee damage rolls (such as Flaming Fists) then it will affect the blast damage rolls too.

• Sprays
  • Point-Blank sprays don't really work. The spray template is intrinsically linked to the attack's range, and Point-Blank overwrites the range.
  • You still get one attack tho - you make the melee attack roll, then go straight to the melee damage roll. You never put the spray template down.

• Other
  • Since Point-Blank only works during your activation, you can't use it on free strikes or other out-of-activation melee attacks.

• 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.