Hi Folks,

just saw a post that said you can make multiple ranged combat attacks agaisnt the same target. Someone tell me this guyy is just crazy and that the new vet Hawkeye cant blast someone 3 times in a row.

Thanks all!

that guy read the rules wrong. He got confused and didnt realize that rule only applied to big figs

Actually, you can make multiple ranged combats against the same target.
What you CAN'T do is make multiple ranged combats with the same warrior.
So if you have three actions, then yes, you can make three different attacks, and they can all be targetted at the same target, but they have to be made by three different warriors.

Unless, of course, that warrior is a Sentinel or Sinestro. They CAN make multiple ranged attacks against the same target.

No technically they can't. In a single action they cannot blast the same character, what they can do is make multiple actions in one turn.

No, I think you're wrong. You can make multiple ranged or close combat attacks against the same character. Hawkeye can shoot someone 3 times for 15 total clicks.

Show me one place in the rules that says Hawkeye can't shoot his super arrows at someone over and over.........you can't do it! The rule book doesn't say that!!!!

HAHHAAHAHAHHAHAH........you all are losers! Hawkeye rulz da hizzouse!

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Just in case someone reads lukebuchanan's post and thinks it is true, you have to remember that all three 'bolts says is that you can target up to three different characters with THE SAME (ranged combat) ATTACK. So you aren't making three attacks, so you can't attack the same character three times. Or twice. Only once.

Of course, Hawkeye still rules with his Ultimates team ability and three targets.

The big figs can target the same figure with each part of their multi-attack.

FJ, that's exactly what I said. The thing is the Sentinel does not have two arrows that allow him to shoot the same character. He has one arrow and his rules specifically allow him to make two separate attacks in one action (akin to flurry). Two separate attacks can target the same character, but one single multi-target attack CANNOT target the same character twice.

And I did not contradict what you said. In fact, I agreed with you.

I remember when I just started heroclix my friend got a vet cyclops and he would kill ANYONE with one attack and he'd use running shot too! I hated when he'd kill my vet batman in one action. I was relieved when we knew how it really worked.

Sorry, I definately misinterpreted the context of your statement.

Deepak420,

In case you didn't realize it, I was condensing the big fig rules when I made my reply. My statement, by the way, was made to point out the error in the previous reply, which stated "What you CAN'T do is make multiple ranged combats with the same warrior". My statement didn't imply that it could be done with only a single action.

A big fig can be given a multi-attack action, with which they MAY take 2 free actions against the same target. These free actions can be power actions, ranged combat actions, or close combat actions. In turn, these can result in ranged combat attacks.

Obviously, by using the free ranged combat actions to initiate ranged combat attacks, the Sentinel/Sinestro CAN "blast the same character". Of course, it will have to successfully roll each time, but they most certainly can do exactly what I stated. They can use a single action to initiate multiple actions, which in turn initiate multiple attacks.

Look dude, you didn't say anything about the multi-attack ability (cosmic or otherwise). Dern said '3 actions...3 attacks' and you replied that the sentinel could do this, no mention of multi-attack or anything, so what was I supposed to assume? I'm not trying to be derisive or anything but I really cannot read your mind and I felt that you left out a couple of points - I added them in. No harm, no foul though right?

No harm, no foul-you're right, you can't read my mind, and I failed to quote the sentence I was responding to. I was replying to one part, you thought I was replying to another. Poor communication on my part, that's all. For the record:

My reply:

My reply was an oversimplification (too much of one) of the big fig multi-attack power action, and was more of a reminder that there are single warriors who can make multiple ranged combats against one target.