>>96035846
I don't think I suggested using that ability offensively? Please don't put words in my mouth.
I also didn't mention meltaguns either. What I said was that the rule forces enemy duelists wanting to jump Perturabo to wait until every dangerous direct fire ranged weapon within 12" of perturabo is dead, including not just infantry but also every vehicle or dreadnought without the blast tag too because this rule
>>96035134 never actually mentions unit types, just iron warriors not currently locked in melee.
The gambit basically let's any non blast ranged weapon within 12" of pert become a sniper rifle for a turn. If your only counter to that is "just kill every powerful shooting unit within 12 inches of the primarch of a legion renowned for good shooting first" then you need to understand thats literally just how you fight Iron Warriors. You kill their guns before their guns kill you.
Its not as if its any great burden for the IW to spend shitloads of points on guns senpai. They were never going to bring anything else anyway.