Why do some people keep insisting that Spirit Leech is a psychic attack?

[HsojVvad]

Why do some people keep say that Spirit Leech is a psychic attack? Can anyone tell me where in the Tyranid codex that it says that? I am on page 62 of the Tyranid codex where it lists Tyranids psychic powers. Spirit Leech is not there.

So why do they keep insisting it's a psychic attack? Just so it will fallow under the FAQ rule of the BRB?

*edit* I thought I was in the rules section, sorry.

[Melissia]

Why do you keep insisting that it's relevant that it is or isn't a psychic attack according to the discussion on the bols blog comments? You still have no proof that it is capable of targeting units in a transport, for instance.

[Madness]

Possibly because it's a psionic ability of a psyker. But it is not. On the other hand the psychic attack FAQ sets a precedent that affects Spirit Leech.

[HsojVvad]

Why do you keep insisting that it's relevant that it is or isn't a psychic attack according to the discussion on the bols blog comments? You still have no proof that it is capable of targeting units in a transport, for instance.

What BolS blog comments are you talking about? I don't know about any blog. I was just reading other posts that someone asked, about the new BRB FAQ that GW released, and someone mentioned the Doom rule again.

So that is why I asked why do people say it's a psychic attack when it's not listed as one.

[Madness]

I did, and while it's not a straight out interpretation it sets a precedents that has parallels in the Doom issue.

[Melissia]

Wait, you go to the BoLS Lounge and you don't read the blog or comments? What?

[HsojVvad]

Wait, you go to the BoLS Lounge and you don't read the blog or comments? What?

Today I am in one of those moods, where I just wanted to read the forums instead of anything else.

[BuFFo]

So why do they keep insisting it's a psychic attack?

They can't read.

[DarkLink]

Possibly because it's a psionic ability of a psyker. But it is not. On the other hand the psychic attack FAQ sets a precedent that affects Spirit Leech.

Well, in the fluff it's a psionic ability. Rules-wise, it's not.

They can't read.

Either that, or they don't read english

[Drakkan Vael]

I did, and while it's not a straight out interpretation it sets a precedents that has parallels in the Doom issue.

Actually it does not. Ruling regarding psychic abilities has absolutely nothing to do with the Spirit Leech ability of the Doom.

As has been stated a couple of hundred times, the ability ist no form of psychic attack or psychic power at all. You might want it to be but that changes nothing in the wording of it.
You might as well claim that the ruling regarding psychic effects and transported troops covers the ability as well, but as long as this is not FAQed, we won't know for sure.

There are two ways in dealing with this: talk with the opponent before the game or simply don't use the Doom at all. (you'll get about two and a half Hive Guard for the Doom in a Pod)