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I have no problem with hand moving SMTs, as long as the bit is big enough to cover both ends (NOT a tweezer). I let surface tension move the component and plop it into place, this works best for the weeny ones and with proper leaded solder and some flux. I never bother to "tidy up" the job, as long as both ends are connected that will do. MLCC capacitors are in themselves remarkably resisient, it's the ends that drop off. I used to work at Vitramon, we made multilayer ceramic capacitors just down the road from me. The body is subjected to 1000C plus, the ends are not!

It is a wipe off, wipe on, technique.