RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-06-15

30 – I have some questions regarding 1.5 and a couple extras 😃 1.Can another player play a (defense)…

Question

30 – I have some questions regarding 1.5 and a couple extras 😃
1.Can another player play a (defense) labeled event card or trigger a (defense) labeled ability during an enemy attack in which another player already defended using their heroes basic DEF power?
2.If your identity is at full HP, can you use your REC basic power?
3.With the SETUP abilities for the Heroes, Valkyrie and Rogue. We didn’t see anything about them and as their cards don’t have the permanent keyword, have you guys discussed what to do about these if anything?
4.With Visions Phased Disruption event, if the enemy I confused doesn’t have an attachment with the text hero action or hero response, can I even play it without a valid CHOOSE target?
5.We would love to confirm that Visions starting hand size is 5?
6.With the updated FAQ in 1.5 for widows bite, we don’t understand why if the keyword quickstrike has timing priority and goes First, why it then waits for the response on widows bite instead of fully resolving?
7. With the upcoming White fox basic ally, does she physically have to be the top card of the deck or could she be discarded with something like global logistics in which she started as the second card for example?
8.With the upcoming Angel hero. If you trigger his response in Angel hero form, change form, then play Metamorphosis to change back to Angel form, can you trigger his ability again?
9. Can you play an (attack) ot (thwart) EVENT card while stunned or confused just to clear the status card even if there isn’t a valid target. Like “get over here” while stunned and no minions in play for example.

Answer

No. If one player defends an attack, including by using a basic defense, another player cannot then play a Defense event.
No. You must be able to heal at least 1 damage to use a basic recovery.
Valkyrie’s Death-Glow and Rogue’s Touched count toward each hero’s deck size.
Yes, you can play Phase Disruption to confuse the enemy and not discard an attachment.
Correct, Vision’s opening hand size is 5.
Quickstrike is considered resolved when the subsequent attack initiates, not finishes. Quickstrike and Widow’s Bite are both responding to a minion entering play & engaging Black Widow, and Quickstrike is resolving first by having the minion initiate its attack, but Widow’s Bite is then able to resolve before all the steps of the attack are completed. And since the attack was initiated, the minion will still complete its attack even with Widow’s Bite’s stun, unless the 2 damage dealt to it defeats it.
Yes, you can resolve White Fox’s ability if she’s the second card in a deck and discarded via Global Logistics.
No, you cannot resolve Angel’s ability twice in the same round.
Yes, you can pay the cost of an attack event to discard stunned even if there’s not a valid target to attack. Similarly, you can pay the cost of a thwart event to discard confused even if there’s no threat in play. These are both stated in RR 1.5, under “Stunned” and “Confused.”

— Alex