RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-07-20

50 – Regarding the following ruling. Guard prevents you from initiating attacks, but does not prevent you…

Question

50 – Regarding the following ruling. Guard prevents you from initiating attacks, but does not prevent you from dealing damage. We rule that, if you already initiated an attack with Swift Retribution and were dealt a Goblin Thrall during the activation, you could still deal the damage from Swift Retribution. In a similar vein, a Stunned status card prevents you from initiating an attack, but does not prevent you from dealing damage. If you’re already resolving an attack by the time Stunned is placed on you, you can still finish resolving the attack. This also applies the same with a Thwart and the Patrol keyword/ becoming confused, right?

Answer

Yes; if you became Confused after initiating a thwart, you would still remove threat with the thwart. And yes, if a minion with Patrol engaged you after you initiated a thwart, you’d still remove threat with the thwart.

— Alex