Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2023-10-26

105 – If I attack the Malice minion with an ally with 1 HP left, does the ally turned minion become defeated…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.5)) and might be outdated.

Question

105 – If I attack the Malice minion with an ally with 1 HP left, does the ally turned minion become defeated by consequential damage or does malice effect stop that consequential damage? We’re not sure if CD is more like a response or a delayed effect that turns on the moment you use one of your allies basic powers Unrelated question. For an effect that states “attacks and damages”, is that referring to dealt damage or damage that character “takes”?

Answer

  1. Assuming Malice attaches to the same ally used to attack her, then no, that ally-minion would not take consequential damage (CD). This is because Malice’s “When Defeated” ability would resolve before CD is dealt to that ally, and the ability prevents the ally from taking CD.
  2. If an ability checks if a target was “attacked and damaged,” the target of the attack needs to have taken damage from the attack.

— Alex