RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-01-25

144 – Steel Fist reads: Hero action (attack): deal 5 damage to an enemy. You may discard a tough status from…

Question

144 – Steel Fist reads: Hero action (attack): deal 5 damage to an enemy. You may discard a tough status from your hero. If you do, stun and confuse that enemy. If the enemy has retaliate, is the tough status still on Colossus when you get the option of discarding it, or does the retaliate damage remove the tough before the second part of Steel Fist kicks in?

Answer

You’d resolve the entirety of Steel Fist’s ability before triggering Retaliate on the attacked enemy—meaning, you can discard the Tough status card from Colossus to stun and confuse the enemy before the enemy deals Retaliate damage back. (Note, the enemy being Stunned does not prevent it from dealing Retaliate damage.)

— Alex