RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-05-10

159 – Few questions. 1. I found some timing rules under the retaliate entry about taking damage that might…

Question

159 – Few questions. 1. I found some timing rules under the retaliate entry about taking damage that might be what I was looking for. I believe the Bishop hero response of “taking damage from an attack” triggers during step 4 of an enemy attack which means it happens before retaliate and before “after attacks” “after attacks and damages” and “after defends” responses. Meaning I could discard for resources before his text is blanked by the pestlience villain. Is this correct? 2.Can I trigger both copies of Bishops supercharged upgrade when both have enough counters to give max damage resulting in +16ATK? 3. In the four horseman scenario, does the active counter move when a villain that doesn’t have the active counter activates like from a treachery? And if it does move, who does it move to? 4.If the Magiks hero’s text box is blank, do effects like her Soul Strike event check the top card for specific resources or is that only when the top card is face up when her constant ability is active? 5.In the 3rd scenario of the campaign, Apocalypse, when a new stage is revealed from the main scheme completing, do you immediately reset the villain hit point dial?

Answer

Yes; Bishop’s Response to taking damage triggers during step 4 of the attack, and Pestilence’s Forced Response triggers after step 4 of the attack is completed.
Yes, you can trigger both copies of Super-Charged for the same attack and get a bonus from each, up to +16 ATK.
Yes; The Horsemen of Apocalypse instructs you to always move the active counter “to the next villain” after a villain activates. This happens even when the villain that had the active counter was not the one that activated. The active counter always moves 1 villain to the right (or from the rightmost villain to the leftmost villain), regardless of which villain activated.
No; if Magik’s text box is treated as blank, the top card of her deck is flipped facedown, and abilities/effects that depend on the topmost card in her deck are ignored. You could still play Soul Strike to deal 4 damage, but you could not stun the enemy if the top card of your deck has its card back faceup (even if you knew what resource icon was on its other side).
Yes, when a new stage of Apocalypse is flipped, you reveal it and reset his hit point dial.

— Alex