RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.5)2024-05-30

197 – The rules suggest that only enemies dealt damaged by an attack are considered attacked “When an attack…

Question

197 – The rules suggest that only enemies dealt damaged by an attack are considered attacked “When an attack deals damage to multiple enemies, the attacking character is considered to have attacked each of those enemies.” And it’s previously been ruled that flurry of blades only triggers retaliate on characters it deals damages to not on those that it just confuses because only characters it deals damage to are attacked. Does this mean if I play Tackle to stun an enemy but don’t deal them damage they are considered a target of an attack so I won’t trigger retaliate? Am I considered to have attacked for other effects?

Answer

Any enemy targeted by an Attack-labeled event or ability is considered “attacked,” even if that ability doesn’t deal damage to that enemy. We recognize this isn’t spelled out in the current rules, so we want to make that clearer in an upcoming rules reference update.

The rulings we made for Flurry of Blades assumed that only Psi-Katanas were in play, having the player deal multiple instances of damage, and were not intended to make any statements on Flurry’s confuse effect; we apologize for the confusion that this has caused.

If you confuse an enemy with Flurry of Blades, you are still considered to have attacked that enemy, and would trigger that enemy’s Retaliate if it has that keyword. Similarly, if you stun an enemy with Tackle but don’t deal damage to that enemy, you are still considered to have attacked that enemy, and will trigger that enemy’s Retaliate if it has that keyword.

— Alex