Marvel Champions Codex

RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.6)2024-10-18

23 – My question is about the particulars of this bullet under target: “A target that “cannot take damage”…

⚠ This ruling is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.6)) and might be outdated.

Question

23 – My question is about the particulars of this bullet under target: “A target that “cannot take damage” is not a valid target for an ability that deals damage.” So, assuming I have a tough villain that cannot take damage with no other enemies, can I: 1. Play Tackle without the kicker? 2. Play Tackle with the kicker? 3. Play Piercing Strike? (just to remove the Tough)

Answer

  1. As long as Tackle can stun the chosen enemy, it can be played; you can play Tackle and target the villain in this case.
  2. Same as #1, nothing additional happens in this case because you can’t deal damage to the enemy, but you can still stun it. In other words, it doesn’t matter if you pay with a physical resource or not.
  3. Yes, Piercing Strike can be played to remove the tough status card. Although the first sentence doesn’t have a valid target, we believe the second one does, and is able to remove the tough status card.

— Alex