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ErrataHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)

Expansion card questions: You noted that “the interaction of Stealth Strike and Loki is different…because Overkill does not require…

⚠ This errata is from an older rules version (Hall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)) and might be outdated. Errata from older versions are generally folded into the current Rules Reference 1.7.

Question

You noted that “the interaction of Stealth Strike and Loki is different…because Overkill does not require the minion to be actually defeated [to trigger] to deal excess damage to the villain.” But in the latest Rules Reference Guide, it states under Overkill: “If an attack with overkill defeats a minion, excess damage from the attack (damage beyond the minion’s remaining hit points) is dealt to the villain.” The RRG notes that you do have to defeat a minion for Overkill to work. Will Overkill be getting an errata in the next FAQ? Or is the FAQ incorrect that you need to defeat a minion?

Erratum

[Michael] Boggs and I had a good talk about this question last week. The examples for Overkill in the RRG are interesting because the language is slightly different for overkill against allies vs overkill against minions. We are going to streamline that language with our next update. In the end, we agreed that Overkill does not require you to place the minion in the discard pile, but only to apply enough damage so that the minion has no HP remaining. So I believe my original answer stands.

-Caleb