RulingHall of Heroes (rules 1.0–1.4)2022-09-22

Mojo: Can you give some clarification for how Dragon’s effect works? It states “double the amount of damage this…

Question

Can you give some clarification for how Dragon’s effect works? It states “double the amount of damage this minion takes from cards with a printed energy resource.” 1) Does this include events with a printed energy resource as well as upgrades and supports? 2) If I use Relentless Assault to attack Dragon, and Dragon has less than 10 hp, does Relentless still double for 10 damage with the remainder as overkill? Or does only enough damage to defeat Dragon double? What if Dragon has an odd number if hp remaining? 3) In a fictional scenario where overkill could be spilled onto a minion, and Relentless Assault is used on one minion where overkill spills over to Dragon, is that overkill doubled?

Answer

A: Dragon will take double damage when it’s the target of damage from a card that deals damage directly to it and has a printed energy resource—often, that will mean events or allies, but some upgrades (Lie in Wait · MarvelCDB) or supports (Tac Team · MarvelCDB) fall into this category.

If there were an upgrade with an energy resource that constantly boosted a hero’s ATK, for example, Dragon would NOT take additional damage from that hero’s basic attacks, because that upgrade did not specifically target Dragon with damage.

Keep in mind that Dragon’s ability has it TAKE double damage, but it does not cause events to DEAL double damage. The amount of damage is doubled only when it’s applied to Dragon. To illustrate this:

If Dragon had 10 health left, Relentless Assault would deal 5 to it, and Dragon would take 10. No damage is applied to the villain.

If Dragon had only 5 health left, Relentless Assault would still deal 5 to Dragon, and Dragon would take 10, but all of Relentless Assault’s damage still was applied to Dragon, leaving no excess damage.

If Dragon had only 2 health left, Relentless Assault would deal 2, Dragon would take 4, and Relentless Assault would then deal 3 overkill damage to the villain.

I am going to decline to answer this hypothetical until it can actually happen in the game.

— Alex