LotR TCG Wiki → Card Sets:  All 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 → Forums:  TLHH CC

Author Topic: self healing nazgul and timing of abilities  (Read 2371 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

March 15, 2012, 09:59:41 PM
Read 2371 times

h4x0r

  • *
  • Information Offline
  • Orc
  • Posts: 28
self healing nazgul and timing of abilities
« on: March 15, 2012, 09:59:41 PM »
Was curious about the timing of their special abilities during the skirmish phase and whether or not they are strictly limited to the individual skirmishes or THE (in its entirety) Skirmish Phase...

So say I have both ulaire enquea, thrall of the one and ulaire lemenya, thrall of the one in play...here are a few scenarios I would like clarification on:

Enquea's skirmish is resolved first and he wins, thus not taking any wounds.  Lemenya's skirmish is resolved and loses, thus taking a wound.  Before moving onto the next phase, can lemenya use his ability to wound enquea and thus allow enquea to use his healing ability too?

Another example might be with the same two minions in play, but Lemenya has a wound from archery.  Enquea's skirmish is resolved first...before anything happens in that skirmish, can Lemenya heal in order to wound Enquea, even though Lemenya's skirmish is not yet resolved?

OR are they limited to only using their Skirmish: abilities during their individual skirmishes if they have wounds that can be healed?

The latter option does not seem applicable to me, since it would seem to render Lemenya's game text unusable during the skirmish phase.

Thanks for your input!

March 15, 2012, 10:12:52 PM
Reply #1

bibfortuna25

  • *****
  • Information Offline
  • Knight
  • Posts: 1531
Re: self healing nazgul and timing of abilities
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2012, 10:12:52 PM »
Skirmish: abilities can be used during anybody's skirmish. That's why Merry, Friend to Sam can apply his strength to another companion.

Now onto your specific questions.

Since you can only activate a Skirmish: ability during a skirmish, you cannot use it during any other phase. If Lemenya is the last skirmish to be resolved, once he takes a wound, the skirmish is over and you move onto the regroup phase (or the fierce assignment phase).

Lemenya can indeed use his ability during Enquea's skirmish, because you can use any ability anytime you can pay for the action. Enquea, for example, can only heal himself during his own skirmish, because that's exactly what he says. Lemenya has no such restriction, so you can do it during anybody's skirmish.
All cards do what they say, no more, no less.