Final Triumph

[Pepi]

Got a question concerning this card. Does a character's vitality get altered by wounds? For example...If a character with 4 vitality has 2 wounds. Does that count as 2 vitality?

[MR. Lurtzy]

Yes, wounds take away from the vitality of a character. If that character has a normal vitality of 4, and then is wounded, only 3 vitality can be used in the skirmish.

[Pepi]

Thought so. Tnx for the confirmation.

[Kralik]

Important to keep in mind for the likes of Everyone Knows.

Similarly, a character is exhausted if they have a vitality of 1. Thus, most Dunland and Moria minions are always exhausted.

[Pepi]

Tnx for clearing that up then. I had been playing Final Triumph a while ago, but then wasn't sure if i used it correctly vitality-wise. Despite it's cost, it can be quite a magic bullet.

[Alazzar]

I may be mistaken (being that I've never played with any cards past set 13), but if you had, say, a 4-vitality Uruk against a 2-vitality Companion, wouldn't Final Triumph cause an overwhelm?

If so, that's awesome.  =P  Nice way to get around wound prevention, or just drop a companion that you otherwise wouldn't have damaged enough to kill!

[legolas3333]

i won a game like that once, overwhelm the RB with a 4 vitality uruk vs his wounded isildur

[TheJord]

Ugluk, Ugly Fellow + Isengard Siege Bow + Spear of the White Hand is trouble for any companion

[Alazzar]

Ugluk, Ugly Fellow + Isengard Siege Bow + Spear of the White Hand is trouble for any companion

Well, he only needs one possession or the other; being at 5 vitality isn't any more helpful than being at 4 in terms of overwhelms (unless he's fighting someone with 2.5 vitality  =P).  Though it's always nice to have an extra point of vitality in case he gets wounded, of course.

[Pepi]

And it's priceless to see the expression on the opponent's face when he's trying to overwhelm an urukhai with Cirdan, for example...