The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set
← All The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set questions
Does direct damage ignore an enemy's defense or shield value?
Two separate threads describe direct damage this way, but no rulebook line states the shield point.
- picklethehutt · Community · 2024-03-18
- Marctimmins89 · Community · 2026-02-26
Yes. Direct damage is not an attack, so defense does not reduce it, and an enemy's shield value does not stop it either. Gandalf's Response is one example: it hits a shielded enemy for its full amount.
More The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set questions · Full rulebook