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Can I spend surges on an attack that misses or deals no damage?
The official Rules Reference Guide states this.
- Star Wars: Imperial Assault Rules Reference Guide · Official document · Surges
- Star Wars: Imperial Assault Rules Reference Guide · Official document · Miss
- Star Wars: Imperial Assault Rules Reference Guide · Official document · Attacks
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Yes. Surges are spent in step 5, before accuracy and damage are checked, so a miss or a block-everything defense does not stop surge abilities such as recovering strain or adding damage. The exceptions are Blast, Cleave and condition keywords (Stun, Bleed and so on), which only work if the target actually suffers damage.