I'm seeing conflicting opinions/threads on this one, probably because the rules for this power have changed a couple times (and are about to change again). Since the only 2 people I play with & I are all brand new and learning the ropes, we figured we start using the new rules right away (no sense in learning something that's not going to be around much longer, and none of us are anywhere near playing in a real official competition anywhere anyway).

I know the new rules are not finalized yet, but given what we do know, would a critical hit with Energy Explosion deal 3 damage to ALL hit targets, or just the initial target, while the others receive a splash damage of 2?

I would assume that, if New Energy Explosion deals two to the main target and two to splashed targets, that a Critical Hit would increase all damage by one.

This may shed some light on their intent for NuEnergyExplosion.

From the E&C

What about multiple targets of EE? Take Punisher in fast forces for example. He has 3 targets. If they are all next to each other and he can target all three figures, how much damage is dealt? Do you still go through all targets and assign splash damage one at a time (a total of up to 6 damage for a couple of the figs) or is it limited to one score period? Help me out?

EE Splash damage only hits untargeted characters. If you target all three, and there are no other adjacent characters, then you split your damage between the three targets. No splash.

As written in the preview the hit characters are dealt 2 damage. The damage does not stack.

2017 Energy Explosion preview:

Thank you very much.

Ah, didn't realize it was a new rules question. That works, too.