Sorry if this has been asked before; I can't find a yes or no answer anywhere.

Can Enhacement be used to make Energy Explosion damage 2? Meaning that splash damage would be 2 also.

Thanks in advance,

HUMVEE Driver

You would think the FAQ and errata could be more specific about such a basic question like this.

yes it can.you can enhance but NOT perplex.thats how it works

Not exactly. You cannot use any powers that will boost the damage of an Energy Explosion attack. EE deals damage equal to the number of targets hit. Nothing more, nothing less, unless you critically hit.

To your credit... it USED to work that way.
I think it was changed in Icons, although it may have been DR..... but either way, it no longer deals 1 damage... it deals damage for each of the number of characters it hits (eg 2 or 3 targets).

I think it changed with Icons as I started playing around the time Armor Wars came out. It was already set to the number of targets when I started up.

see thats crazy cause enhancement says at any time during your turn you can enhance.so i think it still works.i myself enchance ee all the time i'll have to ask my judge again because i'm playing in COG tonight, and i think i might pull a us agent and crossbones.

You cannot enhance ee, nor can you perplex it or oracle it.


The bolded portions explain how it's damage works. Those are the only ways to have ee do more than 1 damage. The bit about a character being dealt damage equal to the number of times it is hit applies if a fig is hit by the splash on each of a double shot ee attack.

Its states that for Energy explosion give the character a ranged combat action, the attackers damage rating becomes one until the action resolves.

Enhancements read that it give the attackers damage rating +1 When they make a ranged combat attack.

Essentially its the same as with Incap. then enhancements raises the damage value up by 1 then it gets reduced to 1 when you use the EE.

Before, Enhancement added to damage dealt, which made V IC Ultron a beast.

That's what I thought, thanks for clearing things up.