He still gets the crit, and here's why. The Crit result adds one damage to the damage total, and this is separate from the result itself. The damage total is what is cut in half, not actual dice, so the Crit is still spent. Evades DO get rid of crits by removing dice, but Brace does not actually remove any dice, it only changes the final result.

It's super important to understand the difference between dice and damage, and there is a very important line between them that comes into account quite frequently.

No, you still deal a face up damage card even after using brace. Brace just halves the damage, doesn't take away critical effects.

Sweet. Yeah, it seems we'll have to get used to the idea that the crit result is more of a "damage plus an effect" instead of a "type of damage." Thanks!

Sweet. Yeah, it seems we'll have to get used to the idea that the crit result is more of a "damage plus an effect" instead of a "type of damage." Thanks!

Aye, X-Wing players tend to get caught out by this.

You must unlearn what you have learnt

The important thing to remember is that in Armada, any critical hit results on any die means you can apply *one* critical effect on that attack (and it each counts as one damage). Every ship has the ability to deal the first damage card face up as a critical effect (three crits does not mean 3 faceup cards -- only one effect can be used). Some upgrades allow you to CHANGE your critical effect to something else -- like the Overload Pulse that allows a blue critical to exhaust all defense tokens on the defender.

Remember squadrons completely ignore critical hit icons unless otherwise overridden by a special rule. (When attacking or defending)