Biggs: "Before a friendly squadron with Escort at distance 1 suffers damage during an attack, you may reduce the total damage by 1. If you do, choose a friendly squadron with Escort at distance 1. That squadron suffers 1 damage."

An opponent shoots Biggs for 3 damage.

Biggs braces the damage to 2.

Biggs then uses his ability to reduce the total damage by 1.

He chooses as himself as his surrogate. Biggs is a friend squadron with Escort and he is at distance 1 of himself.

Biggs suffers 1 damage from this substitution.

Then Biggs suffers the remaining 1 damage.

I don't see anything on this card that would keep this from happening, nor am I aware of anything in the rulebook which would you keep you from choosing Biggs as the target for his own ability.

Now pair that with Gallant Haven. Normally, Biggs could pair himself up with an X-Wing and as long as they're both at range 1 of GH, they could survive 4 damage with no actual damage. Looks like Biggs can do this trick solo.

Edit: Maybe it's this new editor, but I can't see how to keep this text from being double-spaced like it is.

GH doesn't mitigate the damage dealt by Biggs' ability.

Or perhaps I didn't think this through all the way.

Gallant Haven: "Before a friendly squadron at distance 1 suffers damage from an attack, reduce the total damage by 1."

The damage Biggs deals to friendly squadrons might not count as coming from an attack.

Gallant Haven prevents damage from an attack. Biggs's damage is not from an attack, it's from Biggs.

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Just now, Undeadguy said:

Gallant Haven prevents damage from an attack. Biggs's damage is not from an attack, it's from Biggs.

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Makes sense.
Thanks y'all.

40 minutes ago, Undeadguy said:

Also, press shift+enter to get single spaces.
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Ooooo - thank you, good sir!
No, really.
Best thing I've seen posted today.

Also, if you use Biggs to move a point of damage from Dutch's attack, the squad you move the damage to is not activated/takes extra damage. Since the damage came from Biggs, not Dutch. And I think Dutch says when the target of your attack takes damage you activate it. I thought Dutch was a good work around to Biggs until I was told otherwise.

4 hours ago, Undeadguy said:

Gallant Haven prevents damage from an attack. Biggs's damage is not from an attack, it's from Biggs.

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1 hour ago, ManInTheBox said:

I post on a phone

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I don't enjoy traversing the forums on my phone. I don't know how you second class citizens do it.