Dear Warhammer Community,

When Blood Dragon Knight attacks, is the damage from its Action Ability applied before all other combat damage or when all other combat damage is assigned?

For example, if Blood Dragon Knight was to attack a battlefield containing Festering Nurglings, would the Festering Nurglings die before being able to be declared defenders, or would they live to block and deal 1 damage to the Blood Dragon Knight?

Thanks for the help,

Pete

Any "when this unit attacks" trigger is met when a unit is declared as attacker, and the action can only be used at the first available opportunity afterwards, during the action window following the declaration of attackers step (see the Battlefield phase structure in the Updated Turn Sequence in the FAQ). So Blood Dragon Knight deals the damage from his action way before normal combat damage is dealt, even before defenders are declared. If it is enough to destroy a unit, that unit is destroyed immediately. If it destroys a Fledgling Chaos Spawn, their Forced effect is resolved immediately, interrupting the action chain.

Thank You. That was exactly what I needed.