Hold the Line

Event. Cost: 0.

Response: When an enemy attacks a player, that player may declare up to 3 eligible characters as defenders against this attack. Then, the players as a group may spend 2 resources to ready each defending character that takes no damage from this attack.

Guillaume Ducos

The City of Corsairs #140. Leadership.

Hold the Line
Reviews

I know this card is trying to encourage multi-colored decks, but why would I not just feint for a coin cheaper if I am going to trigger the second ability. I guess with 3 Gondorian Spearman or other similar cards such as Defender of Cair Andros or Spear of the Citadel but that is awfully niche.

LEGOlas 131
Feint will not work against immune enemies, which also tend to have high attack, or enemies attacking outside the combat phase or enemies making unexpected additional attacks. This card is one of the few options to add Defense stats too. But yeah it's quite niche, though it can be quite fun with some Spears of the Citadel shenanigans. — Alonewolf87 2503
I never knew it added the defense, I play like the enemy is just attacking each chosen defender. If playing with the combined Defense stats would you choose who would take any damage delt or would it be split evenly as possible? — Wandering Ranger 55
You choose who gets the damage, starting with one character, dealing all possible damage to it and then moving on to the next one if necessary (and so forth until all the damage is dealt) — Alonewolf87 2503
This makes this card a lot more playable for me, Thanks. — Wandering Ranger 55
I re-read that card's wording and it seems that the defense is not "added" nor summed, but "chained" or sequenced. The ennemy's attack has to pierce three consecutive defense layers. Ex. : I declare 3 defenders, with 2 def, 1 def, 1 def. The ennemy attacks at 4. To simplify, assume there is no shadow effect. My first defender takes 2 damages, so absorb 2 points of the total attack. Then the second defender takes 1 damage, and the third is dealt 1-1 = 0 damage. So the player(s) could spend 2 tactics resources to ready that last defender who doesn't take any damage. — Troglo 88
FAQ (1.04) Damage and Multiple Defenders If a player uses card effects to declare multiple defenders against a single enemy attack, the defending player must assign all damage from that attack to a single defending character. — Sackmoney 122
If declaring multiple defenders didn't add together their defense, — Sackmoney 122
Sorry, shouldn't be trying do to this on mobile. If declaring multiple defenders didn't add together their defense, the above FAQ would render this card completely meaningless. Even without the FAQ, if defense were not added together, it would be better in almost every case to take an attack with a single, disposable character than to kill up to three of your characters at once. The defense must be added, not chained, for this card to have any sort of positive effect. — Sackmoney 122
@Sackmoney Right. Sorry, I was just tired :-) — Troglo 88