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If a pilot ability, such as Dengar's, states you may perform an action after defending, does that action take place before the attack is considered fully resolved? For example, if a TIE Phantom with advanced cloaking fires at Dengar, and the TIE is within Dengar's firing arc, can Dengar shoot back BEFORE the advanced cloaking device allows the Phantom to recloak?

For Dengar against Whisper with ACD, the effects trigger at the same time so it would come down to who has initiative.

At least that seems to be the general consensus until FFG adds it to the FAQ.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
For Dengar against Whisper with ACD, the effects trigger at the same time so it would come down to who has initiative.

At least that seems to be the general consensus until FFG adds it to the FAQ.

Okay, I guess that's probably the best way to resolve it until something more concrete comes out. The way both are worded, my first instinct was Dengar acts before the ACD triggers, since you complete defense before resolving hits.

"When defending" is not the same as the 'roll defense dice' step, though - you are the attacker or the defender for the whole of the 'perform attack' step.

This is important because if one of the damage results from the attack was "Blinded Pilot", Dengar would have suffered this critical before getting to shoot (hence he wouldn't get to roll attack dice and would spend his 'free shot' flipping the card face-down).


So you resolve the attack, then fire back (or whatever else you do) immediately after. Which means it's at the same time as the 'free cloak action' and Whisper's free focus token. So (as ScootyPuffJunior said) whilst it's not explicit in the FAQ, the default rule is to apply those actions in initiative order.