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A pump | A '''pump''' is a card played to temporarily "pump up" (increase) a [[character]]'s [[strength]]. Generally, pumps are played during the [[Skirmish Phase]], after [[Assignment Phase|assignments have been made]]. Most pumps are [[event]]s like {{Card|Flurry of Blows}}, especially when they use a +2/conditional +4 formula. | ||
Cards that grant a continuous bonus, like {{Card|Hobbit Sword}}, are generally not considered pumps. Cards like {{Card|Enraged}} that grant a temporary strength bonus that starts before the Assignment Phase | Some characters, like {{Card|Gimli, Son of Gloin}} can be said to "pump" themselves, and some other card types, like {{Card|Saruman's Ambition}}, can be discarded to pump characters. Since most pumps are '''Skirmish:''' special abilities, they end at the end of that particular skirmish unless the card specifies otherwise (such as {{Card|Savagery to Match Their Numbers}}). | ||
Cards that grant a continuous bonus, like {{Card|Hobbit Sword}}, are generally not considered pumps. Cards like {{Card|Enraged}} that grant a temporary strength bonus that starts before the Assignment Phase could theoretically be called pumps, but they're so rare that they're not often referred to at all. | |||
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Revision as of 21:10, 27 December 2021
A pump is a card played to temporarily "pump up" (increase) a character's strength. Generally, pumps are played during the Skirmish Phase, after assignments have been made. Most pumps are events like Flurry of Blows (2C5)
, especially when they use a +2/conditional +4 formula.
Some characters, like Gimli, Son of Gloin (1R13)
can be said to "pump" themselves, and some other card types, like Saruman's Ambition (1C133)
, can be discarded to pump characters. Since most pumps are Skirmish: special abilities, they end at the end of that particular skirmish unless the card specifies otherwise (such as Savagery to Match Their Numbers (1R139)
).
Cards that grant a continuous bonus, like Hobbit Sword (1C299)
, are generally not considered pumps. Cards like Enraged (6R26)
that grant a temporary strength bonus that starts before the Assignment Phase could theoretically be called pumps, but they're so rare that they're not often referred to at all.
