Undirected Wounding

Indirect Wounding refers to abilities that place wounds, but on character(s) of your opponent's choice. Archery and wounds caused by threats are the primary sources of indirect wounds, but many other cards have a similar effect, like Isenorcs, Éowyn, Lady of Ithilien (10R72) , and Gothmog, Lieutenant of Morgul (10R88) . Such abilities are usually phrased as "the (opposing alignment) player must wound a character".

Indirect wounding contrasts with direct wounding, where you choose which of your opponent's characters you want to wound (and of course you would want to place those on the most valuable targets). Direct wounding strategies are often combined with indirect wounding, however, to help wear down your opponent's characters.

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