Stunning Shots & Retaliation

[hansvedic]

Greetings Folks,

 

Per the title, can Stunning Shots be activated by retaliation attacks such as those by items or Battle-Forged?

 

I'm curious as to whether this could work.

 

EDIT: On another note, is there any synergy between the fighter ability "Take the Hit" and retaliation? The flavor text of "Take the Hit" suggests that the fighter takes damage from the foe attacking an ally, which would suggest that retaliation would activate against said foe. Does the game actually allow that, though?

Edited April 28, 2018 by hansvedic

[Boeroer]

Stunning Shots doesn't work with retaliation. Maybe it has something to do with the requirement that ranger and pet have to attack the same enemy.

 

Take the Hit transfers 50% of the damage a party member would receive as raw damage. There is no retaliation happening because this is not done via normal attack resolution.