Stun



A stun is a status effect that causes the target to lose its next turn. It is signalled by a yellow, pulsing halo with a thunderbolt upon the affected unit's head.

Effects and interactions
Some abilities of both heroes and enemies are able to stun one or more targets. When the stun is triggered at the start of the affected unit's turn, the unit's turn is skipped and a temporary buff heightening the unit's stun resistance by 40% is applied for the duration of one turn, making it harder to keep a unit stunned continuously. If the unit is successfully stunned multiple turns in a row, the stun resistance buff stacks (80%, 120%, etc.) until the unit finally gets a turn. Stun will cancel any Guard and Riposte status (except Esquire with "Skewering Repartee"), wich it makes a good way to prevent many enemies strategy (mostly Bone Defender, Pelagic Guardian, or Collected Man-at-Arms).

Applying, preventing and removing stuns
Both heroes and enemies possess a varying resistance to stuns that gives them a chance to avoid the status effect when hit by an ability that applies it.

Heroes that can apply stuns include for example the Plague Doctor or the Abomination. Abilities that stun usually have drawbacks such as reduced or null damage, but they are nevertheless very useful at keeping specific enemies at bay or reducing the overall amount of damage suffered by the party during the turn.

The only means of removing an applied stun from an ally is by using the Arbalest's Rallying Flare or Musketeer's Skeet Shot, which clear both stuns and marks on any ally.