Hit By Attack

A ship is counted as being hit by an attack if, at the end of the "Compare Results" step, any Hit or Crit results were not cancelled. The ship will take damage from those uncancelled hits and crits, and some effects may trigger on hit, such as Stealth Device or Shadow Caster.

Sometimes a hit or crit cannot be cancelled, e.g. by Ten Numb or Fanatical Devotion; these can guarantee a hit despite the defenses of the target. Being hit can be independent of taking damage from the attack. Lieutenant Blount guarantees that the target is hit by the attack even if it takes no damage. "Quickdraw" triggers whether the loss of shielding came from an attack, ability, or asteroid.

Effects that are not attacks, such as Bombs, radius damage from Assault Missiles, pilot abilities like Captain Oicunn, and upgrades like Black Market Slicer Tools and Feedback Array, do not count as being hit by an attack, and thus do not trigger on-hit effects.