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Does an enemy counterattack when I attack it with a ranged weapon from afar?

The rulebook text covers this directly, and forum answers apply it the same way.

  • The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth rulebook · Rulebook · Counterattack
  • GeneInKC · Community · 2026-01-30
  • Pantheiros · Community · 2025-06-08
  • Reshyk · Community · 2020-05-18
  • paulsecond · Community · 2024-10-07
  • TrentFR · Community · 2024-10-07

Only if it is in range of you. A counterattack needs the enemy to be in range of the hero who attacked, so a non-ranged enemy cannot counterattack a ranged attacker who is not in its space. Only the hero who made the attack can be counterattacked, even if other heroes share the space.

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