# \[Reported\] Blightwing's explode doesn't work if the target dies

**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-blightwings-explode-doesnt-work-if-the-target-dies/62480
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-blightwings-explode-doesnt-work-if-the-target-dies/62480 "2020-04-03T14:52:22Z")
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### Author: ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/reported-blightwings-explode-doesnt-work-if-the-target-dies/62480/6 "2020-04-03T16:21:16Z")

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I’ve seen a similar issue a while back, and I don’t think it ever got fixed, where Warhawk gets denied an extra turn if his initial damage kills a target with Hunter’s Mark. Heres a bug report from 2018 (there are many support threads dated earlier, going back into 2017):

> [@Warhawk does't get extra turn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/warhawk-doest-get-extra-turn/44030):
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> Android, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 I’m using the archer class, to place hunter’s mark on the enemies on 4 or 5 matches. The hunters marks appears as intended. The warhawk’s ability says he gets an extra turn if it’s used on hunters marked enemy. But it isn’t. Always. To reproduce: use the warhawk.

~~I don’t think the issue was ever resolved, but I don’t have time to check right now. Maybe someone can do a quick check to see if this is around, because it is almost certainly related.~~ Warhawk is definitely still bugged, does not give an extra turn casting on marked enemies if his initial damage is lethal.

The core issue is the same in both - status effect condition checks _always_ fail if the target dies before the check is made. This is either due to all statuses having been cleared _by_ the death itself before the condition check is made or because the target is now “dead”, and targeting is lost.

A tangentially related issue was with Orc Veteran, where _skill point_ compares would also fail past lethality. This was reported ([Orc Veteran not creating red gems if enemy dies [fixed]](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/orc-veteran-not-creating-red-gems-if-enemy-dies-fixed/32053) - one of many) and was apparently fixed in 3.2.5 per thread responses (confirmed it _is_ working correctly now). A similar consideration needs to be applied to status effects condition checks as was done to skill point condition checks for the effected troops (either the check and therefore secondary effect is done earlier in the spell order or the relevant data needs to somehow be “kept around” for condition checks like this).

And yes, the Warhawk issue was an accepted bug report a long time ago and was apparently on their internal issues list (per my first linked thread responses, not sure why it ever got dropped off since it is still unresolved) and this is the same cause, so this _is_ a bug.

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