Damage and healing
After combat, which units heal? Does earlier damage stay marked?
Combat Cleanup heals every surviving unit
RiftPal explanation · Answer first
Actually
During Combat CleanupAn automatic rules check that handles winning, lethal damage and board conditions before play continues. It is not an action you choose or normally announce, and an ordinary check does not heal units.View in Glossary , clear all marked damage from every surviving unit in play, including units at BaseYour Base is your personal location where your units can be played and return to during the game.View in Glossary s and other BattlefieldA Battlefield is a shared location that players compete to control during the game.View in Glossary . Units with Lethal DamageMarked damage sufficient to kill a unit in cleanup. Normally it must be a nonzero amount at least equal to the unit's Might. Effects can change the amount needed.View in Glossary are killed before this healing happens.
RiftPal explanation
Why it matters
Healing is part of Combat Cleanup after combat damage, not the moment players finish the combat ShowdownA Showdown is a structured opportunity for players to act when a Battlefield is contested.View in Glossary . It includes damage marked before that combat and units that did not fight.
Ending a non-combat Showdown does not automatically heal units. A separate healing step also occurs at the end of every turn.
In practice
At the table
Your unit at Base has 2 damage marked. A combat finishes at another Battlefield. If that unit remains in play through the lethal-damage check, Combat Cleanup clears its 2 damage too.