by ghbell
Todd, the rules call it attack and refer to it as your attack pool. They say you have to ATTACK the mastermind 4 times. The rules call it, "fighting villains."You are correct that it doesn't make any sense of combat. That is a serious issue with the game.
You can alter the wording to make yourself feel better, but the game kills any idea of combat. The villains even help you as you attack them. That is dumb. Even Loki does it. Dumber.