Does "during strike resolution" effect works vs combat ends?

Does "during strike resolution" effect works vs combat ends?
For example,
Dark Steel
[obt][pot] The opposing minion takes 1 damage each round of combat during normal strike resolution (at close range). This vampire gets an optional maneuver this round, only usable to go to close range.

Does this effect work if opposing minion play strike: combat ends?

No.

Ankha wrote:

alek wrote:

No.

Correct, because damage are dealt "during normal strike resolution" which happens after the resolution of strike: combat ends.
(Same thing for Carrion Crows).

Where does it say that it is dealt during "normal strike resolution" (whatever that means anyway)? All of the cards in question say simply "strike resolution".

Also: strike resolution isn't well defined in the rules that I can find on this site. It is not a step apparently, since only steps listed are determine range step, strike step and press step. Therefore strike resolution apparently refers to only resolving strikes rather than a rules-defined moment in time.

I cannot find it mentioned anywhere that there would be meaningful difference between resolving a combat end strike and a different kind of strike. I do not understand why crows wouldn't trigger during resolution of opponents combat end strike. (Even though it makes sense in games mechanics sense that it does not.) My point is that it is not clearly defined when these cards actually resolve

Even in the case (which seems likely) that the card should say "deal 1 damage during the resolution of YOUR OWN strike" rather than every strike, then the player who played crows or dark steel could play his own combat ends. Does dark steel trigger during resolution of that?

If dark steel/crows/etc is meant to trigger only during players own DAMAGING strike(note that it doesnt actually read so in the cards), then what if player B plays card that gives additional strikes? Does dark steel resolve once during each of those strikes? It certainly looks like it should, considering strike resolution is not a step and I cant figure out any other way for this to work. The only remaining option would be resolving at the end of combat (which it doesn't actually read in the cards plus then it would trigger if opponent plays combat end) or some imaginary moment in time that doesn't exist before end of combat but after resolving every strike. If you ask me, these rules are an awful mess.

Now, I have pretty good idea what the answer is going to be, I just wish to point out that the rules and the cards wordings do a REALLY poor job clearly defining what actually happens. Primarily because cards/rules refer to things that either don't exist or aren't clearly defined. In this particular case, the problem imo is that strike resolution is not clearly defined.

If it was within my power, I would probably rewrite the combat rules part entirely by adding enough steps to cover all of possible weird cards that do things at weird times.

Combat end effect is clearly described in the rules.
"Combat Ends. This effect ends combat immediately. This type of strike is always the first to resolve, even before a strike done with first strike, and it ends combat before other strikes or other strike resolution effects are resolved. Combat ends is effective at any range. Combat ends is not affected by a dodge, since dodge only cancels effects that are directed at the dodging minion."