Autoblocked when stunned

I fought against nova on the cav difficulty and 3 times when I attacked him while stunned he blocked it. I don't see anywhere in his abilities that he can block even when stunned. Can he purify the stun to autoblock somehow? Not sure if its a bug or something I don't know
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Also, never that I recall against Darkhawk which is weird..
MODOK can NOT auto-block during the 2-3 hits you can get in while he's Parry-Stunned, but Medusa always runs the risk of 2nd+ hits triggering it during Living Strands even while Parry-Stunned.
(not sure how each of their auto-blocks are interpreted as far as if the logic is active/conscious or passive ability)