Remember, it's game mechanics and not physics. Still get a good laugh from Lady D leaving the house without sharpening her claws which explains why she places ruptures instead of bleeds.
sorry, just pulled Shuri specifically off the top of my head as “she has like zero contact attacks” and the best example available. And also I may still be mad I learned this the hard way at one point (Shuri sizzled like bacon). o_0
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Drax has literally two abilities...one of them is Bleed. 😉
Any hit can trigger Hazard Shift.
So strikes into the block won't.
She's fallen off a bit now, but Valkyrie is a fantastic Hazard Shift option, despite not having a single immunity. Hulkling, Masacre and Yondu
But for the OP, yes even non-contact attacks trigger Hazard Shift and Biohazard nodes. They just bypass Thorns.