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Does damage dealt by an attack count before a hero's defense reduces it?
Posters quoting the Rules Reference disagree with each other, so this is graded as a reading.
- tssfulk · Community · 2022-11-06disagrees
- The Old Bean · Community · 2022-11-06
- tisgames · Community · 2022-11-07
- Killbray · Community · 2022-11-06disagrees
No. Per the Rules Reference's enemy attack steps, a defending hero's DEF reduces the amount of damage dealt, and the rest is dealt to the hero. Damage prevented afterward (such as by Tough or an interrupt) lowers damage taken but not damage dealt.
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