Primum_Mobile posted...so like, if 4 units, 2 melee and 2 range, get caught in the aoe special of a dragon with refined breath. The 2 ranged unit will get hit on the weaker of def/res, while the 2 melee get hit on the res?
Does it matter who the main target of the breath is?
I've discovered how hard it is to get mixed type enemies to line up in story mode, god, much less find melees with lower def than res to see a difference. Anyway.
Case 1: initiating on 1 range unit
https://i.imgur.com/cxTk3iL.png
Fae will be initiating on this guy, who is on a defense tile (so 1.3x to his def/res putting him at effectively 49/32):
https://i.imgur.com/MaKalyg.png
and tag these two with the AOE, which has a 1.5x mod.
https://i.imgur.com/LZXbzaM.png https://i.imgur.com/tPOwula.png
The result?
https://i.imgur.com/FHfdbeU.png
Deals 25 untyped damage to Clive, 36 damage to Masked Man, and 16 damage to Mathilda.
Fae is clearly targeting res on Clive ( [49-32]*1.5 = 17*1.5 = 25.5 I'm going to be shortcutting my normal damage calcs it doesn't matter here as long as you remember to round down since everything's a multiple of 0.5 ), defense on Masked Man ( [49-25]*1.5 = 24*1.5 = 36, if it hit res it would've only done 31 damage instead), and res on Mathilda ( [49-38]*1.5 = 11*1.5 = 16.5, if it hit her defense it should've done 33 damage instead). This is on initiation against a melee unit, but it's still hitting def on Masked Man here.
Case 2: initiating on 2 range unit
https://i.imgur.com/DQDiky9.png
Fae, who is now at 52 bc she got Axura buffed, initiates on Masked Man (25/28) and tags Mathilda (27/38) with Blazing Thunder. Clive had to die to set up the situation where I could do this, whoops, his space was needed.
https://i.imgur.com/7XOMwY0.png
Deals 40 untyped damage to Masked Man, and 21 damage to Mathilda. Still targeting defense on Masked Man and res on Mathilda. I couldn't get the screenshot this time of the actual damage numbers popping up, sorry, and then Mathilda suicided on EP so just take my word for it with Mathilda.
So yeah, main target doesn't matter. Melees will receive damage to res either way, and rangeds will take it to lower of def/res.
It's worth mentioning that in case 2 she was receiving 2 extra attack
during battle from her S support with Nowi next to her, but as the AoE specials happen pre-battle no such
in battle bonuses take effect when the special is actually activating. Thus you're not going to get extra damage out of an AoE special with Death Blow or the like. Or in Masked Man's case, he's not getting anything out of Close Def. Turn buffs like Axura's Urthr or Hones/Rallies/Fortifies still apply since they're universal.
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