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Rocky Helmet damages opponent on WEARER's attack

This seems to be a bug. I have never had this happen before, so I can only assume that I had just the right (or wrong) concoction for it to occur.

I was playing the solo battle Alolan Ninetails drop event - intermediate level. My Solgaleo ex (wearing a rocky helmet) used Sol Breaker against an alolan sandslash which had just used spike armor. So solgaleo did 140 damage to sandslash, and then took 10 damage from its own attack and 40 damage from the spike armor effect. All of that is correct. But then my rocky helmet did 20 additional damage to alolan sandslash.

It didn't actually make a difference for me since Sol Breaker is enough to knock out alolan sandslash on its own, (and even if it had made a difference, it would have worked in my favor), but I wanted to report it in case it could happen in any legit battles where it would matter.

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  • Baulder
    Baulder Member Posts: 118 ✭✭
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    edited May 18 #2

    I would say that it was Alolan Sandslash' Spike Armor doing 40 damage in retaliation that triggered your Rocky Helmet, not the Solgaleo's Sol Breaker.

    I would also be interested in confirmation of someone more experienced in TCG rules, yet to me it appears that it was still triggered by opponent's attack, even though it was performed during your turn due to the effect of that attack.

  • Eremas
    Eremas Member Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭✭
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    i encountered this against a Meowscarada team attacking my Alolan Sandslash. Congrats on finding this niche case.