Ruling Staraptor IFITDS

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Do you apply resistance BEFORE or AFTER Staraptor's Poke-Body comes into effect?
 
Resistance and Bodies are always in affect. So it wouldn't come before or after you would just apply both at the same time as a minus forty
 
What if I'm hit by an attack that isn't affected by resistance?

And what does Sonic Blade to do that thing :p?
 
Yeah, it's irrelevant, nothing would cause the order in which the Body and Resistance are applied to matter. They are both applied at the same time, thus it ends up being -40 damage, given the attacking Pokemon is a Stage 2.

At least this is one IFDS question that can actually be answered without totally assuming things... *cough*unlikeCharizard*cough* :p

Just saw your next post, if an attack isnt affected by Resistance, you ignore the Resistance but apply the Body. So it would be -20.

If Gallade uses Sonic Blade on it, Sonic Blade places DAMAGE COUNTERS, the Body and all Resistances apply to DAMAGE. So Sonic Blade would not be affected in a negative way. You would do the normal actions for the attack.
 
Well, there is an order of operations for attack damage....
  • Base damage calculation
  • Effects on Attacking Pokemon
  • Weakness
  • Resistance
  • Effects on Defending Pokemon
Staraptor's Poke-Body would provide an effect on the Defending Pokemon -- it reduces your damage when you're defending -- so it is after Weakness and Resistance.

The order is not important in this particular situation, but it can be at other times, so it's good to know.
 
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