Talk:Summoners' Research Lab/@comment-184.89.110.25-20151127143800/@comment-26050301-20151129033415

To explain mitigation: Any effect that reduces damage by a certain percent, usually considered to be BB/SB effects, such as Elimo, Edea, Aaron, Gazia etc. but can also include LS (Leader skill) effects such as Tridon or Gazia who reduce all damage taken by 10%. Increasing your defence with an effect like Kanons is considered a 'buff' and if Death Gate is a fixed damage attack based off HP like I assume it is then boosting DEF will do absolutely nothing. It will likely be similar to the opening attack Grahdens uses in the Trial 002 that will deal 110% HP if not gaurding or mitigating, meaning your HP could have been 99,999 and it would have made no difference.

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