Blast

Blast

"Deals an additional 50% damage (rounded up) to units adjacent to the target."

 Attack Accuracy applies to Blast

Remarkable Interactions

1. Blast damage only impacts Units adjacent to the targeted Unit.
2. Review Blast Splash Damage Interactions.
3. Blast damage applied to adjacent Units is always 50% (rounded up) of the Unit's base attack damage done.
   • Modifiers such as Giant Killer, Knock Out, Oppress, Fury and Recharge apply after the base Blast damage is calculated.
   • The 50% damage reduction if the defender has Shield or Void is applied to this final damage value.
4. Blast damage will apply Snare if it hits a flying unit. 
5. Blast damage will trigger Oppress if it hits a Unit with no attack.
6. Piercing does apply to Blast damage. 
7. Forcefield will reduce Blast damage to 1 only if the base Blast damage (before modifiers are applied) is >= 5.
8. Blast damage will trigger Magic Reflect and Return Fire which return damage to the Unit attacking with the blast.
9. Units with Life Leech will NOT gain additional health from blast damage depending on the damage applied. 
10. Dispel does not trigger on Blast damage.
11. Blast damage can trigger Execute. If an adjacent unit's health is 2 or less after taking blast damage,  from a unit with Execute, the aggressor will Execute the adjacent unit. 
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*Blast only impacts Units adjacent to the targeted Unit

Notable Modifiers

1. Holy Protection - Use Blast to disable your opponent's Divine Shield.
2. Target practice - For maximum impact, units should Snipe Units located closer to the center of your opponent's backline. That way, you have 3 Units taking damage instead of 2. Magic units may be nested closer to the center of your opponent's backline.
3. Spreading Fury - Blast can Enrage your opponent's Units -- adding +1 to speed and melee attack.

Notable Abilities

1. Snipe - Focus your attack on Units not in the first position to maximize damage to adjacent Units.
2. Deflect - If your opponent plays a Unit with Deflect, they will not take damage from blast! 

Archons with Blast:

Yodin Zaku adds +1 to ranged attack, Blast, and health.  Using this powerful archon, you can grant the power of destruction to even your weakest units! 

Units with Blast:

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• Fire Elemental - Level 1
• Pyromancer - Level 1
• Prismologist - Level 1
• Nightmare - Level 1
• Chaos Dragon - Level 2

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