Is riposte damage affected by Defense?

[DaveCozy]

@Abel

If Boril reflects damage to a higher defense opponent, will that reflected damage be also reduced because of the defense?

@AngelOfDark666 The answer to this is no.

Riposte counters back the % of damage dealt to the hero with the counter buff. It’s independent of the attackers defense stat.

Damage countered is entirely dependent on how much damage the defender took.

@Abel

I meant when Tiburtus and Boril are on the same team.

Also no. Tiburtus lowering enemy defense doesn’t increase the damage dealt back with counter-attacks.

@Guvnor

More damage taken = more damage countered

^This is correct.

@DaveCozy

Riposte counter-attack takes into account the entire damage done to the hero with direct attacks.

So if the hero with the counter-attack buff also had their defense lowered, they’ll counterattack more damage (as they’re taking more damage). Same thing happens if the attacker increased their attack, and hits a hero with riposte.

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@Abel

Is embleming Boril a bad idea since he is the same Class as Rigard?

I would not recommend embleming Boril over Rigard.

Boril is a decent blue tank for mid-level alliance wars.

Rigard is one of the best healers in the game at average speed and with a team-wide cleanse. Much more useful in many more situations.

@Abel

If you emblem Boril, should you pick Health nodes instead of Defense nodes?

To a point. I wouldn’t ignore defense.

Despite the fact that your countered damage decreases, remember that Boril’s job is to live as long as possible and keep casting Riposte. The more he casts, the longer his team keeps countering back (therefore, more damage countered in the long run).

He won’t live long if his defense is low. At the same time though, eventually he reaches a point where he can have 905 defense + 1293 HP if you follow defense strictly – so it may not be a bad idea to deviate a bit towards HP in a few paths. Deviating a little bit can help Boril live against DoT – which bypasses the counter buff.

@DaveCozy

Do note that burn/poison/etc. damage is not countered. If it activates Pierce talent from the Ranger class also prevents counter-attacks and reflect buffs from working