"Blocked"?

Sometimes I see the popup floater text "Blocked" over one of my units in tactical battles. I have no idea to what this refers, since I am unaware of any blocking mechanism in the game. What exactly is going on, and where can we see some modicum of documentation about it?

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I think this means that the difference between attack and defense was such that 0 damage was given - the attack was blocked

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I thought that was the feedback for "clink"?

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good point... I don't know the difference between block and clink. Maybe they are the same but flavor text as different.

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Blocked - no damage was dealt by the attack

Clink - only 1 damage was dealt by the attack

Both of these are armor effects, and appear to be somewhat random. They do occur more frequently when facing high-defense opponents while your units have lower attack scores, or when your high-defense units are attacked by units with poor attack scores.

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Really? Thank you!

I find that odd, however. I was under the impression that "clink" meant no damage was done, at least that's how it seems to me. I will sometimes see "normal" feedback of "-1" (the floating integer) above an enemy when 1 damage is done, and I sometimes am of the impression that no damage is subtracted by "clink" attacks. Be that as it may. I was hoping there was a secret blocking mechanism used by shields (until I got "blocked" by a bowuser...).

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"Clink" and "Blocked" are in some ways like a critical success or failure by the attacker, or a critical failure or success by the defender. So while under normal damage mechanics you can have attacks that deal 1 damage, "Clink" is more like an attack that should have done no damage that actually did a little or an attack that should have done a lot of damage that barely did anything, and "Blocked" is the more extreme case.

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I don't believe that a clink results in any damage. I'm pretty sure I'd notice a guy's hp going down.. Clink and Block result in no damage. Clink and Block are like critical misses that occur and no damage is given

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StevenAus22

Join Date 06/2010

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No, unless they've changed it, Clink results in 1 point of damage, and Blocked results in none.

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