# Spell Armor reduces "Split/Scatter" Damage yet Faerie Fire doesn't increase Damage

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**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/spell-armor-reduces-split-scatter-damage-yet-faerie-fire-doesnt-increase-damage/69771 "2021-04-30T18:16:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/spell-armor-reduces-split-scatter-damage-yet-faerie-fire-doesnt-increase-damage/69771/1 "2021-04-30T18:16:29Z")

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**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/spell-armor-reduces-split-scatter-damage-yet-faerie-fire-doesnt-increase-damage/69771/2 "2021-04-30T20:37:19Z")

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Fairy Fire increases the damage, it just gets handled in a pretty weird way. Short version is that increased/reduced damage is only calculated in after the raw split/scatter damage has been distributed between troops, which causes some pretty interesting artifacts. Among others, it also allows spell armor troops to survive damage that should have killed them.