Quiz Question #3 Answer

Mario currently has P-Down D-Up on, so all damage he takes is reduced by 1. When the fork hits, it hits for 2 damage. How is it 2? Well, Double Pain is the *second-to-last* thing in the damage calculation. So, Mario takes 1 from the fork (which has a damage base of 2) because he failed to guard, which is doubled to 2. Now that that's out of the way, let's get to the Breath. Mario is now in Danger, so both Last Stands have kicked in. The breath misses his partner (who's in front) and thanks to a little glitch know as *Defensive Action Storage*, Mario will automatically act as if he didn't guard the breath. Now we get to the damage calc.

Breath does 8, which is reduced to 7. 7 is then doubled to 14. Last Stand comes last in the damage calculation, so we divide 14 by 3 since he has two Last Stands equipped. 14/3 = 4.6666667, which is rounded up to 5 because Last Stand always rounds up. Thus, we hit the answer of 5 damage, which is enough to KO poor Mario.