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## Description
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Damages the targeted entity.  
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## Attributes
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### Non-Inheritable Attributes
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| Attribute | Aliases   | Description                                                          | Default |
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| amount    | a         | The amount of damage to deal                                         | 1       |
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### Inheritable Attributes
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| Attribute | Aliases   | Description                                                          | Default |
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| ignoreArmor | ia, i   | Whether or not to ignore armor, but will still use enchantment modifiers when calculating total damage                                                                       | false   |
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| preventknockback | pkb, pk | Whether or not to prevent knockback                             | false   |
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| preventimmunity  | pi      | Whether or not to prevent the [damage immunity ticks] on the target by setting them to 0 after the damage is inflicted                                                | false   |
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| damagecause | dc, cause | Sets the damage cause for this damage mechanic.<br/> (This option is only available for 1.17+)                                                                     | entity_attack<!--type:DamageCause--> |
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| ignoreenchantments |ignoreenchants, ie  | Whether or not to ignore enchantments when calculating total damage.<br>(This option is only available for 1.19+) | false         |
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| noanger   | na        | Whether or not to generate anger when damaging the entity            | false   |
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| ignoreinvulnerability | ignoreinvulnerable, ii | Whether or not to ignore the [damage immunity ticks] on the target by setting them to 0 before the damage is inflicted                                 | false   |
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| ignoreshield | is     | Whether or not to ignore the shield blocking on the target           | false   |
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| damageshelmet| dh     | Whether or not the helmet should be damaged                          | false   |
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| ignoreeffects| ieff   | Whether or not effects should be ignored                             | false   |
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| ignoreresistance | ir | Whether or not resistance should be ignored                          | false   |
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| poweraffectsdamage | pad | Should the skill's power affect the damage inflicted              | true    |
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| tags         | tag    | Allows you to specify any number of arbitrary tags for the damage mechanic using `tags=THIS,THAT`. All tags inserted will be UPPERCASED, so always use uppercased names when checking against them |         |
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| rawtags      | rtag   | Works the same as tags and what is put here will also qualify as a tag, but it will not be UPPERCASED like tags |  |
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| damagetype| element, e| *Becomes one of the Tags*                                            |         |
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| triggerSkills | ts    | Whether the damage mechanic should also be able to trigger `onAttack` related triggers       | false  |
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[damage immunity ticks]: /skills/mechanics/setnodamageticks
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### DamageCause Attribute
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This attribute is only available in newer MM 5.0 builds.
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All available damage causes can be found on [spigot javadocs](https://hub.spigotmc.org/javadocs/spigot/org/bukkit/event/entity/EntityDamageEvent.DamageCause.html)
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Note: Only `entity_attack`, `entity_sweep_attack`, `thorns`, `sonic_boom`, `entity_explosion`, and `projectile` will return an entity damager, 
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meaning that `<trigger.name>` will not return "Unknown".
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### Element Attribute
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As seen above, the damage mechanic offers the ability to set an "element" for the damage, like so:
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```yaml
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- damage{amount=10;element=FIRE} @target ~onUse
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- damage{amount=10;element=ICE} @target ~onUse
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```
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This element can be named anything, and can be used in a mob's DamageModifiers to alter resistance to the damage type as needed:
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```yaml
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DamageModTest: 
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  Type: COW 
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  DamageModifiers:
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  - LIGHTNING 0.1
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  - FIRE 2.0
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  - AIR 1.0
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  - ICE 0.5 
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  Skills:
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  - message{m="Damaged by <skill.var.damage-type> for <skill.var.damage-amount>"} @PIR{r=50} ~onDamaged
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```
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These options can also be used in the "onDamaged" aura, using the `damageMods="FIRE 0.5"` attribute.
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### Tags Attribute
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```yaml
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- damage{amount=5;tags=WITCHCURSE,FIRE}
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```
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This allows you to set any tag you want on this type of damage to be used with the [DamageTag](/skills/conditions/damagetag) condition.  
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Tags are arbitrary, and can thus have any name, as long as that does not contain invalid characters.  
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You can set an indefinite number of tags for each damage mechanic. 
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## Examples
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```yaml
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  Skills:
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  - damage{amount=20;ignoreArmor=true} @target ~onTimer:20
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```
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```yaml
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FreezeBlast:
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  Skills:
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  - effect:sound{s=block.fire.extinguish;v=1;p=0.5} @PIR{r=6}
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  - effect:particles{p=explode;a=8;vs=0.5;hs=0.5;s=0;y=1;repeat=5;repeatInterval=20} @PIR{r=6}
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  - effect:particles{p=drip_water;a=10;vs=0.5;hs=0.5;s=0;y=1;repeat=5;repeatInterval=20} @PIR{r=6}
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  - potion{t=SLOW;d=120;l=6} @PIR{r=6}
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  - damage{a=120;pkb=true} @PIR{r=6}
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```
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A more complex use of the **damage** mechanic can give illusions of say
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Ice attacks like the example above. Which uses effects to make the
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targets of the mob appear as if they were frozen by using particles (On
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a repeating interval to create a sort of lingering frost effect as well)
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and inflicting Slowness level 7 (which is -105% movement speed.) slowing
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the mob to a halt. Additionally, the mechanic inflicts 120 damage (60
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hearts) to players within 6 blocks.
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##
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**Premium Example**
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```yaml
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  Skills:
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  - damage{amount=<caster.var.somevariable> * 0.5 + 1} @target ~onTimer:20
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```
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This skill above does "<caster.var.somevariable> * 0.5 + 1" damage
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if the varibute: <caster.var.somevariable>'s value is 5,this mechaine will does 3.5 damage
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## Aliases
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- [x] d
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<!--TAGS-->
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<!--tag:Damage--> | 
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