Why is the amount of damage my character took still so high even after counterattack damage from the enemy was cut?

When a character with damage cutting has their HP restored by HP Drain, and that HP Drain has also activated counterattack damage from the attacked enemy target, the numeric value of the counterattack damage taken will be displayed on screen without including the amount of HP that was restored by HP Drain.

The calculations for counterattack damage taken are conducted in the following order.

1. The amount of HP restored by HP Drain and the amount of counterattack damage taken are calculated together.
2. The amount of damage cut is then subtracted from the above final value.
3. The resulting value is applied to the character’s HP.

Due to the above, there are cases when the numeric value of damage taken that is displayed on screen differs from the actual final value that is applied to a character’s HP.