Absorbing hits ignores any and all Link effects.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/rules.js b/rules.js
index eabb51d..a23148d 100644
--- a/rules.js
+++ b/rules.js
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ function goto_attack(target) {
 }
 
 // Update hits and self hits.
-function update_attack1() {
+function update_attack1(is_absorb = false) {
 	let a = current_action()
 
 	let n = count_dice_on_card(game.selected)
@@ -2932,8 +2932,11 @@ function update_attack1() {
 		game.hits += 1
 
 	// Linked Formations (TGA and CAL expansion rule)
-	if (card_has_active_link(target))
-		game.hits = Math.max(0, game.hits - 1)
+	// If a card Absorbs Hits, the presence of a Link does not reduce the number of hits.
+	if (!is_absorb) {
+		if (card_has_active_link(target))
+			game.hits = Math.max(0, game.hits - 1)
+	}
 
 	if (card_has_rule(target, "suffer_1_less"))
 		game.hits = Math.max(0, game.hits - 1)
@@ -3494,7 +3497,7 @@ function goto_absorb(c, a) {
 
 	game.target = c
 
-	update_attack1()
+	update_attack1(true)
 
 	switch (a.effect)
 	{