Talk:Gnomaren/@comment-24442375-20140211132826/@comment-24419079-20140215000758

I think he means that Gnomaren's defensive buff only reduced the damage from attacks from Luka in the original game; that is to say the damage calculation for attacks by Alice (via the Word of Dispel, or late game) would not take into account the buff by Gnomaren. He has fixed this in his patch.

The explanation for avoiding attacks from Gnomaren empowered enemies is that using the Earth Spirit slows them down.