If, however, the deflecting creature itself is a direct-range attacker, its chances of deflection are reduced by 10%. A creature will not suffer damage from any ranged attack it deflects and the enemy will recieve 100% damage from it. Deflection Amour does not, however, apply to artillery attacks. Deflection Armour is often used as a counter to Sperm Whale-based enemies because, between the Sonic Attack and Level 5 combat, deflections occur most often in this situation. Aside from high defense, it is one of the few hard counters to this type of attack.