Combat
How Do Bonus Damage and Split Damage Work?
Bonus Damage increases each dealt amount or one shared split total, depending on the instruction.
RiftPal explanation · Answer first
The short answer
Bonus DamageA positive increase to a Deal action. It adds once to a single target, separately to each target dealt an amount, or once to the shared total when damage is split.View in Glossary adds to a Deal action. If an effect deals an amount to each target, add the bonus separately for each target. If it splits one amount among TargetA specific object, player or zone chosen by a spell or ability under the targeting rules. Check legality when choosing and when resolving. Costs, automatic groups and explicit "pick" choices do not target; pending Chain items cannot be targeted.View in Glossary , add the bonus once to that shared total.
RiftPal explanation
How it works
Card reference
Annie, Fiery
Multiple Bonus DamageA positive increase to a Deal action. It adds once to a single target, separately to each target dealt an amount, or once to the shared total when damage is split.View in Glossary effects on the same Deal action are added together and applied once. Include that bonus before DamageDamage represents harm marked on a unit and stays marked until it is healed.View in Glossary is reduced, replaced or PreventReduce the next matching damage a unit would take by the stated amount. Only the amount actually prevented is used; any remainder lasts for the effect's stated duration.View in Glossary . Bonus Damage cannot create damage when the action deals no damage.
Champion Unit
Annie
Fiery
Your spells and abilities deal 1 Bonus Damage. (Each instance of damage the spell deals is increased by 1.)
Card reference
Volibear, Furious
For split DamageDamage represents harm marked on a unit and stays marked until it is healed.View in Glossary , choose the TargetA specific object, player or zone chosen by a spell or ability under the targeting rules. Check legality when choosing and when resolving. Costs, automatic groups and explicit "pick" choices do not target; pending Chain items cannot be targeted.View in Glossary when the spell or ability is finalized, before players respond. You may choose no more targets than the damage available then. Decide how to divide the damage when the effect resolves, giving every remaining target at least 1.
Champion Unit
Volibear
Furious
[Deflect 2] (Opponents must pay [Rainbow] [Rainbow] to choose me with a spell or ability.) When I attack, deal 5 damage split among any number of enemy units here.
If the available DamageDamage represents harm marked on a unit and stays marked until it is healed.View in Glossary drops below the number of TargetA specific object, player or zone chosen by a spell or ability under the targeting rules. Check legality when choosing and when resolving. Costs, automatic groups and explicit "pick" choices do not target; pending Chain items cannot be targeted.View in Glossary before resolution, choose which targets stop being targets, removing only enough to leave at least 1 damage for every remaining target. You cannot add new targets at this point.
In practice
Example
Example 1 - Damage to each target
An effect deals 3 damage to each of two targets and has 1 Bonus Damage. It deals 4 to each target.
Example 2 - Split damage
An effect splits 6 damage among chosen targets and has 1 Bonus Damage. You divide a shared total of 7 damage among them, not 7 damage to each.