I am not seeing that 2 points of piercing soak are being ignored in this log. The target appears to fully benefit from its soak from Hulking Brute.- You attack Spinosaurus with your Quillfire spell and hit for 11 points of piercing damage. This attack also negated the Bloodlust status effect. Her armor soaked 8 points of damage. This attack was charged with soul-sapping power! You extract 1 Soul Ice from the essences of your target! You gain 11 XP. (2022-04-02 02:34:28).
- You attack Spinosaurus with your Quillfire spell and hit for 12 points of piercing damage. This attack also negated the Hunted by status effect. Her armor soaked 7 points of damage. This attack was charged with soul-sapping power! You extract 1 Soul Ice from the essences of your target! You gain 12 XP. (2022-04-02 02:34:33).
- You attack Spinosaurus with your Quillfire spell and hit for 12 points of piercing damage. Her armor soaked 7 points of damage. This attack was charged with soul-sapping power! You extract 1 Soul Ice from the essences of your target! You gain 12 XP. (2022-04-02 02:34:40).
- You attack Spinosaurus with your Quillfire spell and hit for 12 points of piercing damage. Her armor soaked 7 points of damage. You gain 12 XP. (2022-04-02 02:34:45).
From the wiki: Piercing: The first four points of the target's soak are halved with a maximum reduction of 2 points (i.e., if the target has a soak of 1 or 2, their soak is reduced by 1 point; if their soak is 3 or higher, it is reduced by 2 points).
Here are the characters in question:
https://nexusclash.com/clash.php?op=character&id=13558
https://nexusclash.com/clash.php?op=character&id=9
EDIT: At the original time of this posting, Mistral did not have the skill "Hex of Sapping."