Talk:Thornmail/@comment-72.74.107.5-20100722073603/@comment-69.136.5.2-20101207024949

He's referring to the fallacy of him not being able to ascertain this information. Prior to knowing this he had been opting out of this item as he likely thought reflected damage was being reduced by his own armor, and reduced again by the enemy's armor before actually doing any harm to the enemy, which would drastically reduce its effectiveness.