Talk:Status Effects/@comment-24848607-20171204215150

Interestingly, NP gauge reduction IS a debuff, I've had it prevented by debuff immunity buffs, while NP gauge charge (from skills, NPs, etc.) is not prevented by a buff block debuff. This came up in Salem while having Passionlip and Helena on the field, Lip's Breast Valley skill blocked the NP gauge reduction (it was on the last of three activations, so the Debuff Immunity icon vanished). Later on, Helena's first skill charged everyone's gauges just fine despite being inflicted with buff block debuffs across the board.

This is the only time I've seen an effect, "increment /decrement the NP gauge directly", be treated differently for positive or negative application to the player's side. We're used to things behaving slightly diferently for the player/cpu sides.