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There has been some confusion about the exact mechanics of Sans' attacks.
First of all KR. There has been quite a myth about how Sans' KR dishes out more damage the more sinful a character is. However, this has never been demonstrated in-canon. We only know that "KR" is officially called "KARMA". However, this is only a name for said attack. It doesn't tell us anything about the mechanics behind it.
In fact, it seems to have been contradicted in canon. Sans outright says to Pacifist Frisk that he didn't kill them, only because of Toriel's promise, not because he couldn't because of KR. Which is plain speculation. This has caused people to both Wank and Downplay Sans. Such as assuming that a mass murderer would be one-shot, or that a pacifist character wouldn't be harmed by Sans.
As such, I think that it should be added to Sans' profile (As a clarification) that his KR is NOT dependent on a character's kill count, and that it is likely a "mere" Soul Poison effect.
Secondly, as some may know, KR isn't the only way Sans manages to harm Chara with. KR is stricly defined as the purple poison effect given off by Sans' attacks, but he has shown the ability to cause damage on his own, without it. However, the mechanics behind this durability negation has not only never been canonically explained, but it was never even discussed here.
Gameplay-wise, Sans simply ignores "invicibility frames", thus dealing tons of 1 HP damage per seconds. This is obviously not applicable in a real context, as invicibility frames do not exist, and that would require Sans (And by proxy, all of the Undertale cast) to be at least High 3-A, which is nonsense. I'm not exactly sure how we should treat this ability in a VS Battle context, but it is clearly present, as Sans wouldn't have been a challenge at all to Chara otherwise.
First of all KR. There has been quite a myth about how Sans' KR dishes out more damage the more sinful a character is. However, this has never been demonstrated in-canon. We only know that "KR" is officially called "KARMA". However, this is only a name for said attack. It doesn't tell us anything about the mechanics behind it.
In fact, it seems to have been contradicted in canon. Sans outright says to Pacifist Frisk that he didn't kill them, only because of Toriel's promise, not because he couldn't because of KR. Which is plain speculation. This has caused people to both Wank and Downplay Sans. Such as assuming that a mass murderer would be one-shot, or that a pacifist character wouldn't be harmed by Sans.
As such, I think that it should be added to Sans' profile (As a clarification) that his KR is NOT dependent on a character's kill count, and that it is likely a "mere" Soul Poison effect.
Secondly, as some may know, KR isn't the only way Sans manages to harm Chara with. KR is stricly defined as the purple poison effect given off by Sans' attacks, but he has shown the ability to cause damage on his own, without it. However, the mechanics behind this durability negation has not only never been canonically explained, but it was never even discussed here.
Gameplay-wise, Sans simply ignores "invicibility frames", thus dealing tons of 1 HP damage per seconds. This is obviously not applicable in a real context, as invicibility frames do not exist, and that would require Sans (And by proxy, all of the Undertale cast) to be at least High 3-A, which is nonsense. I'm not exactly sure how we should treat this ability in a VS Battle context, but it is clearly present, as Sans wouldn't have been a challenge at all to Chara otherwise.
