Assist
Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition
Damage
Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Tron Bonne's projectile assist, however, is glitched and does not scale damage, so everyone takes the same amount of damage from it.
Source: Good Bad Bugs / Fighting Game - Similar to Tron's projectile assist glitch, the Shoto characters'note Ryu, Ken, Akuma Tatsumaki Senpukyaku specials do not possess any damage scaling, leading to their Aerial Raves usually becoming nothing more than a single midair Tatsu For Massive Damage in the hands of savvy players.
Source: Good Bad Bugs / Fighting Game - Tron Bonne's projectile assist is glitched as well and does more damage than the programmers intended.
Source: Game Breaker / Fighting Games
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