Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32237043-20160626014030/@comment-35615238-20190129222616

IPlaySTUFF wrote: Teslamania91 wrote: I mean, if mettaton Neo's def was actually 9 and not -40000, he wouldn't get one-shot to pieces. yes, but at that point, you have killed so much tha you don't hesitate, and you have a lot of HATE

HATE is why the monsters die so easily

the library says so

and like when u one shot toriel, she says "do you really hate me that much?" The library says that the strength of the attack depends on the attacker's intent along with the willingness of the target. While it is true that Frisk's hate and willingness to kill caused them to One-shot the main characters, it was very likely that Mettaton Neo was willing to fight to protect Alphys along with humanity so that 900000 damage was probably because of the hidden data with the insanely weak defense. Also, Undyne had that same will to fight, and that resulted in taking about 15 or so hits of damage before dying.