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How do you prep a defense against a prepared offense and expect the prepared defense to even hold out? The only way this would work is if you somehow metagame and magically get away with it. Also, preparing a suitable defense doesn't make much sense in these cases, unless I'm missing something here. Give me an example?
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Anything can likely be taken as a defense. 

If I was charging a earth attack and you were charging a fire attack at the same time, we both get to three, and you attack. I can use my earth attack to defend. With both o us having zero as a charge number following it. 

Preps are usually more magic based. Holding a normal gun for ten rounds isn't going to charge it. Holding a gun that uses magic as its ammo and charging it for ten turns, however, will likely fuck that tank up. 

But if you would like, you can wait until Skallagrim returns and let him explain it.