Does Purify stop skills that have been activated?

Question

For example, opponent plays Yone. If I purify, will Yone's skill still go off?

Posted Feb 28, 2020, 8:14 PM UTC

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CrimsonSaens:Thresh: Thresh•

No, skills are separate instances.

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TripSin_•

Yone's skill will still go off. You can not use the purify card to stop skills that have already been initiated.

What I don't fully understand yet though is how purify works in regards to buffed health. It seems to me to work in an unintuitive and possibly stupid way. For example, a unit gets Take Heart played on it, giving it +3/+3. I'll purify it, expecting it to lose 3 attack and 3 health, but it only loses 3 attack and the health doesn't change. wtf?

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Code25YT:Tresh: Thresh•

If a unit is damaged and gains a temporary health buff, the health will stay unless the unit gained more health than the max it has. Think of it as a heal that can temporarily buff a unit if it’s at full health

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