Effects that reduce damage

[Lord soth]

I asked this question before and not sure if it was done before this forum was a thing, was looking for clarification on the timing of innate abilities that reduce damage by one. Characters like iron Man, War machine, glaive, midnight, etc etc. All have an innate ability that says" when this character would suffer damage from an enemy effect, reduce amount suffered by one, to a minimum of one" do these effects apply before the calculate/failure step or around the resolve step? Thank you

[Thoras]

The specific wording in question will determine exactly when it applies, but for superpowers worded in the way you describe here...

"When this character would suffer damage..."

This wording will apply during step 12 of the attack sequence.