Talk:Fifth Omni Dragon Fist, Ablaze/@comment-25650960-20151231062120/@comment-25004901-20151231063628

It doesn't say you're taking damage, so you don't reduce it. There's a difference between "paying life" and "taking damage". This will activate when damage is dealt, as in taking damage, and will reduce it if it is from an effect. When life is payed, it's not reduced because you are not being dealt damage. So yes, you still would minus 1 life, but it's not considered dealt damage.