User blog comment:BlaZofgold/Buddyfight Theory - Adventurer/@comment-11372432-20140719224611/@comment-6881157-20140720095805

If you play smart then any link attack you make should result in all components dealing their respective damage, so it's not a minus at all unless you play stupidly or in the rare situation where your opponent has a wall in their center and you don't have penetrators.

A direct link attack used to be a minus, but the rule change fixed that.