Talk:Divine Protection, Prydwen/@comment-25835828-20141209000047/@comment-1755882-20141209002658

Just like with everything else in the game, the targets of effects are selected on declaration and cannot be changed.

There are no conditions for using the [Counter] Equip ability. Therefore, you can use it in your counter timing that responds to the item destruction effect.

And since attacks/effects whiff when the declared target disappears, the item destruction effect would whiff.