Uranus
Grakmxxt
Vermin N
Hattori/Niva and more 4-2dmg cards...
Marina

Spiaghi

GraksmxxT + Uranus (-5 opp damage min. 1)
Vermyn N (- 4 opp damage min. 1) (Charlie needs both ability and bonus)
Chloe + Miss Chloe (-4 opp damage min. 2)

Then it depends what you value more, higher reduction or lower minimum, because there are many of both of the following!

- 3 opp damage min. 1 cards (Spiaghi, Marina, DJ Korr Cr, etc.) or -4 opp damage min. 3 (Peeler, TrinmkkT etc.)

Same as Ingle Wilde except I'd say Spiaghi in place of Hattori because Courage: (damage reduction) isn't convenient in the slightest.

Oh and its worth noting that GraksmxxT is banned from ELO...

Nistarok with his outstanding
-5 min 3 great for huge damagers

@ onlychaos, Seriously, did you see in the first post him asking for ELO or anything? NO! He asked for the best dmg reducers so I gave it to him.

And yes I forgot Jeena and Nistarok, I didn't mention the courage/confidence cards because I don't think they are as good, and I prefer, for example, Redra's ability over Deeblers ability because it's not confidence.

And to people saying "Spiaghi", he asked for cards with the ablility, just because Spiaghi is 2* I don't think it matters, his isn't the best!

Wolfgang, Deebler and Jeena are both -4 min. 2 as well.

Joining Jeena, Arno is -3 min. 2 and Yookie is -2 min. 1, and all have their reduction at least semi- protected by SOA.

Deebler and Redra have their reduction completely protected by the bonus.

@Trippie: Spiaghi is pretty damn awesome because not only does he reduce quite a fair amount of damage with the lowest minimum possible at only 2*; he also has 7 power and the Montana bonus. Oh, yeah, the 2* thing. You totally underestimate it. 2* means that he can be played in virtually any T1, ELO or DT T2 deck. And I mean virtually any deck and not just Montana based decks since his high power and his high reduction is worth splashing into pretty much anything.

Can't really do that with Tana, Graks, Marina... you name one...

Of course, if you wanna go into T2 then he isn't useful enough since there are enough high starred DRs around that are worth picking.

But if you wanna base it purely on ability instead of versatility, then its Graks followed by Uranus of course.

@ ibtd, That's not my point!!!

The poster wanted the ability, not the actual card! Meaning he wants to know the cards with THE BEST DAMAGE REDUCING ABILITY, not the environment for the cards etc.

My point is Spiaghi's reduction is excellent for a 2*, definitely, he is an amazing card, but he does NOT OWN THE BEST DAMAGE REDUCING ABILITY. He is one of the best reducers because of the fact he is 2* and has high power, but his ability is not the best. Uranus' and Graksmxxt's abilities are the best.

Yes the last line of your post is what the first poster wants. Purely on ability, not on versatility and flexibility.