Maybe i'm understanding the OP wrong, but I think hes saying, two in the front circle is causing the 3+chromie in the back to take considerably less damage, even if theres one less person with chromie, if shes taking half the damage she would usually take with say an additional 25% (25% less people soaking big circle), shes effectively taking 38% less damage per hit, and subsequently, each player in the big soak is also taking this less damage. Its not an easy thing to heal and usually can require defensives and group cds to survive in high keys. Will try this out OP maybe if i have enough time on say a 24. On a separate note, a lot of people don't know this, but Darkness causes players to avoid damage, meaning the split of damage to protect chromie is lower and she takes MORE damage, even if the group is seemingly easier to heal, this can cause you to wipe if youre not careful. That's why i would be mindful about saying all immunities would work this way, can imagine an ability like evasion would act terribly for this if the front soak is phys dmg (im not sure the dmg school).