I don't actually play KI so this is off the top of my head, but: you only technically do damage if you end your combo with a combo-ending move, meaning if you drop you've done no damage at all, and there's a combo breaking thing which I... don't fully understand, but I know it can be baited out easily which causes that "!" to pop up on the oppponent's headYes, but why is it the damage you are doing is taken away because the other character does a burst or something?