Dota2: Cancelled clarity potion after Nyx Spiked Carapace

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As the title suggest, I'm wondering how the mechanics of Nyx's ability Spike Carapace work with regards to damage block.

I saw a video recently where the Nyx had an active clarity on himself, was then auto attacked by the enemy but used Spike Carapace to block the damage from the attack. This still cancelled the clarity.

Is that by design? Is that a bug? Or do I just not have the right understanding of what is blocked or how the attack is blocked with Spiked Carapace?

The incident in question happens at 4:47, and the streamer asks the question too.






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