When Thousand-tailed Watcher's -3 might reduction is applied to a unit with base 2 might that has passive and gear buffs, does the reduction snapshot at the time of application or does it calculate with all modifiers together?

Ruling: When Thousand-tailed Watcher's effect is applied, it snapshots the might reduction at that moment and then applies that reduction continuously. Any additional might increases from passives or gear are added on top of the snapshotted reduction.

Sequence:

• Watcher's -3 might reduction is applied to the unit's current might (e.g., 2 base might)
• The reduction snapshots to the actual reduction at that moment (e.g., -1 might, since the unit cannot go below 1 might)
• Any subsequent might increases from passives or gear are then added on top of this snapshotted reduction
• Final might = base might + buffs - snapshotted reduction

Nuances:

• In the example with Wielder of Water (2 base might), the Watcher's -3 snapshots to only -1 (keeping the unit at 1 might minimum), then the +2 passive and +1 gear are added, resulting in 4 total might
• This makes Watcher less effective against low-might units that receive buffs after the reduction is applied