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Originally Posted by Wild Goose
No, Nanoha was saying that she shouldn't dodge, she needed to shoot down every single thing heading her way and her teammates' way.
Also, remember that it was an open patch of grass ringed by trees. Not much cover, so she ducked and rolled away from a shot she couldn't intercept.
As for the too busy dodging to give cover fire... that's the whole point of suppression fire, which is to keep the enemy from poking their heads up and shooting at you. In this case Tea was beginning to be suppressed and attempted to dodge a shot she couldn't intercept and move to a different position to give herself a breather and reorient.
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Though in all fairness, the basic message of Nanoha's lesson wasn't wrong. Once Teana starts dodging, the enemy can take her time shooting while Teana is too busy dodging to counter. The problem is that Nanoha's lessons were tailored towards ranged fighting ranged, and placed Teana in a support role that guarded both herself and her teammates. Unfortunately, most of Teana's opponents ended up being melee opponents, during which the lesson we saw ended up being useless.
It should also be noted that dodging in mage combat is not always the wisest of choices. It works fine against drones, but dodging a mage shot doesn't mean you can stop worrying about the shot you dodged. Chances are you are now being attacked attacked from
two sides.
It's like the saying "don't turn your back on the enemy" dodging, or more specifically rolling, gives your enemy the chance to act while your eye is off them.