EQ and negates

[AO user]

The wiki has that "The Special is not discarded if it grants a bonus to the attacking character, even if it is blocked or the attack played with is negated. ". Is that an error or does AO get rid of bonus and then attack blocked with PC.  That smells funny...

[Jack]

The wiki was a copy/paste job, that line should be removed. The meta rule 15 (which isn't listed, but should be) supersedes the ruling:

If part of an attack is defended, then the entire attack that targeted the Character is avoided. If the attack is made in conjunction with a Special which modifies the Character making the attack, then avoiding the attack (in any way) prevents the attacking Character's modification from occurring.

Though #35 takes care of it:

Specials which grant bonuses/abilities to the playing Character (or the playing Character's team) that can be played offensively can be played along with an attack. The attack may not be made with a Universe card of any kind (although the Special and attack may be made as a follow-up to an Ally attack). In the event that the attack is defended, the bonus/ability would be defended as well and would not take place. The attack may be defended by defendeding the numeric attack or the Special granting the bonus/ability.