diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java
index 1ee539eed..d837e2de2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java
@@ -252,24 +252,6 @@ public class EntityListener implements Listener {
         Bukkit.broadcastMessage("");
     }*/
 
-    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.LOWEST, ignoreCancelled = true)
-    public void onEntityDamageLowest(EntityDamageByEntityEvent event)
-    {
-        Entity defender = event.getEntity();
-
-        if(defender.getMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY).size() > 0)
-        {
-            if(defender instanceof Player)
-            {
-                LivingEntity defLive = (LivingEntity) defender;
-                defLive.setHealth(Math.max(0, (defLive.getHealth() - event.getFinalDamage())));
-                event.setCancelled(true);
-            }
-
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST, ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onEntityCombustByEntityEvent(EntityCombustByEntityEvent event) {
         //Prevent players from setting fire to each other if they are in the same party
@@ -330,6 +312,13 @@ public class EntityListener implements Listener {
             return;
         }
 
+        // Don't process this event for marked entities, for players this is handled above,
+        // However, for entities, we do not wanna cancel this event to allow plugins to observe changes
+        // properly
+        if (defender.getMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY).size() > 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (event.getEntity() instanceof ArmorStand) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/CombatUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/CombatUtils.java
index 3f8b96c8b..201ac00ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/CombatUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/CombatUtils.java
@@ -558,21 +558,19 @@ public final class CombatUtils {
             return;
         }
 
-        double incDmg = getFakeDamageFinalResult(attacker, target, DamageCause.ENTITY_ATTACK, damage);
-
-        double newHealth = Math.max(0, target.getHealth() - incDmg);
-
-        if(newHealth == 0)
-        {
-            // TODO: This is horrible, but there is no cleaner way to do this without potentially breaking existing code right now
-            boolean wasMetaSet = target.getMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY).size() != 0;
-            target.setMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY, mcMMO.metadataValue);
-            target.damage(9999, attacker);
-            if (!wasMetaSet)
-                target.removeMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY, mcMMO.p);
-        }
-        else
-            target.setHealth(newHealth);
+        // TODO: This is horrible, but there is no cleaner way to do this without potentially breaking existing code right now
+        // calling damage here is a double edged sword: On one hand, without a call, plugins won't see this properly when the entity dies,
+        // potentially mis-attributing the death cause; calling a fake event would partially fix this, but this and setting the last damage
+        // cause do have issues around plugin observability. This is not a perfect solution, but it appears to be the best one here
+        // We also set no damage ticks to 0, to ensure that damage is applied for this case, and reset it back to the original value
+        boolean wasMetaSet = target.getMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY).size() != 0;
+        target.setMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY, mcMMO.metadataValue);
+        int noDamageTicks = target.getNoDamageTicks();
+        target.setNoDamageTicks(0);
+        target.damage(damage, attacker);
+        target.setNoDamageTicks(noDamageTicks);
+        if (!wasMetaSet)
+            target.removeMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY, mcMMO.p);
     }
 
     public static void dealNoInvulnerabilityTickDamageRupture(LivingEntity target, double damage, Entity attacker, int toolTier) {
@@ -580,11 +578,7 @@ public final class CombatUtils {
             return;
         }
 
-        // This is horrible, but there is no cleaner way to do this without potentially breaking existing code
-        boolean wasMetaSet = target.getMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY).size() != 0;
-        target.setMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY, mcMMO.metadataValue);
-        target.damage(damage, attacker);
-        if (!wasMetaSet) target.removeMetadata(mcMMO.CUSTOM_DAMAGE_METAKEY, mcMMO.p);
+        dealNoInvulnerabilityTickDamage(target, damage, attacker);
 
 //        //IFrame storage
 ////        int noDamageTicks = target.getNoDamageTicks();