What does Deflect do?

[Pehrgryn]

What exactly does Deflect do? There's a straight number to it, like 200, but if it deflected 200 damage then I shouldn't be taking any damage from weaker enemies.
I don't see anything to tell me what that number means in terms of, do I take this item for deflect, or that item for reduction.

[Hazamuth]

The number is actually a percentage. In this case it would deflect 200% of the damage taken. I'll note that down for improvement.

[Greedy Gnome]

Oh, so it acts like a sort of spiked armor that damages enemies? I've been wondering what it does.

[_Matti_]

you can actually see an enemy get damaged when they hit you, if you look closely. I think i have about 325 deflect and when a dog hit me, he took like 7 points of dmg.

[Brannagan]

All I know about deflect is if a turret shoots me it kills itself and I just heal up and get shot by the next one. Not the most efficient way to kill a turret but it works

[Overwatch]

This probably shouldn't be called "Deflect", since that means "hit something else instead of me".
A quick Google search shows quite a few people confused by this.

If it is a percentage, it should be stated as such.
It should probably be something like "Damage returned to Enemies"
(Or just "Thorns Effect" since that is the standard gaming term for this effect.)

[Vardis]

Reflect would be the more appropriate translation.