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Originally asked in this thread but posted here to tag for FAQ.

How does Enforcer treat damage from Spellstrike? Specifically, non-lethal damage from touch spells delivered through the Magus' weapon via Spellstrike.

The origin for this question is the combo of Spellstrike + Frostbite + Enforcer. Frostbite deals 1d6+lvl of non-lethal damage, and Enforcer triggers

"Whenever you deal nonlethal damage with a melee weapon"

"If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell"

so both are clearly part of the same melee attack, but it's not clear whether damage from a spell effect can trigger the Enforcer condition.

I'm undecided whether this works or not, and hesitant to put it in a PFS build without some sort of clarification. Thematically it's quite nice, since you're literally causing your enemies to become "frozen with fear." Mechanically, it gives the Magus another viable option for a workhorse 1st level spell besides Shocking Grasp.