Mirror Image + Deflection spell

[ckdragons]

Does the deflection spell effect happen if the target hits an image? Is this considered a "miss" as per the spell description?

Deflection

You surround yourself in a whirling barrier of force that sends any attack that misses you hurling back toward its source.

This applies to any melee or ranged attack directed against you so long as it uses an attack roll to determine whether or not it strikes you. If an attack misses you, the attacker must make a second attack roll against its own Armor Class, using all of the applicable modifiers of the original attack and if it hits, the attacker takes the attack’s damage and suffers all the other consequences of getting struck with that attack. You cannot deflect attacks that miss you for any reason besides a failed attack roll (such as concealment). Similarly, you cannot deflect attacks that actually do strike you but simply fail to do any harm.

[Meirril]

Well, yes, if they miss by less than 5 they hit an image but would trigger your deflection.

But if they would of hit you then no, hitting an image wouldn't trigger Deflection because they rolled well enough to hit you.

And if they missed bad enough that even an image isn't wasted deflection should still trigger.

[MrCharisma]

ckdragons wrote:

You cannot deflect attacks that miss you for any reason besides a failed attack roll (such as concealment). Similarly, you cannot deflect attacks that actually do strike you but simply fail to do any harm.

This seems like the relevant text. If the attack roll is high enough but it hits a mirror image then that would count as a "...reason besides a failed attack roll".

Basically Mirror Image does nothing with Deflection (it's still a great spell, and having them both up is definitely worth it).