Expanding on this (Early start after 1 SOTA round.) thread, I found a similar exploit of my own that I have confirmed to work. During the end of the round, if you get a res and accept it at the same time the debuff is applied, you will not get it. I have tested this recently, and even more recently had this happen accidentally via Spirit Heal where I was ressed and everyone got the debuff whereas I did not. You can use this small head start to do what the other thread suggested for a huge defensive start.