Ruling Does expert belt work on Dragonite ex?

[XanderPitz1010]

I have Dagonite ex DF and its attack "Dragon Roar" says to put 8 damage counters on the defending pokemon and if they're knocked out, put whatever is left on their benched pokemon. Does expert belt make it 10 damage counters and you can still spread it on the benched pokemon?

 

[banuffin]

No. 'Placing damage counters' is technically an effect of an attack separate from dealing actual damage. Expert Belt only adds to numerical damage done to the opponent's active Pokémon.