DDWL/Dark Ruler
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Simply because Dark Ruler Ha Des destroys the monster during Damage Calulation and D. D. Warrior Lady doesn't get her effect until AFTER Damage Calculation and by that time she has been destroyed and thus negated.
The "why" is in the official rulings.
"¢ Monster effects that activate after damage calculation will be negated if your Fiend-Type monster destroys the opposing Effect Monster. Examples include "D.D. Warrior Lady", "Thousand Needles", "Slate Warrior", "Ryu Kokki", and "Wall of Illusion".
The reason being is that those effects would activate after damage calculation is determined and inflicted. Once the monster is flagged as "destroyed by battle", Dark Ruler Ha Des' effect would kick in to negate the effect of that monster. This would occur before the sub-step of the Damage Step that would let you activate an effect like D. D. Warrior Lady. This is also why if your Dark Ruler Ha Des attacks Reflect Bounder you still take the damage because Reflect Bounder's 1st effect activates BEFORE Damage Calculation.
"¢ Monster effects that activate after damage calculation will be negated if your Fiend-Type monster destroys the opposing Effect Monster. Examples include "D.D. Warrior Lady", "Thousand Needles", "Slate Warrior", "Ryu Kokki", and "Wall of Illusion".
The reason being is that those effects would activate after damage calculation is determined and inflicted. Once the monster is flagged as "destroyed by battle", Dark Ruler Ha Des' effect would kick in to negate the effect of that monster. This would occur before the sub-step of the Damage Step that would let you activate an effect like D. D. Warrior Lady. This is also why if your Dark Ruler Ha Des attacks Reflect Bounder you still take the damage because Reflect Bounder's 1st effect activates BEFORE Damage Calculation.
And its also why Dark Ruler Ha Des or an accompanying Fiend cannot destroy a Spirit Reaper. Spirit Reaper's effect prevents himself from being destroyed a Sub-step before Ha Des could do any actual negating. But since Ha Des' negation effect is contingent on destroying the monster, he doesn't get to negate anything.