Question about special effects on equipment

[tyronimacaroni]

So, you see, I've been trying to beat Master Core on 9.0, using some special equipment. The one that I felt has helped most is the Critical Hitter Brawn Badge which, for those of you who don't know, gives a 20% chance that each hit will do triple damage. The farthest I've been able to do is intensity 8.0, and so, I wanted to know the following:

If I were to acquire another 1 or 2 pieces of equipment that give me the Critical Hit effect and equip them along with the Critical Hit equipment, would my chances and/or damage of a Critical Hit increase, and if so how, or do repeat special effects not count? Anyone who knows about this and can give me answers, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Wanderer from Roseyard]

While stat boosts do stack, I don't think special effects do. The reason is that some can conflict, such as "Beam Sword equipped" plus "Lip's Stick equipped." It probably only counts once, or only counts the most potent.

If you have another piece of equipment that has the critical hit effect, maybe you can try putting them both on the same set and testing in Training to see if critical hits are more frequent.

 

[tyronimacaroni]

While stat boosts do stack, I don't think special effects do. The reason is that some can conflict, such as "Beam Sword equipped" plus "Lip's Stick equipped." It probably only counts once, or only counts the most potent.

Well yes, obviously with item-spawning equipment, there will be issues, but are you sure it would cause issues for equipment like this? Because having a triple chance of like triple critical hit would be BEAST if it's possible. Master Core wouldn't stand a chance

And no, unfortunately I cannot test it myself YET, as I do not yet have another piece of Critical Hit equipment

 

[NMcCoy]

It appears that effects stack partially in some cases. With two all-around trade-off items equipped, I start the match with 75% damage, not 60 or 120. Combining different trade-off items adds damage in the expected way.

 

[Raijinken]

For the Master Core fight, I recommend stacking defensive items or things that let you heal on hit and stuff. But a very important thing to remember: your Shadow Clone gets the exact same stats and effects, so if you have a critical hit chance, so does he.

 

[tyronimacaroni]

Don't worry you all, I already cleared 9.0 with a critical Ike like 2 days after I made the original post. It felt SO GOOD

 

[tyronimacaroni]

So... I don't know if it's right for me to bump this thread in order to say this, but here goes. The game itself finally answered my original question. As I was playing All-Star, a loading screen tip showed up I had never gotten before: "You can equip multiple pieces of equipment with the same bonus effect to make that effect stronger." So there it is, the definitive answer to my question, thought I would set this clear in case anyone else ever has a similar question as I had.

 

[Mariofan13]

I unlocked the Critical Hitter equipment by getting the Milestone for beating Master Core with Marth. I have the german version of the game and it says "Critical Hits (5%). Do you know that that 5% means? And do you know how ot unlock additional Critical Hitter badges? I want to feed one to my amiibo and use another one for my own fighter, but I already have unlocked only one critical hitter badge...

 

[Kirbirgly]

Actually, the critical hit effect won't stack.

 

[Cyn]

Please do not bump old threads.