Do skills from armour stack if using different pieces?

[Dawgyz]

Like, lets say I have two diff pieces, chest and gloves, both have the same skill, bombardier level 1 10% dmg from explosives. If I wear both pieces will I get the buff from both skills, will it combine or do I only get 1?

Lets say I have both pieces and both level 1, will I get a 20% boost, or will I still only keep the 10% boost effectively making the other skill null?

Cheers,
tried to explain best I could.

[Singrave]

short answer - yes

[Singrave]

That's why people wear different armor pieces and not full set.

[TVMAN]

Depends on the skill. Some skills have multiple levels and can stack multiple times, others only have one so it's pointless to stack it multiple times. Since you used Bombardier as an example, that skill has a max of 3 levels, so you can stack it a max of 3 times.

https://monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.com/Bombardier

The skills info button in-game should show you this information as well.

[Dawgyz]

Yeah fair call. Another question how do I level up a certain skill which comes with an armour piece? Upgrading it?

[UIY]

Unless it is a skill that has only 1 level it will go up to 3-5-7, the gear should have colored boxes showing you the value of said skill like attack level 2 has 2 colored sqaures filled on the bar but adding in extra will make it go up to a maximum of 7, skills like effluvia expert have 1 level and adding in extra levels has no beneficial effect. So yes you would get a level 2 skill from what you are saying here.

[Stormsong]

Originally posted by Dawgyz:

Yeah fair call. Another question how do I level up a certain skill which comes with an armour piece? Upgrading it?

Decorations.

[UIY]

Originally posted by Dawgyz:

Yeah fair call. Another question how do I level up a certain skill which comes with an armour piece? Upgrading it?

You can't upgrade skills on the armor any higher than they are as far as I know, you have to use gem slots beyond that and charms to increase them.

[Dawgyz]

Okay, thanks for the responses guys. I'm filled in now. :)

[scram]

Each piece of equipment with a skill contributes to the full skill level for your character. Let's say you have a helm that gives you two levels in Attack Boost and leg armor that gives another two: you'd be getting level 4 Attack Boost. You only get the bonus specified for the level of skill you currently have, it doesn't add bonuses from the proceeding levels.

Now, there are also limits to certain skills. If we were to use the previous example with Weakness Exploit, a skill that caps at 3 levels, you would only get up to level 3 even if you get 4 from your equipment.

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by Dawgyz:

Yeah fair call. Another question how do I level up a certain skill which comes with an armour piece? Upgrading it?

You don't. Skills that come with the armor are hard set to the armor. You can only swap in skills to armor pieces if that piece has a decoration slot. The only way to unlock a higher level for a skill is to equip other pieces or decorations that also have that skill.

If you're coming at this from an RPG perspective, it's easier if you think of the skills that come with armor as enchantments, not actual skills that you level as if this was some kind of RPG.

[Haga]

Originally posted by Dawgyz:

Yeah fair call. Another question how do I level up a certain skill which comes with an armour piece? Upgrading it?

You can only raise armor skill by using armor with more of that skill or if your armor/weapon have decoration slot (high rank armor) you can add decoration to raise the skill

Most people in HR don't care about defense but prefer armor skill.

For example you want to raise attack boost skill to lvl 6 + additional skill to get higher raw attack, you'll wear :
Weapon with 2 deco slot + Mind Eye Deco + Crit Boost Deco
Nergigante Helm Alpha + attack boost decoration
Dober Mail Beta + Critiacl Boost deco
Kaiser Vembrance Alpha + Crit Eye Deco
Nergigante Coil Beta + Crit Boost deco
Death Stench Beta + 2 Crit Eye Deco
Master Charm

You'll get skill:
Attack Boost Lvl 6
Critical Eye Lvl 6
Crit Boost Lvl 3
Weakness Exploit Lvl 2
Handicraft Lvl 2
Maximum Might Lvl 2
Mind Eye/Ballistic Lvl 1