September 23, 2014|

Equipment for Smash 3DS Explanation

I originally posted this on SmashBoards. Please go there to follow the conversation.

Smash 4 3DS/4 Wii U introduces equipment, custom moves and (only used in Smash run) items. There has already been a lot of talk about custom moves, and all have been revealed/ translated already. Thank you to all the users who have posted in depth analysis of custom move sets. Custom moves are tournament viable, but I’m not sure if equipment is, due to the extremely random nature of it. This is my feeling after playing playing Single Player modes for over 32 hours. Let me explain:

What is Equipment:

Each character can equip up to 3 pieces of equipment. Equipment that increases Attack (But lowers Defense), equipment that increases Defense (but lowers Speed) and finally equipment that increases Speed (but lowers Attack). In Smash Run, certain pieces of equipment can effect the amount of items you can hold. However, in regular Classic Mode/ Versus there is no drawback on equipping three powerful equipment.

Some equipment are character specific. For example, Olimar can equip Pikmin related equipment but Mario cannot. Bowser and Bowser Jr. can equip items that have spiky shells, etc.

There is also a tier of equipment. For example, there are “familiar boots” which are almost always less effective than “stylish boots”.

Effects:

Each item can have their own effect. More research needs to be done if some are equipment tiered specific. Some of the effects include, auto-healing, increasing/decreasing speed and jump, holding an item (which doesn’t appear on Omega/Master Core Battles but appears in the Credits Roll), increasing Smash start up time, etc. Currently, I have 81 different effects. I believe there are still more.

Drop System:

Each time you collect a custom pieces, you have a chance to receive a piece of equipment, custom move, hat or costume. You collect these custom pieces through local multiplayer matches, and almost all the single player modes (The Multi-Man Melee being an exception). For Classic Mode, the amount you receive is dependent on the “slot” you pick at the start of each match. On higher difficulties, the amount received is increased. As of right now, I cannot see a difference between the quality of items received on the difficulties, but more testing is to be done (More on this below). In Smash Run, you can collect the custom pieces through chests and by random enemy drops. You can get up to 10 per “run” (Pun intended). Each run lasts about 6-7 minutes, so that means Smash Run is currently the most efficient way to collect drops, as long as RNG (Random Number Generator) is on your side. Typically in Trophy Rush you can get up to 3, depending on skill and again RNG.

Stats:

As far as I can tell, the equipment stats are almost completely random. There are some noticeable difference in tiers, but within the tier it seems that the numbers are decided among drop. After 600+ pieces of equipment, I have yet to find a piece of equipment that has the same exact stats as the other.

Here’s a list of “Stylish boots” I have found: All + are towards speed, and the the – is towards Attack.The number after the equal sign is the difference between the two. Please note that items with effects, will sometimes have a negative impact on stats.

+26 -23 = + 3

+31 -16 = +15

+35 -17 = +18

+36 -21 = +15

+36 -24 =+12

+38 -19= +19

+39 -26 =+13

+40 -26=+14

+42 -21 =+21

+42 -25 =+17

+42 -27 =+15

+42 -28=+14

+44 -23 =+21

+45 -29=+16

+46 -28 =+18

+46 -29=+17

+47 -31=+16

+48 -26 =+22

+48 -27=+21

+50 -32=+18

+50 -33=+17

+51 -28=+23

+51 -35=+16

+52 -34=+18

+54 -29=+25

+54 -36=+18

+55 -30=+25

Here is some miscellaneous information about the equipment above:

Difference between +/- in ascending order:

3,12,13,14,14,15,15,15,16,16,16,17,17,17,18,18,18,18,18,19,21,21,21,22,23,25,25

Mean Difference: 17.2963

Median Difference: 17

Mode Difference : 18

The program probably has a set requirement for each type of equipment differences, and then decides to go X amount above or below.

No End for Equipment?

In the Challenge Window, there is no challenge for completing all the equipment. This makes me believe that there is no definite list of equipment to collect. It seems that I can continue to farm equipment until my eyes bleed and fall out.

Why They Might Not Be Tournament Viable:

Since you can continually collect equipment, and is totally dependent on RNG, players who farm equipment in Single Player may have an unfair advantage to those who don’t. Looking at the list of “Stylish boots”, some have the same increase but different decreases.

What do you guys think? Let me know if you want particular information about equipment/ have idea for experiments.

EDIT: I found a list of Equipment in the ROM Dump.

English description of equipment effects. 93 total if I’m not mistaken.

Increased run speed
Decreased run speed
Increased lateral air movement
Decreased lateral air movement
Improved jump
Weakened jump
Skating traction
Improved ground jumps
Weakened ground jumps
Improved double jump
Weakened double jump
Floaty jumps
Heavy jumps
Increased walk speed
Decreased walk speed
Increased edge-grab duration
Decreased edge-grab duration
Easier edge grabs
Harder edge grabs
Improved braking ability
Easy perfect shield
No perfect shield
Improved shield regeneration
Weakened shield regeneration
Improved air defense
Weakened air defense
Improved dodge ability
Weakened dodge ability
Reduced landing impact
Increased landing impact
Quick smash attacks
Hyper smash attacks
Improved air attacks
Weakened air attacks
Improved meteor effect
Improved attack in a crisis
Improved defense in a crisis
Improved speed in a crisis
Powered up in a crisis
Invincibility in a crisis
Improved attack at 0 damage
Improved speed at 0 damage
Improved attack/speed at 0%
Improved trade-off attack
Improved trade-off defense
Improved trade-off speed
Improved trade-off ability
Improved launch ability
Damage-stealing capability
No-flinch charged smashes
Critical-hit capability
Prone damage dealer
First-strike advantage
Countdown bonus
Crash run
Explosive perfect shield
Health-restoring shield
Improved escapability
Mirror shield
Stronger item throws
Weakened item throws
Battering item boost
Throwing item boost
Projectile item boost
Quicker bat swing
Star Rod equipped
Lip’s Stick equipped
Super Scope equipped
Ray Gun equipped
Fire Flower equipped
Beam Sword equipped
Home-Run Bat equipped
Bob-omb equipped
Mr. Saturn equipped
Increased healing from food
Decreased healing from food
Heal while crouching
Improved attack after eating
Improved speed after eating
Improved defense after eating
Power up after eating
KOs heal damage
Invincibility after eating
Auto-heal capability
Smash Ball gravitation
Respawn Final Smash
Smash Ball retention
Powered up Final Smash
Healing Final Smash
Chance of double Final Smash
Chance of lucky Sudden Death
Extended respawn invincibility
No respawn invincibility

Additional Information:

1.3x running speed.
0.8x running speed.
1.25x lateral air movement speed.
0.8x lateral air movement speed.
1.2x jump height.
0.8x jump height.
1.5x movement speed on land, but watch that you don’t slip!
1.3x jump height from the ground.
0.7x jump height from the ground.
1.3x midair jump height.
0.7x midair jump height.
0.6x speed when falling.
1.4x speed when falling.
1.3x walking speed.
0.8x walking speed.
Hang on to the edges of stages for twice as long.
Hang on to the edges of stages for half as long.
Increased range for grabbing stage edges.
Decreased range for grabbing stage edges.
Stop on a dime even when dashing.
More easily nullify attacks when blocking at the last second.
Only get a normal shield no matter how good your timing is.
Recharge your shield more quickly.
Recharge your shield more slowly.
0.75x damage received when in midair.
1.2x damage received when in midair.
Gives a little extra time to dodge an enemy attack.
Gives a bit less time to dodge an enemy attack.
Start moving again more quickly after landing.
After landing, take more time to start moving again.
Charge smash attacks faster when holding the attack button.
Charge smash attacks for longer to get 1.3x power.
1.15x attack power while airborne.
0.75x attack power while airborne.
1.5x power when using moves that launch opponents downward.
1.7x attack power for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Take 0.33x damage for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
1.55x speed for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Slowly increase attack, defense, and speed for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Gain 7 seconds of invincibility when your damage reaches 100%.
1.5x attack power while damage is at 0%.
1.32x speed while damage is at 0%.
Attack and speed gradually increase while damage is at 0%.
1.15x attack power from the start of the match…as well as 30% damage.
Start the match with 30% damage, but take only 0.8x damage from attacks.
1.3x speed from the start of the match…as well as 30% damage.
Start with 60% damage but slowly gain attack, defense, and speed.
1.3x attack power when launching enemies upward.
When directly striking an opponent, may recover health relative to damage inflicted.
You cannot be launched by standard attacks when charging a smash attack.
Attacks get a 20% chance of dealing extra damage.
1.4x damage when hitting a prone opponent.
If you land the first strike of the battle, you will be invincible for 10 seconds.
Greatly improved launch power for the last five seconds of a battle.
Do damage to an opponent if you crash into them while dashing.
Shield against an attack with perfect timing to create an explosion.
Recover health when shielding relative to the power of received attacks.
Escape more easily from being grabbed, stunned, etc.
When shielding, reflect some damage back at your attackers.
1.5x attack power to thrown items.
0.7x attack power to thrown items.
1.5x attack power to battering items. Item-throwing range increased.
1.5x attack power and ammo for items that fire projectiles.
Faster smash attacks when using the Home-Run Bat.
Start battles with a Star Rod. Wave it to fire star-shaped projectiles.
Start battles with a Lip’s Stick. Hit an opponent to plant a damaging flower.
Start battles with a Super Scope. Attack with charge shots or rapid fire!
Start battles with a Ray Gun. Blast your foes with lasers!
Start battles with a Fire Flower. Roast your enemies!
Start battles with a Beam Sword. The stronger the attack, the longer the reach.
Start battles with a Home-Run Bat. Use smash attacks and aim for the stands!
Start battles with a Bob-omb. Just don’t hold on to it for too long…
Start matches with Mr. Saturn. He does huge damage to fighters’ shields.
1.5x damage healed when eating food.
0.7x damage healed when eating food.
Slowly heal damage while crouching.
1.4x attack power for 15 seconds after eating food.
1.38x speed for 15 seconds after eating food.
0.5x damage received for 15 seconds after eating food.
Attack, defense, and speed rise gradually for 15 seconds after eating food.
Recover damage when you KO an enemy.
Become invincible for 5 seconds after eating food.
Heal damage gradually over time.
Automatically draw Smash Balls to you.
After a KO, return to battle ready to use your Final Smash.
When glowing with your Final Smash, resist losing it when attacked.
Attack, defense, and speed rise gradually while you have the Final Smash glow.
Heal damage gradually while you have the Final Smash glow.
After using a Final Smash, you have a 20% chance of being able to use it again.
Get a 50% chance of going into Sudden Death with only 100% damage.
Invincibility will last three times as long after being KO’d.
Get no invincibility after being KO’d.