Do buffs stack?

UTG_Zilla

I'm sure is obvious but just wanna make sure, if I use one buff that adds 20% damage and then another for the same 20%, would they stack to 40%? Or...?

Zsymon

No, major buffs don't stack, only a minor one will stack with a major one.

Sandshark95

Two of the same kind of buff do NOT stack. For example, if you use an ability that gives you Major Sorcery and then use a different ability that also gives you Major Sorcery (same buff), then you would NOT receive 2x Major Sorcery.

However, a Major and a Minor version of the same buff WILL stack. Example: one ability provides Major Brutality, while another gives Minor Brutality = stackable.

So, in short:

Major + Major (same type) = NO
Major + Major (different type) = Yes
Major + Minor (same type) = Yes
Minor + Minor (different type) = Yes
Minor + Minor (same type) = NO

UTG_Zilla

So I can't stack medium armor skill and assassination skill (each 20% dodge) for 40% dodge? It'd just be 20%?

Shinra

UTG_Zilla wrote: »

So I can't stack medium armor skill and assassination skill (each 20% dodge) for 40% dodge? It'd just be 20%?

Yes, it will be 20 %. BUT you can stack one of those buffs with hist bark (18%), making it 38 %.

UTG_Zilla

I can see why they did it this way (let's be honest 40% dodge and like 48-68% damage buffs would be op) but I wish they would inform us in game. A simple "will not stack with other major savagery/etc..." Would be a lot more helpful than being dependent on forums for questions like these.

Thanks all for the answers tho.

WeylandLabs

My question is why would ZOS put a sets in game that grants a buffs if there not stackable. Though this isnt confirmed through ZOS, i have druegh king and i dont see a buff on my list saying major brutality i just have it. So saying if buffs stack i agree those buffs might not stack, but the game doesn't look at it as a buff technically is the 5th set piece. So this post might be asking the wrong question.

Forestd16b14_ESO

You can only have 1 major and 1 minor buff of teh same type of buffs at once.

So you can have say a major vit and major brute active at once and you may also have minor vit and minor brute active along with majors.

You can not have 2 major vits active at once or 2 major brutes active at once.

WeylandLabs

Druegh King grants major brutality as a passive and not a buff. Correct 2 major buffs cannot stack.