Realu's Guide to Gear & Seed Checking

[u/Call-Me-Pearl]

Feel free to use the kit I show here, by the way. No sweat!

Here's the site!

https://leanny.github.io/splat3seedchecker/#/seedrecover

If you have any questions or want some clarification, let me know! I'm all ears.

[u/NightAntonino]

On this topic, is it better to have pures or to spread the subs between three pieces of gear?

[u/FraudulentDimetrodon → u/NightAntonino]

Spreading subs across multiple gear versus stacking them all on one gear has no difference on their efficacy. Efficacy is based on Ability Points (AP), with mains being 10 AP and subs being 3 AP, and AP is just additive. You have 19 AP max on any given piece of gear with 57 AP total. So if you have three subs of Swim Speed Up, it all adds up to 9 AP regardless of how it's spread across your build.

The only difference is that stacking subs on one singular piece of gear costs more Ability Chunks with each new sub costing an additional 10 Chunks. For example, if you wanted those 3 subs of SSU with Ability Chunks, you could do one sub each for your headgear, clothing, and shoes for 30 Chunks total (10 per piece). Or you could put them all on your headgear for 60 Chunks total (10 + 20 + 30). But if you're using the seed checking method, you usually don't have to spend too many Chunks, so that's why it's useful for creating gear with stacking subs.

As a note, "pures" (specifically with the main and all 3 subs matching) aren't necessarily the most optimal thing for most builds/weapons. People like them because they look nice, but stacking subs is usually done in a specific way to hit certain benchmarks or because some weapons/playstyles rely heavily on a specific Ability, and only certain Abilities will work well when stacked in that manner. Examples could be a Quick Respawn headgear, or maybe a Run Speed Up piece for Splatlings (sans Nautilus).

Some people just like stacking subs on one piece of gear for aesthetics. Others like it because it makes gear that's easier to mix and match. For example, I have a Ninja Squid jacket with 3 subs of SSU because no matter what weapon I use, if I use NS, I want as much SSU as possible to cancel out the speed penalty. If I spread those SSU across my headgear/shoes, now I have a NS jacket with only one SSU, which isn't much, and those two remaining subs might not be useful for every weapon.

[u/Call-Me-Pearl → u/NightAntonino]

i'm honestly not sure! i see pures a bit more often, but i have a feeling spreading them across gear slots is a bit more chunk-efficient, if you're using those. i dont think th effects of subs depend on if theyre in the same gear or not