The 1.0 Target Cap Overhaul, Why Partner Skills No Longer Stack

The Early Access meta of stacking multiple buff partners (most famously four Gobfins to inflate player damage into one-shot territory) was eliminated in 1.0's global balance pass.

What changed

Partner skill buffs no longer stack the way they used to, which shuts down the raw-player-damage stacking builds. Alongside that, baseline balance was re-engineered so Pal skills tend to do significantly higher average damage than the player's weapons.

The new priority: team comp

• Lean on Pal skills for damage rather than stacking self-buffs.
• Build elemental loops across your team instead of one buff type ×4.
• Value coverage and synergy over any single stacked stat.