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Why can't Admiral Ackbar's CE that gives +4 attack to followers stack with Kota's +3 since Kota's is always true and Ackbar's is only true if it's against an activated enemy? They are different amounts and applied at different times. Is it because they don't have a specific "name" like cunning or advantageous? Is that they only distinction that needs to be made when considering what stacking can take place?
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Basically, yeah. If they give a straight stat boost, regardless of circumstances, it dosen't stack with other such boosts.
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What makes something a "straight" stat boost? Because, Ackbar's +4 does not appear straight because it is only sometimes applied. In this case against activated enemies.
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It is a straight stat bonus because it isn't applied via a special ability, even though it has a requirement it is still considered a straight bonus.
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What Andy Hatton said. If you gain any stat boosts directly from CEs, those boosts don't stack. You take the higher one only for each stat. If you gain an SA from a CE, it's like the SA is then printed on the card and it does stack with the stat boosts that come directly from the CE. However, same name special abilities also don't stack with each other. For example, Twi'lek Black Sun Vigo has Opportunist +20. If he is played with Mitt-Thrawn who gives Opportunist (regular +10), then the Vigo still only has Opportunist +20. He doesn't benefit from both. If a character manages to get both Force Renewal 1 and Force Renewal 2 (e.g. from a force spirit), they only get the benefit of the larger number.
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I think I get it. Being a special ability is a key it appears. Again, opportunist +20 not adding to opportunist +10 is simpler to understand and makes clearer sense to me because they are the exact same ability accept for the damage output, you just take the higher. My Ackbar/Kota example seems to me to be a little murkier because they are actually applied at different times, but it makes sense that they do not stack because at the end of the day, they are both giving an attack boost. Thanks Guys.
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Your SA from an CE description helps as well. An SA from a CE in affect, becomes a SA that could just as well be written on your card. Either way, they would not stack with other CE or SA that might already be actually printed on your card. You would just always take the higher amount any time you can. Right?
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I think you got it.
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