Normal Gear Guide
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Aside from a character’s level, their equipment also plays a great role in determining their combat power. Of course, not all equipment pieces are created equal; factors such as rarity, level, and ascension levels will directly affect how they’ll contribute to a character’s overall combat strength. In our Normal Gear Guide, we will discuss how to properly manage your equipment to increase your individual characters’ combat power.
One Punch Man - The Strongest is the mobile game adaptation of the popular shonen manga and anime series that centers around the titular One Punch Man. Players can’t play as Saitama himself but they’ll be able to recruit various heroes, villains, and more to form a powerful team they can use to clear the various game content.
Each character has two types of equipment: Exclusive Gear and (Normal) Gear. However, in this page, we will just discuss the Normal Gear first. We have a dedicated page for Exclusive Gear so please check that out as well.
Each character can equip four different gear items divided into Top, Legwear, Footwear, and Accessory categories. Each gear has a main stat and a secondary stat. Main stats are fixed while the secondary stat will be randomized when you get an equipment piece. There’s also a chance for an extra stat to be added as you enhance the gear further. The gear’s stats significantly vary per rarity.
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Upgrading
You can further increase a gear’s stats by Enhancing them. To enhance an item, you’ll need coins and Gear EXP Cards. These can be collected from clearing Conqueror’s Challenge attempts, as well as dismantling old equipment. As the enhancement level increases, so does the amount of EXP cards and coins needed. You can also enhance in batches of 5 levels to make it more convenient. The upgrade cost seems to depend on the rarity of the gear you’re upgrading as well so expect Orange gears to get extremely expensive as its level goes up.![Normal Gear Guide](https://resource.appgamer.com/library/appgamer/740w/2022/opmts_gear2.webp)
As much as possible, try not to spend resources in leveling up Normal (gray) and Green gear. Spend a bit of resources on Blue/Blue+ but do spend a bit of resources on Purple and Purple+. Orange gears are the highest rarity in the game so don’t hesitate spending resources on leveling them up.
Dismantling and Reverting
If you tap the Dismantle button, you’ll have the option to destroy your excess, non-enhanced gears to convert them to EXP Cards and Gear Vouchers. You can use the latter as alternative currency to buy new gears from the Gear Store (see below). You can also use the Quick Select option to (multiple) select equipment by bulk through the specified rarity, main stat, and secondary stat. This is a great way to quickly sort through your excess gear.![Normal Gear Guide](https://resource.appgamer.com/library/appgamer/740w/2022/opmts_gear3a.webp)
On the other hand, Revert allows you to dismantle gears that have been enhanced. This process requires the use of gems so try not to do this option too much. That’s why it’s important not to waste resources on temporary or placeholder gears in the first place. Reverting only returns a portion of the EXP cards and coins; there’s an option to retrieve 100% of the enhancement materials but that will cost more qems.
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Gear Store
You can find the Gear Store from the Mall > Gear Section option in the upper-right corner of the main screen. Here you can use the Gear Vouchers from reverting unused equipment as well as gems. Be careful when selecting gear from the shop since those that cost gems are mixed in with the same group. You can refresh the displayed items for free up to four times a day though the inventory will automatically refresh as well as part of the game’s scheduled reset.![Normal Gear Guide](https://resource.appgamer.com/library/appgamer/740w/2022/opmts_gear4.webp)
Ascension
This process greatly increases the equipment’s secondary stats by adding stars on it. This can only be done using Star Ascension Cards, which are already rare on their own. You can get these cards from the Gear Materials gacha. Since Star Ascension Cards are very rare, consider only ascending Orange gear since they’re going to be permanently part of your inventory anyway.![Normal Gear Guide](https://resource.appgamer.com/library/appgamer/740w/2022/opmts_gear5.webp)
Gear Sets
Normal gears can also belong to a Set. Equipping all four pieces from the same set will activate the Set Buff. Here are the current sets available in the game:Equipment Set | Set Buff |
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Flash | Your Drain Rate increases by 10% and SPD increases by 10% |
Knight | Every time an enemy is attacked, it deals an additional 10% extra DMG to the target. Stacks up to 3 times. The main target takes double extra DMG. |
Suit | Increases damage reflection by 20%. After taking action, heals 10% HP. |
Primal | Enemies in the same column as the main target take 30% of the damage dealt to the main target. The main target also takes an equal amount of extra DMG. |
Formal | When attacking a target while debuffed, there’s a 50% chance to inflict this debuff on the main target’s column. |
Prisoner | Triggering a critical hit increases all types of damage by 15% |
Scholar | Trigger a block restores HP equal to 10% of the damage taken. |
Monk | SPD increases by 10% |
Swordsman | Every time an enemy is attacked, deals an additional 10% extra DMG to the target. Stacks up to 3 times. |
Gangster | Basic attacks deal extra DMG equal to 35% of the attacker’s ATK. |
Lightning | Enemies in the same column as the main target take 30% of the damage dealt to the main target. |
Martial Arts | ATK increases by 10% |
Battle | HP increases by 10% |
Casual | After taking action, heals 10% of the HP |
Gunner | Triggering a critical hit increases all types of damage by 15% and your ATK increases by 8% |
Magic | Triggering a block restores HP equal to 10% of damage taken and your HP increases by 8%. |
That concludes our Normal Gear Guide in One Punch Man - The Strongest. Please check out our online guide for the game and other articles for more One Punch Man - The Strongest content!