ultra instinct

How it works

Using the item grants fifty health and changes the character’s clothing. The wiki’s synergy list attaches individual outcomes to particular weapons instead of one universal damage multiplier. Photon blades, for example, receives its eight-kill armor milestone, while psycho bat receives a substantially different attack pattern. Starlight adds delayed damage. These effects cannot be transferred to an unrelated weapon simply because ultra instinct is present.

Appearance changes can depend on the equipped weapon and may continue after the initial activation. The wiki also records an interaction with small pebble and says ultra instinct can be borrowed after use. That borrow behavior has a dated history: the April 2024 update introduced it alongside additional weapon pairings. Later updates continued extending the list rather than replacing it with one shared rule.

For practical comparisons, first identify the exact partner item and read that item’s interaction section. A cosmetic outfit, a delayed extra hit and an immediate progression boost answer different questions. The May 2026 additions include psycho bat and heavy lance; the August 2025 additions include photon blades and cleanse and repent. This page links the documented partner pages below so the relevant conditions stay with their own mechanics and damage values.

The partner list is a set of separate rules, so read the named pairing before assuming any shared activation condition.

Stats and conditions

Recorded changes

• photon blades
• psycho bat
• last breath
• Item directory

• Update log and version disagreements