Equipping Broly’s Ring to a character will make them specifically unable to transform or perform a fusion.
If you want to know what great helpful purpose this serves…there isn’t one really. It’s great for trolling local multiplayer friends (if you equip this for the Player 2 profile set) and personal role-playing scenarios. This item isn’t going to help you in an actual match, unless you play better when handicapping yourself.
Broly’s Ring functions similarly to how it worked in previous games, and while there are a lot of claims that it affects the opponent as well, that never happens in my experience. I’m further inclined to believe it’s not meant to work that way, since the description doesn’t mention it being possible. That being said, the item is certainly bugged, and there is no telling whether that has impacted how it works.
Broly’s Ring is effective with any character that can transform. Fighters like Goku can feel pretty restricted without access to his various hair color transformations. Broly’s Ring even prevents fusions, making it harder for a mid-match Gogeta or Kefla reveal. Unless there’s been a cacophony of errors and it is meant to work on opponents, there is no reason to put this on a character that can’t transform.
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You should be able to use this item in every mode except for the story-centric Episode Battles. Most are bound to be using this as a fun way to limit fights against friends, or maybe roleplay against the computer. It’s certainly not fun when Vegeta turns into his Great Ape form and is no longer valid for the Impact Action quick-time events. There isn’t much use for this when creating Custom Battles either, as you can freely adjust whether characters can fuse or transform in those.
I can also confirm that Broly’s Ring is selectable when readying up for online play. However, I can never find a ranked match if one of my characters has the item. The one time I managed to find a non-ranked match lobby that allowed items, I was disconnected once a match started. These issues haven’t popped up for me any other time, so I don’t currently recommend playing online with the ring.
