>>58551085It's not that simple, although that is the general gist.
Dragonite and Gengar have a big gap between their base ingredient gathering rates, and their helping speeds, and they can both run mono herbs so they're a good case study for the effects of subskills on varied base stats.
>Ingredient Finder M @ 60Gengar: 16.10% -> 21.90% (+5.80%)
Gengar Herbs: 71.48 - 94.73 (+23.25)
Dragonite: 26.40% -> 35.90% (+9.50%)
Dragonite Herbs: 86.34 -> 112.39 (+26.05)
>Helping Speed M @ 60Gengar: 88.00x -> 102.40x (+14.4x)
Gengar Herbs: -> 71.48 -> 80.75 (+9.27)
Dragonite: 81.26x -> 95.13x (+13.87x)
Dragonite Herbs: 86.34 -> 97.18 (+10.84)
>Combined estimated effect on Herbs gathered dailyGengar: 71.48 -> 107.34 (+35.86)
Dragonite: 86.34 -> 127.14 (+40.80)
Helping Speed M has a greater effect for Gengar due to how low its base ingredient gathering rate is, and results in overall greater strength contributions in berries plus herbs. BFS Gengar is a strong performer due to how damn fast it is.
Ingredient Finder M by contrast has a far greater effect for Dragonite due to its superb ingredient gathering rate, though the actual net positive gain between the two is pretty close (+23 versus +26).
Helping speed bonuses improves everything a helper can do, but specialists absolutely do need at least one of Ingredient Finder M / Skill Trigger M, and then a nature that boosts either their speciality or their helping speed.
Ingredient Finder M + Helping Speed M is also a stronger combination than Ingredient Finder M + Ingredient Finder S.
