Yeah but if you aren't fast enough I think you can miss a hit. Like when they hit you and you switch to hasta if you don't switch to whip quick enough. Something along the lines of that xd.
unless you are perfect at switching to hasta then whip its not worth to mess up and that causing you to lose. it doesn't effect much its like wearing a iron plate body.
I started testing this straight away after they updated pid changes and done a small sample of 1k stakes. I finished negative 20 stakes exactly 510L/490W. If there is an edge which there should be its very minimal and not worth your time doing.
There is hasta staking but it's not guaranteed to win, and people that do bigger stakes always ask you to show your inventory with the money and full of vials.