Splatoon 2: All Abilities Listed | Walkthrough Guide

For a number of gamers, Splatoon 2 will be their first experience with the Splatoon franchise. The initial release of the series was met with praise though, with few adopters of the Nintendo Wii U, only a small portion of gamers had their hands on a copy.

Now that the Nintendo Switch is doing incredibly well with units quickly flying off the store shelves, we’re bound to see a flood of new players to the Splatoon series enter game matches online. If you’re a new player to the series or if you’re a veteran, take a look at the various abilities you may come across in the video game down below.

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Splatoon 2 Abilities Listed

[Note: Abilities broken down in sections.]

• Ink Saver
  • Reduces amount of ink your main weapon will consume.
• Ink Save
  • Reduces amount of ink your sub weapon will consume.
• Ink Recovery Up
  • Increases the rate it takes your ink-tank to fill.
• Run Speed Up
  • Increases movement speed.
• Swim Speed Up
  • Increases movement speed when in Squid form.

• Speed Charge Up
  • Increases rate it takes to fill Special Gauge.
• Special Saver
  • Reduces penalty of Special Gauge when splatted.
• Quick Respawn
  • Reduces Kill Cam respawn time.
• Quick Super Jump
  • Increases the speed of Super Jump.
• Sub Power Up
  • Increases sub-weapon competence.

• Ink Resistance Up
  • Improve walking through enemy ink with along with reduction of enemy ink damage.
• Bomb Defense Up
  • Take less damage from blasts, sub weapons, and special weapons.
• Cold-Blooded
  • Reduces the active time of enemy Point Sensors and Ink Mines.
• Opening Cambit
  • Increase speed for both inkling and squid forms during last 30 seconds of gameplay.
• Last-Ditch Effort
  • Increase ink recovery and weapon competence during last 30 seconds of gameplay.

• Tenacity
  • Automatically have Special Gauge filled if your team has fewer players than enemy.
• Comeback
  • Increases abilities for a brief amount of time after respawn.
• Ninja Squid
  • Reduces swim speed but allows no trance of swimming.
• Haunt
  • Previous enemy takedown position will be revealed.
• Thermal Ink
  • Track distant players after being hit with your primary weapon.

• Respawn Punisher
  • Increase respawn time and special-gauge penalty for you and players who have splatted you.
• Ability Doubler
  • Increases effect of gear abilities.
• Stealth Jump
  • Hides Super Jump landing point.
• Object Shredder
  • Boosts damage against non-player targets.
• Drop Roller
  • Perform a roll after a Super Jump.

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