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In Splatoon 3, the abilities on your gear are important. They’ll help you swim faster, spend less ink, and do more damage.
If you’re new to Splatoon as a franchise, all those symbols can be daunting. To help you out, we provide this Splatoon 3 ability chart to give you all the information in one place.
It’s extremely important to know what abilities do in order to make good gear. The best abilities are ones that complement your play style, so you should know what they all do in order to beef yourself up in battle.
Splatoon 3 main abilities and sub abilities
There are specific abilities that can only be slotted in the main ability slot, though all sub abilities can also go into the main ability slot as well. Main abilities can only appear on certain types of gear as well. In addition to this, sub abilities are more or less likely to appear on certain brands of gear.
Below we table everything you need to know about all the abilities in Splatoon 3.
Splatoon 3 main and sub ability chart
| Type | Ability | Ability description | Gear | More likely on | Less likely on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Ability | Ability description | Gear | More likely on | Less likely on |
| Sub | Ink Resistance Up | Reduces damage taken and improves mobility when walking through enemy ink. | Any | SquidForce | Enperry |
| Sub | Ink Saver (Main) | Decreases amount of ink consumed by your main weapon. | Any | Splash Mob, Toni Kensa | SquidForce |
| Sub | Ink Saver (Sub) | Decreases amount of ink consumed by your sub weapon. | Any | Firefin, Annaki | Forge |
| Sub | Intensify Action | Makes Squid Rolls and Squid Surges easier to do and steadies your aim when firing after jumping. | Any | Barazushi, Emberz | Inkline |
| Sub | Quick Respawn | Reduces respawn time after getting splatted repeatedly without splatting any opponents. | Any | Skalop | Zink |
| Sub | Quick Super Jump | Increases Super Jump speed. | Any | Zink | Tentatek |
| Sub | Ink Recovery Up | Increases ink-tank refill rate. | Any | Tentatek | Firefin |
| Sub | Run Speed Up | Increases movement speed in Inkling or Octoling form. | Any | Rockenberg | Splash Mob |
| Sub | Special Charge Up | Increases special-gauge fill rate. | Any | Takoroka | Zekko, Emberz |
| Sub | Special Power Up | Upgrades your special weapon. | Any | Forge | Takoroka |
| Sub | Special Saver | Reduces special-gauge decrease after getting splatted. | Any | Zekko | Skalop, Annaki |
| Sub | Sub Power Up | Upgrades your sub weapon. | Any | Enperry | Toni Kensa, Barazushi |
| Sub | Sub Resistance Up | Reduces effects and damage from sub weapons. | Any | Inkline | Krak-On |
| Sub | Swim Speed Up | Increases movement speed in swim form. | Any | Krak-On | Rockenberg |
| Main | Opening Gambit | Boosts your speed while moving for the first 30 seconds of battle. | Headgear | - | - |
| Main | Last-Ditch Effort | Boosts ink-recovery rate and weapon-ink efficiency for the last 30 seconds of battle. | Headgear | - | - |
| Main | Tenacity | Fills special gauge automatically if your team has fewer active players than the enemy. | Headgear | - | - |
| Main | Comeback | Boosts some of your abilities for a short time after respawning. | Headgear | - | - |
| Main | Ninja Squid | Leaves no trace when swimming in inked ground but slightly reduces swim speed. | Clothing | - | - |
| Main | Haunt | Once you've respawned, reveals the position of the players who splatted you. | Clothing | - | - |
| Main | Thermal Ink | Allows you to track distant players hit with shots from your main weapon. | Clothing | - | - |
| Main | Respawn Punisher | Increases respawn time and special-gauge spawn penalty for you and any player you splat. | Clothing | - | - |
| Main | Ability Doubler | Doubles the effect of other gear abilities attached to this gear. | Clothing | - | - |
| Main | Stealth Jump | Hides your Super Jump landing point from distant players. | Shoes | - | - |
| Main | Object Shredder | Increases damage dealt to all nonplayer targets. | Shoes | - | - |
| Main | Drop Roller | Tilting the Left Stick during a Super Jump lets you perform a roll in that direction when landing. | Shoes | - | - |
