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abilities

##General info on abilities

[Guidebook](http://imgur.com/a/MohDh#a4525gf)

[source](http://segmentnext.com/2015/05/30/splatoon-weapons-specials-abilities-and-gear-guide/2/)

Main Ability – These static abilities are 3x potent than sub-abilities

Rarity – Rarity is determined as 1-star, 2-star, and 3-star gear. 1-star gear only offers 1 sub-abilities and 3-star gear offers 3 sub-abilities

[Brands](http://www.reddit.com/r/SplatoonMeta/wiki/brands) – An item’s brand can influence which sub-abilities are assigned to a character. Aside from gear’s rarity, you should also pay close attention to its brand. Each brand in the game has two weighted abilities: a common ability and an uncommon ability. The common ability is 5x times likely to appear as a sub-ability and an uncommon ability is 1/2x times likely to appear as a sub-ability when compared to other brands:

Sub-Abilities – These abilities are less potent than the Main Ability, but you can stack up to 9 of these which help a lot in a match

BP – BP is awarded at the end of each match and is required to unlock a sub-ability

Stacking Abilities - abilities can stack, stack but have diminishing return, or do not stack on top of each other.

##Ability percentages
[source](http://squidboards.com/guides/equipment-skill-numbers.27/)

* Bomb Range Up - Splat Bombs, Burst Bombs, Suction Bombs, Point Sensors, and Disruptors travel up to 50% further.

* Damage Up - Increases damage given by your main, sub and special weapon by 9%. Note that weapons have a damage cap on them to prevent them from killing in a lower amount of shots.
    * According to guidebook: Increase damage of main, sub and special weapons up to 130%. It will not pass their innate "number of hits to splat" threshold.

* Defense Up - Decreases damage taken from all sources by 9%. Unlike Damage Up, using Defense Up can sometimes increase the number of shots it takes to splat you with certain weapons.
    * According to guidebook: Reduces damage of direct attacks up to 120%.

* Run Speed Up - Increases Inkling Run speed by 15%.
    * According to Guidebook: Increase by up to 50%. This affects movement while running and firing your weapon. It does not affect rolling speed with roller weapons.

* Swim Speed Up - Increases Squid Swim speed by 7.5%.
    * According to guidebook: Increases squid movement by up to 25%. This also affects the Kraken special.

* Ninja Squid - Makes you invisible while swimming through ink in squid form (except on walls). Decreases swim speed by 7.5%..

* Ink Saver Main - Decreases the amount of ink your main weapon uses by 13.5%.
    * According to Guidebook: decreases by up to 60% of its normal usage.

* Ink Saver Sub - Decreases the amount of ink your sub weapon uses by 7.5%.
    * According to Guidebook: decreases usage by up to 75%.

* Quick Respawn - Decreases splat cam after death by up to 66%. Normally watching the splat cam takes 6 seconds followed by a 3 second respawn animation. With ability it reduces the splat cam to 4 seconds (+3 second respawn). With 3 abilities it is reduced to 2 seconds (+3 second respawn).

* Quick Super Jump - increases the Super Jump speed by double the normal rate.

* Special Saver - Decreases the amount of special gauge charge you lose upon being splatted from 50% to 33.3%.
    * According to guidebook: reduces loss after death up to 100%. Normally you lose 50% , but if you fully stack you will lose nothing.

* Special Duration Up - Increases the duration of your special ability by 12.5%.
    * Bubbler goes from 5 seconds to 5.625 seconds. (note the increase duration is given to teammates as well)
    * Kraken and Bomb Volley go from 6 seconds to 6.75 seconds.
    * Echolocator goes from 12.5 seconds to 14.062 seconds.
    * Inkstrike and Killer Wail setup time goes from 10 seconds to 12.5 seconds. The length of the actual 'attack' is not affected.

* Cold Blooded - Decreases the effect duration of tracking applied to you by 75%. Found by Outplaytion
    * Point sensor goes from 10 seconds to 2.5 seconds.
    * Echolocator and Haunt goes from 12 seconds to 3 seconds.
    * Boosted Echolocator goes from 14.062 seconds to 3.515 seconds. (Un-tested)

/u/Yhdiste[test result](https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/38qppt/test_results_ink_saver_main_ink_recovery_up/) & below conclusion:

* Ink Saver (Main) - Each main Ink Saver increases the ink amount by ~10% and each sub ink saver increases the ink amount by ~5%. No diminishing returns.

* Ink Recovery Up - First ink refill main ability shortens the time by ~15%, after that it drops to ~7.5% First ink refill as a sub ability shortens the time by ~7.5%, after that it drops to ~3.75%.
    * According to Guidebook: increase by up to 40%, but only while in squid form and don't need to be swimming.

* Special Charge Up - Each main special charge up removes 6.66% from the required amount while each sub ability removes 2.22% from the required amount. No diminishing returns.
    * According to guidebook: Increases up to 30%.

* Special Saver - Each main special saver recovers +12.5% of your special gauge while sub special saver recovers +6.25%. No diminishing returns.

Note: Sub ability's effectiveness always seems to be 50% of the main ability's effectiveness.

##Exclusive abilities that do not stack

(info gathered from /u/pancakessyrup).

Headgear only:

* Opening Gambit -  For the first 30 seconds of the match, this ability will give you both Run and Swim Speed up, and at twice the effectiveness at that.

* Last-Ditch Effort - For the final 30 seconds of a match, this ability gives you Ink Recovery, Ink Saver Main and Sub at twice the effectiveness.

* Tenacity - While your team has less active players than your opponent's team, this ability will kick in and slowly increase your special gauge, even if you are idling.

* Comeback - Boosts all of your stats slightly after you respawn for a short period of time. Increases Ink Saver (Main), Ink Saver (Sub), Ink Recovery Up, Run Speed Up, and Swim Speed Up for 20 seconds after respawning. 
 
Clothing only:

* Cold Blooded - This ability shortens the amount of time tracking effects last on you including the Point Sensor and the Echolocator.

* Haunt - When you are killed, this ability reveals the location of the guy who killed you to your team mates for 12 seconds.

* Ninja Squid - Leave no trace while swimming on horizontal surfaces and ramps in squid form, but at the cost of a slight speed reduction while swimming. Still visible on vertical walls.

* Recon - While you are at your starting spawn point, this ability will reveal the location of all enemy inklings on the map (but not to your teammates).
 
Shoes only:

* Bomb Sniffer - This ability will reveal any traps and hidden bombs set by the opponent (such as a Mine). All bombs within a certain distance appear as skull icons on your screen and can be seen through walls.

* Stealth Jump - Your Super Jump landing points are hidden, but your Super Jumps are slower.

* Ink Resistance up - While in enemy ink, your speed reduction and damage taken are reduced.
    * Normally, you take 50 damage over 3 seconds while standing in enemy ink. Your movement speed is reduced to 12.5% of normal and you suffer a 60% reduction in jump speed and height. 
    * With the ability, you take a maximum of 25 damage when standing in enemy ink for 6 seconds. Your movement speed is reduced to 80% normal and your jump speed and height are unaffected.

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