Squid Beakon

The Squid Beakon is a sub weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. They provide places to Super Jump to. A single player can have three Beakons in play at once. Beakons can be used up to two times if the first player to use does not also have Squid Beakons.

Splatoon
Squid Beakons are small devices placed at the user's feet that can be Super Jumped to by allies. A Beakon is destroyed when the Super Jumping Inkling lands or when it is damaged by an enemy. One Inkling using Beakons can have up to three placed in the stage at one time; attempting to create a fourth will destroy the oldest of those currently active.

Use

 * Put Beakons in places where they are less vulnerable to enemies, such as up high or behind obstacles.
 * Ink the area around the Beakon so an arriving ally can hide immediately after landing.
 * If Beakon is in a good spot, place a new one as soon as it is used.
 * Like s, Beakons can be used as light shields in a pinch, taking some damage in place of the user.
 * Even when not used as shields, the attention drawn by an unguarded Beakon can be used to one's advantage for an ambush or escape. This is especially effective in Ranked Battles, since preventing enemy movement is a greater concern.
 * Beakons can be used with the to attack an enemy on a ledge above the user. To do this, place a Beakon right next to their perch, Super Jump to it, then fling ink at them on the way down.
 * If a teammate is nearby a Beakon, Super Jump to the teammate rather than the Beakon so it can be used when there is no teammate nearby.
 * Squid Beakons can be seen on by either team, allowing the player to find hidden Beakons or predict enemies' positions.
 * A Beakon may be bait; it would be wise to keep an eye on one's surroundings when destroying it.
 * Alternatively to destroying a Beakon, one can wait in their ink near it and splat an opponent when they land. However, this may simply waste time if the Beakon is never jumped to.

Squid Beakon destruction
Destroying a Squid Beakon varies between weapons: for instance, an can squish it with only 20 damage but it takes a  126 damage.


 * Shooters and splatlings require the same amount of shots to destroy a Beakon as they do to splat an Inkling.
 * Blasters take one direct hit to destroy a Beakon, including those in the series, despite their low damage. Using indirect hits, Blasters need to do a total of 50 damage. Therefore, it takes one indirect shot for the regular, s, and s and two indirect hits for the Rapid Blasters.
 * Rollers and brushes take approximately the same number of flings or flicks to destroy a Beakon as to splat an Inkling. All rollers and brushes can squish a Beakon in one hit.
 * Chargers, including the Bamboozlers, can destroy a Beakon with one fully charged shot or two uncharged shots. s and s can destroy it with a half charge and s can destroy it with a quarter charge.
 * Sloshers can destroy a Beakon in one direct slosh or two indirect sloshes.

Additional information:
 * Two indirect hits will destroy a Beakon.
 * A placed on or very near the Beakon will destroy it.
 * A will destroy a Beakon in four drops.
 * Beakons are unaffected by standing in enemy ink.

Splatoon 2
The Squid Beakon returns in Splatoon 2.

Trivia

 * Squid Beakons in have the highest ink consumption of any sub weapon.
 * In Splatoon, only two specials can appear on weapons with Squid Beakon as their sub weapon, being the and.
 * The Squid Beakon used to only be available with two weapons, the and the, which made it the rarest sub weapon at the launch of Splatoon and.
 * There are no sloshers with the Squid Beakon as their sub weapon.
 * The name is a play on words between a 'beacon' and a 'squid's beak'.
 * The Squid Beakon resembles an airport surveillance radar mounted on a camera tripod.
 * When standing next to a Beakon, Inkling voice clips can be heard. This is often difficult to notice, however, due to the fact that multiplayer music may drown out the sounds.
 * These voice clips are distorted versions of the Inkling voice clips that come from players.
 * Beakons are used in many out of bounds glitches. This is done by putting a Beakon next to a moving wall in Rainmaker mode. Wait until the wall moves, then splat the Rainmaker next to the Beakon. Super Jump to the Beakon and the player will clip into the wall.