Special Saver

Special Saver is an ability in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

Each time a player gets splatted, their special gauge is reduced by a certain amount; Special Saver reduces that amount.

The effectiveness of Special Saver can be temporarily decreased by Respawn Punisher used by any player.

Tactics
Special Saver tends to be helpful when players get splatted just before earning a special, or after earning it but before having a chance to use it.

Tactics
Special Saver can be useful with weapons that have a hard time covering turf such as blasters and some long-range shooters, and for special weapons that require a lot of ink to charge such as the Inkzooka, Kraken, and Echolocator.

Stacking
Points Lost (relative to Special Gauge filled amount) for each Depletion class:

Gear
Special Saver is the main ability of:

Stacking
Points Lost (relative to Special Gauge filled amount) for when getting splatted after using but not completing a Splashdown, and every other case:

Gear
Special Saver is the main ability of:

Trivia

 * Special Saver is the only ability that is unfavored by two brands.
 * Special Saver is the only ability that appears in both games where a piece of gear that had it in has a different ability in.