List of tactics in the Splatoon manga

As named in Splatoon's fifth issue, one or more of a team's member's item/ability is called a tactic. So far, the Blue, Orange, Pink, and Turquoise teams seem to have a tactic of their own.

Idiotic Syncnication Power


A tactic used by the Blue Team and was seen in Issue 4. While throwing insults at each other, Goggles and Glasses are perfectly in sync.

It can only be used by Goggles and Glasses. It is unknown if this tactic can be used in another battle or if it can also be used by Knit Cap and/or Headphones.

It's Japanese name is アホシソクロパワー (Aho Shisokuro Pawā). Aho translates to things like idiot and fool.

Operation: "This is What Will Happen if I Get Hit"
A tactic used by the Blue Team when training with Rider to try to beat the Purple Team. It was used when they saw Goggles dodge all of Rider's E-liter 3k Scope shots by thinking if he got hit, his jar of pickled plums would get damaged.

Each of the members had different circumstances if they got hit:
 * Headphones would think that if she got hit, she'll get fat. A fan translation has her think she'll get acne to be more tasteful and in an official one, she won't listen to music anymore.
 * Specs would think if he got hit, he'll have to wear contact lenses instead of wearing his Retro Specs.
 * Bobble would think if she got hit, she won't get to pet puppies anymore which shocks Specs. Other translations have her say she'll go to hell that Specs says is too scary.

Thundersquid Jet
A tactic used by Goggles that was first used when training with Rider, it was unintentional as he actually had to go to the bathroom and couldn't hold it in anymore during the Turf War against the Yellow-Green Team, he dodged all of the team's attacks and Rider's E-liter 3k Scope. It was only named when he intentionally used it against a one on one with Rider.

Triple Inkstrike
A tactic used by the Yellow-Green Team. It has School Uniform, Bamboo, and Stealth fire their Inkstrikes all at once. It was used in their first battle as well as when they were training the Blue Team to take on Skull.

Inkling Army Manual
The tactic used by the Orange Team Army. They all read a manual by studying up on their previous Turf Wars and recording everything in the manual and so they can anticipate future battles. It ends up failing as they started over-relying on it when they were confused when Goggles ended up eating curry with one of the residents in Flounder Heights.

The same tactic fails in the Splatoon 2 era where Army tries to use it to find weaknesses in Emperor's Team but he can't find any when he gets quickly splatted by N-Pacer.

Disco Ball Dance
A tactic used by the Pink Team. They start dancing while shooting ink so they can attack enemies while dodging.

Blaster Gatling Gun
A tactic used by the Dark Green Team. One of them activates a Bubbler and all of them stack up in pairs and shoot their enemies with several Blaster shots while the Bubbler is active, when it wears off, another one activates it and extends the longetivity of it. The tactic eventually fails when Goggles pickes one of them up and he accidentally throws them with the other pair into the water.

Sub Weapon Hell
A tactic used by the Cyan Team. They all use sub-weapons to take out their opponents without firing their main weapons which gave Mask his notoriety of never swinging his Carbon Roller.

Each team uses a different sub-weapon that splatted one of the Blue Team:
 * Full Moon Glasses uses Ink Mines
 * Jersey uses Sprinklers
 * Designer Headphones uses Disruptors
 * Mask uses Seekers

The tactic fails when Bobble launches an Inkstrike in the stage, flushing out the whole team as well as destroying any Ink Mines and Sprinklers.

Skull's Territory
A tactic used by the Purple Team. Wherever the range of the E-liter 3k Scope can reach is the area that Skull can splat anyone.

4DS (Four Dandy Strike)
A formation used by the Hockey Team. The team surrounds their opponents and splats them from all directions, giving the opponent no time to splat them all. The tactic then fails when Goggles ends up super jumping into Hockey's crotch along with being distracted by Goggles's made up formation.

Blue Inkling Acrobatics Team
A made up formation Goggles used against the Hockey Team. It's simply having him, Headphones, and Bobble stand on Specs with his Octobrush. The only good it did was distract the Hockey Team and Headphones was able to be the first one to get a splat.

Need to Stay Clean
A tactic used by the Inkfall Team (the name is temporary as there is no official name for it). The Inkfall Team simply dodge all of their opponents' shots out of the need to stay clean from others ink. Inkfall, himself can be so fast to dodge all of Goggles's shots and even his dango falling from out of his pockets. The tactic then fails when Inkfall gets accidentally dumped with ink from Bobble's Slosher due to the Blue Team knocking each other down and he gets angry with charging instead of a clear tactic.

Articles of Diligence
A tactic used by the Stray Squids. It is five rules that they all follow to win their battles. The rules include:


 * 1. We strive for battles with proper sportsmanship! - They bow their heads down in politeness during every start of a Turf War.
 * 2. Ink completely and thoroughly! - They ink every spot of the ground without leaving any ground uncovered
 * 3. When comrades are in trouble, we rush to them without fail! - Whenever one of them signals a This Way!, all of the teammates super jump towards that teammate and splats whoever is attacking them.
 * 4. Utilize weapons carefully and responsibly! - They all use their weapons to the fullest potential seen by Squid Mask when he activates a Curling Bomb Launcher, he launches a row of Curling Bombs without any gaps to dodge them.
 * 5. Cherish diligent hearts! -

The tactic is eventually used against them when Specs signals a This Way! for Goggles and he splats them all with a Super Jump Splashdown along with earlier when Squid Mask signals a This Way! to his teammates when Goggles was stuck to the wall, giving the rest of the Blue Team a chance to splat them all and retake the ground.