User:Exaskliri/Draft:Star power

Star power, also known as the star count in, is an attribute on gear. A gear's star power corresponds to its initial amount of secondary ability slots and, if purchasable on an in-game shop, its price in cash.

Splatoon / Splatoon 2
In and, the star count is static and goes from 1 to 3 stars (equal to the number of initial secondary ability slots), not changing even if ability slots are added afterwards. The higher the star count, the more gear experience is required to obtain a secondary ability per slot to compensate more of initial slots.

Italicized numbers represent ability slots that must be added by Super Sea Snails.

Splatoon 3
In, the star power now changes alongside the number of secondary ability slots, so the required gear experience to fill all three slots is the same for all gear. The star power now goes from 0 to 5 stars (0 to 2 stars being equal to 1 to 3 secondary ability slots, respectively). Beyond 2 stars, no extra ability slot is given, instead increasing the gear experience multiplier by roughly 0.03× per star (caps at 1.10× at 5 stars).