Ink Saver (Sub)

Ink Saver (Sub) is an ability in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. gear has a 5× chance of rolling this ability, while gear has a 1/2× chance.

Ink Saver (Sub) decreases the ink usage of sub weapons. The revised ink usage of the sub weapon is indicated by the red arrow icon on the ink-tank.

Splatoon
Ink Saver (Sub) decreases the ink usage of each sub weapon by up to 35%.

Use
The Ink Saver (Sub) ability is great for sub weapons that consume a lot of the user's ink such as s or s. The ability allows the user to deploy such sub weapons more frequently, as less ink is used per sub weapon because of Ink Saver (Sub). With six sub slots of Ink Saver (Sub), an extra can be thrown before refilling ink. With one main slot and 5 sub slots, an extra can be thrown.

Gear
Ink Saver (Sub) is the main ability of:

Stacking
The following table shows the percent decrease in ink consumed by sub weapons with every possible amount of Ink Saver (Sub).

Trivia

 * Prior to version, players could only throw a single or , no matter how much Ink Saver (Sub) was stacked. Update 2.6.0 changed this.

Splatoon 2
Ink Saver (Sub) was tweaked in Splatoon 2 to have a weaker effect for certain sub weapons. The ability's three strength tiers are detailed in the following table. Thresholds for throwing an extra sub weapon without having to refill the ink-tank are also shown.

Gear
Ink Saver (Sub) is the main ability of:

Stacking
The following table shows the percent decrease in ink consumed by sub weapons with every possible amount of Ink Saver (Sub). There is a column for each of the ability's three strength tiers.