Black Trainers

The Black Trainers are a pair of shoes in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon, they are a 1-star item produced by Tentatek and come with the primary ability Quick Respawn. They can be purchased from Shrimp Kicks for  500.

In Splatoon 2, they are a 1-star item produced by Tentatek and come with the primary ability Quick Respawn. They can be purchased from Shella Fresh for  500 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for  1,250.

In Splatoon 3, they are a 1-star item produced by Tentatek and come with the primary ability Quick Respawn. They can be purchased from Crush Station for  500 or from SplatNet 3 Shop for  1,250.

Appearance

The Black Trainers are jet black-colored trainers with blackish-grey lacing. The soles are white with a pink-colored section on the heel. The Tentatek logo is found on the heel.

Splatoon

Abilities

The Black Trainers come with Quick Respawn as the primary ability. As a 1-star item, the Black Trainers come with one additional slot for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail or 30,000 cash for each slot. Since they are made by the Tentatek gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Recovery Up and a lower chance of rolling Quick Super Jump to fill their secondary ability slot.

Splatoon 2

Abilities

The Black Trainers come with Stealth Jump as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch, which, being exclusive to the main slot of Shoes, prevents the wearer from also having Drop Roller or Object Shredder. When purchased from SplatNet 2, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Shoes. As a 1-star item, the Black Trainers come with one additional slot for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail for each slot. Since they are made by the Tentatek gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Recovery Up and a lower chance of rolling Quick Super Jump to fill their secondary ability slot.

Splatoon 3

Abilities

The Black Trainers come with Stealth Jump as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch, which, being exclusive to the main slot of Shoes, prevents the wearer from also having Drop Roller or Object Shredder. When purchased from SplatNet 3, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Shoes. As a 1-star item, the Black Trainers come with two additional slots for secondary abilities. The star level may be increased with Super Sea Snails for 1 (first), 1 (second), 5 (third), 10 (fourth), or 20 (fifth) Super Sea Snails per star, or by purchasing additional copies of them from Crush Station for 10,000 (first), 30,000 (second), 50,000 (third), 100,000 (fourth), or 200,000 (fifth) Cash per star. Increasing the star level to 2 stars will add another secondary ability slot for a total of three slots. Increasing the star level beyond 2 stars will increase the gear experience gained by a cumulative 3.333…% up to 10% additional experience at 5-star level. Since they are made by the Tentatek gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Recovery Up and a lower chance of rolling Quick Super Jump to fill their secondary ability slot.

Trivia

• The Black Trainers are tied with the Retro Specs for cheapest purchasable gear with Quick Respawn.
• Inkling Girl's green variant wears the Black Trainers in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Gallery

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  A female Inkling wearing the Black Trainers.

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Black Trainers.

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Black Trainers, holding a Splat Charger.

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  A male Inkling wearing the Black Trainers, firing a Luna Blaster Neo.

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  A male Inkling wearing the Black Trainers holds an N-ZAP '83.

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  Another male Inkling (second from right) wearing the Black Trainers, firing a Splattershot Pro.

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  Another male Inkling wearing the Black Trainers, from the back.

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  The recolored Inkling Girl amiibo wears the Black Trainers.

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  An advertisement in an Octo Valley mission showing the Black Trainers (albeit with a slightly lighter color).

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  Closeup of the Black Trainers viewed from different sides.