Ink Resistance Up

Ink Resistance Up is an ability in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It mitigates the negative effects of touching the opponent's ink on the ground. Negative effects alleviated by Ink Resistance Up include reduced jump height, reduced movement speed, and accumulation of damage. The ability stays active throughout the entire match, and is used any time the player steps on enemy ink.

Tactics

Quicker movement in enemy ink is especially helpful for the Inkbrush and Octobrush, to move quickly even when turning sharply. Weapons that let the player strafe fast like the Sloshing Machine and Mini Splatling also benefit from Ink Resistance Up, as small patches of enemy ink will not slow down movement as much.

Splatoon

Ink Resistance Up

Applicable gear

  Shoes

Ink Resistance Up improves the mobility of Inklings stepping or swimming in enemy ink. It also reduces the damage taken from stepping in or swimming through enemy ink. Normally, touching enemy ink will accumulate up to 50 damage at a rate of 30 damage per second. But with Ink Resistance Up, only 30 damage can accumulate, and at a rate of 12 damage per second.

Ink Resistance Up cannot be rolled as a sub ability.

Tactics

Players appear on the mini-map if they accumulate 30.1 damage or more. Because only 30 passive ink damage can accumulate with Ink Resistance Up, the player will not show up to enemies on the mini-map after stepping on or swimming through enemy ink.

Mutual Exclusivity

This ability is found as the main ability only on shoes, so other abilities found only on shoes are mutually exclusive with it; in other words players cannot have them together. These abilities are Bomb Sniffer and Stealth Jump.

Gear

Ink Resistance Up is the main ability of:

Shoes with Ink Resistance Up in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Blue Moto Boots	Rockenberg	12000	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	LE Soccer Cleats	Takoroka	2600	Ink Resistance Up		2.3.0
	Neon Sea Slugs	Tentatek	700	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Red Hi-Tops	Krak-On	1800	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Strapping Reds	Splash Mob	700	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0

Version history

Version	Adjustments
1.3.0	▼ Ink Resistance Up was nerfed, making the ease of movement in enemy ink much less noticeable than before.

Splatoon 2

Ink Resistance Up

Applicable gear

Any

Favored by

SquidForce

Unfavored by

Enperry

Ink Resistance Up prevents players from taking damage from opponent's ink for a certain duration (39 frames at maximum) after touching it.

Ink Resistance Up reduces the maximum damage that accumulates from stepping in enemy ink, from 40 damage to as low as 20 damage. The rate of damage accumulation is also reduced so that the damage cap will always be reached in about 1.5 seconds after the user starts receiving damage.

Ink Resistance Up increases the movement speed of an Inkling in the opponent's Ink while walking, but not while swimming. (The mobility benefits also apply while attacking with a weapon, while rolling with a roller, and while charging a splatling or charger.)

Gear

Ink Resistance Up is the main ability of:

Headgear with Ink Resistance Up in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Annaki Beret	Annaki	11500	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Hothouse Hat	Skalop	3680	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0
	Knitted Hat	Firefin	1400	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Pilot Hat	Splash Mob	11500	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0
	Power Mask Mk I	amiibo	Inkling Squid (Splatoon 2)	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Purple Novelty Visor	Tentatek	Nintendo Switch News	Ink Resistance Up		15 April 2019
	Sennyu Goggles	Forge	CoroCoro Comic	Ink Resistance Up		10 August 2018
	Squidfin Hook Cans	Forge	3800	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Tulip Parasol	Inkline	1280	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0

Clothing with Ink Resistance Up in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Black Hoodie	Skalop	2900	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0
	Chili-Pepper Ski Jacket	Inkline	7800	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0
	Custom Painted F-3	Forge	9700	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0
	Front Zip Vest	Toni Kensa	5500	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0
	Lime Easy-Stripe Shirt	Splash Mob	3800	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Mister Shrug Tee	Krak-On	9200	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Navy College Sweat	Splash Mob	800	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0
	Navy King Tank	Enperry	600	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Null Armor Replica	Cuttlegear	Octo Expansion	Ink Resistance Up		3.1.0
	Power Armor Mk I	amiibo	Inkling Squid (Splatoon 2)	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Red Hula Punk with Tie	Annaki	9000	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0
	Squid Squad Band Tee	Rockenberg	900	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	White Deca Logo Tee	Zink	1200	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Zekko Long Carrot Tee	Zekko	1800	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0

Shoes with Ink Resistance Up in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Blue Moto Boots	Rockenberg	10800	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Chocolate Dakroniks	Zink	1700	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0
	LE Soccer Shoes	Takoroka	7500	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Neon Sea Slugs	Tentatek	700	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Pro Trail Boots	Inkline	9800	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Red Hi-Tops	Krak-On	1800	Ink Resistance Up		2.0.0
	Strapping Reds	Splash Mob	1400	Ink Resistance Up		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Suede Marine Lace-Ups	Zekko	1200	Ink Resistance Up		3.0.0

Stacking

Abilities				Speed increase in enemy ink
None				0%
Main: 0, Sub: 1				19.3%
Main: 0, Sub: 2				37.7%
Main: 0, Sub: 3				55.0%
Main: 1, Sub: 0				60.6%
Main: 0, Sub: 4				71.4%
Main: 1, Sub: 1				76.7%
Main: 0, Sub: 5				86.9%
Main: 1, Sub: 2				91.8%
Main: 0, Sub: 6				101.3%
Main: 1, Sub: 3				105.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 0				110.4%
Main: 0, Sub: 7				114.8%
Main: 1, Sub: 4				119.1%
Main: 2, Sub: 1				123.2%
Main: 0, Sub: 8				127.3%
Main: 1, Sub: 5				131.3%
Main: 2, Sub: 2				135.1%
Main: 0, Sub: 9				138.8%
Main: 1, Sub: 6				142.5%
Main: 2, Sub: 3				146.0%
Main: 3, Sub: 0				149.4%
Main: 1, Sub: 7				152.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 4				155.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 1				159.0%
Main: 1, Sub: 8				162.0%
Main: 2, Sub: 5				164.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 2				167.6%
Main: 1, Sub: 9				170.3%
Main: 2, Sub: 6				172.8%
Main: 3, Sub: 3				175.3%
Main: 2, Sub: 7				179.8%
Main: 3, Sub: 4				181.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 8				185.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 5				187.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 9				190.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 6				192.4%
Main: 3, Sub: 7				196.1%
Main: 3, Sub: 8				198.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 9				200.8%

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  A graph showing the effects of stacking Ink Resistance Up.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
1.4.0	— Fixed an issue where, under the following conditions, players would only receive the benefit of Ink Resistance Up when stacking it to maximum effect. Moving while shooting a weapon in the Shooter category. Moving while shooting a weapon in the Dualies category. Moving while preparing to throw a bomb or special weapon.
3.0.0	▲ Improved effect of reducing maximum amount of damage dealt by stepping in opponent’s ink. ▲ Speed at which damage is dealt when stepping in opponent’s ink will now be slower.
4.3.0	▲ When using this gear ability, players will avoid taking damage for a brief time after first stepping into an opponent’s ink. The length of time before taking damage in this way will be increased in proportion to the number of Ink Resistance Up abilities being used.
4.4.0	▲ The time between stepping on enemy ink and starting to receive damage has been increased. At maximum gear power, it is now 9/60 of a second longer than before.
4.6.0	▲ Improved the gear ability's benefit of maintaining your ability to jump while stepping in enemy ink. ▲ Improved the gear ability's benefit of maintaining movement speed while walking through enemy ink.