Drop Roller

Drop Roller

Applicable gear

  Shoes

Drop Roller is an ability in Splatoon 2. The ability is exclusive to shoes, and cannot be rolled as a sub ability.

Drop Roller allows the player to roll after performing a Super Jump or when jumping back to the Ink Jet's starting point by tilting in the desired direction. The roll is similar to the one provided by the Splat Dualies, albeit much slower.

This ability is useful for survival after super jumping to a dangerous location. When a player super jumps, a marker appears to all players indicating the location the player will jump to. Opponents may wait near the marker to splat the player. Drop Roller makes it possible to dodge the first attack by opponents waiting for them.

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 Object Shredder and Stealth Jump.

Gear

Shoes with Drop Roller in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Amber Sea Slug Hi-Tops	Tentatek	11000	Drop Roller		2.0.0
	Arrow Pull-Ons	Toni Kensa	10000	Drop Roller		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Bubble Rain Boots	Inkline	450	Drop Roller		2.0.0
	Mint Dakroniks	Zink	1200	Drop Roller		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	New-Leaf Leather Boots	Rockenberg	5000	Drop Roller		3.0.0
	Null Boots Replica	Cuttlegear	Octo Expansion	Drop Roller		3.1.0
	Orange Iromaki 750s	Tentatek	1050	Drop Roller		3.0.0
	Pearlescent Squidkid IV	Enperry	Nintendo Switch News	Drop Roller		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Polka-dot Slip-Ons	Krak-On	1500	Drop Roller		2.0.0
	Sunset Orca Hi-Tops	Takoroka	3800	Drop Roller		Initial Release (1.0.0)

Version history

Version	Adjustments
1.4.0	▲ Enabled rolls in all directions. Previously, players could only roll forward or slightly to the side. ▲ Removed the period of immobility immediately after rolling. — Fixed an issue in which players returning to their starting point after using the Inkjet special were unable to roll when going into squid form just before landing.
3.0.0	▲ After Drop Roller is used, the player will receive the effects of Run Speed Up, Swim Speed Up, and Ink Resistance Up for roughly 3 seconds.