Rainmaker shield

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The Rainmaker shield.
This article is about the shield. For the weapon that uses the shield as protection, see Rainmaker (weapon). For the mode it is used in, see Rainmaker.

The Rainmaker shield, or Rainmaker barrier, is a protective bubble surrounding the Rainmaker. Players must attack the shield to pop it and reach the Rainmaker weapon. As the player attacks it, the Rainmaker shield grows in size and changes to the player's ink color. Attacking a shield enlarged by enemy ink shrinks it back towards its neutral state; thus, if opposing players are dealing equal damage to the shield, no progress is made. After enough damage is dealt to the shield by one team, it explodes and releases a blast of ink that is lethal to any member of the opposing team who is standing too close. A player touching the Rainmaker shield receives 10.0 damage every three frames.

If a player carrying the Rainmaker falls out of bounds or into the water, or if the Rainmaker is left untouched for too long after the shield is broken, the Rainmaker shield always respawns in its original state in the center of the map.

Breaking the shield

The Rainmaker shield has 1000 HP, but many weapon types have a damage multiplier applied when they hit the shield. The multiplier values are detailed in the tables below.

Roller-type weapons such as the S2 Weapon Main Splat Roller.png Splat Roller or S2 Weapon Main Inkbrush.png Inkbrush cannot deal any damage to the shield by rolling towards it, so their ink-flicking attack must be used.

Sub weapons instantly detonate on contact with the shield. However, throwing the S2 Weapon Sub Splash Wall.png Splash Wall does not detonate and instead disintegrates, so the Rainmaker shield cannot be damaged this way. Even if it is tossed where one side of ink rains on the shield, the shield cannot be harmed by a Splash Wall.

Splatoon

The damage multipliers each weapon has against the Rainmaker shield are detailed below.

Main weapon Multiplier
Shooters
S Weapon Main L-3 Nozzlenose.png L-3 Nozzlenose 1.2×
S Weapon Main H-3 Nozzlenose.png H-3 Nozzlenose 1.4×
Splatlings
Blasters 2.4×
Brushes
S Weapon Main Carbon Roller.png Carbon Roller 1.8×
S Weapon Main Splat Roller.png Splat Roller 2.16×
S Weapon Main Dynamo Roller.png Dynamo Roller ~2.8×
Sloshers 2.4×
Chargers 2.8×
Sub weapon Multiplier
S Weapon Sub Sprinkler.png Sprinkler
S Weapon Sub Burst Bomb.png Burst Bomb
S Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png Splat Bomb
S Weapon Sub Suction Bomb.png Suction Bomb
S Weapon Sub Seeker.png Seeker
Special weapon Multiplier
Special weapons
S Weapon Special Kraken.png Kraken 3.5×
S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png Inkstrike 1x
S Weapon Special Killer Wail.png Killer Wail 2.5x
S Weapon Special Inkzooka.png Inkzooka 3.5x

With Damage Up

Unlike against Inklings, weapons do not have a damage cap when hitting the Rainmaker shield with S Ability Damage Up.png Damage Up buffs. This means that Damage Up can be used to pop the shield faster than normal.[1] The time gains for each weapon can be seen in the charts below.

Splatoon 2

The S2 Ability Object Shredder.png Object Shredder ability increases damage output against the Rainmaker shield by 10%. The damage multipliers each weapon has against the Rainmaker shield are detailed below.

Main weapon Multiplier
Dualies
Shooters
Splatlings
Rollers 1.8×
Blasters 1.9×
Chargers
Brellas 2.4×
Sloshers 2.4×
S2 Weapon Main Sploosh-o-matic.png Sploosh-o-matic 1.1×
S2 Weapon Main L-3 Nozzlenose.png L-3 Nozzlenose 1.11×
S2 Weapon Main H-3 Nozzlenose.png H-3 Nozzlenose 1.16×
S2 Weapon Main Squeezer.png Squeezer 1.1×
S2 Weapon Main E-liter 4K.png E-liter 4K (full charge) 2.3×
S2 Weapon Main Bloblobber.png Bloblobber
S2 Weapon Main Explosher.png Explosher (explosion) 3.2×
S2 Weapon Main Explosher.png Explosher (direct hit) 3.6×
Sub weapon Multiplier
S2 Weapon Sub Sprinkler.png Sprinkler 0.6×
S2 Weapon Sub Autobomb.png Autobomb
S2 Weapon Sub Burst Bomb.png Burst Bomb
S2 Weapon Sub Curling Bomb.png Curling Bomb
S2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png Splat Bomb
S2 Weapon Sub Suction Bomb.png Suction Bomb
S2 Weapon Sub Fizzy Bomb.png Fizzy Bomb 3.6×
S2 Weapon Sub Torpedo.png Torpedo
S2 Weapon Sub Ink Mine.png Ink Mine
S2 Weapon Sub Splash Wall.png Splash Wall 0.2×
Special weapon Multiplier
S2 Weapon Special Bubble Blower.png Bubble Blower
S2 Weapon Special Ink Storm.png Ink Storm
S2 Weapon Special Sting Ray.png Sting Ray 2.4×
S2 Weapon Special Baller.png Baller (explode) 2.5×
S2 Weapon Special Inkjet.png Inkjet 2.8×
S2 Weapon Special Baller.png Baller (touch)
S2 Weapon Special Splashdown.png Splashdown
S2 Weapon Special Booyah Bomb.png Booyah Bomb (950 damage when all hit)
S2 Weapon Special Ultra Stamp.png Ultra Stamp (Stamp)
S2 Weapon Special Ultra Stamp.png Ultra Stamp (Throw) 3.5×

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Trivia

  • The Rainmaker shield behaves as a shield in Octo Valley which carries the Zapfish, but the shield does not respawn nor carries a Zapfish.
    • The shield only respawns when the current player falls into water or out of bounds or gets splatted by an opponent.
  • The Rainmaker shield is used in many out of bounds glitches. Place a S2 Weapon Sub Squid Beakon.png Squid Beakon next to a wall, then splat the Rainmaker next to a Beakon. Super Jump to the Beakon and the player will clip into the wall.

See also

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