Rainmaker shield

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Rainmaker Shield

The Rainmaker Shield is a protective bubble surrounding the Rainmaker. Players must attack the shield in order 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 will shrink it back towards it neutral state; thus, if opposing players are dealing equal damage to the shield, no progress will be 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.

If a player carrying the Rainmaker falls out-of-bounds or into water, or if the Rainmaker is left untouched for too long after the shield is broken, the Rainmaker Shield will always respawn 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 File:S Weapon Splat Roller .png [[]] or the File:S Weapon Inkbrush .png [[]] cannot deal any damage to the shield by rolling towards it, so their ink-flicking attack must be used.

Bomb Sub Weapons will instantly detonate on contact with the shield.

Splatoon

Rainmaker Shield damage

Weapon	Multiplier
Main weapon
Shooter	1×
File:S Weapon L-3 Nozzlenose .png [[]]	1.2×
File:S Weapon H-3 Nozzlenose .png [[]]	1.4×
Splatling	1×
Blaster	2.4×
Brush	2×
File:S Weapon Carbon Roller .png [[]]	1.8×
File:S Weapon Splat Roller .png [[]]	2.16×
File:S Weapon Dynamo Roller .png [[]]	~2.8×
Slosher	2.4×
Charger	2.8×
Sub weapon
File:S Weapon Sprinkler .png [[]]	1×
File:S Weapon Burst Bomb .png [[]] File:S Weapon Splat Bomb .png [[]] File:S Weapon Suction Bomb .png [[]]	2×
File:S Weapon Seeker .png [[]]	3×
Special weapon
Special weapons	2×
File:S Weapon Kraken .png [[]]	3.5×
File:S Weapon Inkstrike .png [[]]	1x
File:S Weapon Killer Wail .png [[]]	2.5x
File:S Weapon Inkzooka .png [[]]	3.5x

With Damage Up

Unlike against Inklings, weapons do not have a damage cap when hitting the Rainmaker Shield with buffs. This means that can be used to pop the Shield faster than normal. The time gains for each weapon can be seen in the charts below.

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  Shooters

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  Rollers and Brushes

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  Blasters and Sloshers

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  Chargers and Splatlings

Splatoon 2

Rainmaker Shield damage

Weapon	Multiplier
Main weapon
Dualies	1×
Shooter	1×
File:S2 Weapon L-3 Nozzlenose .png [[]]	1.1×
File:S2 Weapon H-3 Nozzlenose .png [[]]	1.2×
Splatling	1×
Roller	1.8×
Blaster	1.9×
Charger	2×
Brella	2.4×
Slosher	2.4×
Sub weapon
File:S2 Weapon Sprinkler .png [[]]	0.6×
File:S2 Weapon Autobomb .png [[]] File:S2 Weapon Burst Bomb .png [[]] File:S2 Weapon Curling Bomb .png [[]] File:S2 Weapon Splat Bomb .png [[]] File:S2 Weapon Suction Bomb .png [[]]	2×
Special weapon
File:S2 Weapon Bubble Blower .png [[]] (touch)	1×
File:S2 Weapon Ink Storm .png [[]]	2×
File:S2 Weapon Sting Ray .png [[]]	2.4×
File:S2 Weapon Baller .png [[]] (explode)	2.5×
File:S2 Weapon Inkjet .png [[]]	2.8×
File:S2 Weapon Baller .png [[]] (touch)	5×
File:S2 Weapon Splashdown .png [[]]	5×

With Object Shredder

The ability increases damage output against the Rainmaker Shield by 10%.

Touching the Shield

Touching the Shield repeatedly will result to harming the Inkling. Being caught between the Shield and a wall as the Shield expands will instantly splat an Inkling.

Touches for Rainmaker Shield to splat player

	Touches
Main: 0, Sub: 0	11
Main: 1, Sub: 0	11
Main: 2, Sub: 0	12
Main: 3, Sub: 0	12

Trivia

• The Rainmaker Shield behaves as a shield in Octo Valley which carries the Zapfish, but the shield doesn't respawn nor carries a Zapfish. In fact the Shield only respawns with the Current Inkling falls into Water or Out-Of-Bounds or gets splatted by an opposing Inkling, then the Shield will respawn.

Gallery

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  Touching the Rainmaker Shield With Defense Ups