Respawn Punisher

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Respawn Punisher
Respawn Punisher
Applicable gear


Respawn Punisher is an ability in Splatoon 2. The ability is exclusive to clothing, and cannot be rolled as a sub ability.

Respawn Punisher increases the respawn time and the amount of Special Gauge that is lost to both the user and opponents defeated by the user. The effects of S2 Ability Quick Respawn.png Quick Respawn are reduced by 85% if the person with Quick Respawn is defeated by a Respawn Punisher user.

You and your defeated enemy's special gauge penalty and respawn time increase.
— In-game description, translated.(JP)[a]

Mutual exclusivity

This ability is found as the main ability only on clothing, so other abilities found only on clothing are mutually exclusive with it; in other words, players cannot have them together. These abilities are S2 Ability Ability Doubler.png Ability Doubler, S2 Ability Haunt.png Haunt, S2 Ability Ninja Squid.png Ninja Squid, and S2 Ability Thermal Ink.png Thermal Ink. In addition, since wearing the Splatfest Tee with S2 Ability Ability Doubler.png Ability Doubler is mandatory during a Splatfest, these abilities cannot be used for the duration of those events.

Gear

Respawn Punisher is the main ability of:

Data

Effects when using Respawn Punisher
For Respawn time Special Gauge lost
A player splatted without the ability 8.5 seconds 50%
An enemy splatted by a user of the ability 9.25 seconds 65%
A user of the ability splatted by an enemy 9.67 seconds 72.5%
A user of the ability splatted by another user 10.4 seconds 87.5%
  • Respawn Punisher has a stronger effect on the user than on the enemy, as shown in the table above. The penalties will also stack if the user is splatted by another user of the ability.
  • Respawn Punisher reduced the effect of the opponent's S2 Ability Quick Respawn.png Quick Respawn by 85% and S2 Ability Special Saver.png Special Saver by 30%.
  • Respawn Punisher has no effect on assists. The user must land the final blow that splats the enemy for there to be an effect.
  • Respawn Punisher does not affect respawn time if the user drowns or falls out of bounds but still has its normal Special Gauge effects.
  • The strength of Respawn Punisher does not decline with repeated deaths or splats.
  • Players with S2 Ability Haunt.png Haunt can cause similar effects by splatting the opponent that triggered the ability. However, the player with Haunt must be the one who gets the splat or there will be no penalty.

[1] [2]

Version history

Version Adjustments
1.4.0
  • Increased the reduction of a defeated opponent's special gauge when they respawn from 5% to 15%.
  • Increased the reduction of the user's special gauge when respawning from 7.5% to 22.5%.
3.0.0
  • Increased degree to which the effect of the gear ability S2 Ability Quick Respawn.png Quick Respawn is nullified on opponents from 80% to 85%.
  • When an opponent who splats the player, that activation will stand out clearly on the screen while waiting to respawn.
  • Teammates caught in the Rainmaker explosion after the timer reaches zero will no longer get penalized.

Names in other languages

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Notes

  1. Japan

References

  1. TheTozotube - Splatoon 2 - FULL Respawn Punisher Analysis (Heavily detailed + numbers!)
  2. Testing was done on the Inkademy server on Discord. Published on 11/29/2017 in the #mechanics-research channel. Information was obtained on version 2.0.0.