Tenacity

Tenacity

Applicable gear

  Headgear

Tenacity is an ability in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

Tenacity gradually fills the Special Gauge only when the user's team has less active players than the opponent's team.

Mechanics

A player is active when their player icon on the top of the screen is colored in.

The rate at which the Special Gauge passively fills:

	[Opponent's] −(minus) [User's] team's number of active players
	≤0	1	2	3
Points / second	0	2.16	4.32	6.48

Splatoon

Gear

Tenacity is the main ability of:

Headgear with Tenacity in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Armor Helmet Replica	Cuttlegear	Level 25	Tenacity		2.0.0
	Black Arrowbands	Zekko	2800	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Gas Mask	Forge	11000	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Soccer Headband	Tentatek	8000	Tenacity		2.3.0
	Sporty Bobble Hat	Skalop	800	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.0.0	▼ Will no longer fill the special gauge prior to the start of the match in the event of a disconnected teammate.
2.6.0	▲ Increased special gauge refill rate by 20% while Tenacity is active.

Splatoon 2

Gear

Tenacity is the main ability of:

Headgear with Tenacity in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Armor Helmet Replica	Cuttlegear	Marie	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Black Arrowbands	Zekko	2800	Tenacity		2.0.0
	Gas Mask	Forge	11000	Tenacity		3.0.0
	MTB Helmet	Zekko	10500	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Octoking Facemask	Enperry	1450	Tenacity		3.0.0
	Pink Novelty Visor	Tentatek	Nintendo Switch News	Tenacity		15 April 2019
	Soccer Headband	Tentatek	3000	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Sporty Bobble Hat	Skalop	800	Tenacity		2.0.0