Opening Gambit

Opening Gambit
Applicable Gear	Headgear
Likely Brand	Neutral
Unlikely Brand	Neutral
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The Opening Gambit boosts your run speed and swim speed for the first 30 seconds of the match, allowing you to move much faster. Ideal for reaching objectives before opponents during the start of the match. This Ability is restricted to headgear as a main ability.

In-Depth Ability

Run Movement	Squid Movement
37.4% increase	18.7% increase

Open Gambit is especially useful to gain quick advance of terrain at the very few seconds of the match. Because the player using this ability is expected to arrive to the middle of the battle field before than other team members, an aggressive and planned strategy is expected.

This is not a useful ability in the latter portion of a ranked match when team strategy is much more valuable than area domination. However its ability to get you to the center of the map faster might provide some tactical advantages early in a match.

Use

Opening Gambit makes you run faster and swim faster for the first 30 seconds of the match. After 30 seconds have passed, the effect wears off for the rest of the match, effectively wasting an ability slot, which could be a Quick Respawn or Run Speed Up. It is used to grab an early start by getting towards points or behind them before they do.

Gear

Opening Gambit is the main ability of:

List of Gear with Opening Gambit

Image	Name	Brand	Unlock	Main Ability	Rarity
	B-ball Headband	Zink	300	Opening Gambit	1
	Special Forces Beret	Forge	9,700	Opening Gambit	3
	SQUID GIRL Hat	The SQUID GIRL	1,600	Opening Gambit	2
	Squid-Stitch Cap	Skalop	8,500	Opening Gambit	3
	Striped Beanie	Splash Mob	1,500	Opening Gambit	2

Version history

2.6.0

• ▲ Run Speed Up and Swim Speed Up will be applied as if 3 main slots were equipped.

Mutual exclusivity

Since this ability is found as the main ability only on headgear, other abilities found only on headgear are mutually exclusive with it; in other words you cannot have them together. These abilities are Tenacity, Last-Ditch Effort, and Comeback.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スタートダッシュ Sutāto Dassyu	Start Dash
French (NOA)	Départ toute allure	Start with Full Speed
French (NOE)	Chapeaux de roue	Flying Start
Spanish	Acelerón de salida	Starting speed up

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