Special Charge Up

Special Charge Up

Applicable gear

Any

Favored by

Takoroka

Unfavored by

Zekko

Special Charge Up is an ability in the Splatoon series.

Special Charge Up increases the rate the special gauge charges at when inking turf.

The number of ability points for Special Charge Up can be temporarily increased by Comeback.

Tactics

This ability allows for more frequent deployment of specials. This ability is more effective for special weapons that need a large amount of points to charge.

Splatoon

Stacking

AP Equivalent	AP	Charge Rate
Main ×0 + Sub ×0	00	100.000%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -2AP	01	100.981…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -1AP	02	101.947…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1	03	102.897…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -2AP	04	103.830…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -1AP	05	104.747…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2	06	105.648…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -2AP	07	106.533…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -1AP	08	107.401…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3	09	108.253…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×0	10	109.089…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4 -1AP	11	109.909…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4	12	110.713…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×1	13	111.501…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5 -1AP	14	112.272…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5	15	113.027…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×2	16	113.766…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6 -1AP	17	114.489…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6	18	115.195…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×3	19	115.885…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×0	20	116.559…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×7	21	117.217…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×4	22	117.859…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×1	23	118.485…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×8	24	119.094…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×5	25	119.687…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×2	26	120.264…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×9	27	120.825…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×6	28	121.369…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×3	29	121.897…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×0	30	122.409…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×7	31	122.905…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×4	32	123.385…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×1	33	123.849…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×8	34	124.296…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×5	35	124.727…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×2	36	125.142…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×9	37	125.541…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×6	38	125.923…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×3	39	126.289…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7 -1AP	40	126.639…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7	41	126.973…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×4	42	127.291…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8 -1AP	43	127.593…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8	44	127.878…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×5	45	128.147…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9 -1AP	46	128.400…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9	47	128.637…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×6	48	128.857…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -2AP	49	129.061…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -1AP	50	129.249…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7	51	129.421…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -2AP	52	129.577…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -1AP	53	129.717…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8	54	129.840…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -2AP	55	129.947…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -1AP	56≤	129.999…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9	57≤	129.999…%

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  Graph showing points needed to charge special weapons in Splatoon when stacking Special Charge Up.

Gear

Special Charge Up is the main ability of:

Headgear with Special Charge Up in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Fake Contacts	Tentatek	2000	Special Charge Up
	FishFry Visor	Firefin	500	Special Charge Up
	Squidvader Cap	Skalop	2300	Special Charge Up

Clothing with Special Charge Up in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Armor Jacket Replica	Cuttlegear	Level 30	Special Charge Up
	Baseball Jersey	Firefin	10000	Special Charge Up
	Camo Layered LS	SquidForce	600	Special Charge Up
	Orange Cardigan	Splash Mob	700	Special Charge Up
	Samurai Jacket	amiibo	Inkling Boy (Splatoon)	Special Charge Up
	Sunny-Day Tee	Krak-On	300	Special Charge Up
	Zapfish Satin Jacket	Zekko	2900	Special Charge Up

Shoes with Special Charge Up in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Blue Sea Slugs	Tentatek	800	Special Charge Up
	Clownfish Basics	Krak-On	500	Special Charge Up
	Punk Whites	Rockenberg	2800	Special Charge Up
	Turquoise Kicks	Rockenberg	2800	Special Charge Up
	Zombie Hi-Horses	Zink	800	Special Charge Up

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.0.0	▲ Charge is now based strictly on turf inked rather than how the turf was inked.

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Splatoon 2

Stacking

AP Equivalent	AP	Charge Rate
Main ×0 + Sub ×0	00	100.0000%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -2AP	01	100.9819%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -1AP	02	101.9476%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1	03	102.8971%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -2AP	04	103.8304%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -1AP	05	104.7475%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2	06	105.6484%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -2AP	07	106.5331%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -1AP	08	107.4016%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3	09	108.2539%
Main ×1 + Sub ×0	10	109.0900%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4 -1AP	11	109.9099%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4	12	110.7136%
Main ×1 + Sub ×1	13	111.5011%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5 -1AP	14	112.2724%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5	15	113.0275%
Main ×1 + Sub ×2	16	113.7664%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6 -1AP	17	114.4891%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6	18	115.1956%
Main ×1 + Sub ×3	19	115.8859%
Main ×2 + Sub ×0	20	116.5600%
Main ×0 + Sub ×7	21	117.2179%
Main ×1 + Sub ×4	22	117.8596%
Main ×2 + Sub ×1	23	118.4851%
Main ×0 + Sub ×8	24	119.0944%
Main ×1 + Sub ×5	25	119.6875%
Main ×2 + Sub ×2	26	120.2644%
Main ×0 + Sub ×9	27	120.8251%
Main ×1 + Sub ×6	28	121.3696%
Main ×2 + Sub ×3	29	121.8979%
Main ×3 + Sub ×0	30	122.4100%
Main ×1 + Sub ×7	31	122.9059%
Main ×2 + Sub ×4	32	123.3856%
Main ×3 + Sub ×1	33	123.8491%
Main ×1 + Sub ×8	34	124.2964%
Main ×2 + Sub ×5	35	124.7275%
Main ×3 + Sub ×2	36	125.1424%
Main ×1 + Sub ×9	37	125.5411%
Main ×2 + Sub ×6	38	125.9236%
Main ×3 + Sub ×3	39	126.2899%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7 -1AP	40	126.6400%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7	41	126.9739%
Main ×3 + Sub ×4	42	127.2916%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8 -1AP	43	127.5931%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8	44	127.8784%
Main ×3 + Sub ×5	45	128.1475%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9 -1AP	46	128.4004%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9	47	128.6371%
Main ×3 + Sub ×6	48	128.8576%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -2AP	49	129.0619%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -1AP	50	129.2500%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7	51	129.4219%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -2AP	52	129.5776%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -1AP	53	129.7171%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8	54	129.8404%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -2AP	55	129.9475%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -1AP	56≤	130.0000%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9	57≤	130.0000%

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  A graph showing points needed to charge special weapons in Splatoon 2 when stacking Special Charge Up.

Gear

Special Charge Up is the main ability of:

Headgear with Special Charge Up in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Eye of Justice	SquidForce	Nintendo Switch News	Special Charge Up
	Fake Contacts	Tentatek	2000	Special Charge Up
	FishFry Visor	Firefin	500	Special Charge Up
	Golden Toothpick	Cuttlegear	Octo Expansion	Special Charge Up
	House-Tag Denim Cap	Splash Mob	5200	Special Charge Up
	Motocross Nose Guard	Forge	7600	Special Charge Up
	Mountie Hat	Inkline	13000	Special Charge Up
	New Year's Glasses DX	SquidForce	Nintendo Switch News	Special Charge Up
	Squidvader Cap	Skalop	1300	Special Charge Up
	Steel Helm	amiibo	Octoling Boy	Special Charge Up

Clothing with Special Charge Up in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Armor Jacket Replica	Cuttlegear	Marie	Special Charge Up
	Baseball Jersey	Firefin	10000	Special Charge Up
	Camo Layered LS	SquidForce	600	Special Charge Up
	Crimson Parashooter	Annaki	9200	Special Charge Up
	Firewave Tee	Skalop	1250	Special Charge Up
	Gray 8-Bit FishFry	Firefin	800	Special Charge Up
	Inkfall Shirt	Toni Kensa	4900	Special Charge Up
	Octoking HK Jersey	Enperry	5800	Special Charge Up
	Orange Cardigan	Splash Mob	700	Special Charge Up
	Samurai Jacket	amiibo	Inkling Boy (Splatoon)	Special Charge Up
	Sunny-Day Tee	Krak-On	300	Special Charge Up
	Tentatek Slogan Tee	Tentatek	1600	Special Charge Up
	Toni K. Baseball Jersey	Toni Kensa	9650	Special Charge Up
	Zapfish Satin Jacket	Zekko	2900	Special Charge Up

Shoes with Special Charge Up in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Birch Climbing Shoes	Inkline	1200	Special Charge Up
	Black Norimaki 750s	Tentatek	9800	Special Charge Up
	Blue Sea Slugs	Tentatek	800	Special Charge Up
	Clownfish Basics	Krak-On	500	Special Charge Up
	Pearlescent Kicks	amiibo	Pearl	Special Charge Up
	Punk Whites	Rockenberg	3800	Special Charge Up
	Red & Black Squidkid IV	Enperry	11000	Special Charge Up
	Turquoise Kicks	Rockenberg	2800	Special Charge Up
	Zombie Hi-Horses	Zink	800	Special Charge Up

Splatoon 3

Special Charge Up increases the rate at which the special gauge fills.

Gear

Special Charge Up is the main ability of:

Headgear with Special Charge Up in Splatoon 3

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Fake Contacts	Tentatek	2,000	Special Charge Up
	FishFry Visor	Firefin	500	Special Charge Up
	House-Tag Denim Cap	Splash Mob	5,200	Special Charge Up
	Squidvader Cap	Skalop	1,300	Special Charge Up
	Steel Helm	amiibo	Octoling Boy	Special Charge Up
	Z+F Flair Bowler	Z+F	9,800	Special Charge Up

Clothing with Special Charge Up in Splatoon 3

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Armor Jacket Replica	Cuttlegear	Marie	Special Charge Up
	Baseball Jersey	Firefin	10,000	Special Charge Up
	Camo Layered LS	SquidForce	600	Special Charge Up
	Crimson Parashooter	Annaki	9,200	Special Charge Up
	Firewave Tee	Skalop	1,250	Special Charge Up
	Ink-Black Tangle Top	Annaki	5,550	Special Charge Up
	Inkfall Shirt	Toni Kensa	4,900	Special Charge Up
	Navy Z+F Tee	Z+F	850	Special Charge Up
	Orange Cardigan	Splash Mob	700	Special Charge Up
	Samurai Jacket	amiibo	Inkling Boy (Splatoon)	Special Charge Up
	Sunny-Day Tee	Krak-On	300	Special Charge Up
	Zapfish Satin Jacket	Zekko	2,900	Special Charge Up

Shoes with Special Charge Up in Splatoon 3

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power
	Blue Sea Slugs	Tentatek	800	Special Charge Up
	Clownfish Basics	Krak-On	500	Special Charge Up
	Onyx 01STERs	Toni Kensa	8,880	Special Charge Up
	Pearlescent Kicks	amiibo	Pearl	Special Charge Up
	Punk Whites	Rockenberg	3,800	Special Charge Up
	Red & Black Squidkid IV	Enperry	11,000	Special Charge Up
	Turquoise Kicks	Rockenberg	2,800	Special Charge Up
	U Jellys	Tentatek	2,200	Special Charge Up
	Zombie Hi-Horses	Zink	800	Special Charge Up

Stacking

Abilities				Charge Rate
None				100.0%
Main: 0, Sub: 1				102.9%
Main: 0, Sub: 2				105.6%
Main: 0, Sub: 3				108.3%
Main: 1, Sub: 0				109.1%
Main: 0, Sub: 4				110.7%
Main: 1, Sub: 1				111.5%
Main: 0, Sub: 5				113.0%
Main: 1, Sub: 2				113.8%
Main: 0, Sub: 6				115.2%
Main: 1, Sub: 3				115.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 0				116.6%
Main: 0, Sub: 7				117.2%
Main: 1, Sub: 4				117.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 1				118.5%
Main: 0, Sub: 8				119.1%
Main: 1, Sub: 5				119.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 2				120.3%
Main: 0, Sub: 9				120.8%
Main: 1, Sub: 6				121.4%
Main: 2, Sub: 3				121.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 0				122.4%
Main: 1, Sub: 7				122.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 4				123.4%
Main: 3, Sub: 1				123.8%
Main: 1, Sub: 8				124.3%
Main: 2, Sub: 5				124.7%
Main: 3, Sub: 2				125.1%
Main: 1, Sub: 9				125.5%
Main: 2, Sub: 6				125.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 3				126.3%
Main: 2, Sub: 7				127.0%
Main: 3, Sub: 4				127.3%
Main: 2, Sub: 8				127.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 5				128.1%
Main: 2, Sub: 9				128.6%
Main: 3, Sub: 6				128.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 7				129.4%
Main: 3, Sub: 8				129.8%
Main: 3, Sub: 9				130.0%

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スペシャル増加量アップ supesharu zōkaryō appu	Special Increment Up
Dutch	Speciaallader	Special charger
French	Jauge spéciale +	Special charge up
German	Spezialladezeit + (Splatoon 2 & 3) Spezialladezeit (Splatoon)	Special loading time +
Italian	Ricarica speciale +	Special refill +
Russian	Особый насос Osobyy nasos	Special pump
Spanish	Recarga especial	Special charge up
Chinese	提升特殊武器增加量 tíshēng tèshū wǔqì zēngjiā liàng (Mandarin)	Increased the Amount of Special Weapon
Korean	스페셜 증가량 업 seupesyeol jeunggaryang eop	Special Increment Up