Gear items in Splatoon 3 come with their own abilities that can turn the tide of battle. One such ability that players have a 5x chance of acquiring on Forge gear is Special Power Up. If you got a piece of gear in Splatoon 3 with the special power up ability, allow us to explain how it works.
How the Special Power Up ability works in Splatoon 3
As mentioned before, your gear or clothing items have a random chance to roll with a specific ability that can provide buffs.
Special Power Up, as the name suggests, is an ability that can improve and buff special weapons that the players might be using. Special Power Up can appear on Forge and Takoroka brand gears.
Unfortunately, there is no way for you to choose which ability your gear rolls with as that is random.
Special Power-Up ability effects for all Special Weapons
Special Power Up ability can be used on various weapons and it has different effects on different weapons. The following consists some of the examples of weapons with the effects Special power up has on them.
- Booyah Bomb: Bomb charges faster, has increased damage, and requires less time to throw.
- Big Bubbler: Increases the duration of the bubble and the amount of damage it can absorb.
- Crab Tank: Used for increasing duration.
- Ink Vac: Increases the area of effect of the vacuum and travel distance.
- Inkjet: Increases duration as well as the splash area of effect for each shot.
- Killer Wail: Used for increasing duration.
- Reefslider: Used for Increasing explosion radius.
- Tacticooler: Improves the duration a drink’s effects last when taken from the Tacticooler.
- Tenta Missiles: The targeting reticle is bigger, so it is easy to aim, and missiles have a bigger splash radius.
- Triple Inkstrike: Increases thrown marker’s speed.
- Trizooka: Adds paints radius and increases durations.
- Ultra-Stamp: Increases total time span.
- WaveBreaker: Increases wave’s radius.
- Zipcaster: Used for increasing duration.
Best weapons for Special Power Up
Big Bubbler
You can use to its bubble block against enemy attacks and leave them useless outside the bubble.
Wave Breaker
To release lethal waves at the opponent, Wave Breaker can be quite handy as it can distract the opponents when they are busy avoiding your attacks, opening them for a hard blow.
Triple Instrike
One of the most lethal weapons in Splatoon 3. Using the Triple Instrike, you can shoot three balls and spawn three tornadoes consecutively.
Can you equip Special Power Up to your gear?
If you are looking forward to altering the current abilities of your gear, then you can simply visit the online multiplayer lobby and talk to an NPC called Murch who can provide you with different abilities for your gear.
