Splatoon 2 - The Best & Worst Shirt Exclusive Gear Abilities 

RE-UPLOAD: Quick Respawn will work while Wearing Respawn Punisher!!! My apologies for posting the same video twice. I had a big piece of misinformation in the previous version due to a bit of a mishap I had when checking the effects. I test out the abilities in actual matches and in every case when I used Respawn Punisher with Quick Respawn, I hadn't met the conditions for Quick Respawn to activate and was left with the impression that the two aren't compatible. However I'd like to thank @GRonnlund on twitter for pointing out this mistake to me! I've taken out the part about respawn punisher. I strive to make my videos very accurate and as such have chosen to reupload rather than leave the previous version and spread false information, I hope you understand. I'll make sure to be more thorough when making these types of videos! I will still read and reply to all the comments on the original video and this one! I'll leave the previous one as unlisted for one more day and then it will be privated (just so I get to respond to your comments) Once again, super sorry for the mistake -Vasko Games

When you use ninja squid in the midst of an action-packed battle, no one really pays attention to the sound you make or the track you leave. That's why I use it a lot, especially against snipers. 😉

I don't know why, but I love it when Jelfonzo says "How dost thou, cousin?"

My little sister was cursing a lot today that when I read the title I thought it said Splatoon 2- Best and worst shit exclusive abilities

I personally disagree about Ninja Squid. It can be used for quick getaways when being ambushed. I also found it best used for physical and short-ranged weapons like Rollers and Blasters.

I wished the Thermal Ink effects made it so it works when the marked players is in Squid Mode and that it also works with indirect shots such as Blasters and Sub Weapons.

I tend to be a defensive, slip in behind everyone amidst the fray and take the kill kind of person, so Ninja Squid is a big favorite of mine ;u; The key is sliding in at moments where people are distracted, rather than when they can hone in on you. Then again, I suppose I'm not super high leveled yet, so I'll probably have to change my strategies eventually.

well, if there's one thing pvz gw has taught me, it's that just because an enemy can hear you but can't see you, doesn't mean you can get splatted easily... the enemy will most likely aimlessly shoot at the ink, while you can get the ambush and splat them... or, how pvz gw likes to call it, vanquish the enemy

My fav sub is ninja squid, but I got a full pure of swim speed that I main so, yea

Ninja Squid is my favorite ability in the game. You aren't completely masked but in a high intensity setting you won't see someone with Ninja Squid on unless you have a scope. At least that's how it goes for me. I main the Octobrush and when I'm doing good I get about 14 on average I'd guess. I really like it but I understand why some people don't.

Thermal Ink is stupid good for chip damage weapons, or weapons that can deal chip damage (like specials such as Tenta Missiles and Booyah Bomb). While it isn't too long, you don't have to get all the way back to where your opponent is when you die, like with haunt. Plus you can activate it in a single hit.

IMO, Ninja Squid is fun to use in turf mode and maybe even a little on clams, but is much less useful outside of it. I don't get the hate on thermal ink in this video. It's not the best for every weapon, but it works well with a lot of them in the game. Information is everything, and there's no easier way to accrue it than thermal ink. I particularly like it in splat zones.

I know this was released before the Haunt buff, so this is more of an update than anything: Haunt now tracks your killers indefinitely until they die themselves. that means that if you die to all four enemy players at some point in the match, you'll be able to keep tabs on all of them until the next time they die. (With the typical limitations of thermal ink) idk if this would change its standing in this list, but it makes it a LOT more useable.

at first i thought youtube notifcations was broken- ill just comment again that this video is nice bc theres a LOT of info XD

Thanks SO much! People usually make no sense talking about respawn punisher! You made it so simple!

To add on to Respawn Punisher: I’d equip it to weapons with sub-par specials, like Tenta Missiles or Splashdown. The special depletion won’t hurt that bad on a weapon that doesn’t have a good special, but a sub that fits the main weapon really well. Example? Dark Tetras or the recent Kensa Sloshing Machine. Both main weapons are just good and seem to work with any kit. Slap some Respawn Punisher on that and you’ve got a really good main weapon.

My favorite abilities have to be thermal ink and respawn punisher ^^ Thermal ink is great on dualies (one of my mains) and if you’re skilled with the charger then respawn punisher is great! And from my experience with respawn punisher, the thing I’ve noticed that while it does take longer to respawn, it’s only by a few seconds. The thing that’s effected most by respawn punisher is the special gauge (gage??). I think over half (don’t quote me on that) of the special gauge is lost if the user with respawn punisher is splatted. So unless you don’t die often, probably not the best ability to use unless you pile on special saver or special recovery up

The Ability Doubler is now on a piece of gear you get with the game (after the last splatfest, you got a tee replica.)

I always have Ninja Squid when using the Carbon Roller, it really saves my life

Ability doubler can be useful as long as you have multiple abilities on your shirt, since you'd get 6 points out of it instead of 3.

I love the thermal ink ability. When I use my Custom Hydra against snipers (The Hydra has almost the same or LONGER range than most chargers) I can see them charging behind walls, then I finish them off with fall-off damage :)

Thermal ink is SO GOOD with splatlings, gals, and squelchers. I main those weapons, and often I will tag an enemy without killing them, and then I will be able to spot them and splat them after I recover. 10/10 with heavy splatling remix

I'm pretty sure respawn punisher negates most of the effect of quick respawn, so you can use it to counter quick respawn but it's a waste to stack it yourself.

My top 3: 3-Thermal Ink 2-Ability Doubler(Splatfest tee replica) 1-Respawn Punisher(you know what gear Im talkin bout. Pearlescent Hoodie) I was gonna put Haunt on the list, but realized that it and Thermal Ink are literally the same.

0:56 OH BOI, time to use some Cs:go wall hacks >:3

tip: I recommend ninja squid for shorter ranged weapons, like sploosh. one time i was using a pro, and i could tell dapple dualies we’re swimming over to me to kill me. (they did that a lot in the few rounds i played with them) luckily, i was facing the way they were coming towards me, so i was able to see the ripples and get them before they got me. if they had ninja squid, i wouldn’t be able to see them too well. (they had more map control and it was on shellendorf institute)

Thermal Ink with the Bloblobber has helped me stay comfy in X rank. Most people underestimate the Blob but you can truly bully opponents with good use of bouncy bubbles and Thermal Ink.

This is entertaining yet helpful. When it comes to pre recorded content your one of my top contenders. Keep it up!

Splatoon with mvc2 music is a ridiculous combo! Love it

Now that ability doubler is permenant there is something else of note. It allows you a much greater range of abilities. Since 1 main roughly translates to 3 subs, you basically have 18 total sub slots, but 9 of them have to be spent on 3 ofs, while doubler means 6 have to be spent on 3 ofs, but another 6 are on 2 ofs. Giving you an interesting trade for a little more control

I feel like ninja squid is the worst out of all the abilities. It’s only strong against new or unskilled players. I wish ninja squid would Hide the white dot you see when you hold your charge while using chargers and the Nautilus. That would make ninja squid way better and more people would use the Goo Tuber and Nautilus. Thermal ink can be really powerful with certain weapons like the Sloshing Machine, Explosher and the Bamboozler. Haunt is really good in 1v1’s and is really strong with comeback and quick respawn. Respawn punisher and haunt are personally my favorites but that is just my opinion. NOTE: I put this comment on Vasko’s old video but he reuploaded it so put it on this one.

I was watching the recent video about thermal ink, and decided to watch this too, and i was like “IS THIS MEWMORE I HEAR”

When the meta was all about pure gear, ability doubler wasn't great, but most build now favor on main abillity and a couple chunks tooled for individual playstyle. It's actually pretty good now for not hogging other slots with one or two chunks of nonprimary specialization. Really depends on your weapon needs though.

I main the heavy splatling and I love thermal ink. When I unleash a barrage of ink a pellet is bound to hit at least one enemy and more often multiple. This means I almost always have everyone tracked, which is excellent for getting picks and spotting flankers :) Additionally, the enemy isn't always aware that they've been marked, since it doesn't show up like a point sensor does. This means they'll still play with the confidence they

I’m clearly late, but, Themal ink is so good with the Bloblobber it’s amazing. Even if these cunce are running I don’t need line of sight to splat anyone. It also vastly improves upon the technique of ‘pinging’ for players. I picked that up from Junkrat in OW (when that game was good) you can bounce shots around in a way that lets you get an idea of where people are based on if you hit them or not. But with Thermal ink you can deadass just see them upon a hit and line up shots.

I use ninja squid ( roller main aha ) and I have all swim speed but 3 slots ( since I don't have enough chunks yet ) but , I think it would have deserved number 1 on the list , because although you say the other team can hear you swim or see the little itty bitty trail , most are too focused on the objective ( I play mostly ranked ) to notice , or to many other sounds play over your swimming sound , and many enemies forget which enemy has ninja squid because their focus becomes divided . But that's just my opinion ! I've just been a lot more successful after using ninja squid and 2 main , and 6 sub of swim speed . I defiantly recommend it for my fellow roller mains , since we are a one hit kill when very close range . Nice video btw ! Keep up the good work ! Sorry for such a long comment

I thought Ninja Squid would totally be number 1... until when you were explaining it's placement at 3, you said that you still make noise when you swim. Since I never play with audio (I always watch RU-vid while I play) I had no idea. That's really good to know! It's still my favorite shirt exclusive ability because it fits my playstyle best, but now I'll have to be extra careful when trying to sneak around. Thanks!

My favorite is definitely Ninja Squid, bc I just love the sound of it but also that I could just sneak up on people and splash them. I don't think a lot of people pay attention to the trails I leave when I'm swimming in the ink, since they're likely to be more focused on covering ground and looking out for other opponents shooting at them. I bought that Pullover Coat with the Ninja Squid ability yesterday and I swear I'm not taking it off ever again. :'D (sorry for my bad English btw)

I use ninja Squid because I like to sneak up on people, and when you splashdown, you can swim away because they don’t see you, Plus, you can swim up close to players if you have a short ranked weapon such as inkbrush, splooshomatics, carbon rollers, etc.

Edit: Why need Ninja Squid when u can recreate its effects by flicking the left stick to swim without creating ripples ((i forgot what this was called but yea)) as a charger main who tries to act as a team beacon ((not that anyone remembers that i exist)) i should probably give respawn punisher a try... if i stop dying and get my aim together,that is. -content’s still amazing as ever btw-

I like to keep lookin fresh, for squids and octos :)

I didn't know that respawn punisher made you respawn 1.5 seconds earlier too!

here’s the thing about respawn punisher. Death, obviously is inevitable in battle. The nerfs are even more applied to you than the person you kill, making it basically useless, other than a wasted slot in your ability slots. Yeah, its ok for backliners, but like i said before, the nerfs also apply to you. Also, no. Quick Respawn doesnt affect Respawn Punisher. Stackong Special Saver won’t be beneficial either because on most weapons, you want to use other things than just negating it, like value subs (quick super jump, special saver, ink resistance. They all do so much at such a little amount its amazing.) For example, a splattershot. You’d want to run 2 subs of main power up for more junping consistency, Stealth Jump for less risky jump ins (I disagree with shredder being at number one as well but we will get to that) and 1 main 1 sub to a pure of quick respawn allowing for more risky plays.

i've been maining haunt before i even knew it was good

kinda early again!! i love your worst and best ability vids uwu

I remember when i began playing splatoon and someone disconnected, i thought that was the haunt ability

Respawn Punisher is definitely a good ability to use when using weapons like Splatlings or Chargers. I run it all the time with my Splat Charger and Splatterscope, since I can get enemies from a distance without having to be straight up in their face. It can help for keeping enemies down longer and allow your team to make more pushes

At first, I tried Respawn punisher, but it doesn't work that well with my one sub special saver and hero shot, but thanks to my one swim speed of sub and drop roller's swim speed boost, it can be a dangerous combo, especially during close combat since Respawn punisher is mostly used for long range weapons like Chargers, Splatlings, and sloshers, while ninja squid is more of intense action

At least the shirts are kinda cute ( I use manly use the half sleeve sweater)

i would use haunt thanks to the 4.6.0 update haunt last infinite and they suffer respawn punisher once you splat them back since you just respawn normally since i don't use respawn punisher its true that you said that every time ya splat an enemy they do take longer to respawn and lose more of the special gauge but if YOU get splated you suffer it i use haunt instead and i think respawn punisher is rather a dangerous risky ability and i would say haunt is the best

0:40 I have a shirt in splatoon 2 that has ALL run speed up (didn't use ability tokens, it was all thanks to RNGesus), and that shirt I have been using for a long time, only changing what head gear and what shoes I'm wearing to go with what weapon that I'm using

I love... ninja squid... I have like 3/4 pages of shirts with ninja squid

first like maybe?? There should be an update where Nintendo creates new ranks in salmon run

About ninja squid: every one says this YoU cAn HeAr ThEm SwImMiNg... HOW!? People somehow hear this obscure sound over the music, your own weapon and Specials going off in the background all in the middle of the chaos that is this game! y'all got 400$ headphones on 24/7

Tip for RP: Try using the Custom Hydra with RP. Not only is it a mean combo, but you have the range, damage, and firerate to keep yourself safe from most enemies and can even challenge some chargers.

The way you said haunt had me dead😂😂

Thermal ink works great with the hydra splatling. You get plenty of direct hits, and you are always far enough to make use of it. Great for Tower Control.

I think the best strategy for respawn punisher is to have a shoe and hat that has a main ability of quick respawn and the sub abilities special saver, or the other way around.

I'm sorry Vasko, but Respawn Punisher's effects do not stack. You can even check it in your own footage. Also, trying to diminish the Respawn and Special Gauge effects by wearing Quick Respawn and Special Saver is definitely not worth it, since Respawn Punisher pretty much kills these Abilities almost entirely. While this may sound like a bad thing, it's also one of Respawn Punisher's greatest features: nullifying your Opponents' Abilities by reducing their effects *a lot*.

Well now that splatfests are over you get the replica shirt which has ability doubler.

Thermal ink is really useful with my Explosher, so its a lot harder for people to escape me

There actually is one very specific way you can make Ability Doubler work: You wanna use as many diffrent abilities as possible making sure the Ability Doubler effect is spread out on multiple Abilities, It's also very imprortant to note that you should not use any Pures when having Ability Doubler equiped, You can use 2 Subs of an ability aslong as It's not on the Ability Doubler... I never said it was a good reason to use it, But atleast It's a reason since you can't spread out your Main Ability to multiple Abilities

using thermal ink with splatlings is pretty great, ngl

Also there's now a splatfest tee replica with the ability doubler (sadly no cheaper scrubs...)

Ninja squid and toxic mist ... not the strongest but I love it

I honestly like Ninja squid (I'm using it right now btw) and the one that hides your super jump.

How to be op: use a shirt with respawn punisher and special saver and a comeback hat with quick respawn

I'm still sad that the Neo Octoling Armor has Haunt, of all abilities. Ik it's not bad, but it's not good, either (for my purposes of back-lining). It's one of my best shirts when trying to look good, but the Haunt keeps it from being better. You can't change it, either - it's Octo Expansion Exclusive, so you can't change it by ordering through Murch, even if you do have it yourself. I honestly wish we could change the Main Abilities on our gear tbh.

Ninja squid is good for sneak attacks if you're a powerful shooter main. I main the orange n-zap

Nija squid and stealth jump plus a few stablizing abilities and you have the stealthiest squid

I prefer to use thermal ink as i play splatlings often and usually aim for players right at the end of my range. Thermal ink allows me to see players that I’ve damaged after they’ve run away (which happens often) so I can chase them.

Vasko the ability doubler gives you 6 chunks instead of 4

I sorta think ninja squid is good. I have had a good amount of uses where it helped a ton. Its good for sneaking away if ur getting spawn camped and i dont really mind the speed decrease. Sure it does have downsides but it can be useful in a pinch! Or you could just swim slowly like they bug you to do in single player... But come on who does that?

I've been waiting for this video

I love your outro It’s very c-

For the splatfest tee thing since the splatfests are over if you had the game before then you will have a replica splatfest tee

Considering I got ~28 splats per match in Clam Blitz earlier today before I realized I was wearing Respawn Punish... yeah, it's a bit OP if you're good at avoiding the un-alive (EDIT: for reference, A-, NZap 85, and I normally hit around 8-13 splats per match)

I do like ninja squid though and if you go slow they will not hear you but with no ninja squid it's the same but if you have a lot of swim speed up it might help when going slow in squid mode

THIS IS A CORRECTION Ability doubler you can only get it on a splatfest tee nah you can get it on any shirt when i was ordering a negative longcuff sweater [it was a pure], i got ability doubler ask other people i dont have a hacked switch

In a game so fast paced as splatoon, most players won't even notice the swimming noise, and probably won't be able to see the small ripples you make unless they squint, which would only distract them, I still understand that ninja squid isn't great though.

My favorite is ninja squid due to the fact that I can sneak up behind enemies with my blaster and POP

I personally say Ninja squid's is the best out of all of them unless you're an extremely high rank snowing really pays attention to the slight outline of the ink when using ninja squid And also not everyone has a headset and the battlefield is a pretty loud place so it's not very likely that you'll hear your opponent swimming

I really love Ninja Squid ^^

Over all my opinion on shirt abilities is most are situational or limited use period so I don't really run shirt abilities in by builds besides maybe ninja squid from time to time

I have a question why is ability doubler the easiest to get ability chunks

I love respawn punisher with my flingza main. I can use it to splat 2-3 enemies before getting splatted transforming the game into a 3v2 or a 3v1 for my team. Also the flings is good fight me.

I think Haunt is useful for shooters and splatlings while respawn punisher is useful for blasters, snipers and other one hit ko weapons, but I think Haunt is better then respawn punisher as the ability doesn't affect you when you get splatted.

so i would have to say ninja squid would have to be second because most of the time people don't notice the sound nor the path that they leave but if it were like a 1v1 i wouldn't suggest it but the thing it usually they will be doing something else and won't notice you swimming

Go over the importance in swim speed and how it can effect certain weapons for better or worse...what do I mean...? Idk, you can explain it 😂👌🏾

Bringing my comment from the last video. Ninja Squid is rendered ineffective with Ink armor. It makes your eyes glow even when submerged and your opponents can easily see you.

....excuse me "subjective-ISH"????

Carbon/Sploosh+Ninja Squid for life

2:03 yeah but it's not like there's music and a literal war going on

I only have one piece of gear with Respawn Punisher, and until Respawn Punisher gets nerfed, I will not buy any more pieces of gear with that ability. However, that means there are TWO pieces of gear that I like that I can't buy, the FC Albacore and the Zink Layered LS. Luckily there's still the Splatnet Gear Shop, which gives gear a random ability. The problem is, I don't know how to use Splatnet Gear Shop.

Respawn Punisher + E-Liter and Damage Up from Splatoon 1 = The game dies within the 1st 10 minutes

lol I thought this was like a repost of some error, but I guess you forgot about quick respawn and RP. Eh still good info

As a carbon roller and splat charger main, i can safely say that im either using respawn punisher or ninja squid on my shirt. Nothing else. Never.

Use pure swim speed up ninja squid with carbon roller. trust me, you’ll become the second krakon

The 5 ability plus the number one ability

I feel like I wanna learn more about quick respawn and haunt