Splatoon 3 Undercover Brella Gear Guide: What Abilities Should You Use? 

Not really worth it honestly

#2 is especially scary because if your shield is deployed, the bomb may detonate on impact!

I got my teammate killed because of that.

Mines are very underrated as a sub weapon! I used a fair bit of Ink Saver Sub for my Sorella and Kensa Undercover Builds in Splatoon 2, but I left it out here because mines aren't a sub you're going to spam or use much under duress, so you'll usually have time to recover that extra ink (especially with some Ink Recovery Up). I may still try it though; despite me saying "I never have ink management issues," the more I rewatch my footage the more I realize just how often I'm out of ink 😂. One sub of Special Saver is a good investment to make (it's one of the subs Dude recommends in his S2 gear guide). I ended up leaving it out here because Reefslider charges so fast on the Brella that it didn't feel necessary.

@@professorkyle yes I found in practice that when taking full advantage of mines I had a tendency to run dry a lot more than I'd like. My initial builds used only Ink Recovery Up specifically because of how it helps both the main and sub weapon out, but there were lots of situations where dropping a mine (before diving into a fray or when fleeing from one) would simply take too much ink and so I added the Ink Saver Sub in there and it completely eliminated the problem of running dry mid-skirmish. With that particular combo I only very rarely run out at a critical moment and can drop mines *almost* whenever the situation is advantageous for it. While I do agree that Undercover is very much a "take your time" weapon in that you're trying to waste your opponent's energy and kind of throw a monkey wrench in whatever their plans are at a given moment I was surprised by the remark of the K/D ratio being skewed more towards you being the splattee rather than splatter because even though I have occasional matches where the comp/mode dictates that I feed a lot most of the time I'm racking up double digit kills with single digit deaths, and I do chalk it up to frequent and strategic mine usage to reduce TTK. Even though laying more than 2 mines sets off the first one in a first-in-first-out sequence, I do often lay them down frequently as the most strategically advantageous positions change over the course of the match. I like to think of the Undercover/mines combo as being like a retiarius gladiator -- the brella's your trident and the mines are your net.

100 % agree. It’s a game changer for this weapon. Sun power up helps this as well increasing the radius of the mine and it tracks enemies longer. I constantly drop mines for this weapon and the results are amazing.

We got it! Torpedo and Splattercolor Screen!!!!!!!

Ink Recovery Up doesn't just help your main weapon, but helps keep you topped off enough that you can drop mines without it putting as big of a dent in your playtime waiting for your tank to refill.

Yes, join the Brella army!

@@professorkyle My gear is: Comeback with 3 subs of Quick Respawn. Ink Recovery with 1 sub of Quick Super Jump, Ink Resistance and Bomb Defense each. Swim Speed Up with 2 subs of Run Speed Up and 1 sub of Ink Saver Sub. Is that gear okay for an Undercover Brella?

I'd call it pretty close to perfect! The only change I would make is to replace the sub of Ink Saver Sub with another sub of Run Speed Up - you won't be spamming Ink Mines or using them in a hurry, so most of the time you'll be able to take the extra time to recover that ink (especially with a main of Ink Recovery Up).

@@professorkyle Well I also have Gold Hi-Horses which are pure Run Speed Up. Could that work too?

Absolutely! It might be tough to lose the Swim Speed Up, but in truth I didn't run Swim Speed Up on any of my Undercover builds in Splatoon 2, and it seemed to work out okay.

I am an 5 star that is stuck in S+0 -1000 hell so take this with an grain of salt :L Need some time to lab this out a bit more and would be fun to someday meet an Undercover who is using this (because I have never seen someone mention or use this besides me)

I wouldn't recommend Opening Gambit with the Undercover Brella in any circumstances. The weapon doesn't have a ton of splatting power, and even with the mines it doesn't farm assists particularly well, so I think you would end up losing the OG boosts more often than not.

@@professorkyle Would you recommend high speed, high special production, and high resistances/ink recovery. All 4 of these gear abilities are useful for speeding up the Undercover Brella so that the Undercover Brella can both stay near the opponents, quickly spin around them, and splat whoever you can. Here's my gear: Hat: Special Gain Up Main, Special Gain Up, Bomb Defense Up, and Ink Resistance Shirt: Ink Recovery Up Main, Ink Recovery Up, Ink Savor Main and Sub. Shoes: Swim Speed Up Main, Swim Speed Up, Walking Speed Up, and Superjump Speed Up Basically, a lot of explosions and a lot of me slowly overpowering and inking over the opponent's ink, even being able to slink into spots and wait around for everyone to start to move into spots where you can in turn take advantage of

it stacks poorly so i instead use sub power up

You don't know what you're missing 😎

use undercover

I would skip Object Shredder on the Undercover Brella - even with it equipped, the Brella really struggles to break things. For example, the Rainmaker shield takes 11 shots to break without Object Shredder, but still needs 10 shots if you use it. You'll get better value out of other abilities.

In Splatoon 1 it activated every time you died, and it was glorious...but it also dominated the meta, so they changed it in Splatoon 2 and 3.

@@professorkyle that is why I'm oblivious to it cause I only played Splatoon 1 :( Thanks for clearing it up!

Thaaaaaaaank yooooouuuuuuu

Is drop roller instead of stealth jump a good idea?

It's slightly more useful than Stealth Jump, but not useful enough to justify dedicating a main ability slot to it. I would use that slot to add more Quick Respawn or Run Speed Up to your gear.