Nintendo’s latest update for Splatoon 2 has gone live on June 25th bringing various stat changes and balances to weapons in the game..
Splatoon 2 Version 4.9.0 includes changes to specifications of some of the main weapons, sub-weapons, special weapons as well as fixes for some issues.
Check out the full patch notes below:
Version 4.9.0
- Changes to Multiplayer
- Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.
Weapon Change
- Sploosh-o-matic
- Neo Sploosh-o-matic
- Sploosh-o-matic 7
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Splattershot Jr.
- Custom Splattershot Jr.
- Kensa Splattershot Jr.
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Splash-o-matic
- Neo Splash-o-matic
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Aerospray MG
- Aerospray RG
- Aerospray PG
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- .52 Gal
- .52 Gal Deco
- Kensa .52 Gal
- Increased radius of ink coverage around feet when firing by roughly 4%.
- .96 Gal
- .96 Gal Deco
- Decreased variance of shot spread when firing while on the ground by roughly 8%.
- Luna Blaster
- Luna Blaster Neo
- Kensa Luna Blaster
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 25%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Clash Blaster
- Clash Blaster Neo
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Rapid Blaster
- Rapid Blaster Deco
- Kensa Rapid Blaster
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Rapid Blaster Pro
- Rapid Blaster Pro Deco
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Carbon Roller
- Carbon Roller Deco
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 20%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Splat Roller
- Krak-on Splat Roller
- Kensa Splat Roller
- Hero Roller Replica
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 19%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Dapple Dualies
- Dapple Dualies Nouveau
- Clear Dapple Dualies
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Explosher
- Custom Explosher
- Decreased the maximum radius of ink coverage for shots fired from beyond a certain distance by roughly 9% with the amount depending on the distance.
- This change won’t apply to shots fired from flat ground that travel the maximum distance but will apply to long-range shots fired to an area of higher or lower elevation.
- Ballpoint Splatling
- Ballpoint Splatling Nouveau
- Roughly doubled the amount of shot spread when firing in long-range mode immediately after jumping.
- Specifications for the following sub weapon have changed.
Sub Weapon Change
- Curling Bomb
- Increased maximum damage dealt by an exploding bomb from 150.0 to 180.0.
- Autobomb
- Increased maximum damage dealt by an exploding bomb from 150.0 to 180.0.
- Specifications for the following special weapons have been changed.
Special Weapon Change
- Sting Ray
- Decreased damage dealt to opponents when the Sting Ray’s beam passes through at least one stage object before hitting them by roughly 17%.
- The Sting Ray’s beam is considered to be passing through a stage object if the central part of the ink beam is touching the object in question.
- Decreased the additional damage dealt to opponent ink armor when the Object Shredder gear ability is equipped from roughly 3.0 times normal to roughly 1.25 times normal damage.
- Baller
- Baller will no longer deal 180.0 damage to anything past a certain height above its explosion.
- As a result of this change, and when it explodes on flat ground, the baller will no longer deal 180.0 damage to opponents in mid-air performing a Splashdown, or those who’ve pressed B while using an Inkjet to gain extra height.
- There is no change to the range in which an exploding Baller will deal 55.0 damage.
- Points required for using specials have been changed for certain main weapons.
Weapon Before After
- Kensa Splattershot Pro
200 210
- L-3 Nozzlenose
170 190
- Explosher Custom
210 220 - Fixed an issue causing the umbrella portions of Brella weapons to launch in unintended directions when launched after first touching an opponent’s Splash Wall.
- Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode causing the counter to advance further than intended when landing from a super jump and picking up the Rainmaker at the same time.
- Fixed an issue occurring in certain stages in Clam Blitz mode, where certain platforms near the goal baskets used for tossing the Power Clam were not properly inked by a Splashdown used near them.
- Fixed an issue in Port Mackerel causing a player to fall off the stage and get splatted when pushed into a specific outer wall in the stage as the result of an opponent’s attack.
- Fixed an issue occurring in Kelp Dome during certain modes, allowing players to cross over certain barriers to gain access to the area around the opponent’s Spawn Point.
- Fixed an issue occurring in Blackbelly Skatepark during certain modes, allowing players to cross over certain barriers to gain access to the area around the opponent’s Spawn Point.
- Fixed an issue occurring when using an Inkjet at a specific time near the rotating central platform in Wahoo World. This issue caused players returning to their starting position after the Inkjet’s effect ended to enter into the stage terrain.
- Changes to Salmon Run
- Fixed an issue causing a player sinking in the water with a Scrapper nearby to appear in an unnatural position.
- Fixed an issue causing a player trapped in a corner and surrounded by Salmonids to rarely become trapped inside stage terrain when using a super jump in the above circumstances.
- Fixed an issue occurring in Ruins of Ark Polaris making ride rails difficult to ride when approaching the rail’s starting point from certain angles while in squid form.
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