Tenta Missiles

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TheTenta Missiles are aspecial weapon inSplatoon 2 andSplatoon 3. They lock onto targets and launch guided missiles that strike from the sky.

Appearance

When activated, the Tenta Missiles' user brandishes two large missile launchers. The launchers are mainly yellow, and each consists of one main part on top that harbors four missile compartments and a smaller part on the bottom that only has one compartment. Each missile compartment changes color to match the user'sink. The Tenta Missiles themselves each look like water bottles filled with the user's team's ink. Activating the Tenta Missiles also displays a large circular reticle appears that shows the radius to acquire targets. Some horizontal lines in the user's ink color move up and down along the side of the screen, giving the whole display a more technological feel. When an opposing player is not locked onto or targeted, they appear as two pairs of lines, similar to ashooter's reticle that shows shot deviation. Hovering over a target causes an octagonal icon with an X to appear over them and plays a beep sound effect, which is higher-pitched when more targets are in the reticle. The octagon icon also persists when the missiles are fired on the acquired targets, allowing the user to see the targets for the entire duration of the special. An opposing player targeted by Tenta Missiles will see a ring around them in the Tenta Missile user's ink color with some small bottle icons. The number of bottle icons depends on how many missiles the opposing player is targeted with. The icon that appears to warn opposing players of incoming Tenta Missiles is a simple black circle with a ring of the Tenta Missile user's ink color around it.

Splatoon 2

Tenta Missiles


Category	Special
Class
Sub
Special
Special points
Special depletion
Range
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Level
Cost
Requirement
Added in		Specifications
Weight
Base damage	30 (Splash, far) 50 (Splash, middle) 150 (Splash, near) 150 (Direct hit)
Base duration	Aiming: 10 seconds Firing: 1 target: 40 frames 2 targets: 40 frames 3 targets: 48 frames 4 targets: 64 frames 5 targets: 80 frames
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

When activated, the player can lock on to up to five opponents using a large reticle and fire a set of homing missiles at them.

Tenta Missiles can also locate and briefly track opponents; while aiming and firing, a crosshair will stay on all locked-on targets on the user's screen and will follow each target until all the missiles have reached their destination.

After the special is activated and fired, markers appear to all players that show where the missiles land. If missiles are targeting a player, the player will see a ring with four, five, or ten arrows around their character showing how many missiles are still left. The number of missiles fired at each opponent differs based on how many have been targeted. If there is only one target, they will receive ten missiles. If there are two targets, they will each receive five missiles. If there are more than two targets, they will each receive four missiles.

It appears in 3Octo Canyon Missions:

Return of the Octarians (Mission #1)
The Floating Garden (Mission #11)
Octoling Workout (Mission #27)

Special Power Up

Main article:Special Power Up

Equipping Special Power Up with Tenta Missiles increases the targeting and paint radius of the missiles.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
1.4.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to opposingBallers when shooting ink by roughly 50%: 1x → 1.5x.
2.0.0	▲ Reduced the interval between missile launches when locked on to multiple targets in proportion to the number of targets.
2.3.0	▲ Made it so that the player can press the Button, enter Squid form^[sic], and move around in the period between readying the weapon and firing it.
3.2.0	▲ When locked on to a single target, 10 missiles will be launched at once, and will strike the area around the target. ▲ When locked on to two targets, five missiles will now be launched, and the span of time between each launch has been decreased. ▲ When the gear abilitySpecial Power Up is equipped, in addition to the its other benefits, the radius of turf inked by missiles when they land has also been increased. ▲ Tenta Missiles are now able to lock on to the barrier surrounding the Rainmaker. ▼ Decreased damage dealt by each missile to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 50%: 2x → 1x. – Adjusted the position of the lock on indicator when targeting players, and made it easier to see how many missiles will be launched.
4.1.0	▲ Shortened time between firing of each missile. Missiles now always have a firing interval of 4 frames between them, regardless of how many targets that have been locked onto.
4.3.0	▲ Greatly increased the effect of the Special Power Up gear ability that increases ink coverage of missiles when they hit.
4.4.0	▲ After shooting the missiles, decreased the recovery time before control is regained by 15/60 of a second.

Quotes

“	If you press, this will fire missiles at all enemies that you tag with your cursor. The more enemies you tag, the more effective it is.	”
—Splatoon 2Sub &Special Guide^(NA/OC)

“	Press to launch missiles at all enemies inside the selected area. Extremely effective at taking down multiple enemies at once.	”
—Splatoon 2 Sub & Special Guide^(EU)

Notes

Sets

Main weapons with Tenta Missiles inSplatoon 2

Main	#ID	Sub	Special	Special Points	Level	Price	Class	Introduced
Bamboozler 14 Mk I	2050	Curling Bomb	Tenta Missiles	200p	18	9500	Charger	7 October 2017
Clash Blaster Neo	231	Curling Bomb	Tenta Missiles	180p	30	20500	Shooter	7 April 2018
Dualie Squelchers	5030	Point Sensor	Tenta Missiles	190p	12	9800	Dualie	29 July 2017
Foil Flingza Roller	1031	Suction Bomb	Tenta Missiles	180p	28	21300	Roller	18 November 2017
Grim Range Blaster	222	Burst Bomb	Tenta Missiles	190p	23	14900	Shooter	3 April 2019 (4.6.0)
H-3 Nozzlenose	310	Point Sensor	Tenta Missiles	170p	29	17200	Shooter	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)
Hero Dualie Replicas	5013	Burst Bomb	Tenta Missiles	180p	4	3100	Dualie	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)
Hero Slosher Replica	3003	Suction Bomb	Tenta Missiles	190p	5	3100	Slosher	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)
Jet Squelcher	90	Toxic Mist	Tenta Missiles	180p	17	11300	Shooter	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)
Kensa Splattershot	42	Suction Bomb	Tenta Missiles	180p	6	5300	Shooter	14 September 2018 (4.0.0)
Mini Splatling	4000	Burst Bomb	Tenta Missiles	210p	23	12300	Splatling	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)
N-ZAP '89	61	Autobomb	Tenta Missiles	180p	11	8800	Shooter	9 December 2017
Neo Sploosh-o-matic	1	Squid Beakon	Tenta Missiles	170p	18	12200	Shooter	10 March 2018
Octobrush Nouveau	1111	Squid Beakon	Tenta Missiles	170p	15	9900	Roller	2 January 2018
Slosher	3000	Suction Bomb	Tenta Missiles	190p	5	2500	Slosher	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)
Splat Dualies	5010	Burst Bomb	Tenta Missiles	180p	4	2400	Dualie	7 July 2017 (1.0.0)

Gallery

Tenta Missiles title card.
A render of anInkling with Tenta Missiles
An Inkling using the Tenta Missiles.
An inkling using the Tenta Missiles in the Splatoon 2 pre-launch trailer
Promotional render of Tenta Missiles.
An Inkling girl holding Tenta Missiles.
Artwork for Koshien 2020

Demonstration

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Splatoon 3

Tenta Missiles


Category	Special
Class
Sub
Special
Special points
Special depletion
Range
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Level
Cost
Requirement
Added in		Specifications
Weight
Base damage	30 (Splash, far) 50 (Splash, middle) 150 (Splash, near) 150 (Direct hit)
Base duration	10 sec
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Tenta Missiles make a return inSplatoon 3. They were officially confirmed by theSplatoon 3 Direct on10 August 2022. Starting fromChill Season 2022, the special gauge slowly depletes after the missiles are fired, and only when the gauge is empty again, can they be charged up again.

It appears in 5 Missions inReturn of the Mammalians:

Special Power Up

Main article:Special Power Up

Equipping Special Power Up with Tenta Missiles increases the targeting radius by up to about 71.4% and paint radius of the missiles by up to about 20%.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	— Reduced the radius at which the blast can deal maximum damage to an opponent by about 27%: 1.5 units → 1.1 units. — Reduced the radius at which the blast deals 50.0 damage an opponent by about 16%: 2.5 units → 2.1 units.^[1] Although the blast radii were reduced, the way the game handles hit detection for the inner blast radii was changed, thus the effective blast radii remain about the same.
2.0.0	▼ After launch is confirmed, thespecial gauge will now slowly decrease, and the special gauge will not be able to begin charging again until the gauge has completely drained from the previous use. — Fixed an issue where Tenta Missiles passing within inches of terrain before impact would cause the impact predictor's position to be shown in a different position than the actual impact.
5.1.0	▼ Decreased the radius of the explosion area that deals 30.0 damage by approximately 15%: 5.0 units → 4.25 units.

Sets

Main weapons with Tenta Missiles inSplatoon 3

Main	#ID	Sub	Special	Special Points	Level	Price	Class	Introduced
Splattershot Pro FRZ-N	72	Splat Bomb	Tenta Missiles	190p	23	1	Shooter	Version10.0.0 (Splatlands Collection)
Flingza Roller	1030	Ink Mine	Tenta Missiles	210p	20	1	Roller	Version1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)
Painbrush Nouveau	1121	Point Sensor	Tenta Missiles	190p	16	1	Brush	Version6.0.0 (Chill Season 2023)
Goo Tuber	2060	Torpedo	Tenta Missiles	200p	25	1	Charger	Version1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)
REEF-LUX 450	7020	Curling Bomb	Tenta Missiles	210p	10	1	Stringer	Version1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)
Splatana Wiper Deco	8011	Squid Beakon	Tenta Missiles	190p	10	1	Splatana	Version4.0.0 (Sizzle Season 2023)

Badges

Main article:Badge#Special weapon wins

Wining a certain number of battles with the Tenta Missiles will reward the player with specialbadges that they can use on theirSplashtag.

Tenta Missiles badges
	30 wins with Tenta Missiles
	180 wins with Tenta Missiles
	1,200 wins with Tenta Missiles

Gallery

Fired Tenta Missiles on the left.
AnOctoling using the Tenta Missiles
Tenta Missiles in the icon ofSpecial Power Up
An earlier version of the Tenta Missiles icon.
2D icon
TheTableturf Battle card icon of the Tenta Missiles.
Uncropped version of the Tableturf card icon.

Strategy

For competitive tips about the Tenta Missiles

View the strategy page.

Trivia

The Tenta Missile launcher appears to be a pair of modified soda crates, as hinted by the logo which looks like the Coca-Cola brand logo and can be found on vending machines aroundInkopolis Square. This is further hinted at by the fact that the projectiles that the Tenta Missiles shoot look like soda bottles of some sort.
- The missile launchers also resemble theM202 FLASH rocket launcher.
InSalmon Run, theFlyfish appear to use their own version of the Tenta Missiles.
Based on word from Nintendo representatives during preview events forSplatoon 2, early versions of the Tenta Missiles may have fired a fixed ten missiles as opposed to the current version which varies depending on the number of opponents targeted.
- As of version3.2.0, the Tenta Missiles fire ten missiles when used on one or two targets.
According to one of the dialogues ofSturgeon Shipyard, shooting off Tenta Missiles just at the end of a match is called a "dismissive diss missile". In the Japanese dialogue it has been given the name "Embrace Me ☆ Twinkle Star" while in German it is called a "swarm alarm".
InRecon mode, apart fromRainmaker, Tenta Missiles cannot be launched due to not having targets to lock on to.
Prior to being confirmed in the Splatoon 3 Direct, the Tenta Missile's projectiles were first seen in one of the images from the announcement ofSplatoon 3 as well as theNintendo Switch OLED trailer. In the former, theE-liter 4K Scope can be seen around where the projectiles were fired. The Release Date Revealed trailer also shows that the icon forSpecial Power Up still depicts Tenta Missiles.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マルチミサイル Maruchi misairu	Multi Missile
Dutch	Spetterraketten	Splatter Rockets
French	Multi-missile	Multi-missile
German	Schwarmraketen	Swarm Rockets
Italian	Lanciarazzi	Rocket Launcher
Russian	Каракатница Karakatnitsa	From каракатицаkarakatitsa "cuttlefish" and ракетницаraketnitsa "rocket launcher"
Spanish	Lanzamisiles	Missile Launcher
Chinese (Simplified)	多重导弹 Duōchóng dǎodàn (Mandarin)	Multi Missile
Chinese (Traditional)	多重導彈 Duōchóng dǎodàn (Mandarin)	Multi Missile
Korean	멀티 미사일 Meolti misail	Multi Missile
Internal	SpMultiMissile^[2]	Sp forspecial weapon. MultiMissile has been localized.

WeaponsinSplatoon 2

Main	Shooters	Sploosh-o-matic (Neo,7) • Splattershot Jr. (Custom,Kensa) • Splash-o-matic (Neo) • Aerospray MG (RG,PG) • Splattershot (Tentatek,Kensa,Hero,Octo) • .52 Gal (Deco,Kensa) • N-ZAP '85 ('89,'83) • Splattershot Pro (Forge,Kensa) • .96 Gal (Deco) • Jet Squelcher (Custom) Luna Blaster (Neo,Kensa) • Blaster (Custom,Hero) • Range Blaster (Custom,Grim) • Clash Blaster (Neo) • Rapid Blaster (Deco,Kensa) • Rapid Blaster Pro (Deco) L-3 Nozzlenose (D,Kensa) • H-3 Nozzlenose (D,Cherry) • Squeezer (Foil)
	Rollers	Carbon Roller (Deco) • Splat Roller (Krak-On,Kensa,Hero) • Dynamo Roller (Gold,Kensa) • Flingza Roller (Foil) Inkbrush (Nouveau,Permanent) • Octobrush (Nouveau,Kensa,Hero)
	Chargers	Classic Squiffer (New,Fresh) • Splat Charger (Firefin,Kensa,Hero) • Splatterscope (Firefin,Kensa) • E-liter 4K (Custom) • E-liter 4K Scope (Custom) • Bamboozler 14 Mk I (Mk II,Mk III) • Goo Tuber (Custom)
	Sloshers	Slosher (Deco,Soda,Hero) • Tri-Slosher (Nouveau) • Sloshing Machine (Neo,Kensa) • Bloblobber (Deco) • Explosher (Custom)
	Splatlings	Mini Splatling (Zink,Kensa) • Heavy Splatling (Deco,Remix,Hero) • Hydra Splatling (Custom) • Ballpoint Splatling (Nouveau) • Nautilus 47 (79)
	Dualies	Dapple Dualies (Nouveau,Clear) • Splat Dualies (Enperry,Kensa,Hero) • Glooga Dualies (Deco,Kensa) • Dualie Squelchers (Custom) • Dark Tetra Dualies (Light)
	Brellas	Splat Brella (Sorella,Hero) • Tenta Brella (Sorella,Camo) • Undercover Brella (Sorella,Kensa)

Sub	Splat Bomb • Suction Bomb • Burst Bomb • Curling Bomb • Autobomb • Ink Mine • Toxic Mist • Point Sensor • Splash Wall • Sprinkler • Squid Beakon • Fizzy Bomb • Torpedo

Special	Tenta Missiles • Ink Armor • Bomb Launcher • Sting Ray • Inkjet • Splashdown • Ink Storm • Baller • Bubble Blower • Booyah Bomb • Ultra Stamp

WeaponsinSplatoon 3

Main	Shooters	Sploosh-o-matic (Neo) • Splattershot Jr. (Custom) • Splash-o-matic (Neo,GCK-O) • Aerospray MG (RG,Colorz) • Splattershot (Tentatek,Glamorz,Hero,Octo,Order) • .52 Gal (Deco) • N-ZAP '85 ('89) • Splattershot Pro (Forge,FRZ-N) • .96 Gal (Deco,Clawz) • Jet Squelcher (Custom,COB-R) • Splattershot Nova (Annaki) • L-3 Nozzlenose (D,Glitterz) • H-3 Nozzlenose (D,VIP-R) • Squeezer (Foil)
	Rollers	Carbon Roller (Deco,ANG-L) • Splat Roller (Krak-On ,Order) • Dynamo Roller (Gold,Starz) • Flingza Roller (Foil) • Big Swig Roller (Express,Planetz)
	Chargers	Classic Squiffer (New) • Splat Charger (Z+F,CAM-O,Order) • Splatterscope (Z+F,CAM-O) • E-liter 4K (Custom) • E-liter 4K Scope (Custom) • Bamboozler 14 Mk I (Mk II) • Goo Tuber (Custom) • Snipewriter 5H (5B)
	Sloshers	Slosher (Deco,Order) • Tri-Slosher (Nouveau,ASH-N) • Sloshing Machine (Neo) • Bloblobber (Deco) • Explosher (Custom) • Dread Wringer (D,Hornz)
	Splatlings	Mini Splatling (Zink,RTL-R) • Heavy Splatling (Deco,Order) • Hydra Splatling (Custom,Torrentz) • Nautilus 47 (79) • Ballpoint Splatling (Nouveau) • Heavy Edit Splatling (Nouveau)
	Dualies	Dapple Dualies (Nouveau,NOC-T) • Splat Dualies (Enperry,Twinklez,Order) • Glooga Dualies (Deco) • Dualie Squelchers (Custom,Hoofz) • Dark Tetra Dualies (Light) • Douser Dualies FF (Custom)
	Brellas	Splat Brella (Sorella,Order) • Tenta Brella (Sorella,CRE-M) • Undercover Brella (Sorella,Patternz) • Recycled Brella 24 Mk I (Mk II)
	Blasters	Luna Blaster (Neo,Order) • Blaster (Custom,Gleamz) • Range Blaster (Custom) • Clash Blaster (Neo) • Rapid Blaster (Deco) • Rapid Blaster Pro (Deco,WNT-R) • S-BLAST '92 ('91)
	Brushes	Inkbrush (Nouveau) • Octobrush (Nouveau,Cometz,Order) • Painbrush (Nouveau,BRN-Z)
	Stringers	Tri-Stringer (Inkline,Bulbz,Order) • REEF-LUX 450 (Deco,MIL-K) • Wellstring V (Custom)
	Splatanas	Splatana Stamper (Nouveau,Stickerz,Order) • Splatana Wiper (Deco,RUS-T) • Mint Decavitator (Charcoal)

Sub	Splat Bomb • Suction Bomb • Burst Bomb • Sprinkler • Splash Wall • Fizzy Bomb • Curling Bomb • Autobomb • Squid Beakon • Point Sensor • Ink Mine • Toxic Mist • Angle Shooter • Torpedo

Special	Trizooka • Big Bubbler • Zipcaster • Tenta Missiles • Ink Storm • Booyah Bomb • Wave Breaker • Ink Vac • Killer Wail 5.1 • Inkjet • Ultra Stamp • Crab Tank • Reefslider • Triple Inkstrike • Tacticooler • Kraken Royale • Super Chump • Triple Splashdown • Splattercolor Screen