Our intention is that this will entice players to explore these weapons, while retaining their individual strengths of the weapons in scenarios where they are advantageous.

We reference various sorts of statistical data for these adjustments, but in particular for those which lower the abilities of certain weapons, we've focused on data from matches between players of highRank.

We will issue future updates after looking carefully at changes resulting from this update, as well as the overall state of statistical data over the long term.

• ▲ Increased the likelihood the turf around your feet will beinked when firing.

• ▲ Slightly extended the splash of ink from swinging sideways.

• ▲ Reduced the time required to swing the weapon overhead in a vertical swing by 3/60 of a second.

• ▲ Reduced the interval at which you can repeatedly swing by roughly 2/60 of a second.

• ▲ Decreased variance of shot spread when firing while on the ground by roughly 6%.

• ▲ Slightly widened the spread of ink created by shots.

• ▲ Decreased ink consumption from shots fired by roughly 7%.

• ▲ Reduced the time from releasing a charge shot to being ready to shoot by roughly 1/60 of a second.

• ▲ Reduced the time from releasing a charge shot to being ready to shoot by roughly 2/60 of a second.

• ▼ Very slightly narrowed the width of the area inked by a fully charged shot.
• The area inked remains unchanged for models without scopes (listed below).
  • Splat Charger
  • Firefin Splat Charger
  • Kensa Charger
  • Hero Charger Replica
• The area inked remains unchanged for all shots that are not fully charged.

• ▲ Reduced the time from releasing a charged shot to being ready to shoot by roughly 2/60 of a second.

• ▼ Very slightly narrowed the width of the area inked by a fully charged shot.
• The area inked remains unchanged for models without scopes (listed below).
  • E-liter 4K
  • Custom E-liter 4K
• The area inked remains unchanged for all shots that are not fully charged.

• ▼ Reduced the velocity of ink over long distances by 4%, and reduced the range.
• ▼ Reduced movement speed by roughly 10% when charging and firing from a close range.

• ▼ Extended the time it takes to restore the umbrella portion after launching it or it being destroyed by roughly 40/60 seconds.
• ▼ Increased ink consumption for spread shots by roughly 10%.

• ▲ This will now affect opponent'sBallers.

• ▼ Extended the time you have to hold down the Button to trigger this by roughly 16/60 of a second.
• ▲ When you have a weapon equipped that has afast walking speed when not firing or a fast squid-form swimming speed, increased acceleration on the ground to allow you to move more quickly.
• This applies to the following weapons that can use a Baller.
  • Aerospray RG
  • Luna Blaster
  • Inkbrush Nouveau
  • Undercover Sorella Brella
• ▼ When you have a weapon equipped that has a slow walking speed when not firing or a slow squid-form swimming speed, reduced maximum speed by roughly 14%.
• This applies to the following weapons that can use a Baller.
  • Custom Explosher

• ▲ Extended the time until a bubble pops naturally by roughly 2 seconds.
• ▼ Reduced the size of the first and second bubbles.
• The first bubble is the smallest, the second is slightly larger, and the third bubble onward will be the same size as before.
• The area over which damage is dealt and the area which is inked by an exploding bubble depends on the size of the bubble.