Best Gear Builds and Loadouts

Splatoon 3 has a plethora of weapons and gear abilities that you can use to customize your character's loadout for every kind of situation. Read on for a list of best gear builds and loadouts, as well as in-depth explanations of how to play these builds!

Best Gear and Loadouts

Beginner All-Rounder Loadout

Weapon	Gear Abilities
Splattershot Jr.	Ink Recovery Up	Swim Speed Up	Ink Resistance Up

Loadout Explanation

The Splattershot Jr. is a great beginner weapon that can carry you all the way to high level play thanks to its well-rounded stats and great sub and special weapons, and is a good weapon to pick up for the run-and-splat play style.

This loadout gives your character well-rounded stats for general play. Ink Recovery Up improves your refill rate for your main and sub weapons, while Swim Speed Up increases your maneuverability while swimming in ink.

Finally, Ink Resistance Up reduces damage to enemy ink and also improves your movement speed while walking on the opposing team's ink.

Tacticooler Support Loadout

Weapon	Gear Abilities
N-ZAP '85	Special Charge Up	Special Power Up	Special Saver

Loadout Explanation

The N-ZAP '85 is a highly versatile weapon for Turf Wars and Anarchy Battles. It's low damage output is balanced by its high rate of fire and range, making it one of the best weapons to use for the run-and-splat play style.

This loadout takes a more supportive role, with all of the gear abilities focused on improving your Tacticooler special.Special Charge Up makes it easier to gain charge, while Special Saver reduces the amount of special lost when getting splatted.

Finally, Special Power Up increases the duration of Tacticooler, which means you and your teammates will retain the buffs to movement speed and respawn for a longer time!

How to Play Anarchy Battles

Quick Turf Inker Loadout

Weapon	Gear Abilities
Aerospray MG	Ink Saver (Main)	Ink Recovery Up	Run Speed Up

Loadout Explanation

The Aerospray MG is a great weapon for Turf Wars thanks to its high fire rate, which allows you to cover a large area of turf with consistent shots. The trade off is its low damage and mid-tier range, which makes it more difficult to defend against opposing players.

As your main role with this loadout is to ink turf, you'll want to pick gear with the Ink Saver (Main) and Ink Recovery Up so that you can keep on inking turf longer before needing to refill.

Finally, gear with Run Speed Up helps you zip past opposing players and get to their base faster!

How to Play Turf Wars

Offensive Roller Loadout

Weapon	Gear Abilities
Flingza Roller	Ink Saver (Main)	Ink Resistance Up	Special Charge Up

Loadout Explanation

The Flingza Roller is a balanced roller weapon for both inking turf and splatting other players, with one well-aimed ink fling capable of instantly splatting another player.

Ink Saver Main is required for this loadout as rollers have high ink consumption, while Ink Resistance Up improves your ability to shrug off splats from opposing players when inking enemy turf.

Finally, Special Charge Up decreases the amount needed to fill your special gauge and allows you to unleash powerful Tenta Missiles more frequently.

How to Save Gear Loadouts

Save a Loadout into a Freshest Fit

You can use the Freshest Fits feature to save your favorite weapon and gear loadouts and quickly swap to them from the Options Menu.

This lets you easily swap to the best gear for different game modes without having to manually change each individual gear!

How to Save Weapon and Gear Loadouts

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