Splatoon 2’s 4.3.1 Update Makes Adjustments To Weapons, Ranked Battle, And Salmon Run

Splatoon 2 got its full patch notes for its 4.3.1 update that brings a variety of adjustments and fixes for its weapons, subweapons, special weapons, Ranked Battle, Salmon Run, and more.

Here are the patch notes from Nintendo:

Version 4.3.1

Changes to Multiplayer

Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.

Weapon Name	Change
Sploosh-o-matic Neo Sploosh-o-matic	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. Increased the amount of additional damage that can be dealt when the maximum number of gear abilities are being used from roughly 20% to roughly 25%.
Aerospray MG Aerospray RG	The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
Squeezer Foil squeezer	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. Increased the amount of additional damage that can be dealt when the maximum number of gear abilities are being used from roughly 20% to roughly 30%. Damage dealt while holding down ZR to shoot remains unchanged.
Splat Roller Krak-On Splat Roller Kensa Splat Roller Hero Roller Replica	Adjusted the range after which damage from a vertical swing will drop off. Extended the range after which this damage will drop off to 40.0 by roughly 11%. The ranges in which more than 100.0 damage and more than 50.0 damage can be dealt remain unchanged.
Inkbrush Inkbrush Nouveau	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The increase to movement speed while inking with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 4% to roughly 5%. The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
Octobrush Octobrush Nouveau Kensa Octobrush Herobrush Replica	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The increase to movement speed while inking with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 10% to roughly 12%. The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
E-liter 4K Custom E-liter 4K	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The increase to shot range with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 3% to roughly 5%.
E-liter 4K Scope Custom E-liter 4K Scope	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The increase to shot range with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 3% to roughly 5%.
Tri-Slosher Tri-Slosher Nouveau	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The boost to the radius of ink coverage for the middle portion of shots that strike an object mid-shot when the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities are equipped has been increased from roughly 20% to roughly 25%. The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
Mini Splatling Zink Mini Splatling Kensaa Mini Splatling	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The increase to the duration of rapid fire with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 30% to roughly 35%. The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
Undercover Brella Undercover Sorella Brella Kensa Undercover Brella	Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. The reduction in time it takes for a Brella’s umbrella portion to be restored with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 33% to roughly 44%. The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
Hydra Splatling Custom Hydra Splatling	Decreased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. Changed the number of gear abilities required for the damage of less than fully-charged shots to reach 33.3 from 0.9 basic gear abilities to 1.5 basic gear abilities. Additional gear abilities have 0.3 the effect of a basic gear ability. The damage of a fully-charged shot remains unchanged.
Ballpoint Splatling Ballpoint Splatling Nouveau	Decreased the effect of the Run Speed Up gear ability. Decreased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. Changed the number of gear abilities required for the damage of less than fully-charged shots to reach 33.3 from 0.9 basic gear abilities to 1.5 basic gear abilities. Additional gear abilities have 0.3 the effect of a basic gear ability.
Splat Dualies Enperry Splat Dualies Kensa Splat Dualies Hero Dualie Replicas	Decreased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. Changed the number of gear abilities required for the damage of less than fully-charged shots to reach 33.3 from 2.0 basic gear abilities to 3.2 basic gear abilities. Additional gear abilities have 0.3 the effect of a basic gear ability.

Specifications for some of the sub weapons have been changed.

Subweapon Name	Change
Fizzy Bomb	Decreased the radius of ink coverage from the 2nd explosion by roughly 15%. Decreased the radius of ink coverage from the 3rd explosion by roughly 21%.
Torpedo	Increased ink consumption on use from 60% to 65% of a standard ink tank. Decreased splash damage dealt by ink explosions from 18.0 to 12.0. Increased splash damage dealt by ink explosions to Bubble Blower bubbles by roughly 50%. Combining the effects of the above two changes means that damage dealt to Bubble Blower bubbles remains the same as it was prior to this update.

Specifications for the following special weapon have been changed.

Special Weapon Name	Change
Bubble Blower	Decreased the radius within which 250.0 damage is dealt by roughly 8%. Decreased amount of time before bubbles disappear on their own by roughly 6%.

Points required for using specials have been changed for certain main weapons.

Weapon	Before	After
Bloblobber Deco	180	190
Custom Hydra Splatling	180	190
Ballpoint Splatling Nouveau	190	200

Fixed an issue causing Torpedos to disappear instead of exploding if they touched a piece of moving terrain while following a player.

Fixed an issue in which players dealing contact damage to an opponent using a Booyah Bomb with their roller or brush weapon wouldn’t be thrown backward if they failed to splat the Booyah Bomb user with a single attack.

Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where readying a clam while being tracked by an opponent’s torpedo would cause the aiming reticle to react, even if the torpedo passed through the clam.

Fixed an issue occurring on the Walleye Warehouse stage, related to taking damage from an opponent’s Ink Storm. While standing on the crates beneath the lights near the center of the stage, players would previously take damage from an opponent’s Ink Storm while standing on one crate but not the other, but will now take damage while standing on either crate.

Fixed an issue occurring on the Shellendorf Institute stage, where certain animations did not display correctly when viewed through specific panes of glass.

Changes to Ranked Battle

Weapon specifications are taken into account when splitting an assembled group of eight players into teams for Ranked Battle, but this feature has been changed in the following ways:

The number of players with crown icons in X Rank will no longer have a significant impact on team breakdown.
The number of players using weapons from different categories such as “shooter” or “roller” won’t have a significant impact on team breakdown. Instead, the specifications for each specific weapon will be given more weight when splitting up teams.

Changes to Salmon Run

Fixed an issue occurring after creating a “With Friends” room where taking too long before selecting “Recruit more players” would cause other players not to join the room.

Fixed an issue causing players to occasionally pass through stage terrain after touching and getting knocked back by a Scrapper or Flyfish while standing near a wall.

Fixed an issue causing Scrappers to mistakenly not take damage when hit from behind with a direct shot from a Cannon.

Changes to the Octo Expansion

Fixed an issue causing an unintended reaction when touching an ink rail while getting pulled to a Grapplink after attacking the Grapplink.

Other Changes

When using the Kensa Splattershot Jr., the sticker on the player’s ink tank was previously the same as the one when using the Splattershot Jr., but is now unique.