Comeback

Comeback is a gear primary ability in the Splatoon series. It grants a variety of bonuses to players for a short time after respawning.

Mechanics

This ability is active for the first 20 seconds starting after a respawn caused by getting splatted by another player.

While active, Comeback gives the user 12 AP in Splatoon or 10 AP in Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3 of the following:

• Ink Saver (Main)
• Ink Saver (Sub)
• Ink Recovery Up
• Run Speed Up
• Swim Speed Up
• Special Charge Up

Splatoon

Gear

Comeback is the primary ability of:

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.6.0	▲ While active, this ability will also give Special Charge Up. — An issue when Super Jumping was fixed, the effects of Comeback sometimes experienced a delay and activated too late.

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Splatoon 2

Gear

Comeback is the primary ability of:

Version history

Version	Adjustments
3.0.0	▼ Decreased the amount of ability that is given while Comeback is active from 12 AP to 10 AP.

Splatoon 3

Gear

Comeback is the primary ability of:

Additionally, Murch or Spyke can replace the primary ability on a piece of headgear with Comeback by using 15 of each of the following ability chunks:

• Run Speed Up
• Swim Speed Up
• Special Charge Up

Version history

Version	Adjustments
1.2.0	— Fixed an issue where Comeback was also activating for respawns from the player falling off the stage or into water.

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  The Squid Nordic's higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn can work well with Comeback.

Trivia

In Splatoon, with this ability active, the player can get 59 ability points of any of the abilities it grants if the rest of their gear is filled with it, exceeding the usual maximum of 57.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カムバック Kamubakku	Comeback
Dutch	Opfrisser	Refresher
French (NOA)	Retour	Back
French (NOE)	Come-back	Comeback
German	Rückkehr	Return
Italian	Gran ritorno	Great return
Russian	Ответный удар Otvetnyy udar	Counter attack
Spanish (NOA)	Remonte	Overcome
Spanish (NOE)	Remontada	Recovery
Chinese (Simplified)	回归 huíguī (Mandarin)	Regress
Chinese (Traditional)	回歸 huíguī (Mandarin)	Regress
Korean	컴백 keombaek	Comeback

Abilities in Splatoon

Any Damage Up • Defense Up • Ink Saver (Main) • Ink Saver (Sub) • Ink Recovery Up • Run Speed Up • Swim Speed Up Special Charge Up • Special Duration Up • Quick Respawn • Special Saver • Quick Super Jump • Bomb Range Up Headgear Opening Gambit • Last-Ditch Effort • Tenacity • Comeback Clothing Cold Blooded • Ninja Squid • Haunt • Recon Shoes Bomb Sniffer • Ink Resistance Up • Stealth Jump

Abilities in Splatoon 2

Any gear Ink Saver (Main) • Ink Saver (Sub) • Ink Recovery Up • Run Speed Up • Swim Speed Up • Special Charge Up • Special Saver • Special Power Up • Quick Respawn • Quick Super Jump • Sub Power Up • Ink Resistance Up • Bomb Defense Up DX • Main Power Up Headgear Opening Gambit • Last-Ditch Effort • Tenacity • Comeback Clothing Ninja Squid • Haunt • Thermal Ink • Respawn Punisher • Ability Doubler Shoes Stealth Jump • Object Shredder • Drop Roller Removed Bomb Defense Up • Cold-Blooded

Abilities in Splatoon 3

Any gear Ink Saver (Main) • Ink Saver (Sub) • Ink Recovery Up • Run Speed Up • Swim Speed Up • Special Charge Up • Special Saver • Special Power Up • Quick Respawn • Quick Super Jump • Sub Power Up • Ink Resistance Up • Sub Resistance Up • Intensify Action Headgear Opening Gambit • Last-Ditch Effort • Tenacity • Comeback Clothing Ninja Squid • Haunt • Thermal Ink • Respawn Punisher • Ability Doubler Shoes Stealth Jump • Object Shredder • Drop Roller