For other uses, see Ink (disambiguation).
Female Inkling using Splat Roller to cover the floor of Figure-8 Circuit with orange ink.

Ink is an attack effect introduced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It is a primarily used to make all fighters, some assist trophies and the floor look like they are covered in ink after coming in contact with moves that use the effect. The effect uses nine colors depending on what character is being used. Each of Inkling's alternate costumes has a different color (in order of orange, blue, yellow, green, pink, cyan, purple or indigo). After using Inhale, Kirby will use the color ordered after the Inkling opponent. The same is true for Ditto. Master Hand uses an exclusive aqua blue color for the Ink Blob attack. The color will change to pink if the cyan Inkling is fighting Master Hand in World of Light. Fighters and assist trophies will progressively get more ink on them if they are quickly hit with several attacks that use the effect. The effect is purely aesthetic and will eventually disappear if no ink is used for a while, though it is often used in conjunction with the status effect of the same name as its visual indicator.

The effect is based on ink's functionality in Splatoon, which hinders the opposition's movement while traversing on enemy ink as well as causing damage to them (something that does not happen in Ultimate while the opponent is covered in ink).

List of attacks that use the ink effectEdit

By charactersEdit

Character Move Color
Inkling Neutral infinite Orange
Blue
Yellow
Green
Pink
Cyan
Purple
Indigo
Forward smash
Up smash
Down smash
Forward throw
Floor attack (front)
Floor attack (back)
Floor attack (trip)
Splattershot
Splat Roller
Super Jump
Splat Bomb
Killer Wail
Kirby (Copy Ability) Splattershot

By itemsEdit

Item Move Color
Poké Ball Pokémon Ditto: Transform (if the summoner is Inkling or if the summoner is Kirby and Ditto then copies the ability from an Inkling) Orange
Blue
Yellow
Green
Pink
Cyan
Purple
Indigo

By enemies and bossesEdit

Enemy/Boss Move Color
Master Hand Ink blobs Aqua
Pink

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