Painbrush

The Painbrush is an upcoming main weapon in.

Appearance
The Painbrush resembles a fan brush with a slit in its bristles. Its silver, metallic handle resembles a palette cup. On the handle near the bristles, the Nouveau logo can be seen, colored white.

Splatoon 3
The Painbrush was revealed on 2023-05-16 in the Sizzle Season 2023 trailer. On 18 May 2023, Nintendo has revealed the weapon in a dedicated post on their Twitter. The post shows that the Painbrush will have Curling Bomb and Wave Breaker.

It rolls with a speed comparable to the Octobrush and also has more range than the Octobrush. Though, unlike other brushes, which typically fling ink in a wide area, the Painbrush spreads ink in a much more narrow field, straight ahead of the user, similar to the Splatana's horizontal slash. It takes at least 3 ranged hits to splat an opponent.

Etymology
Painbrush is a pun on "paintbrush" and a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "brush."