Hydra Splatling

The Hydra Splatling is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

The Hydra Splatling must be charged up to fire a continuous spray of ink, like all splatlings. It distinguishes itself from the others by having the longest range and slowest charge time. It is the only splatling capable of splatting opponents with three ink bullets, as it has an exclusive high-damage feature that activates when the weapon is fully charged. The Hydra Splatling's weight class is heavyweight, so mobility will be impaired when it is equipped, even when not attacking with the weapon. Each full charge consumes 35% of the ink tank capacity, allowing players to fire only two full charges (or five half charges) before needing to refill their ink supply.

Splatoon
The Hydra Splatling was released on 2015-11-21 at July 27, 2024. It comes in a set with Splat Bombs and Echolocator.

Details

 * The Hydra Splatling has an extremely long range with a massive damage output. Even if the enemy uses Bubbler to defend against its wave of pain, still firing at the protected players will launch them across the stage, potentially into water or out of bounds where they will meet a different demise.

Data
The Hydra Splatling take 1.8 seconds to reach the first level of charge, and 2.25 seconds in total to reach the second level of charge. Once the first level of charge is reached, the Hydra Splatling will fire for 1.6 seconds, and once the second level of charge is reached, it will fire for 3.2 seconds.

Quotes

 * Notes

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIx0t4zt4F0

Splatoon 2
The Hydra Splatling was released on 2017-11-25 at July 27, 2024. It comes as a set with Autobombs and Splashdown.

Data

 * A fully charged Hydra Splatling has enough power to shoot down somebody using the Booyah Bomb and still have shots left to spare. Unfortunately, the window of time required to properly execute this is fairly tight, almost always requiring the Hydra to have been charged preemptively.
 * It takes exactly 21 shots from a fully-charged Hydra Splatling to destroy the shield, with an additional 3 to splat the user.

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/GfZz_bBNN8o

Trivia

 * At 35% of the ink capacity for full charges, the Hydra Splatling is the most ink-hungry weapon in both games.
 * This weapon has the highest DPS in Splatoon 2 with a full charge, with 600 damage per second.
 * The 2.0.0 Nintendo Direct showed that the Hydra Splatling would have Ink Armor as its special weapon, but its special later got changed to the Splashdown
 * Ink Armor was later used on the Hydra Splatling's variant, the Custom Hydra Splatling.
 * This weapon is used on the following Octo Expansion levels:
 * Rad Ride Station
 * Right Round Station
 * Duh-Oh Station
 * Ink It Station

Etymology
Hydra Splatling is derived from Hydra, a mythological multi-headed water monster, and a portmanteau of Splat and Gatling. Hydra may also be short for Hydrant, since the Hydra Splatling is based on a fire hydrant in design.

ハイドラント Haidoranto is derived from Hydrant and refers to a fire hydrant.