Competitive:Octobrush Nouveau

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Splatoon 3
The Octobrush Nouveau is a weapon reintroduced in Drizzle Season 2023. In, it comes with Squid Beakons and Ink Storm.

Use
The Octobrush itself is a frontline slayer.
 * It has 2 modes: Swinging and Sliding.
 * Swinging the brush will fling ink. Mainly used for painting, charging special, and fighting.
 * Sliding will hold the brush to the ground and run fast. Mainly used for mobility and dodging shots.

It also has a few weaknesses.
 * Its short range makes it weak against longer-ranged slayers.
 * A lack of bomb also makes it so it lacks a poking tool against long ranged anchors and worse in fights.
 * Its ink flings lose damage quickly, even making it from a three to four shot splat at longer ranges.
 * It also has a slow firing/swing speed compared to other slayers. Along with the aforementioned bad falloff rates, this is bad because most other slayers have a faster firing speed and range.

Squid Beakons are situational, but are sometimes good.
 * Squid Beakons can be used to quickly get back in the game after respawning.
 * Squid Beakons can also be used as a safe escape tool if the player is wearing enough Sub Power Up or Quick Super Jump.
 * Place Squid Beakons in safe spots where enemies have to expose themselves and be vulnerable to destroy, such as behind your cover.

Ink Storm can also come in handy.
 * Ink Storm can be used as passive painting for control. It can be used as a throwaway on the Splat Zone and then lets the player pursue enemies while it slowly takes zone.
 * Ink Storm can combo with the Octobrush Nouveau's damage. However, it does move slower than its roll speed, so the player will have to slow down for combos.
 * Ink Storm can also be used as a quick ink refill for when the player runs out of ink.