Painbrush

The Painbrush is an upcoming main weapon in.

Appearance
The Painbrush features fanned bristles with a slit, its handle is a silver metal in a shape that resembles the Nautilus 47. 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.

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 is a portmanteau of the words pain and brush. Pain references weapons in other games and in real life, which cause pain. Brush references the fact that it looks like a paintbrush in real life and that it is part of the Brush weapon class.