Splat Charger

The Splat Charger is a main weapon in the Splatoon series.

The Splat Charger, like other charger-type weapons, can be charged up before firing. The more it is charged, the farther the ink will go and the more damage it will deal. Only a fully charged shot will splat an enemy in one hit. It also creates a thick line of ink, rather than many small blobs like shooter-class weapons do. This weapon is the most basic form of charger in the Splatoon series, with all-around average performance, and longer range than most weapons (though not the highest in the class). This weapon has a scoped variant.

From onwards, this weapon can store a fully charged shot in swim form for a short amount of time, and a fully charged shot will pierce through opponents.

Appearance
The Splat Charger, like many other chargers, has an ink tank at the back and a long barrel with the handle and trigger situated at the back end of the barrel. The ink tank changes color to match the user's ink. In Splatoon, the handle is yellow, the trigger, nozzle, and the back part of the barrel are red, and there is a large, dark green block in the middle of the barrel, leaving the rest of the barrel white. In Splatoon 2, the Splat Charger's appearance is less blocky and more stylized to fit the rest of the game. The barrel is completely white with some empty purple and green scope mounts, the handle is mainly blueish purple, and there is a green sight mounted to the end of the barrel.

In Splatoon 3, an additional sight is present above the barrel, a pump handle extends behind the trigger, and a blue cap is attached to the back end of the ink tank. The barrel is now completely black, the base is purple, and the trigger, pump, rail and both sights are yellow.

Splatoon
The Splat Charger comes with Splat Bombs and the Bomb Rush.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKQrpnCWju0

Splatoon 2
The Splat Charger returns for with a new visual design and a new charge-holding mechanic. The player can now store a charge for one second. It comes in a set with Splat Bombs and Sting Ray.
 * Unlike Damage Up in, while Main Power Up increases damage, it does not allow shots below full charge to reach 100.0 damage.

It appears in fourteen Octo Expansion stations:
 * Right Round Station
 * Mad Props Station
 * All That 8-Ball Station
 * Cratebuster Station
 * Pop Star Station
 * Matchmaker Station
 * Ink 'n' Slide Station
 * Bustalicious Station
 * Slap Bracelet Station
 * Shooter McStation
 * All Eyez Station
 * Poppin' Fresh Station
 * Matchmaster Station
 * Girl Power Station (canned)

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/q-zxv0kNlYs

Splatoon 3
The Splat Charger returns in Splatoon 3 with a new design. Its kit consists of Splat Bomb and Ink Vac.

It appears in only 1 mission in Alterna:
 * Amusing a Bemused Muse

Badges
Reaching certain Freshness levels with the Splat Charger will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Strategy
For competitive tips about the Splat Charger

Trivia

 * In Splatoon 2, this weapon is tied with the Hero Charger Replica and Splatterscope for the most expensive Sting Ray in the game with 220p.
 * This is one of the weapons available to use in the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere.
 * As of Fresh Season 2023, the Splat Charger is the only weapon (besides the Splatterscope) to receive only new variants, with its old variants not returning. This is a pattern that holds true across all three games, as none of its historical variants have ever returned in subsequent games besides the unbranded, vanilla variant.
 * Because of this, it is also the weapon with the most distinguished variants across the series: if the repeat kits within the same game do not count separately (for example, Splatterscope, Hero Charger Replica, and the base Splat Charger are all counted as one because they all have Splat Bomb and Ink Vac), then the Splat Charger has had 6 variants across the series.
 * Across all three games, the Splat Charger has had Splat Bomb as its sub weapon.
 * When chargers and the Ink Vack come up on Judd's Trials, the player is equipped with the Splat Charger on both occasions.