Splattershot

The Splattershot is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is an iconic weapon, commonly seen in Splatoon promotional material and as part of the Inkling Girl and Boy amiibo.

Splatoon
The Splattershot is an all-around weapon in terms of power, range, and rate of fire, making it easy to use for players of all levels of experience. It has a simplistic colorful look, similar to real life childrens water guns. When utilized, it sprays a steady splattering of Ink until the player's Ink Tank is depleted. It comes in a set with the and.

Data

 * The Splattershot is a middleweight weapon.
 * When initially firing the weapon in kid form, the first bullet takes 3 frames to come out.
 * When firing from squid form, the first bullet takes 8 frames to come out.
 * When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between bullets.
 * When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
 * After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before your ink tank starts refilling.
 * Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
 * The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
 * The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 15 degrees.
 * The Splattershot has a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
 * When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
 * Bullets initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 88 units.
 * Paint droplets occur every 75 units.
 * The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 2 droplets per shot.
 * There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
 * Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 19.2 units.
 * Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18 units.
 * All other paint droplets have a radius of 13 units.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlH0ErqSIpA

Splatoon 2
The weapon re-appears in Splatoon 2 and has a new design. It has a purple stripe design that wraps around the barrel, a dark blue/purple grip and a dark green muzzle. The barrel is now part of the gun body, instead of on top, and the muzzle now comes out of the barrel. There is a cap where the tube connecting the barrel to the gun used to be, reminiscent of the caps used to refill a water gun full of water in real life. It had as its special weapon in the Splatoon 2 Testfire demo, but in the final game it has. "The latest model of the iconic weapon that embodies the spirit of Turf War. Press to fire off a volley of ink. This bad boy is a great choice for newbies and seasoned veterans alike."

- Splatoon 2 Switch event Demo

Data

 * The Splattershot is a middleweight weapon.
 * When initially firing the weapon in kid form, the first bullet takes 3 frames to come out.
 * When firing from squid form, the first bullet takes 8 frames to come out.
 * When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between bullets.
 * When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
 * After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before your ink tank starts refilling.
 * If a bullet is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 1.09375 damage per frame until it reaches 17.5 damage at frame 24.
 * Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
 * The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
 * The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 12 degrees.
 * The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 25 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 70 frames.
 * The Splattershot starts off having a 1% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
 * This chance increases by 1% per shot, and maximizes at a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle. Meaning that it takes 24 shots to reach minimum accuracy.
 * When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
 * When not shooting, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 0.5% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum. Meaning that it takes 48 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (78 after shooting while jumping.)
 * Bullets initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 88 units.
 * After that, the bullet's velocity is set to 14.495 units for 2 frames if the bullet's velocity is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it falls to the ground.
 * This results in a range at approximately 116.99 units if the weapon is shot straight ahead.
 * Paint droplets occur every 92 units.
 * The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 1.5 droplets per shot.
 * There are a total of 6 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
 * Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 18 units, and a width of 12 units.
 * These droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1.2 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.4 if they fell from a height below 30 units.
 * Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 16 units.
 * All other paint droplets have a radius of 12.8 units.
 * Droplets that are far from the player and all other droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.2 if they fell from a height below 30 units.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRbPKs4FZGc

Trivia

 * The Hero Shot, a modified version of the Splattershot, is the default weapon in Octo Valley and the Squid amiibo challenges, but it cannot be used anywhere else.
 * The Splattershot was the first playable Main Weapon, available in the 2014 E3 Demo. At that time it was called the "Ink Shot."
 * Furthermore, it's Sub and Special were the Splat Bomb and Inkzooka respectively. No weapon in the Splattershot series has that sub/special combination, with the Tentatek Splattershot and Wasabi Splattershot using the Ink Shot's Special and Sub Weapons respectively.
 * In Splatoon, the Splattershot has the most variants out of all main weapons, with a total of five.
 * In Splatoon 2, the Splattershot's model from the first game can still be seen when using the original Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy amiibo.