Painbrush

The Painbrush is a main weapon in.

Appearance
The Painbrush resembles a fan brush with a slit in its bristles. Its silver, metallic handle resembles a palette cup. 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. On 18 May 2023, Nintendo revealed the weapon in a dedicated post on their Twitter. The post shows that the Painbrush will have Curling Bomb and Wave Breaker.

It rolls with a speed comparable to the Octobrush and also has more range. 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.

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

Etymology
Painbrush is a pun on "paintbrush" and a portmanteau of the words "pain" and "brush."