Heavy Splatling

The Heavy Splatling is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

The Heavy Splatling is capable of firing bursts of ink with high range, low damage, and a fast rate of fire. Each fully charged attack consumes 22.5% of the ink tank capacity, allowing players to fire off four full charges before needing to refill. It takes approximately 0.83 seconds to reach the first level of charge, and 1.25 seconds in total to reach the second level of charge. Reaching the first level of charge causes the Heavy Splatling to fire for 1.2 seconds while reaching the second level causes it to fire for 2.4 seconds. Each ink bullet does enough damage to splat opponents with four hits.

Splatoon
The Heavy Splatling was made available in the version update on 2015-08-06 at July 27, 2024. it comes in a set with Splash Wall and Inkstrike.

Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4Vm0rzMN0

Splatoon 2
The Heavy Splatling returns in Splatoon 2 with a new design, the main difference being the barrel is now titled and it is primarily yellow instead of orange. It comes with Sprinkler and the Sting Ray, similar to the build of the Heavy Splatling Remix of the original Splatoon.

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

Details

 * While Main Power Up will increase the number of shots fired, it will not increase the ink consumption relative to the amount charged, making the weapon comparatively more ink efficient.

Trivia
In ,
 * The Heavy Splatling was first revealed when Splatoon was datamined on 2015-06-21.
 * The Heavy Splatling was later seen in a Japanese trailer detailing Splatoon's future updates.
 * The Slosher alongside the Heavy Splatling would be the first entirely new weapon classes to added into the Splatoon franchise. Making their debut on 2015-08-06 at July 27, 2024, with the release of 2.0.0.

In ,
 * The weapon was first revealed to be returning in a tweet from the official Splatoon Twitter account on 2017-01-24.

Etymology
Heavy Splatling is derived from the adjective Heavy and a portmanteau of Splat and Gatling.

バレルスピナー bareru supinā is derived from Barrel and Spinner. The name Barrel Spinner is because the barrels of the Heavy Splatling rotate while charging and firing.