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. Each ink bullet does enough damage to splat opponents with four hits.

Splatoon
The Heavy Splatling was made available in the version update. it comes in a set with and.

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

List of variants
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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.

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

List of variants
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Splatoon

 * The Heavy Splatling was first revealed when Splatoon was datamined on June 21, 2015.
 * The Heavy Splatling was later seen in a Japanese trailer detailing Splatoon's future updates.

Splatoon 2

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

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 due to the fact that the barrels of the Heavy Splatling rotate while charging and firing.