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.

Appearance
The Heavy Splatling varies in appearance between games. In, the Heavy Splatling consists of multiple black barrels with orange supports connected to a large water jug that changes color to match the user's ink. In, the barrels are less blocky-looking, the supports are yellow, and the water jug is at a diagonal angle instead of being completely horizontal.

Splatoon
The Heavy Splatling was made available in Version on 2015-08-06 at July 27, 2024. It comes in a set with Splash Walls and the Inkstrike.

Quotes

 * Notes

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 a tilted barrel and it is primarily yellow instead of orange. It comes with Sprinkler and Sting Ray, similar to the build of the Heavy Splatling Remix in.

It appears in three Octo Expansion Stations:
 * Abracadabra Station
 * Hasta La Vista Station
 * Girl Power Station (Canned)

Data

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

Demonstration
https://youtu.be/_H55UmXThdg

Strategy
For competitive tips about the Heavy Splatling

Trivia
In ,
 * The Heavy Splatling was first revealed when Splatoon was data mined on 2015-06-21.
 * The Heavy Splatling was later seen in a Japanese trailer detailing Splatoon's future updates.
 * The Slosher and Heavy Splatling were the first entirely new weapon classes added into the Splatoon franchise. They made their debut on 2015-08-06 at July 27, 2024, with the release of Version.

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.