Heavy Splatling

The Heavy Splatling is a main weapon in the SS undefined.

The Heavy Splatling is capable of firing bursts of ink with high range, low damage, and a fast rate of fire. Although relatively slow to charge, 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

Splatoon 3
The Heavy Splatling returns in Splatoon 3 with a slightly updated design, where its primary color changed to pink. Its kit is the Sprinkler and Wave Breaker.

It appears in 2 missions in Alterna:
 * Future Utopia Island: 02. Octopods at Rest Tend to FLIP OUT!
 * Eco-Forest Treehills: 07. One-Way Ride through Target Town

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

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.

In Splatoon 3,
 * This is one of the weapons available to use in the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere.
 * The Heavy Splatling's Tableturf card depicts the victory dance preformed by a player using that weapon in the original Splatoon.

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.