Snipewriter 5H

The Snipewriter 5H is a main weapon in, created by the weapon brand Nouveau. It is a charger with the unique property of, when fully charged, loading five low-damage rounds that it can fire consecutively.

It was revealed in the Chill Season 2022 trailer on 2022-11-14 and was released on 2022-12-01.

Appearance
The Snipewriter 5H is designed to look like an eraser pencil held in a drawing compass. A window cut into its side facing the user shows its internals are shaped like the points of a stacking-point pencil.

Splatoon 3
The Snipewriter 5H has a Sprinkler and the Tacticooler for its set. When is held, five charges of hardened ink are stored, which can be released in rapid succession by releasing and pressing. Each shot's power is low and leaves it unable to splat with a single fully charged shot. Its range is comparable to that of the Splatterscope, it charges at about the same speed as the Splat Charger, and to compensate for its ability to fire consecutively, the ink trail it leaves is incredibly thin, similar to the Bamboozler. It also does not have a charge hold, and any remaining rounds held when changing to swim form are lost (but the player will regain the equivalent amount of ink). It was added along with Chill Season 2022 on 2022-12-01.

Badges
Reaching certain Freshness levels with the Snipewriter 5H will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Strategy
For competitive tips about the Snipewriter 5H

Trivia

 * As it first appears in, the Snipewriter 5H is one of seven main weapons (besides reskins) to have no canonical variants so far, the others being the Splatana Stamper, REEF-LUX 450, S-BLAST '92, Painbrush, Dread Wringer, and Heavy Edit Splatling.
 * In Splatoon 3, it shares its kit with the Dynamo Roller, both having Sprinkler and Tacticooler.
 * The Snipewriter 5H, along with the Splattershot Nova, Big Swig Roller, Painbrush, S-BLAST '92, Dread Wringer, and Heavy Edit Splatling, is not included in Return of the Mammalians due to being added post-release.
 * The Snipewriter 5H is the only charger that can splat a Drizzler on a single charge before it ducks back beneath its armor.

Etymology
"Snipewriter" is a portmanteau composed of "snipe" (as in "sniper") and "writer" (referring to the pencil). It is also a pun on the word "typewriter".

"5H" refers to the pencil grading of the same name, signifying a very hard graphite, and also is likely short for "5 hits", the maximum number of shots in one full charge.