Painbrush

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The Painbrush is an upcoming main weapon in Splatoon 3.

Appearance

The Painbrush resembles a fan brush. It has a silver handle that looks similar to the back of the Nautilus 47.

Splatoon 3

Splatoon 3

Painbrush

Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Brush
Sub
Special
Special points
Special depletion
Range
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Level
Cost
Requirement
Added in
Weight
Base damage
Base duration
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Painbrush was revealed on 16 May 2023 in the Sizzle Season 2023 trailer.

It rolls with a speed comparable to the Octobrush and also has more range than the Octobrush. Though, unlike other brushes, which typically fling ink in a wide area, the Painbrush spreads ink in a much more narrow field, straight ahead of the user, similar to the Splatana's horizontal slash. It takes at least 3 ranged hits to splat an opponent.

Gallery

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  The Painbrush's reveal.

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  Flinging ink with the Painbrush

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  The Painbrush showing the Nouveau logo

Etymology

Painbrush is a pun on "paintbrush" and is a portmanteau of the words pain and brush. Pain references weapons in other games and in real life, which cause pain. Brush references the fact that it looks like a paintbrush in real life and that it is part of the Brush weapon class.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フィンセント Finsento	From fin and Vincent, a reference to Vincent Van Gogh, a Dutch painter
Dutch	Kwistkwast	From either kwist ("annihilation, torture") or kwisten ("to squander") and kwast ("brush")
French	Épinceau écaïe	Shell brush
German	Fächerfärber	Fan painter
Italian	Tonnoretto	Straight tuna
Spanish	Brocha abanico	Fan brush
Chinese (Traditional)	文森 wénsēn (Mandarin)	Vincent
Korean	빈센트 binsenteu	Vincent