Weapon

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A team of Inklings wielding a variety of weapons.

“	As an Inkling, you can use weapons and ink your turf. Be sure to experiment with different weapon sets!	”
— Splatoon official site

Weapons are tools used in Splatoon and Splatoon 2 to spread ink and splatter enemy Inklings. They can be purchased from Ammo Knights with cash earned from online multiplayer matches. Weapons are always in a predefined set of a main weapon, a sub weapon, and a special weapon. Sub weapons, or secondary weapons, consume considerably more ink than main weapons and usually serve specialized purposes limited to specific combat situations. Special weapons are powerful weapons that can only be used after filling up the special gauge by covering enough ground with ink.

All main weapons have two versions: the original, and an alternate with a different sub and special weapon setup and a slightly different appearance. With the addition of Sheldon's Picks, some weapons gained a third version with yet another set of sub and special weapons. Some weapons have reskins that are used in Singleplayer.

In Splatoon 2 new weapons have been added, and returning weapons have all new designs. Since no special weapons return from the first game, all the special weapons are changed as well. While some weapons retain the same sub weapon others have the sub weapon changed, such as the Splat Roller, which has Curling Bombs instead of Suction Bombs. Blasters and brushes have also been recognized as their own weapon classes.

Main

Shooters

A shooter in action.

Shooter/list of shooters

Rollers

Spreading ink with the Splat Roller.

Roller/list of rollers

Chargers

Aiming a charger.

Charger/list of chargers

Sloshers

Flinging ink from a Slosher.

Slosher (type)/list of sloshers

Splatlings

A Mini Splatling being fired.

Splatling/list of splatlings

Dualies

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Squirting Ink with the Splat Dualies.

Dualies/list of dualies

Brellas

An unfolded Splat Brella.

Brella/list of brellas

Sub

The Sprinkler, Splash Wall, and Splat Bomb.

Sub weapon/list of sub weapons

Special

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The Killer Wail, Inkzooka, and Inkstrike.

Special weapon/list of special weapons

Classes

Sub classes are a way to distinguish different weapons of one weapon type. For example the Aerospray RG and the Dual Squelcher are both considered shooter weapons but differ in many ways. A more explicit example would be the Splat Roller compared to the Inkbrush. Those are both considered rollers, although the Inkbrush is far from being a roller. These sub classes are not officially recognized in-game, but since they have noticeably different playstyles, they are worth unofficially recognizing. Thus, this section shows all types of sub classes existing in the game so far.

Shooter Sub Classes

Traits	Sub Class	Example(s)
mid range, mid accuracy, mid - high fire rate	Standard Shooter	Splattershot, N-ZAP '85
short range, low accuracy, very high fire rate	Spray	Splattershot Jr., Aerospray MG
long range, high accuracy, low - mid fire rate	Long Range	Splattershot Pro, Jet Squelcher
short - mid range, very high accuracy, low - mid fire rate, projectile killing with 1 hit, explosion with 2	Slow Blaster	Blaster, Luna Blaster
long range, very high accuracy mid - high fire rate, projectile killing with 2 hits, explosion killing with 3	Quick Blaster	Rapid Blaster, Rapid Blaster Pro
mid - long range, good accuracy, fires a burst of 3 shots at the same time on one click	Burst	L-3 Nozzlenose, H-3 Nozzlenose

Roller Sub Classes

Traits	Sub Class	Example(s)
covering much turf while rolling, mid - slow running speed, strong projectiles, low splash rate	Standard Roller	Splat Roller, Dynamo Roller
covering little turf while rolling, quick running speed, weak projectiles, high splash rate, attack animation differs from the Roller's	Brush	Inkbrush, Octobrush

Charger Sub Classes

Traits	Sub Class	Example(s)
very long range, mid - slow charging, strong shots that don't necessarily need to be fully charged to splat, bad mobility	Standard Charger	Splat Charger, E-liter 3K
mid range, quick charging, weaker shots that have to be fully charged or shot twice to splat, good mobility	Quick Charger	Classic Squiffer, Bamboozler 14 Mk I

Slosher Sub Classes

Traits	Sub Class	Example(s)
mid - long range, two shots needed to splat, shoots about 3 times in 2 seconds	Standard Slosher	Slosher
short - mid range, hurls ink in three directions, does more damage at close range	Tri-Slosher	Tri-Slosher

Splatling Sub Classes

Traits	Sub Class	Example(s)
long range, high damage, high fire rate, long charge time	Standard Splatling	Heavy Splatling
short range, high damage, high fire rate, short charge time	Quick Splatling	Mini Splatling

List of weapon pages

• List of weapons in Splatoon
• List of weapons in Splatoon 2

Trivia

Splatoon

• There are a total of 91 main weapons, 10 sub weapons and 7 special weapons as of Version 2.12.0.
  • To purchase every weapon set, a total of File:834,100 Icon Cash.png 20px is needed.