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Brushes are one of the main weapon classes, introduced as an independent weapon class in Splatoon 3. In the previous titles of the Splatoon series, Brushes were part of the Roller class, with which they share some technical characteristics. Brushes have two attack modes: by pressing repeatedly ZR, the player will make their brush-type weapon swing and sprinkle ink globes that will spread forwards turfing the floor; by holding ZR and moving, the player will instead push the brush on the ground, similarly to a roller, but much faster and covering less floor. While the first attack mode is better to ink the stage and splat the opponents, the latter is more useful to run away from enemies or run around them to confuse and easily splat them.
List of Brushes
| Series | Description | Variants | Games | ||
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 Inkbrush |
A fast but short-ranged brush. When pushed along the ground, the user moves at extremely high speed, and leaves behind a narrow trail of ink. Damage is low, as the user needs to land four globs of ink to splat an opponent. |  Inkbrush
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Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya |
 Inkbrush Nouveau
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Template:Ya | Template:Ya | |||
 Permanent Inkbrush
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Template:Ya | Template:Ya | |||
 Octobrush |
A slower brush with decent range. Movement speed while pushing it along the ground is a bit slower compared to the Inkbrush. Only three hits are needed to splat an opponent. |  Octobrush
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Template:Ya | Template:Ya | Template:Ya |
 Octobrush Nouveau
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Template:Ya | Template:Ya | |||
 Kensa Octobrush
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Template:Ya | ||||
 Herobrush Replica
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Template:Ya | ||||
Sets
| Main | #ID | Sub | Special | Special Points | Level | Price | Class | Introduced | |
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Inkbrush | 1100 |  Splat Bomb
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 Killer Wail 5.1
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180p | 7 |  1
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 Brush
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Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022) |
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Inkbrush Nouveau | 1101 |  Ink Mine
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 Ultra Stamp
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180p | 15 | 1
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Brush
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Version 2.0.0 (Chill Season 2022) |
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Octobrush | 1110 |  Suction Bomb
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 Zipcaster
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200p | 4 | 1
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Brush
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Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022) |
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Octobrush Nouveau | 1111 |  Squid Beakon
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 Ink Storm
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180p | 9 | 1
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Brush
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Version 5.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2023) |
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Orderbrush Replica | 1115 | Suction Bomb
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Zipcaster
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200p | 1 | Brush
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Version 7.0.0 (Side Order) | |
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Painbrush | 1120 |  Curling Bomb
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 Wave Breaker
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200p | 14 | 1
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Brush
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Version 4.0.0 (Sizzle Season 2023) |
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Painbrush Nouveau | 1121 |  Point Sensor
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 Tenta Missiles
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190p | 16 | 1
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Brush
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Version 6.0.0 (Chill Season 2023) |
Animations
Splatoon
Victory:
- Both genders sway their weapon side to side a few times before posing while resting the weapon on their shoulder.
Defeat:
- Both genders rest their weapon on their shoulder while shaking their head in disappointment.
Splatoon 2
Spawning in before a match starts:
- Both Inklings and Octolings hold their weapon over their shoulder.
Victory:
- Inkling Girl: Does a few stretches while holding her weapon before positioning it behind her back.
- Inkling Boy: Does a "pop-off" while resting his weapon on his shoulder before striking a pose.
- Octoling Girl: Raises her weapon off the ground to rest it on her shoulder before wiping her forehead and striking a pose.
- Octoling Boy: Similar to the Octoling Girl's, but instead ends with pointing his thumb towards his chest.
Defeat:
- Both Inkling genders hold their weapon on the ground while holding their head in disappointment, while pausing to shake their head.
- Octoling Girl: Holds her hand up to her face, falls forward and shakes her head, before looking up while winking.
- Octoling Boy: Shakes his fist, kneels down and shakes his head, before looking up and winking.
In Ammo Knights (Clicking R stick):
- Inklings: Raises their weapon up and down while looking it over, puts roller on the ground as if to start rolling, before returning to idle position.
- Octolings: Holds their roller out in front of them and bounces it twice, looks weapon over from behind, raises the weapon up and brings it down into a crouched position before returning to idle.
Splatoon 3
Spawner Drone pose:
- All styles: Jumps from the Spawner, swings the brush and then holds it in a ready-to-battle pose.
Victory (Emote: Flip Out)
- All styles: Acrobatically swings the brush alternately using their hands, then holds it in a ready-to-battle pose.
Quotes
| “ | Squid Research Lab here, ready to brush up on brushes! Hold while using a brush to sprint at a tremendous speed and lay down a tactical ribbon of ink. You can also use rapid-fire brush swings to turn an opponent's face into the kind of abstract art that's worth millions! | ” | — @SplatoonNA on Twitter[1]
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Trivia
- There are no brushes with Point Sensor, Toxic Mist, Fizzy Bomb, or Disruptor as their sub weapon.
- Brushes are not affected by Run Speed Up while pushing them on the ground.
- However, Brush users are affected by the ability while running, flicking or doing both things.
- The Octobrush and Inkbrush series (except for the Inkbrush Nouveau) are the only brush-class weapons that have not been nerfed as of April 2020.
- Against Salmonid, Inkbrushes have more DPS (Damage Per Second) when running with the brush on the ground while Octobrushes have more DPS when ink-flinging.
Gallery
SplatNet Icons
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The Inkbrush.
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The Inkbrush Nouveau.
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The Permanent Inkbrush.
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The Octobrush.
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The Octobrush Nouveau.
Art
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A pink Inkling Girl using the Inkbrush.
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Inkbrush
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Inkbrush Nouveau
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Octobrush
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Octobrush Nouveau
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Promotional renders for Splatoon 2
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Inkbrush
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Inkbrush Nouveau
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Permanent Inkbrush
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Octobrush
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Octobrush Nouveau
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