Dynamo Roller
The Dynamo Roller is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.
The Dynamo Roller can cover turf while in motion and can fling a large amount of ink at medium range. Compared to the File:S Weapon Splat Roller .png [[]], this roller is much slower but covers a larger area while rolling and throwing ink. It has the greatest range of all the roller class weapons, but sacrifices speed; it rolls slowly when pushed, and it takes over a second to fling ink. The slow ink-flinging windup animation leaves the player vulnerable when attacking, as no other actions may be performed while readying the fling, and it is not possible to cancel a fling once initiated. The Dynamo Roller's weight class is Heavy, so mobility will be impaired when it is equipped, even when not attacking with the weapon.
Splatoon
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Category | Main |
| Class | Roller |
| Sub |  Sprinkler
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| Special |  Echolocator
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| Special points | 180pp |
| Special depletion |  75%
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| Range | |
| Ink speed | |
| Handling | |
| Obtainable at | |
| Level | 15 |
| Cost |  7,900
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| Requirement |  Octobot King
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| Specifications | |
| Base damage | 25–125 (Splash) 160 (Roll) |
The Dynamo Roller comes in a set with the File:S Weapon Sprinkler .png [[]] and File:S Weapon Echolocator .png [[]]. It can only be purchased after collecting the Sunken Scroll from the 
Octo Valley mission Enter the Octobot King!. Each flick of the weapon consumes 20% of the ink tank capacity, allowing for 5 flings before needing to refill on ink.
Version history
2.2.0
- ▼ amount of time needed before the ink begins filling after swinging the roller increased.
- ▼ Players can only splat their opponents in one hit if they hit with the center of the roller.
- ▼ Opponents cannot be splatted in one hit when the player is out of ink.
- — Calculation method for damage when the roller is repeatedly swung modified.
2.7.0
- ▼ Special gauge loss: 50% → up to 75%
- ▼ Swim speed decreased by about 10%.
2.9.0
- ▼ When using the ink fling attack, decreased the central zone in which it was possible to splat an opponent with a single attack by 18%.
- ▲ Increased damage dealt when flinging ink to attack the barrier around the Rainmaker in Rainmaker mode by 12%.
- ▼ Time taken to begin recovering ink after ink fling attack: 1.17 seconds → 1.33 seconds
Gallery
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An Inkling at the ready with an old version of the Dynamo Roller.
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An Inkling flinging ink with the Dynamo Roller at an early version of Blackbelly Skatepark.
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Official art of an Inkling holding the Dynamo Roller.
Demonstration
Similar weapons
Splatoon 2
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Category | Main |
| Class | Roller |
| Sub |  Ink Mine
|
| Special |  Sting Ray
|
| Special points | 180pp |
| Range | |
| Ink speed | |
| Handling | |
| Obtainable at | |
| Level | 20 |
| Cost |  24,500
|
| Specifications | |
| Base damage | 35–150 (Ground) 40–150 (Midair) 125 (Roll) |
The Dynamo Roller returns in Splatoon 2, with an minor appearance changes but significant performance changes. It comes with the File:S2 Weapon Ink Mine .png [[]] and File:S2 Weapon Sting Ray .png [[]]. Each flick consumes 18% of the ink tank capacity, allowing for 5 flings before needing to refill on ink. Jumping before flinging ink will perform a long-range attack, the vertical swing. The vertical swing paints a long path of ink and damages distant opponents.
Version history
Base game
- ▲ Ink consumption per flick: 20.0% → 18.0%
- ▲ Splash damage: 25–125 → 35–150
- ▼ Roll damage: 160 → 125
1.2.0
- ▲ Extended range for dealing maximum damage to an opponent by 14%
1.4.0
- ▲ Increased width of ink path when using
to ink the ground continuously and moving at maximum speed by roughly 13%. - ▲ Slightly increased the width of ink coverage when using a horizontal swing from a location higher than the surrounding area.
- ▲ Increased damage dealt to opposing File:S2 Weapon Baller .png [[]]s with either a vertical or horizontal swing by roughly 60%.
- ▲ Decreased the knock back distance when coming into contact with a roller that has run out of ink or is in mid-air.
- — Fixed an issue causing the aiming reticule to display outside the center of the screen when moving the camera and using a roller or brella-type weapon.
- ▲ In Rainmaker mode, equipping weapons such as the File:S2 Weapon E-liter 4K .png [[]] and Dynamo Roller will no longer lower movement and swim speed while holding the Rainmaker.
Gallery
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Promo image.
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Holding the Dynamo Roller.
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Rolling the Dynamo Roller.
Demonstration
Similar weapons
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Etymology
Dynamo Roller is derived from Dynamo and Roller. Dynamo is a type of an electrical generator, which the Dynamo Roller seems partly based on.
