Inkbrush

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The Inkbrush is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

As a roller-class weapon, the Inkbrush can be pushed along the ground while leaving a trail of ink. Much like the S Weapon Main Splat Roller.png Splat Roller, the Inkbrush can be used as a sort of melee weapon that splatters some ink in front of the player. Of all weapons in its class, the Inkbrush travels at the highest speed and leaves the most narrow trail. The high rolling speed can be used to quickly escape or approach an enemy. It has the lowest damage output in its class; four flicks (or five bumps while rolling) are needed to splat an opponent. The Inkbrush consumes 2% of the ink tank capacity per flick, allowing the player to fling 50 times before needing to refill the tank.

The Inkbrush is most comparable to the S Weapon Main Octobrush.png Octobrush, another paintbrush-like weapon. The Inkbrush is faster and more ink efficient, while having less range and dealing less damage per glob of ink.

The weapon is designed with a paint tube in the middle, connected to paintbrush bristles and a blue handle with a textured black grip. The paint tube shows the player's ink color on the label, and a glob of the player's ink coats the bristles.

Splatoon

Inkbrush

Inkbrush

Basic information
Category Main
Class Roller
Sub S Weapon Sub Sprinkler.png Sprinkler
Special S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png Inkstrike
Special points
Special depletion Special gauge 40%
Range
10 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
100 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling
100 / 100
Obtainable at
Level 8
Cost Cash 4,800
Requirement
Introduced
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 28 (Splash)
20 (Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption 2% (Splash)
0.135% per frame (Roll)
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Inkbrush was released on 5 June 2015. It comes in a set with the S Weapon Sub Sprinkler.png Sprinkler and the S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png Inkstrike.

When using the Inkbrush, the player's Inkling will hold the weapon on the right hand side of its body. Usually this has no effect on the gameplay, but if a player makes a sharp left turn while in enemy ink, they will get stuck in the ink.

When flicking the Inkbrush, there is a random chance that more than one glob of ink will hit the opponent.

Version history

Version Adjustments
2.2.0
  • Ink usage while running decreased by 10%.
2.7.0
  • Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%
2.8.0
  • When repeatedly using swinging attacks, ink will also be painted where the player is standing.

Gallery

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Inkbrush

Inkbrush

Basic information
Category Main
Class Roller
Sub S2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png Splat Bomb
Special S2 Weapon Special Splashdown.png Splashdown
Special points 150p
Special depletion
Range
5 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
100 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling
100 / 100
Obtainable at
Level 5
Cost Cash 2,600
Requirement
Introduced
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 7.4-30 (Splash)
20 (Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption 2% (Splash)
0.135% per frame (Roll)
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Inkbrush was released on 23 July 2017 at 02:00 UTC.[1]. It comes in a set with the sub S2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png Splat Bomb and special S2 Weapon Special Splashdown.png Splashdown.

Version history

Version Adjustments
Base game
  • Base damage: 28.0 → 30.0
1.3.0
  • Points to fill special gauge: 170 → 160
1.4.0
  • Enemy ink will no longer have a negative effect when moving through it while holding ZR to ink the ground continuously.
  • Increased damage dealt to opposing S2 Weapon Special Baller.png Ballers when flinging ink by roughly 40%.
2.2.0
  • Increased movement speed while swinging by roughly 67%.
3.0.0
  • Increased overall spread of ink generated by swinging the brush, with the spread of ink closest to the player seeing the biggest increase, making it easier to ink continuous areas of turf.
4.1.0
  • Points to fill special gauge: 160 → 150
4.2.0
  • Reduced the interval between swinging the brush and holding ZR to ink by 4/60 of a second.
4.3.1
  • Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability.
  • The increase to movement speed while inking with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 4% to roughly 5%.
  • The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
4.6.0
  • Rate of which damage falls off decreased.
  • S2 Ability Main Power Up.png Main Power Up will also improve painting while rolling.

Gallery

Demonstration

Quotes

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Trivia

  • The ink reservoir below the brush's head seems to made from an oil paint tube, fitting in with the art / brush theme.
  • According to the first artbook, around every ten matches the Inkbrush's tube needs to be replaced.
  • In Splatoon 2, the Inkbrush was the first post-release weapon to added.
  • As of patch 4.1.0 The Inkbrush has the lowest possible damage output of all main, sub and special weapons in the game at 7.4 damage per swing.

Names in other languages

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