Inkbrush Nouveau

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The Inkbrush Nouveau is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is the Nouveau Nouveau version of the S2 Weapon Main Inkbrush.png Inkbrush.

Splatoon

Inkbrush Nouveau

Inkbrush Nouveau

Basic information
Category Main
Class Roller
Sub S Weapon Sub Ink Mine.png Ink Mine
Special S Weapon Special Bubbler.png Bubbler
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 11
Cost Cash 5,900
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 Nouveau was released on 1 August 2015 02:00 UTC.[1] The Inkbrush Nouveau is a variation of the Inkbrush, maintaining the same stats, but instead comes with S Weapon Sub Ink Mine.png Ink Mine as its sub weapon and S Weapon Special Bubbler.png Bubbler as its special weapon.

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 Nouveau

Inkbrush Nouveau

Basic information
Category Main
Class Roller
Sub S2 Weapon Sub Ink Mine.png Ink Mine
Special S2 Weapon Special Baller.png Baller
Special points 160p
Special depletion
Range
5 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
100 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling
100 / 100
Obtainable at
Level 7
Cost Cash 7,000
Requirement
Introduced
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 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 Nouveau was released on 11 November 2017 at 02:00 UTC.[2] It comes with the sub S2 Weapon Sub Ink Mine.png Ink Mine and special S2 Weapon Special Baller.png Baller.

Version history

Version Adjustments
Base game
  • Base damage: 28.0 → 30.0
  • 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.
4.2.0
  • Reduced the interval between swinging the brush and holding ZR to ink by 4/60 of a second.

Gallery

Demonstration

Quotes

Click to view the quotes for Inkbrush Nouveau. View the quotation page.

Trivia

  • The ink reservoir below the brush's head seems to made from an oil paint tube, fitting in with the art / brush theme.
  • The Inkbrush Nouveau was first revealed in a tweet from Nintendo of Europe.

Etymology

Inkbrush Nouveau is a combination of Ink and Brush, as well as Nouveau, french for New. Nouveau may also refer to Art Nouveau. The suffix Nouveau is also used to differentiate it from the S2 Weapon Main Inkbrush.png Inkbrush. This trait is shared among the other alternate sets of the Nouveau Nouveau brand.

パブロ・ヒュー paburo hyū is a reference to Pablo Picasso, a famous Spanish Cubist artist. ヒュー hyū refers to Hue. Like Nouveau in the english name, Hue is used to differentiate it from the Inkbrush.

Names in other languages

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References