Splattershot
- For other types of Splattershots, see Splattershot (disambiguation).
The Splattershot is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is an iconic weapon, commonly seen in Splatoon promotional material and as part of the Inkling Girl and Boy amiibo.
Splatoon
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Category | Main |
| Class | Shooter |
| Sub |  Burst Bomb
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| Special |  Bomb Rush
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| Special depletion |  40%
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| Range | |
| Damage | |
| Fire rate | |
| Obtainable at | |
| Level | 2 |
| Cost |  500
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| Specifications | |
| Base damage | 35 |
| Ink consumption | 0.9% |
The Splattershot is an all-around weapon in terms of power, range, and rate of fire, making it easy to use for players of all levels of experience. It has a simplistic colorful look, similar to real life childrens water guns. When utilized, it sprays a steady splattering of Ink until the player's Ink Tank is depleted. It comes in a set with the Burst Bomb and Bomb Rush.
Data
- The Splattershot is a middleweight weapon.
- When initially firing the weapon in kid form, the first bullet takes 3 frames to come out.
- When firing from squid form, the first bullet takes 8 frames to come out.
- When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between bullets.
- When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
- After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before your ink tank starts refilling.
- Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
- The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
- The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 15 degrees.
- The Splattershot has a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
- When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
- Bullets initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 88 units.
- Paint droplets occur every 75 units.
- The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 2 droplets per shot.
- There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
- Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 19.2 units.
- Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18 units.
- All other paint droplets have a radius of 13 units.
Version history
| Version | Adjustments |
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| 2.2.0 |
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| 2.7.0 |
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Gallery
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Promo image.
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Beta image.
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Beta image.
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Beta image.
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An Inkling firing a Splattershot.
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Back view.
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Two Inklings posing with Splattershots.
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A team of Inklings firing Splattershots.
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Official art of an Inkling holding the Splattershot.
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Art of a team of Inklings - the closest is holding a Splattershot.
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Another team of Inklings - the closest also has a Splattershot.
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Three male Inklings, with the center one holding a Splattershot.
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Three female Inklings, with the center one again holding a Splattershot.
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Another female Inkling brandishing a Splattershot.
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Template:Scroll, with the Splattershot at the upper right.
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Concept art of Inkling fashion, with an early version of the Splattershot.
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The Inkling Boy amiibo holds the Splattershot.
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The Inkling Girl amiibo holds the Splattershot.
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A rabbit holding the Splattershot, from when the main characters of Splatoon were to be rabbits.
Demonstration
Similar weapons
Splatoon 2
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Category | Main |
| Class | Shooter |
| Sub |  Burst Bomb
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| Special |  Splashdown
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| Special points | 200pp |
| Range | |
| Damage | |
| Fire rate | |
| Obtainable at | |
| Level | 2 |
| Cost |  900
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| Specifications | |
| Base damage | 35 |
| Ink consumption | 1% |
The weapon re-appears in Splatoon 2 and has a new design. It has a purple stripe design that wraps around the barrel, a dark blue/purple grip and a dark green muzzle. The barrel is now part of the gun body, instead of on top, and the muzzle now comes out of the barrel. There is a cap where the tube connecting the barrel to the gun used to be, reminiscent of the caps used to refill a water gun full of water in real life. It had 
Tenta Missiles as its special weapon in the Splatoon 2 Testfire demo, but in the final game it has Splashdown.
| “ | The latest model of the iconic weapon that embodies the spirit of Turf War. Press  to fire off a volley of ink. This bad boy is a great choice for newbies and seasoned veterans alike.
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Data
- The Splattershot is a middleweight weapon.
- When initially firing the weapon in kid form, the first bullet takes 3 frames to come out.
- When firing from squid form, the first bullet takes 8 frames to come out.
- When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between bullets.
- When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
- After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before your ink tank starts refilling.
- If a bullet is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 1.09375 damage per frame until it reaches 17.5 damage at frame 24.
- Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
- The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
- The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 12 degrees.
- The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 25 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 70 frames.
- The Splattershot starts off having a 1% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
- This chance increases by 1% per shot, and maximizes at a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle. Meaning that it takes 24 shots to reach minimum accuracy.
- When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
- When not shooting, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 0.5% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum. Meaning that it takes 48 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (78 after shooting while jumping.)
- Bullets initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 88 units.
- After that, the bullet's velocity is set to 14.495 units for 2 frames if the bullet's velocity is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it falls to the ground.
- This results in a range at approximately 116.99 units if the weapon is shot straight ahead.
- Paint droplets occur every 92 units.
- The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 1.5 droplets per shot.
- There are a total of 6 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
- Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 18 units, and a width of 12 units.
- These droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1.2 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.4 if they fell from a height below 30 units.
- Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 16 units.
- All other paint droplets have a radius of 12.8 units.
- Droplets that are far from the player and all other droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.2 if they fell from a height below 30 units.
Version history
| Version | Adjustments |
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| Base game |
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| 1.4.0 |
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| 2.0.0 |
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Gallery
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The Splattershot as it appears in Splatoon 2.
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Promo image.
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Holding the Splattershot.
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Shooting Ink.
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Artwork of an Inkling girl holding a Splattershot.
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The select screen from the Switch event demo selecting the Splattershot.
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The info page on for the Splattershot from the Switch event demo.
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A Splattershot mem cake (lower right) in a promo for Template:S2' Octo Expansion.
Demonstration
Similar weapons
Quotes
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Trivia
- The Hero Shot, a modified version of the Splattershot, is the default weapon in Octo Valley and the Squid amiibo challenges, but it cannot be used anywhere else.
- The Splattershot was the first playable Main Weapon, available in the 2014 E3 Demo. At that time it was called the "Ink Shot."[2]
- Furthermore, it's Sub and Special were the Splat Bomb and Inkzooka respectively. No weapon in the Splattershot series has that sub/special combination, with the Tentatek Splattershot and Wasabi Splattershot using the Ink Shot's Special and Sub Weapons respectively.
- In Splatoon, the Splattershot has the most variants out of all main weapons, with a total of five.
- In Splatoon 2, the Splattershot's model from the first game can still be seen when using the original Inkling Girl and Inkling Boy amiibo.
