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Inkling (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

Inkling is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the sole playable representative of the Splatoon series. She was the first new character confirmed for the game during its teaser trailer in the March 2018 Nintendo Direct and was explicitly confirmed during the game's official reveal at E3 2018 on 12 June 2018. Additionally, she has a unique ability among the cast to attack with ink, providing exclusive gameplay features.

Design

Inkling's default appearance is that of an orange, light-skinned, female Inkling using a Splatoon-design Splattershot and wearing the Fake Contacts, White Tee, and Pink Trainers, as a reference to the main Inkling design used in promotional material for Splatoon. Half of her alternate costumes are also female, while every other costume is male. The default male design is also based on promotional artwork - he is blue and light-skinned and wearing the Fake Contacts, Zink Layered LS, and Purple Hi-Horses.

Gameplay

Inkling is a fittingly fast and slippery character to play as and is characterised by being able to cover ground effectively and attack quickly. As a middleweight, she has mostly decent mobility stats with noticeably a fast speed of her running, air movement, and attacks. This allows her to combo her moves well and can rush down an opponent before they can react with quick combos. Her recovery is also impressive and she performs well off-stage, being able to use her quick speed and attacks to prevent opponents from recovering. Additionally, Inkling's ability to ink opponents is unique and allows her to deal additional damage and slow opponents down in a way that no other character can, at the cost of giving her a slight learning curve.

However, Inkling has some downsides as well. Despite being effective at dealing damage, she has difficulty getting KOs due to her most effective attacks being her slowest or most situational. Her grounded attacks are also weaker than her aerial ones, forcing her to grab opponents to start dealing the most damage - something at odds with her ranged special attacks. Additionally, her recovery is quite predictable and easy to defend against, while her ink needs to be consistently managed and refilled at key moments, or else some of her best attacks drastically lose effectiveness or become completely ineffective. Despite this, Inkling has no glaring weaknesses. Her generally middling stats with above-average speed and ink ability allow her to rack up damage incredibly well, even if she has some difficulty getting KOs. Overall, Inkling is viewed as a high-ranking character.