H-3 Nozzlenose D

The H-3 Nozzlenose D is a main weapon in the Splatoon series. It is the heavy version of the L-3 Nozzlenose D and an alternative version of the H-3 Nozzlenose.

Appearance

The H-3 Nozzlenose D is nearly identical in appearance to the H-3 Nozzlenose. The only difference between the two is that the H-3 Nozzlenose D has a sticker bearing the Dolphin logo on the hose. In Splatoon 3, the nozzle and frame are also white instead of black.

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Splatoon

H-3 Nozzlenose D

Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Point Sensor
Special	Inkzooka
Special points
Special depletion	40%
Range	72 / 100
Damage	60 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	30 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level	14
Cost	8,300
Requirement
Specifications
Weight
Base damage	41
Base duration
Ink consumption	1.6% (4.8% per )
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variants	H-3 Nozzlenose Cherry H-3 Nozzlenose

The H-3 Nozzlenose D was released on 30 October 2015 at 02:00 UTC. It comes with the sub Point Sensors and the Inkzooka.

Data

• The H-3 Nozzlenose D is a middleweight weapon.
• Each shot consumes 1.6% of the ink tank capacity.
  • This allows players to fire 62 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• When pressing , three shots will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all three.
  • If there is not enough ink to fire all three shots, then zero, one or two shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
• When firing a burst, a shot is fired every 5 frames.
• After the last shot in a burst is fired, another burst cannot be fired for 20 frames.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.45 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 30 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 41.
• Shots travel straight for 6 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 20.5 damage at frame 15.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 1 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 6 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. The outer reticle will finish shrinking after 60 frames.
• The chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle increases by 2% per shot, and maximizes at a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle.
  • This means that it takes 13 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%.
• Accuracy starts recovering 5 frames after the player stops shooting.
• Shots initially travel straight at a rate of 22 units per frame for 6 frames. Shots travel straight for 132 distance units.
• Ink droplets occur every 48 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 4 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 22 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 22 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 14.5 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Range increased by 15%. ▲ Turf coverage increased by 15%.
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%
2.8.0	▲ Damage to the Rainmaker shield increased by about 40%

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The H-3 Nozzlenose D is an H-3 Nozzlenose decorated with added badges from the manufacturer. The badges don't actually affect its abilities, but it does include a Point Sensor and the mighty Inkzooka! In the right hands, this interesting combination of abilities may give rise to many unique strategies!(NA)

“

An H-3 Nozzlenose emblazoned with maker's logo. The Point Sensor and Inkzooka make for a completely different battling experience than that of the regular H-3.

”

— In-Game Description

“

Love your H-3 Nozzlenose but wish that it had a sweet whale sticker on it? Look no further than the H-3 Nozzlenose D! It comes with a Point Sensor and Inkzooka and also we're pretty sure that the D stands for "Dang! That's a cool whale sticker!"

”

— Live from the Squid Research Lab

Notes

Gallery

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  An Inkling running with the H-3 Nozzlenose D

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  Firing the H-3 Nozzlenose D (front)

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  Firing the H-3 Nozzlenose D (behind)

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the H-3 Nozzlenose D

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H-3 Nozzlenose D

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Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Suction Bomb
Special	Ink Armor
Special points	220p
Special depletion
Range	70 / 100
Damage	58 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	30 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level	30
Cost	18,400
Requirement
Specifications
Weight
Base damage	41
Base duration
Ink consumption	2.25% (6.75% per )
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variants	H-3 Nozzlenose Cherry H-3 Nozzlenose

The H-3 Nozzlenose D was announced on 16 March 2018 at 09:00 UTC and released on 17 March 2018 at 02:00 UTC. It comes with Suction Bombs and Ink Armor.

Before being officially announced, the H-3 Nozzlenose D appeared in the Version 3.0.0 preview section of the 8 March 2018 Nintendo Direct.

According to the Oatmealdome data mine from August 2017, the H-3 Nozzlenose D would have had Sprinklers as the sub weapon. However, a later update of the data mine showed the weapon with Suction Bombs, as did the final release.

Data

• The H-3 Nozzlenose D is a middleweight weapon.
• The matchmaking range is 170. The game's matchmaking system looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
• The ink consumption of 2.25% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 44 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 3 frames to come out.
• When firing from swim form, the first shot takes 12 frames to come out.
• The interval between firing and when the player is able to enter swim form or use a sub weapon is 4 frames.
• When pressing , three shots will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all three.
  • If there is not enough ink to fire all three shots, then zero, one or two shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
• When firing a burst, a shot is fired every 5 frames.
• After the last shot in a burst is fired, another burst cannot be fired for 20 frames.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.6 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 25 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 41.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 1.28125 damage per frame until it reaches 20.5 damage at frame 24.
• The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 1 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 1 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 20 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 50 frames.
• The H-3 Nozzlenose D 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%.
• Accuracy starts recovering 5 frames after the player stops 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 53 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (83 after shooting while jumping.)
• Shots initially travel straight at a rate of 28.75 units per frame for 4 frames. Shots travel straight for 115 distance units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 22.698 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
• Ink droplets occur every 60 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 3 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 21 units, and a width of 13.5 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 21 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 14.2 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.
• If no ink droplets have occurred within 11 units of the player for 3 shots, the next shot the player makes will force a paint droplet to appear at the player's feet. This ensures that firing a single burst will always paint the player's feet, so long as they have enough ink to fire all 3 shots.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Movement speed while firing: 0.45 → 0.6. ▲ Ink recovery cooldown: 30 → 25. ▲ Increased shot speed by roughly 25%, while not changing shot range. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 23 → 28.75 units per frame. ▼ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 5 → 4. ▼ Frames in the air before a bullet's damage starts decreasing: 9 → 8. ▼ Frames in the air where a bullet reaches minimum damage: 25 → 24. ▲ Decreased duration of weapon sway after jumping by 5/60 of a second. ▲ Decreased time required for weapon sway to end once it begins ending by 15/60 of a second. ▲ Frame after jumping where outer reticle starts shrinking: 25 → 20 frames. ▲ Frame after jumping where outer reticle finishes shrinking: 70 → 50 frames. ▲ Made it easier to ink the area around your feet. If a paint droplet has not fallen within 11 units of the player for 2 shots, the next shot will force a paint droplet to appear at the player's feet. ▲ Made it so that accuracy does not decrease even when shooting immediately after a jump. ▲ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 6 → 1 degree. ▲ Expanded the size of area inked at point of impact. ▲ Near droplet paint radius: 19 → 21 units. ▲ Far droplet paint radius: 19 → 21 units. ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 2% → 1%. ▼ Range decreased by about 10%. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 22 → 23. ▼ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 6 → 5. ▼ Effective range: 132 → 115 units. ▼ Total range: 177.396 → 160.396 units. ▼ Ink consumption: 1.6% → 1.8%. ▼ Droplet rate: 4 → 3. ▼ Distance between droplets: 48 → 60 units. ▼ Droplet paint radius: 14.5 → 14.2 units. ▼ Damage to the Rainmaker shield decreased by about 14%: 1.4× → 1.2×.
3.2.0	– Changed the animation when all three shots fired with a single trigger pull hit their target and deal over 100.0 damage in total. ▲ Expanded radius of ink coverage when shots hit walls.
4.2.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 190 → 200.
4.4.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 200 → 210.
4.5.0	▼ Decreased the effectiveness of the Main Power Up gear ability. Increased the Main Power Up gear abilities required to reach 49.9 damage from 3.9 to 4.2 times the amount of base gear ability. Each additional gear ability is worth .3 of the effect of the base gear ability. ▼ Points to fill special gauge: 210 → 220.
5.4.0	▼ Increased ink consumption by roughly 25%: 1.8% → 2.25%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The H-3 Nozzlenose D is an H-3 Nozzlenose decorated with added flair from the manufacturer. The flair doesn't make it stronger or anything, but it does come with Suction Bombs, which are great for pinning down your foes! Add Ink Armor to the mix, and this baby here is perfect for those who want the ability to turn the tide of battle.

“

Our research appears to be on the nose this time: the H-3 Nozzlenose D to be precise – available tonight! This version of the H-3 Nozzlenose has the same stats, but new flair. This is very handy when showing it off to your friends... not that scientists such as myself value such things... harrumph. Rounding out the kit are Suction Bombs (which we hear really "suck" for your opponent) and Ink Armor to help the fortitude of your fellow squid-mates.

”

— SplatoonUS Tumblr

Gallery

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  The results screen shows a player using the H-3 Nozzlenose D on the fifth line. This shows that the Special for this set is Ink Armor

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  A player (right) using the H-3 Nozzlenose D, clearly showing the longer snout and Dolphin Sticker

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Splatoon 3

H-3 Nozzlenose D

Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Splash Wall
Special	Big Bubbler
Special points	200p
Special depletion
Range	70 / 100
Damage	58 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	30 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level	27
Cost
Requirement
Weight
Base damage
Base duration
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant	H-3 Nozzlenose

The H-3 Nozzlenose D returns in Splatoon 3 as part of the Sizzle Season 2023 update, set to release on June 1, 2023. The weapon has been received an official Twitter post from Nintendo on 22 May 2023 and its Tableturf Card has been shown in the update's trailer. Its kit is the Splash Wall and Big Bubbler, carrying on the tradition of giving the H-3 Nozzlenose the Splash Wall and a protective special, but doing it on a different variant. Regarding its design, it remains the same to the H-3 Nozzlenose, but with a white and blue color scheme and a Dolphin sticker. It is similar, but not the same, to the L-3 Nozzlenose D.

Data

• The H-3 Nozzlenose D is a middleweight weapon.
• The matchmaking range is 17. The game's matchmaking system looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
• The ink consumption is 2.25% per shot, allowing the user to fire for 3.7 seconds on a full ink tank.
• When pressing , three shots will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all three.
  • If there is not enough ink to fire all three shots, then zero, one or two shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
• When firing a burst, a shot is fired every 5 frames.
• After the last shot in a burst is fired, another burst cannot be fired for 20 frames.
• When firing from humanoid form, the first shot takes 3 frames to come out. When firing from swim form, the first shot takes 12 frames to come out.
• The interval between firing the weapon and being able to enter swim form or use a sub weapon is 2 frames.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.06 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 25 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 41 and minimum damage of 20.5.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 1.28125 damage per frame until it reaches 20.5 damage at frame 24.
• The bullet hitbox for collisions with players has a radius of 0.2 units.
• The bullet hitbox for collisions with the environment has a radius of 0.2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 1 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 1 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 20 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 50 frames.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
• Shots initially travel straight at a rate of 2.875 units per frame for 4 frames. Shots travel straight for 11.5 distance units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 2.2698 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and it loses 36% of its speed every frame (including the first frame after it stops traveling straight). Once the shot velocity decreases below a certain threshold, it will begin to be slowed less and fall faster.
• The effective range is about 14.86 units.
  • This number may vary at different firing angles.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The H-3 Nozzlenose D is a custom H-3 Nozzlenose emblazoned with the manufacturer's emblem. And while the weapon's performance is unchanged, it now comes with the Splash Wall sub weapon to help cover for the main weapon's low fire rate. Add in the Big Bubbler special for an extra dose of protection, and you've got a loadout that really maximizes what you can do with the main. Give it a try!

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SRL Ballistics here with a report on the H-3 Nozzlenose D. We're going to be honest - it's a regular H-3 Nozzlenose with a new emblem. But it comes with the Big Bubbler and Splash Wall! This new loadout will tighten your defense and allow you to decimate enemies with precision.

”

— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Badges

Main article: Badge#Weapon freshness

Reaching certain Freshness levels with the H-3 Nozzlenose D will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

H-3 Nozzlenose D Badges
	4★ H-3 Nozzlenose D User
	5★ H-3 Nozzlenose D User

Gallery

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  The bottom middle card is for the H-3 Nozzlenose D

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  The Tableturf card icon of the H-3 Nozzlenose D.

• A model of the H-3 Nozzlenose rotating. (Link to file)

Strategy

For competitive tips about the H-3 Nozzlenose D

View the strategy page.

Trivia

• The Nozzlenose family of weapons are visually designed after garden hose reels. This is also reflected in their names in some other languages.
• The D in the name likely represents the Dolphin on the side.
• The H in the name means "Heavy", referring to this weapon being the heavier version of the Nozzlenose weapons.
  • This is supported by the French, Russian, and both Spanish translations of the weapon.
• In Splatoon, this weapon shares its sub and special with the Sloshing Machine Neo and Forge Splattershot Pro, and in Splatoon 2 with the N-ZAP '85.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	H3リールガンD eichisurī rīrugan D	H3 Reel Gun D
Dutch	H-3 Langsnuit D	H-3 Nozzlenose D
French (NOA)	Arroseur lourd requin	Heavy watering hose shark
French (NOE)	Arroseur lourd Cétacé	Heavy watering hose cetacean
German	S3 Tintenwerfer D	S3 Inkthrower D
Italian	Triplete D	Triplet D
Russian	Тяжелый каплетрон 2.0 Tyazhelyy kapletron 2.0	Heavy droptron 2.0
Spanish (NOA)	Manguera pesada D	Heavy hose D
Spanish (NOE)	Tintambor pesado D	Heavy Inkdrum D
Chinese (Simplified)	H3卷管枪D
Chinese (Traditional)	H3捲管槍D
Korean	H3 릴 건 D H3 lil geon D	H3 Reel Gun D
Internal	Shooter_TripleMiddle_01