Heavy Splatling

The Heavy Splatling is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

The Heavy Splatling is capable of firing bursts of ink with high range, low damage, and a fast rate of fire. Each fully charged attack consumes 22.5% of the ink tank capacity, allowing players to fire off four full charges before needing to refill. It takes approximately 0.83 seconds to reach the first level of charge, and 1.25 seconds in total to reach the second level of charge. Reaching the first level of charge causes the Heavy Splatling to fire for 1.2 seconds while reaching the second level causes it to fire for 2.4 seconds. Each ink bullet does enough damage to splat opponents with four hits.

Splatoon

Splatoon

Heavy Splatling

Category	Main
Class	Splatling
Sub	Splash Wall
Special	Inkstrike
Level	6
Cost	6,800
Availability
Base damage	28
Base duration
Ink consumption	22.5% (Full charge)
Special points
Sp. depletion	40%
Range	78 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed	40 / 100
Ink speed
Mobility	50 / 100
Durability
Handling
Variants	Heavy Splatling Deco Heavy Splatling Remix

The Heavy Splatling was made available in the version 2.0.0 update on 6 August 2015 at 02:00 UTC. it comes in a set with Splash Wall and Inkstrike.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Ink usage decreased by about 10%.
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Gallery

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  A Roller user being targeted by a Heavy Splatling.

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  A Heavy Splatling firing. (front)

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  A Heavy Splatling firing. (back)

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  Animated GIF of an Inkling firing a Heavy Splatling.

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  Still of the same Inkling running with a Heavy Splatling.

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  Another still of the same Inkling firing a Heavy Splatling.

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  Another GIF of an Inkling firing a Heavy Splatling.

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  An Inkling hugging a Heavy Splatling.

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  Promo image of an Inkling posing with a Heavy Splatling.

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  An Inkling holding a Heavy Splatling.

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Heavy Splatling.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Heavy Splatling

Category	Main
Class	Splatling
Sub	Sprinkler
Special	Sting Ray
Level	8
Cost	7,800
Availability
Base damage	30
Base duration
Ink consumption	22.5% (Full charge)
Special points	200p
Sp. depletion
Range	78 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed	38 / 100
Ink speed
Mobility	50 / 100
Durability
Handling
Variants	Heavy Splatling Deco Hero Splatling Replica Heavy Splatling Remix

The Heavy Splatling returns in Splatoon 2 with a new design, the main difference being the barrel is now titled and it is primarily yellow instead of orange. It comes with Sprinkler and the Sting Ray, similar to the build of the Heavy Splatling Remix of the original Splatoon.

Data

• The Heavy Splatling is a middleweight weapon.
• The full charge ink consumption of 22.5% allows players to fully charge 4 times before needing to refill the ink tank.
• When charging the weapon, it will take 50 frames in order to charge its first ring and 75 frames in total for a full charge.
• With a single ring charged, it will have a firing duration of 72 frames. With a full charge, it will have a firing duration of 144 frames.
• When firing, it has a fire rate of 4 frames between shots.
• When firing, the player's movement speed is set to 0.7 units per frame.
  • When charging, the player's movement speed is set to 0.62 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 40 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 11 frames after being fired, it loses 1.875 damage per frame until it reaches 15 damage at frame 19.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 3.5 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 7 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 Heavy Splatling has a 0.3% 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 0.3%.
• The shot's velocity is set to 15.105 units, and decreases further as it falls to the ground.
• Ink droplets occur every 200 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 1 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 8 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.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 17 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 12.6 units.
• Droplets that are far from the player and all other droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1.6 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.6 if they fell from a height below 30 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▼ Movement speed while charging: 0.55 → 0.5 ▼ Movement speed while firing: 0.70 → 0.64 ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 19.2 units → 18 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets far from the player: 18 units → 17 units ▼ Radius of standard paint droplets: 14 units → 12.6 units
1.2.0	▲ Increased movement speed while charging by 20%: 0.5 → 0.6 ▲ Increased movement speed while shooting by 3%: 0.64 → 0.66
2.2.0	▲ Shot Damage: 28 → 32
3.0.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 200
4.3.0	▲ Increased the effect of the Run Speed Up gear ability : 30% → 35%
4.6.0	▲ Increased movement speed while charging by 3%: 0.6 → 0.62 ▲ Increased movement speed while shooting by 6%: 0.66 → 0.70 ▲ Increased radius of paint around your feet by 7%
4.8.0	▼ Damage: 32 → 30

Gallery

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  Official artwork for the Heavy Splatling.

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  The first image released for the Heavy Splatling.

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  Promo image.

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  Holding the Heavy Splatling.

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  Shooting ink.

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  A render of an Inkling with a Heavy Splatling in Splatoon 2.

Details

• While Main Power Up will increase the number of shots fired, it will not increase the ink consumption relative to the amount charged, making the weapon comparatively more ink efficient.

Quotes

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Trivia

In Splatoon,

• The Heavy Splatling was first revealed when Splatoon was datamined on 21 June 2015.
• The Heavy Splatling was later seen in a Japanese trailer detailing Splatoon's future updates.
• The Slosher alongside the Heavy Splatling would be the first entirely new weapon classes to added into the Splatoon franchise. Making their debut on 6 August 2015 at 02:00 UTC, with the release of 2.0.0.

In Splatoon 2,

• The weapon was first revealed to be returning in a tweet from the official Splatoon Twitter account on 24 January 2017.

Etymology

Heavy Splatling is derived from the adjective Heavy and a portmanteau of Splat and Gatling.

バレルスピナー bareru supinā is derived from Barrel and Spinner. The name Barrel Spinner is because the barrels of the Heavy Splatling rotate while charging and firing.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バレルスピナー bareru supinā	Barrel Spinner
Dutch	Spetling	From spetten (“to spatter”) + gatling.
French	Badigeonneur	Painter
German	Splatling	From splat and gatling.
Italian	Splatting a tanica	Jerrycan Splatting
Russian	Брызгомет XL Bryzgomet XL	From брызгать bryzgat' (“to splash”) + омет omet (“stack”) + XL.
Spanish (NOA)	Garabateador Pro	Pro Doodler
Spanish (NOE)	Tintralladora	Ink-machine gun