Hero Charger Replica

The Hero Charger Replica is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

Splatoon

Hero Charger Replica

Category	Main
Class	Charger
Sub	Splat Bomb
Special	Bomb Rush
Level	3
Cost	1,200
Availability	Inkling Girl
Base Damage	40–80 (Partial charge) 160 (Full charge)
Base Duration
Ink Consumption	2.25% (No charge) 18% (Full charge)
Special Points
Sp. Depletion	75%
Range	87 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire Rate
Charge Speed	50 / 100
Ink Speed
Mobility	40 / 100
Durability
Handling

The Hero Charger is not available during regular Octo Valley but can be used at the amiibo stand in Inkopolis Plaza with an Inkling Girl amiibo. When using this amiibo, the player is given the chance to go through some of the previous Octo Valley levels that they have beaten and replay them using a Charger rather than a Shooter.

Visually, it is based off of the Hero Charger found in Octo Valley, but stats-wise it is identical to the Splat Charger.

When the blueprints are obtained and given to Sheldon in Ammo Knights, he will give the player the Replica as he cannot copy the technology shown on the blueprints. It therefore loses the special designed Agent 3 Splat Bombs. Even though it looks like the Hero Charger, it has the same stats and weapon set of the Splat Charger.

The Hero Charger looks slightly similar to the real life M16 Rifle, an iconic weapon and the standard service rifle for many armies in the world; however, the M16 is an assault rifle rather than a sniper rifle.

The Hero Charger Replica comes with the sub Splat Bomb and the special Bomb Rush.

Unlock

To unlock the Hero Charger Replica, the player must play the last set of missions from the Inkling Girl amiibo:

The blueprints to the Hero Charger Replica are received after completing the fifth boss challenge.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.7.0	▼ Special gauge loss: 50% → up to 75% ▼ Range when not fully charged reduced by about 20%. ▲ Range when fully charged increased by about 4%.

Gallery

Promo image.
Promo of a female Inkling with the Hero Charger Replica.
The stats of the Hero Charger Replica.
Official art of an Inkling holding the Hero Charger Replica.
Official art of several Inklings - the lower left one has a Hero Charger Replica.
Concept art of various weapons, with the Hero Charger Replica at the lower right.
Promo art of Marie with a Hero Charger for the Go all out! vs. Focus on healing Splatfest.
The weapons unlocked by defeating DJ Octavio in the amiibo challenges appear in Sunken Scroll 29, with the Hero Charger Replica on the left.

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Hero Charger Replica

Category	Main
Class	Charger
Sub	Splat Bomb
Special	Sting Ray
Level	3
Cost	2,700
Availability	Octo Canyon
Base Damage	40–80 (Partial charge) 160 (Full charge)
Base Duration
Ink Consumption	2.25% (No charge) 18% (Full charge)
Special Points	220p
Sp. Depletion
Range	88 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire Rate
Charge Speed	50 / 100
Ink Speed
Mobility	40 / 100
Durability
Handling

The Hero Charger Replica returns to Splatoon 2 with an updated model that is visually identical to the Level 1 Hero Charger. However it is once again a re-skinned Splat Charger, which therefore now comes with Splat Bombs and Sting Ray, along with the newfound ability to store a charge for one second. To unlock the Hero Charger Replica, the player must now complete every level with the Hero Charger in Octo Canyon.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Ability to store a full charge for 1 second in squid form added. ▲ Range when not fully charged is no longer reduced by about 20%. ▼ Range decreased by about 8%. ▼ Max range: 260 units → 240.37 units ▼ Maximum damage without full charge: 100.0 → 80.0 ▼ Time taken to fully charge increased by 4/60 seconds.
1.2.0	▲ Time taken to fully charge reduced by 4/60 seconds.
1.3.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 190
1.4.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to opposing Ballers when flinging ink by roughly 30%. ▲ When storing a charged shot with a Charger, swimming into enemy ink and being returned to kid form now allows you to maintain the charge you had stored. — Fixed an issue preventing players using a Charger from shooting when pressing again after releasing the button once a stored charged shot had expired.
2.0.0	▲ Increased the amount of ink splattered by each shot when it hits the ground.
3.0.0	▲ Area at player’s feet will now always be inked when firing.
4.1.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 190 → 200
4.2.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 200 → 210
4.3.0	▼ Slightly narrowed the spread of ink created by shots.
4.8.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 210 → 220

Gallery

Promo image.
Marie using the Hero Charger that the replica is based on during the final boss of Splatoon 2. Note that her weapon seems to be the Splatoon version of this weapon and not the Splatoon 2 version.

Demonstration

Details

Unlike Damage Up in Splatoon, while Main Power Up increases damage, it does not allow shots below full charge to reach 100.0 damage.

Quotes

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Trivia

Marie's main weapon is shown to be the Hero Charger or its Replica, likely from her time in the role of Agent 2. This is shown in her artwork for the Go all out! vs. Focus on healing Splatfest.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒーローチャージャーレプリカ hīrō chājā repurika	Hero Charger Replica
Dutch	Heldenlader (replica)	Hero Charger (replica)
French (NOA)	Conc. héroïque (rép.)
French (NOE)	Conc. héroïque (réplique)
German	Heldenkonzentrator Replik (Splatoon) Helden-Konzentrator Replik (Splatoon 2)	Hero Concentrator Replica
Italian	Splatter élite replica	Elite Splatter Replica
Russian	Сплатган-004 (клон) Splatgan-004 (klon)	Splatgun-004 (clone)
Spanish (NOA)	Cargatintas de élite réplica	Elite Ink Charger Replica
Spanish (NOE)	Cargatintas de élite (réplica)	Elite Ink Charger (replica)

Weapons in Splatoon

Main	Shooters	Sploosh-o-matic ^{(Neo, 7)} • Splattershot Jr. ^(Custom) • Splash-o-matic ^(Neo) • Aerospray MG ^{(RG, PG)} • Splattershot ^{(Hero, Tentatek, Octo, Wasabi)} • .52 Gal ^(Deco) • N-ZAP '85 ^{('89, '83)} • Splattershot Pro ^{(Forge, Berry)} • .96 Gal ^(Deco) • Dual Squelcher ^(Custom) • Jet Squelcher ^(Custom) • Luna Blaster ^(Neo) • Blaster ^(Custom) • Range Blaster ^{(Custom, Grim)} • Rapid Blaster ^(Deco) • Rapid Blaster Pro ^(Deco) L-3 Nozzlenose ^(D) • H-3 Nozzlenose ^{(D, Cherry)}
	Rollers	Carbon Roller ^(Deco) • Splat Roller ^{(Hero, Krak-On, CoroCoro)} • Dynamo Roller ^{(Gold, Tempered)} Inkbrush ^{(Nouveau, Permanent)} • Octobrush ^(Nouveau)
	Chargers	Classic Squiffer ^{(New, Fresh)} • Splat Charger ^{(Hero, Kelp, Bento)} • Splatterscope ^{(Kelp, Bento)} • E-liter 3K ^(Custom) • E-liter 3K Scope ^(Custom) • Bamboozler 14 Mk I ^{(II, III)}
	Sloshers	Slosher ^{(Deco, Soda)} • Tri-Slosher ^(Nouveau) • Sloshing Machine ^(Neo)
	Splatlings	Mini Splatling ^{(Zink, Refurbished)} • Heavy Splatling ^{(Deco, Remix)} • Hydra Splatling ^(Custom)

Sub	Splat Bomb • Burst Bomb • Suction Bomb • Seeker • Ink Mine • Disruptor • Point Sensor • Splash Wall • Sprinkler • Squid Beakon

Special

Weapons in Splatoon 2

Main	Shooters	Sploosh-o-matic ^{(Neo, 7)} • Splash-o-matic ^(Neo) • Splattershot Jr. ^{(Custom, Kensa)} • Aerospray MG ^{(RG, PG)} • Splattershot ^{(Hero, Tentatek, Octo, Kensa)} • .52 Gal ^{(Deco, Kensa)} • N-ZAP '85 ^{('89, '83)} • Splattershot Pro ^{(Forge, Kensa)} • .96 Gal ^(Deco) • Jet Squelcher ^(Custom) Luna Blaster ^{(Neo, Kensa)} • Blaster ^{(Hero, Custom)} • Range Blaster ^{(Custom, Grim)} • Rapid Blaster ^{(Deco, Kensa)} • Rapid Blaster Pro ^(Deco) • Clash Blaster ^(Neo) L-3 Nozzlenose ^{(D, Kensa)} • H-3 Nozzlenose ^{(D, Cherry)} • Squeezer ^(Foil)
	Rollers	Carbon Roller ^(Deco) • Splat Roller ^{(Hero, Krak-On, Kensa)} • Dynamo Roller ^{(Gold, Kensa)} • Flingza Roller ^(Foil) Inkbrush ^{(Nouveau, Permanent)} • Octobrush ^{(Hero, Nouveau, Kensa)}
	Chargers	Classic Squiffer ^{(New, Fresh)} • Splat Charger ^{(Hero, Firefin, Kensa)} • Splatterscope ^{(Firefin, Kensa)} • E-liter 4K ^(Custom) • E-liter 4K Scope ^(Custom) • Bamboozler 14 Mk I ^{(II, III)} • Goo Tuber ^(Custom)
	Sloshers	Slosher ^{(Hero, Deco, Soda)} • Tri-Slosher ^(Nouveau) • Sloshing Machine ^{(Neo, Kensa)} • Bloblobber ^(Deco) • Explosher ^(Custom)
	Splatlings	Mini Splatling ^{(Zink, Kensa)} • Heavy Splatling ^{(Hero, Deco, Remix)} • Hydra Splatling ^(Custom) • Ballpoint Splatling ^(Nouveau) • Nautilus 47 ⁽⁷⁹⁾
	Dualies	Dapple Dualies ^{(Nouveau, Clear)} • Splat Dualies ^{(Hero, Enperry, Kensa)} • Glooga Dualies ^{(Deco, Kensa)} • Dualie Squelchers ^(Custom) • Dark Tetra Dualies ^(Light)
	Brellas	Splat Brella ^{(Hero, Sorella)} • Tenta Brella ^{(Sorella, Camo)} • Undercover Brella ^{(Sorella, Kensa)}

Sub	Splat Bomb • Suction Bomb • Burst Bomb • Curling Bomb • Autobomb • Ink Mine • Sprinkler • Toxic Mist • Point Sensor • Splash Wall • Squid Beakon • Fizzy Bomb • Torpedo