Hero Charger Replica

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

Splatoon

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
Special depletion	75%
Range	87 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed	50 / 100
Ink speed
Mobility	40 / 100
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Splat Charger Kelp Splat Charger Bento Splat Charger

The Hero Charger is not available during regular Octo Valley missions 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 on 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 Hero Charger Replica as he cannot copy the technology shown on the blueprints. It, therefore, loses the specially-designed Agent 3 Splat Bombs.

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 Splat Bombs and the Bomb Rush.

Unlock

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

• 23. Spongy Observatory
• 25. Far-Flung Flooders
• 27. Unavoidable Flying Object
• Boss 5: Enter the Octobot King!

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

Data

• The Hero Charger Replica is a middleweight weapon.
• Ink consumption scales from 2.4% to 18% depending on the charge level.
  • The full-charge ink consumption of 18% allows players to fire 5 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• The Hero Charger Replica cannot store its charge.
• It takes 1 second to fully charge the weapon.
  • When charging a shot with an empty tank, the charge rate is 33.33%, permitting the player to fully charge a shot in 3 seconds.
• Shots cannot pierce through enemies.
• When charging while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.2 units per frame.
• Damage scales from 40 to 100 depending on the charge level. At full charge, the damage is 160.
• Shot velocity scales from 12 to 35.29 units per frame depending on the charge level. At full charge, the velocity is 48 units per frame.
• Shot distance scales from 90 to 200 depending on the charge level. At full charge, the distance is 260.

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%.

Quotes

“

A sweet replica created by Sheldon from his grandfather's blueprints. It looks funky fresh, to be sure, but apparently it's just a regular Splat Charger with a fancy paint job.

”

— In-Game Description(NA)

“

Created by Sheldon from his grandfather's blueprints. It looks pretty cool, but apparently it's just a regular Splat Charger under that paint job...

”

— In-Game Description(EU/OC)

Notes

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  Promo of a female Inkling with the Hero Charger Replica.

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  The stats of the Hero Charger Replica.

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Hero Charger Replica.

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  Official art of several Inklings - the lower left one has a Hero Charger Replica.

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  Concept art of various weapons, with the Hero Charger Replica at the lower right.

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  Promo art of Marie with a Hero Charger for the Go all out! vs. Focus on healing Splatfest.

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  The weapons unlocked by defeating DJ Octavio in the amiibo challenges appear in Sunken Scroll 29, with the Hero Charger Replica on the left.

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  A female Inkling wielding the Hero Charger Replica.

Splatoon 2

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
Special depletion
Range	88 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed	50 / 100
Ink speed
Mobility	40 / 100
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Splat Charger Firefin Splat Charger Kensa Charger

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.

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

Data

• The Hero Charger Replica is a middleweight weapon.
• The matchmaking range is 260. Splatoon 2 matchmaking looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
• Ink consumption scales from 2.25% to 18% depending on the charge level.
  • The full-charge ink consumption of 18% allows players to fire 5 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• The Hero Charger Replica can store its charge while submerged in ink.
  • A stored charge can be held for up to 1.25 seconds.
  • The Hero Charger Replica can only store its charge if the weapon is fully charged.
• The delay between being submerged in ink with a stored charge and being able to fire the charge is 25 frames.
  • The delay between being submerged in ink with a stored charge and the laser appearing is 20 frames.
• It takes 1 second to fully charge the weapon.
  • When charging a shot with an empty tank, the charge rate is 33.33%, permitting the player to fully charge a shot in 3 seconds.
  • When charging a shot while in the air, the charge rate is 33.33%, permitting the player to fully charge a shot in 3 seconds.
• Fully charged shots will pierce opponents.
• When charging while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.2 units per frame.
• Damage scales from 40 to 80 depending on the charge level. At full charge, the damage is 160.
• Shot velocity scales from 24 to 48 depending on the charge level.
• Shot distance scales from 90 to 240 depending on the charge level.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Ability to store a full charge for one 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 → 80. ▼ Time taken to fully charge increased by 4/60 seconds. ▼ There is a glow while charging and gets brighter the more the weapon is charged, increasing visibility for opponents.
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.
5.1.0	▼ Slightly narrowed the area covered by ink droplets from fired shots.
5.2.0	▲ Reduced the time from releasing a charge shot to being ready to shoot by roughly 2/60 of a second.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Hero Charger Replica is an alternate design of the standard Splat Charger model with the same stats and setup. This weapon came about after I made a breakthrough in my research and managed to create the ultimate weapon! Sadly, it never made it to mass production because the guys at the factory couldn't wrap their heads around my advanced schematics... So instead they just slapped some shiny parts on a standard Splat Charger and called it the Hero Charger Replica. Give it a shot!

Gallery

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  Promo image

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  Marie using the Hero Charger that the replica is based on during Tide Goes Out (Note that her weapon seems to be the Splatoon version)

Strategy

For competitive tips about the Hero Charger Replica

View the strategy page.

Note: the strategy advice for Splat Charger also applies to Hero Charger Replica, so they share the same strategy page.

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.
• This weapon is tied with the Splatterscope and Splat Charger for the most expensive Sting Ray in the game with 220p.

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)