Hero Shot Replica

The Hero Shot Replica is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is a reskin of the Hero Shot and Splattershot.

Splatoon

Hero Shot Replica

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Burst Bomb
Special	Bomb Rush
Level	3
Cost	500
Availability	Inkling Squid
Base damage	35
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.9%
Special points
Special depletion	40%
Range	50 / 100
Damage	45 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	55 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Splattershot Tentatek Splattershot Wasabi Splattershot Octoshot Replica

The Hero Shot Replica is a reskin of the Hero Shot and Splattershot, with the same stats and loadout. It is only available from the Inkling Squid amiibo after completing all of its Octo Valley challenges.

The Hero Shot Replica is based on the Hero Shot, the main Shooter only usable in Octo Valley and during the Inkling Squid amiibo challenges. However, when the blueprints are given to Sheldon at Ammo Knights, the player is informed that he cannot recreate the technology used in the original gun, so only a replica could be made. Therefore it loses the 3 switchable sub weapons to just regular Splat bombs (In which the design changes to a regular Splat bomb) and is unable to be upgraded. The replica shares the exact stats as the Splattershot and the same Sub/Special loadout (Burst Bombs and Bomb Rush).

Unlock

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

Once the last challenge is finished, the Inkling Squid will award the player with cash and the blueprints for the Hero Shot, created by Ammoses Shellendorf, Sheldon's grandfather. Upon entering Ammo Knights, Sheldon will inform the player that although he cannot replicate the original technology, he can recreate it in design.

Data

The Hero Shot Replica is a middle-mobility weapon.
Each shot consumes 0.9% of the ink tank capacity.
- This allows players to fire 111 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
- This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between shots (10 shots per second).
When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
Each shot has a base damage of 35.
Shots travel straight for 4 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 17.5 damage at frame 15.
Shots have a radius of 2 units.
The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 15 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 6 frames after the player stops shooting.
Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames.
- This gives the weapon an effective range of 88 units.
Ink droplets occur every 75 units.
The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 2 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 19.2 units.
Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18 units.
All other ink droplets have a radius of 13 units.

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Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▼ Base damage: 36 → 35.
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%.

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 Splattershot with a fancy paint job..."

”

— In-Game Description^(NA)^[a]

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

”

— In-Game Description^(EU/OC)^[b]

Notes

↑ North America
↑ Europe and Oceania

Gallery

Promo image
An Inkling holding the Hero Shot Replica
Official art of an Inkling holding the Hero Shot Replica
Concept art of various weapons, with the Hero Shot Replica at the lower left
The weapons unlocked by defeating DJ Octavio in the amiibo challenges appear in Sunken Scroll 29, with the Hero Shot Replica on the right

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Hero Shot Replica

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Burst Bomb
Special	Splashdown
Level	2
Cost	1,500
Availability	Octo Canyon
Base damage	35
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.92%
Special points	170p
Special depletion
Range	50 / 100
Damage	45 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	60 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Splattershot Tentatek Splattershot Kensa Splattershot Octo Shot Replica

The Hero Shot Replica returns to Splatoon 2 with an updated model that is visually identical to the Level 3 Hero Shot, which in turn resembles the real-life FN P90. However, it is once again mechanically identical to the Splattershot. It comes with the sub Burst Bomb and the special Splashdown.

Unlock

To unlock the Hero Shot Replica, the player must complete every level with the Hero Shot in Octo Canyon.

Data

The Hero Shot Replica is a middle-mobility weapon.
The matchmaking range is 125. Splatoon 2 matchmaking looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
The ink consumption of 0.92% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 108 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 squid or octopus form, the first shot takes 11 frames to come out.
The interval between firing and when the player is able to become a squid or use a sub weapon is 4 frames.
When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between shots (10 shots per second).
When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
Each shot has a base damage of 35.
If a shot is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 1.09375 damage per frame until it reaches 17.5 damage at frame 24.
The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 12 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 Hero Shot Replica 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 6 frames after the player stops shooting. The chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 1.5% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum, meaning that it takes 22 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (32 after shooting while jumping.)
Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 88 units.
- After that, the shot's velocity is set to 14.495 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
Ink droplets occur every 92 units.
The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 1.5 droplets per shot.
There are a total of 6 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, and a width of 12 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 16 units.
All other ink droplets have a radius of 12.8 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.

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Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 15 degrees → 12 degrees. ▲ Number of droplet patterns: 5 → 6. ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 2% → 1%. ▼ Ink consumption: 0.9% → 1%. ▼ Droplet rate: 2 → 1.5. ▼ Distance between droplets: 75 units → 92 units. ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 19.2 units → 18 units. ▼ Far droplet paint radius: 18 units → 16 units. ▼ Droplet paint radius: 13 units → 12.8 units.
1.4.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 190.
2.0.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 190 → 200.
4.2.0	▲ Reduce the interval between firing and becoming a squid or using a sub weapon by 2/60 of a second.
4.4.0	▲ Reduced the time to shoot from squid form by 1/60 of a second.
4.6.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 200 → 190.
4.7.0	▲ When equipped, the Main Power Up gear ability will now also lessen shot spread variance when firing while on the ground, in addition to the benefits it previously provided.
4.8.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 190 → 180.
5.0.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the Booyah Bomb armor by roughly 17%. ▲ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 170.
5.1.0	▲ Decreased ink consumption by roughly 8%.
5.3.0	▲ Reduced the amount of time it takes for shot spread (which is the gradual distance shots spread away from the target when firing continuously) to return to normal: 54 frames → 22 frames. Most Shooter-type weapons will have increased shot spread when continuously firing. When the player stops firing, the shot spread gradually returns to normal, but with this fix, the amount of time it takes to return has been reduced.
5.4.0	▲ Increased the likelihood the turf around the player's feet will be inked when firing.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction

The Hero Shot Replica is a different aesthetic take on the standard Splattershot model. 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 Splattershot and called it the Hero Shot Replica. But it sure looks fresh, doesn't it? Give it a shot sometime.

Gallery

Promo image
Hero weapons with the Hero Shot Replica in the middle

Demonstration

Strategy

For competitive tips about the Hero Shot Replica

View the strategy page.

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

Trivia

The Hero Shot Replica in Splatoon 2 is the only Hero Weapon replica that takes the appearance of the original's most upgraded form, possibly as the Hero Shot is the only Hero weapon with a Level 3 upgrade available.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒーローシューターレプリカ Hīrō Shūtā Repurika	Hero Shooter Replica
Dutch	Heldenspetter (replica)	Hero Splatter (replica)
French (NOA)	Liquéfi. héroïque (rép.)
French (NOE)	Lanceur héroïque (réplique)	Heroic Thrower (replica)
German	Heldenwaffe Replik	Hero Weapon Replica
Italian	Pistola élite replica	Elite Pistol replica
Russian	Каплестрел-004 (клон) Kaplestrel-004 (klon)	Dropshooter-004 (clone)
Spanish (NOA)	Rociador de élite réplica	Elite Sprayer Replica
Spanish (NOE)	Pistola de Élite (réplica)	Elite gun (replica)