Inkbrush

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The Inkbrush is a main weapon in the Splatoon series.

As a brush, when ZR is pressed, it flicks weak, short-ranged ink in front of the user, which can be done repeatedly at a fast rate to ink turf or splat opponents. If ZR is held, the user pushes the Inkbrush along the ground, leaving a thin trail of ink as the user runs at a fast speed.

Compared to the Octobrush, the Inkbrush has faster movement and swing speed and lower ink consumption at the cost of less range, damage, and painted turf per swing and thinner ink trail when running.

Appearance

The Inkbrush is designed with a paint tube in the middle, connected to paintbrush bristles and a blue handle with a textured black grip. The paint tube shows the player's ink color on the label, and a glob of the player's ink coats the bristles.

Splatoon

Inkbrush

Inkbrush

Basic information
Category Main
Class Roller
Sub S Weapon Sub Sprinkler.png Sprinkler
Special S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png Inkstrike
Special points
Special depletion Special gauge 40%
Range
10 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
100 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling
100 / 100
Obtainable at
Level 8
Cost Cash 4,800
Requirement
Introduced 6 June 2015
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 28 (Splash)
20 (Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption 2% (Splash)
0.135% per frame (Roll)
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy

MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variants Inkbrush Nouveau Inkbrush Nouveau
Permanent Inkbrush Permanent Inkbrush

The Inkbrush was released on 6 June 2015 at 02:00 UTC,[1] under the roller class. It comes with Sprinklers and the Inkstrike.

When using the Inkbrush, the player's Inkling holds the weapon on the right-hand side of its body. Usually, this does not affect the gameplay, but if a player makes a sharp left turn while in enemy ink, they get stuck in the ink.

When flicking the Inkbrush, there is a random chance that more than one glob of ink hits the opponent.

Data

  • The Inkbrush is a middleweight weapon.
  • Ink consumption while rolling is 8.1% per second.
  • Ink consumption per attack is 2%.
    • This allows players to attack 50 times before needing to refill the ink supply.
    • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
  • When attacking with a depleted ink tank, ink will not be flung until enough ink has recovered.
  • Rolling with a depleted ink tank will not leave a trail or damage opponents.
  • The Inkbrush can be swung every 6 frames (10 swings per second).
  • When rolling, the player's movement speed is set to 1.92 units per frame.
  • When rolling on an uninkable surface or with a depleted ink tank, the player's movement speed is set to 0.96 units per frame.
  • After rolling, there is a 0.33 second cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
  • After swinging, there is a 0.5 second cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
  • Hitting an opponent while rolling deals 20 damage.
  • Attacks have a base damage of 28.
    • This weapon has a critical damage mechanic, so the damage dealt with one swing may be higher than this value.
  • For normal attacks, ink loses damage based on distance traveled. Ink starts losing damage at 50 units and stops losing damage at 100 units. The minimum damage is 14.
  • Ink globs travel straight for 5 frames.
  • Damage does not change based on the angle of the ink.
  • When rolling, the Inkbrush leaves an ink trail that is 12 units wide.

[2]

Version history

Version Adjustments
2.2.0
  • Ink usage while running decreased by 10%.
2.7.0
2.8.0
  • When repeatedly using swinging attacks, ink will also be painted where the player is standing.

Quotes

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Sheldon's Introduction

The Inkbrush is similar to roller weapons, but it inks the ground as fast as you can dash! It's weak and a bit narrow, but you can make up for that with Sprinklers and Inkstrikes! I would recommend this weapon to anyone who wishes to try out a new type of fighting style!(NA)[a]

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Sheldon's Introduction

This is the Inkbrush! It's similar to Roller weapons, but it paints the ground as fast as a squid can dash! It's weak and a bit narrow, but you can make up for that with Sprinklers and Inkstrikes! I would recommend this weapon to anyone who wishes to try out a new type of fighting style!(EU/OC)[b]

A newly developed weapon with high mobility and a sturdy brush design. Its ink trail is narrow, but it paints the ground at incredible speed and delivers swift close-range attacks.
— In-Game Description
Holy Smokes, Splatfans! The Squid Research Lab just received an anonymous tip that a new weapon called the Inkbrush has been discovered. It's apparently similar to a paint roller, but a bit quicker to use. It's not the strongest offensive weapon but it comes with Sprinklers and Inkstrikes to maximize inking.
Notes
  1. North America
  2. Europe and Oceania

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Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Inkbrush
S2 Weapon Main Inkbrush.png
Basic information
Category Main
Class Roller
Sub S2 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb.png Splat Bomb
Special S2 Weapon Special Splashdown.png Splashdown
Special points 150p
Special depletion
Range
5 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
100 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling
100 / 100
Obtainable at
Level 5
Cost Cash 2,600
Requirement
Introduced 23 July 2017
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 30 (Splash)
20 (Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption 2% (Splash)
0.135% per frame (Roll)
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy

MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variants Inkbrush Nouveau Inkbrush Nouveau
Permanent Inkbrush Permanent Inkbrush

The Inkbrush was released on 23 July 2017 at 02:00 UTC.[3] It comes with Splat Bombs and Splashdown.

It appears in five Octo Expansion stations:

Data

  • The Inkbrush is a lightweight weapon.
  • The matchmaking range is 70. The game's matchmaking system looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
  • Ink consumption per second while rolling is 8.1%.
  • The Inkbrush can be swung every 6 frames (10 swings per second).
  • When rolling, the player's movement speed is set to 1.92 units per frame. Main Power Up increases rolling speed up to 2.016 units per frame.
  • The Inkbrush does not have a dash feature.
  • After rolling, there is a 0.33 second cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
  • Hitting an opponent while rolling deals 20 damage.
  • When rolling, the Inkbrush leaves an ink trail that is 12 units wide. Main Power Up increases ink trail width up to 17.76.

Flinging ink

  • The ink consumption of 2% allows players to attack 50 times before needing to refill the ink supply.
    • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
  • When attacking with a nearly depleted ink tank, the ink consumption of that attack is reduced to 1%. The damage of that attack is reduced to 50% of the normal amount.
  • When attacking while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.24 units per frame.
  • After swinging, there is a 0.5 second cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
  • Attacks have a base damage of 30.
  • For normal attacks, ink loses damage based on distance traveled. Ink starts losing damage at 40 units and stops losing damage at 100 units. The minimum damage is 15.
  • In situations where ink falls down, the ink will lose damage as it falls. The minimum damage for falling ink is 7.5.
  • Damage does not change based on the angle of the ink.

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Version history

Version Adjustments
Base game
  • Base damage: 28 → 30.
1.3.0
1.4.0
  • Enemy ink will no longer have a negative effect when moving through it while holding to ink the ground continuously.
  • Increased damage dealt to opposing Ballers when flinging ink by roughly 40%.
2.2.0
  • Increased movement speed while swinging by roughly 67%.
3.0.0
  • Increased overall spread of ink generated by swinging the brush, with the spread of ink closest to the player seeing the biggest increase, making it easier to ink continuous areas of turf.
4.1.0
  • Points to fill special gauge: 160 → 150.
4.2.0
  • Reduced the interval between swinging the brush and holding to ink by 4/60 of a second.
4.3.1
  • Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability.
  • The increase to movement speed while inking with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 4% to roughly 5%.
  • The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
4.6.0
  • Rate of which damage falls off decreased.
  • Main Power Up will also improve painting while rolling.

Quotes

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Sheldon's Introduction

The Inkbrush is a super-light brush weapon that lets you ink your way forward with blistering speed! It's not terribly strong, but you can make up for that by pairing that lightning speed with a Splat Bomb to confound your opponents! Splashdown will further stir up the front lines, so I'd put this set in the hands of those who like to disrupt the battlefield.

Gallery

Demonstration

Splatoon 3

Inkbrush

Inkbrush

Basic information
Category Main
Class S3 Icon Brush.png Brush
Sub S3 Weapon Sub Splat Bomb Flat.png Splat Bomb
Special S3 Weapon Special Killer Wail 5.1.png Killer Wail 5.1
Special points 180p
Special depletion
Range
5 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
100 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling
100 / 100
Obtainable at
Level 7
Cost
Requirement
Introduced Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 7.5-30 (Splash)
20 (Roll)
25-36 (S3 Icon Mr Grizz.png SRNW Splash)
40 (S3 Icon Mr Grizz.png SRNW Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy

MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant Inkbrush Nouveau Inkbrush Nouveau

The Inkbrush returns in Splatoon 3, now classified as a separate brush class. It comes with Splat Bombs and the Killer Wail 5.1. It was originally shown in a New Year 2022 teaser on Twitter,[6] looking similar to how it does in the previous games, with the difference being that its bristles are darker, resembling the Permanent Inkbrush's bristles, but more saturated.

It appears in 3 missions in Alterna:

Data

  • The Inkbrush is a lightweight weapon.
  • The matchmaking range is 7. The game's matchmaking system looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
  • Ink consumption per second while sliding is 7.5%.
  • While sliding, the player's movement speed is set to 0.198 units per frame.
  • Hitting an opponent while sliding deals 20 damage.
  • While sliding, the Inkbrush leaves an ink trail that is 1.2 units wide.

Flinging Ink

  • The ink consumption of 2% allows players to attack 50 times before needing to refill the ink supply.
    • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
  • When attacking, it takes 1 frame to start swinging the brush.
  • The weapon can be swung every 6 frames (10 times per second).
  • When attacking while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.05 units per frame.
  • After swinging, there is a 0.5 second cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
  • Attacks have a base damage of 30.
  • For normal attacks, ink loses damage based on distance traveled. Ink starts losing damage at 4.3 units and stops losing damage at 10.3 units. The minimum damage is 7.5.
  • If a glob of ink is in the air for more than 20 frames after being flung, it loses damage each frame until frame 40, at which point it will deal 50% of its original damage.
  • Damage does not change based on the angle of the ink.

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Version history

Version Adjustments
6.1.0
  • Increased movement speed when holding the ZR Button to paint while moving forward by approximately 3%: 11.52 units/s → 11.88 units/s
  • Reduced the amount of ink consumed when holding the ZR Button to paint while moving forward by approximately 7%: 8.1%/s → 7.5%/s

Quotes

S3 Sheldon Artwork.png
Sheldon's Introduction

The Inkbrush is a super-light brush weapon that lets you ink your way forward with blistering speed! There's not much room for power when you're moving that fast, but you can keep counterattacks at bay with plenty of Splat Bombs. Add the Killer Wail 5.1 to the mix, and you've got a combo that will confuse and annoy your opponents into submission! I can see it now... You blaze across battle lines... toss a Splat Bomb, and trigger the Killer Wail just in time to headbang along as the clock runs out. Whew! That's inking outside the box!

The Inkbrush isn't the most powerful weapon, but it makes up for it with style and panache, like our new tie-dye lab coats "someone" "ordered by mistake." It can be used to advance quickly while inking turf with dizzying flourishes, which can really mess with opponents' heads.
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter[9]

Badges

Main article: Badge#Weapon freshness

Reaching certain Freshness levels with the Inkbrush will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Inkbrush Badges
S3 Badge Inkbrush 4.png 4★ Inkbrush User
S3 Badge Inkbrush 5.png 5★ Inkbrush User

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Strategy

For competitive tips about the Inkbrush

Click to view the strategy for Inkbrush. View the strategy page.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Inkbrush appears as Inkling's forward smash attack in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, alongside a variety of other weapons that she uses in her attacks.

When attacking, she charges up and swings the Inkbrush forwards to deal damage. This also coats opponents in ink but does not ink the ground. It deals much lower damage if Inkling is out of ink.

Trivia

  • The ink reservoir below the brush's head seems to made from an oil paint tube, fitting in with the art theme.
  • In Splatoon, this weapon and its variants are tied with the Luna Blaster and its variant for the shortest range stat in the game. It also has the shortest range stat in Splatoon 2.
  • According to The Art of Splatoon, around every ten matches, the Inkbrush's tube needs to be replaced.
  • In Splatoon 2, the Inkbrush was the first post-release weapon to added.
  • As of Version 4.1.0, the Inkbrush has the lowest possible damage output of all main, sub and special weapons in Splatoon 2 at 7.5 damage per swing.
  • As of Version 4.1.0, the Inkbrush is tied with the Undercover Brella for the lowest base special cost in Splatoon 2, at 150p.
  • Despite appearing in numerous trailers and promotional art before the release of Splatoon, the Inkbrush was not available to use until it was added in a post-launch update.
  • In the trailer for Splatoon 3, multiple Inkbrushes are displayed hanging in the Ammo Knights building interior, visible through the glass window to the right of the door.
  • This was one of the weapons available to use in the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese パブロ
Paburo
Pablo, a reference to Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter.
Netherlands Dutch Inktkwast Inkbrush
CanadaFrance French Épinceau Sword Brush, from épée ("sword") + pinceau ("brush").
Germany German Quasto From Quaste ("tassel") + -o.
Italy Italian Calamaravaggio From calamaro ("squid") + Caravaggio, an Italian painter.
Russia Russian Кисть
Kist'
Brush
SpainMexico Spanish Pincel Brush
China Chinese (Simplified) 巴勃罗
bābóluó (Mandarin)
Pablo
Hong Kong Chinese (Traditional) 巴勃羅
bābóluó (Mandarin)
Pablo
South Korea Korean 파블로
pabeullo
Same as Japanese name
Translate logo.svg Internal Brush_Mini_00[10]

References