Jet Squelcher

The Jet Squelcher is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It has a slow fire rate and low damage compared to other shooters, but has the highest amount of range than any other shooter.

Splatoon

Splatoon

Jet Squelcher

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Splash Wall
Special	Inkstrike
Level	8
Cost	4,000
Availability
Base damage	31
Base duration
Ink consumption	1.6%
Special points
Special depletion	40%
Range	80 / 100
Damage	32 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variant	Custom Jet Squelcher

The Jet Squelcher comes with the sub Splash Wall and the special Inkstrike.

Data

• The Jet Squelcher is a middle-mobility weapon.
• Each shot consumes 1.6% of the ink tank capacity.
  • This allows players to fire 62 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 8 frames between shots (7.5 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.6 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 31.
• Shots travel straight for 8 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 15.5 damage at frame 15.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 3 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 10 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 10% per shot, and maximizes at a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle.
  • This means that it takes 3 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 8 frames after the player stops shooting.
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 8 frames.
  • This gives the weapon an effective range of 176 units.
• Ink droplets occur every 85 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 3 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 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 12 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Ink usage decreased by about 6%.
2.7.0	▲ Movement speed while firing increased by about 50%. ▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Jet Squelcher has the top range of any rapid-fire weapon, approaching that of the charger weapons. It sacrifices attack power, though, so focus on hiding behind your Splash Wall and charging up the Inkstrike! It's best for fighters who know how to strike at the most opportune moment! (NA)

Sheldon's Introduction The Jet Squelcher has the top range of any Shooter-type weapon, approaching that of Charger-types. It sacrifices attack power, though, so focus on hiding behind your Splash Wall and charging up the Inkstrike! It's best suited to fighters who know how to hold back before striking at the most opportune moment! (EU/OC)

“

Designed to maximize range in order to effectively take on charger-type weapons. Boasts the greatest range of any automatic ink shooter.

”

— In-Game Description

Notes

Gallery

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  Promo image

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  An Inkling girl holding a Jet Squelcher.

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Jet Squelcher.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Jet Squelcher

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Toxic Mist
Special	Tenta Missiles
Level	17
Cost	11,300
Availability
Base damage	32
Base duration
Ink consumption	1.6%
Special points	180p
Special depletion
Range	82 / 100
Damage	35 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	30 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variant	Custom Jet Squelcher

The Jet Squelcher returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It comes with the Toxic Mist and Tenta Missiles.

Data

• The Jet Squelcher is a middle-mobility weapon.
• The matchmaking range is 225. 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 1.6% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 62 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 8 frames between shots (7.5 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.6 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 32.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 9 frames after being fired, it loses 1 damage per frame until it reaches 16 damage at frame 25.
• The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 3 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 8 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 Jet Squelcher starts off having a 2% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
  • This chance increases by 1.5% per shot, and maximizes at a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle, meaning that it takes 16 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 8 frames after the player stops shooting. The chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 1% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum, meaning that it takes 31 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (46 after shooting while jumping.)
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 33.6 units per frame for 5 frames, having an effective range of 168 units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 22.32 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
• Ink droplets occur every 100 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 3 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 19.8 units, and a width of 10 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 17.6 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 12 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.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Base damage: 31 → 32 ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 10% → 1.5% ▼ Range decreased by about 4%. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 22 → 24 ▼ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 8 → 7 ▼ Effective range: 176 units → 168 units ▼ Total range: 220.64 units → 212.64 units ▼ Droplet rate: 3 → 2.4 ▼ Distance between droplets: 85 units → 100 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 19.2 units → 18 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets far from the player: 18 units → 16 units
2.0.0	▲ Increased shot speed by roughly 40%, while not changing shot range. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 24 units per frame → 33.6 units per frame ▼ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 7 → 5 ▼ Frames in the air before a bullet's damage starts decreasing: 11 → 9 ▼ Frames in the air where a bullet reaches minimum damage: 27 → 25
2.2.0	▲ Increased accuracy of shot immediately after jumping by roughly 20%.: 10 degrees → 8 degrees
4.2.0	▲ Reduce the interval between firing and when you're able to become a squid or use sub weapon by 2/60 of a second.
4.3.0	▼ Reduced damage against the Baller special by roughly 30%.
4.4.0	▲ Reduced the time to shoot from squid form by 1/60 of a second. ▲ In addition to the existing effect, Main Power Up will now also reduce shot scatter when shooting on the ground.
4.8.0	▲ Increased painting radius of landing shots by 10%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Jet Squelcher has boosted pump pressure to give it a range that rivals charger weapons! Use that range to safely splat opponents caught in your Toxic Mist. The main weapon's attack power is on the weaker side, but you've got Tenta Missiles, and it's great for cleaning up the leftovers! Keep moving forward as you splat your opponents! Recommended for players who know when to push and when to hold their ground!

Gallery

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  Promo image

Trivia

• This weapon is used on the following Octo Expansion levels:
  • Poppin' Fresh Station
  • Spin Docto Station
  • Righteous Rails Station
  • Radical Rails Station
  • Pop Star Station
  • Popalicious Station
  • Cubular Station
  • Toastmaster Station
  • Bustalicious Station
  • All Eyez Station
• The design of the Jet Squelcher appears to be based on a Pressure Washer

Etymology

Jet Squelcher is derived from "Jet Washer", a name pressure washers are commonly marketed under with "Squelcher" meaning 'To squelch', being an onomatopoeia of splashing liquid.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ジェットスイーパー jetto suīpā	Jet Sweeper
Dutch	Straalplonzer	Jet Splasher
French (NOA)	Méganettoyeur	Megacleaner
French (NOE)	Nettoyeur XL	Cleaner XL
German	Platscher	Splasher
Italian	Sweeper	Sweeper
Russian	Плескарь Pleskar'	Splasher
Spanish (NOA)	Megasoplador	Mega Blower
Spanish (NOE)	Megabarredora	Megasweeper