L-3 Nozzlenose

The L-3 Nozzlenose is main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is the Light version of the Nozzlenose. Unlike most other Shooters, pressing will automatically fire 3 bullets at a time. While all 3 bullets within a burst are fired very fast, firing another burst takes slightly more time. Four bullets are needed to splat an enemy, meaning that at least 2 bursts will have to be fired at an enemy to accomplish this.

Splatoon

Splatoon

L-3 Nozzlenose

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Disruptor
Special	Killer Wail
Level	9
Cost	5,800
Availability
Base Damage	29
Base Duration
Ink Consumption	1% (3% per )
Special Points
Sp. Depletion	40%
Range	60 / 100
Damage	40 / 100
Impact
Fire Rate	65 / 100
Charge Speed
Ink Speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling

The L-3 Nozzlenose was released on 17 June 2015 at 02:00 UTC. It comes with the Disruptor and Killer Wail.

Data

• The L-3 Nozzlenose is a middleweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 1% allows players to fire 100 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
• When initially firing the weapon in kid form, the first bullet takes 3 frames to come out.
  • When firing from squid form, the first bullet takes 8 frames to come out.
• When pressing , 3 bullets will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all 3 shots.
  • If there is not enough ink to fire all 3 shots, then only 1 or 2 shots, or no shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
• When firing a burst, each bullet is fired at a rate of 4 frames between bullets.
• After the last shot in a burst is fired, another burst cannot be fired for 8 frames.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.5 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 25 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 1 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 6 degrees.
• The L-3 Nozzlenose has a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
• Bullets initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 5 frames, having an effective range of 110 units.
• Paint droplets occur every 116 units.
• The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 1.5 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 15 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 23 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 23 units.
• All other paint droplets have a radius of 16 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Ink coverage increased by 10%.
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%
2.8.0	▲ Damage to the Rainmaker shield increased by about 20%

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  An Inkling shooting the L-3 Nozzlenose (front).

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  Shooting the L-3 Nozzlenose (behind).

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  Running with the L-3 Nozzlenose equipped.

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the L-3 Nozzlenose.

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  Art for Splatoon's first anniversary, with an Inkling (far left) with the L-3 Nozzlenose.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

L-3 Nozzlenose

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Curling Bomb
Special	Baller
Level	18
Cost	10,400
Availability
Base Damage	29
Base Duration
Ink Consumption	1% (3% per )
Special Points	190p
Sp. Depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage	25 / 100
Impact
Fire Rate	65 / 100
Charge Speed
Ink Speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling

The L-3 Nozzlenose returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It comes with the Curling Bomb and Baller.

Data

• The L-3 Nozzlenose is a middleweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 1% allows players to fire 100 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
• When initially firing the weapon in kid form, the first bullet takes 3 frames to come out.
  • When firing from squid form, the first bullet takes 8 frames to come out.
• When pressing , 3 bullets will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all 3 shots.
  • If there is not enough ink to fire all 3 shots, then only 1 or 2 shots, or no shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
• When firing a burst, each bullet is fired at a rate of 4 frames between bullets.
• After the last shot in a burst is fired, another burst cannot be fired for 8 frames.
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.8 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 25 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• If a bullet is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 0.90625 damage per frame until it reaches 14.5 damage at frame 24.
• Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 1 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 6 degrees.
• The L-3 Nozzlenose 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%.
• When not shooting, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 0.5% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum. Meaning that it takes 48 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (78 after shooting while jumping.)
• Bullets initially travel at a rate of 27.5 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 110 units.
  • After that, the bullet's velocity is set to 15.68 units if the bullet's velocity is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it falls to the ground.
• Paint droplets occur every 120 units.
• The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 1.5 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 15 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 19.5 units, and a width of 14 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 19.5 units.
• All other paint droplets have a radius of 15.5 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.
• If no paint droplets have occurred within 11 units of the player for 6 shots, the next shot the player makes will force a paint droplet to appear at the player's feet. This ensures that the player's feet will always be painted after 3 bursts.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Movement speed while firing: 0.5 → 0.72 ▼ Movement speed is no longer reverted to normal movement speed between bursts, significantly reducing mobility. ▼ Distance between droplets: 116 units → 120 units ▼ Near droplet paint radius: 23 units → 19.5 units ▼ Far droplet paint radius: 23 units → 19.5 units ▼ Droplet paint radius: 16 units → 15.5 units ▼ Damage to the Rainmaker shield decreased by about 8%: 1.2x → 1.1x
1.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 170
1.4.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 170 → 180
2.3.0	▲ Increased bullet velocity by roughly 25% without changing shot distance. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 22 units per frame → 27.5 units per frame ▼ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 5 → 4 ▼ Frames in the air before a bullet's damage starts decreasing: 9 → 8 ▼ Frames in the air where a bullet reaches minimum damage: 25 → 24
3.0.0	▲ Now more likely to ink the area at the player's feet when firing. If a paint droplet has not fallen within 11 units of the player for 6 shots, the next shot will force a paint droplet to appear at the player's feet. ▲ Number of droplet patterns: 10 → 15
3.2.0	▲ Movement speed while firing increased by 11%: 0.72 → 0.8
4.2.0	▲ Made it easier to ink the ground at the player's feet. ▲ Increase damage dealt to opponent's brella by roughly 13%. ▲ Increase damage dealt to Rainmaker barrier by roughly 13%. ▲ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 170
4.4.0	▲ Increased likelihood of paint appearing at the player's feet when shooting.
4.9.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 170 → 190

Gallery

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  Promo image.

Quotes

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Trivia

• The Nozzlenose family of weapons are visually designed after garden hose reels. This is also reflected in their names in some other languages. They also somewhat resemble revolvers.
• The L in the name means "Light", referring that this weapon is the lighter version of the Nozzlenose weapons, not to be confused with being a Light Class weapon.
  • This is supported by the French and both Spanish translations of the weapon.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	L3リールガン L3 rīrugan	L3 Reel Gun
Dutch	L-3 Stompsnuit	L-3 Blunt Snout
French	Arroseur léger	Light watering hose
German	L3 Tintenwerfer	L3 Inkthrower/cannon
Italian	Triplete compatto	Compactly Triplet
Russian	Каплетрон-компакт Kapletron-kompakt	Splatron-compact
Spanish (NOA)	Manguera ligera	Light Hose
Spanish (NOE)	Tintambor ligero	Light Inkdrum