L-3 Nozzlenose D

The L-3 Nozzlenose D is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is an alternative version of the L-3 Nozzlenose.

Splatoon

L-3 Nozzlenose D

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Burst Bomb
Special	Kraken
Level	13
Cost	6,600
Availability
Base damage	29
Base duration
Ink consumption	1% (3% per )
Special points
Special depletion	60%
Range	60 / 100
Damage	40 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	65 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variant	L-3 Nozzlenose

The L-3 Nozzlenose D was released on 28 August 2015. It has the same stats as its base weapon, the L-3 Nozzlenose, but comes with Burst Bombs and the Kraken.

Data

The L-3 Nozzlenose D is a middle-mobility weapon.
Each shot consumes 1% of the ink tank capacity.
- This allows players to fire 100 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
- This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
When pressing , three shots will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all three.
- If there is not enough ink to fire all three shots, then zero, one or two shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
When firing a burst, each shot is fired at a rate of 4 frames between shots.
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.
Each shot has a base damage of 29.
Shots travel straight for 5 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 14.5 damage at frame 15.
Shots 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 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 4 frames after the player stops shooting.
Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 5 frames.
- This gives the weapon an effective range of 110 units.
Ink droplets occur every 116 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 10 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 ink droplets have a radius of 16 units.

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Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Ink coverage increased by 10%.
2.7.0	▼ Special gauge loss: 50% → up to 60%.
2.8.0	▲ Damage to the Rainmaker shield increased by about 20%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction

The L-3 Nozzlenose D is a standard L-3 Nozzlenose, decorated with badges from its manufacturer. Its stats are unchanged, but this set includes Burst Bombs and the Kraken - an aggressive combination! Attack with a Burst Bomb, and then finish them with your shooter. It's an easy set to get the hang of!^(NA)^[a]

“

A specially designed L-3 Nozzlenose with a logo on it. The sub weapon lets you finish off opponents who are still standing, and the special allows you to strike from up close.

”

— In-game description

“

The L-3 Nozzlenose D is a specially designed L-3 Nozzlenose with an adorable logo on it. The sub weapon lets you finish off opponents who are still standing, and the special allows you to strike from up close.

”

— Live from the Squid Research Lab

Notes

↑ North America

Gallery

Promo image.
An Inkling standing with the L-3 Nozzlenose D equipped.
Firing the L-3 Nozzlenose D in Blackbelly Skatepark. (behind)
Official art of an Inkling holding the L-3 Nozzlenose D.

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

L-3 Nozzlenose D

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Burst Bomb
Special	Inkjet
Level	23
Cost	12,500
Availability
Base damage	29
Base duration
Ink consumption	1.15% (3.45% per )
Special points	200p
Special depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage	25 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	65 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	L-3 Nozzlenose Kensa L-3 Nozzlenose

The L-3 Nozzlenose D was released on 6 January 2018 at 02:00 UTC.^[2] It comes with Burst Bombs and the Inkjet.

Data

The L-3 Nozzlenose D is a middle-mobility weapon.
The matchmaking range is 135. 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 1.15% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 86 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 12 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 pressing , three shots will be fired at a time, as long as there is enough ink to fire all three.
- If there is not enough ink to fire all three shots, then zero, one or two shots will be fired instead, depending on how much ink is left in the ink tank.
When firing a burst, each shot is fired at a rate of 4 frames between shots.
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.
Each shot has a base damage of 29.
If a shot 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.
The bullet hitbox has 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 outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 25 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 70 frames.
The L-3 Nozzlenose D 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 4 frames after the player stops 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 52 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (82 after shooting while jumping.)
Shots initially travel at a rate of 27.5 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 110 units.
- After that, the shot's velocity is set to 15.68 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
Ink droplets occur every 120 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 12 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 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 19.5 units.
All other ink 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 ink droplets have occurred within 11 units of the player for 3 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 inked after three bursts.

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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.
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%.
4.4.0	▲ Increased likelihood of paint appearing at the player's feet when shooting.
5.1.0	▼ Increased ink consumption by roughly 15%. ▼ Reduced the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. Changed the amount of gear ability required to deal up to 33.3 damage from 1.8 times to 2.4 times the amount of the primary gear ability. Each secondary gear ability is worth 0.3 of the primary gear ability. ▼ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 200.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction

The L-3 Nozzlenose D is a special model of the L-3 Nozzlenose with the maker's logo emblazoned on it! The two have the same stats, but this one pairs with Burst Bombs, letting you continually barrage your enemies! Easy to handle, the L-3 Nozzlenose^(sic) is great for the aggressive player who wants to attack with precision and hit baddies with the Inkjet!

Gallery

Promo image.

Demonstration

Strategy

For competitive tips about the L-3 Nozzlenose D

View the strategy page.

Trivia

The Nozzlenose family of weapons are visually designed after garden hose reels. This is also reflected in their names in some other languages.
The D in the name likely represents the Dolphin on the side.
- The dolphin may be a reference to the codename for the Nintendo GameCube: "Dolphin".
The L in the name means "light", referring that this weapon is the lighter version of the Nozzlenose weapons.
- This is supported by the French and both Spanish translations of the weapon.
This weapon is tied with the Enperry Splat Dualies, Ballpoint Splatling, Octo Shot Replica, and Tentatek Splattershot for the most expensive Inkjet in the game (200 p).

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	L3リールガンD L3 Rīru Gan D	L3 Reel Gun D
Dutch	L-3 Stompsnuit D	L-3 Blunt Snout D^{[note 1]}
French (NOA)	Arroseur léger requin	Light watering hose shark
French (NOE)	Arroseur léger Cétacé	Light watering hose cetacean
German	L3 Tintenwerfer D	L3 Inkthrower/-cannon D
Italian	Triplete compatto D	Compactly Triplet D
Russian	Каплетрон-компакт 2.0 Kapletron-Kompact 2.0	Splatron-compact 2.0
Spanish (NOA)	Manguera ligera D
Spanish (NOE)	Tintambor ligero D	Light Inkdrum D