Shooter
Shooters are one of the main weapon classes in the Splatoon series.
Shooters are guns that fire small blobs of ink in quick succession. Most shooters are fully automatic, continuously firing when the player holds the trigger.
General mechanics
Shooters are ostensibly mechanically basic, only requiring pressing for all forms of operation.
However, some shooters are semi-automatic (firing one bullet per trigger press) or burst-fire (firing multiple bullets per trigger press), and consequently these weapons may benefit from or even require repeated taps of .
Blasters
- Main article: Blaster (weapon class)
Blasters are fully-automatic weapons that fire large globs of ink that travel forward and conclude their path with an explosion and typically have a lower fire rate and higher ink consumption than many shooters. Prior to Splatoon 3, they were classified as shooters.
List of shooters
Note: The series are arranged by their respective order in the weapon select screen with the Main filter.
| Series | Description | Variants | Games | ||
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 Sploosh-o-matic |
A mid-damage, close-range shooter with a high fire rate. It features the highest damage output per second in its class, at the cost of having the shortest range. |  Sploosh-o-matic
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Neo Sploosh-o-matic
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Sploosh-o-matic 7
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✓ | ✓ | |||
 Splattershot Jr. |
The first weapon given to the player upon starting the game. It is a low-damage, close-range shooter with a high fire rate. Its fire rate and ink efficiency ensure that new players will be able to accomplish something. |  Splattershot Jr.
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Custom Splattershot Jr.
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Kensa Splattershot Jr.
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✓ | ||||
 Splash-o-matic |
A low-damage, mid-range shooter with a high fire rate. It features perfect accuracy, the best among all automatic shooters. |  Splash-o-matic
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Neo Splash-o-matic
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Aerospray |
A low-damage, close-range shooter with a high fire rate. It has the widest shot spread and the fastest firing rate in its class, allowing it to excel at covering turf. |  Aerospray MG
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Aerospray RG
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Aerospray PG
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✓ | ✓ | |||
 Splattershot |
A mid-damage, mid-range shooter with an average fire rate. It has no real weaknesses and can adapt to any situation. |  Splattershot
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Tentatek Splattershot
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Wasabi Splattershot
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✓ | ||||
 Kensa Splattershot
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✓ | ||||
 Hero Shot Replica
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Octo Shot Replica
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Order Shot Replica
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✓ | ||||
 .52 Gal |
A high-damage, mid-range shooter with a slow fire rate. This weapon suffers from low accuracy. |  .52 Gal
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 .52 Gal Deco
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Kensa .52 Gal
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✓ | ||||
 N-ZAP |
A low-damage, mid-range shooter with a fast fire rate. It has the fastest strafe speed in its class. |  N-ZAP '85
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 N-ZAP '89
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 N-ZAP '83
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✓ | ✓ | |||
 Dual Squelcher |
A low-damage, mid-range shooter with an average fire rate. |  Dual Squelcher
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✓ | ||
 Custom Dual Squelcher
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✓ | ||||
 Splattershot Pro |
A mid-damage, long-range shooter with a slow fire rate. Notably, this weapon has very high ink consumption. |  Splattershot Pro
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Forge Splattershot Pro
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Berry Splattershot Pro
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✓ | ||||
 Kensa Splattershot Pro
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✓ | ||||
 .96 Gal |
A high-damage, long-range shooter with a very slow fire rate. As a trade-off for its power and range, this weapon suffers from low accuracy, and it consumes more ink per shot than any other weapon in its class. |  .96 Gal
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 .96 Gal Deco
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Jet Squelcher |
A low-damage, long-range shooter with a slow fire rate. It has the longest range in its class. |  Jet Squelcher
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Custom Jet Squelcher
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Splattershot Nova |
A low-damage, mid-range shooter with an average fire rate. It has more range than other mid-range shooters and good ink efficiency, but is in turn less accurate and has less damage. |  Splattershot Nova
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✓ | ||
 Annaki Splattershot Nova
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✓ | ||||
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 L-3 Nozzlenose |
A low-damage, mid-range shooter. It is a burst fire weapon, firing three bullets after a pull of the trigger. Well-timed button presses are required to maintain an optimal fire rate. |  L-3 Nozzlenose
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 L-3 Nozzlenose D
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Kensa L-3 Nozzlenose
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✓ | ||||
 H-3 Nozzlenose |
A mid-damage, long-range shooter. It is burst-fire, firing three bullets after a pull of the trigger. |  H-3 Nozzlenose
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 H-3 Nozzlenose D
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Cherry H-3 Nozzlenose
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✓ | ✓ | |||
 Squeezer |
A shooter with two firing modes: semi-automatic and fully automatic. Pulling the trigger once will squirt out a single long range, mid-power shot with perfect accuracy. Holding the button leads to successive low range, high spread, lower-powered shots. The trigger can be tapped repeatedly to maintain the high-power mode. |  Squeezer
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✓ | ✓ | |
 Foil Squeezer
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✓ | ✓ | |||
Special shooters
The following special shooters are only available outside of battles as part of other modes:
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 Hero Shot |
A shooter similar to the Splattershot only used in Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, and Return of the Mammalians. Depending on the game it appears in, its fire rate can be increased through upgrades using Power Eggs, Sardinium, or Upgrade Points. Upon completion of all required missions in all three modes (additionally requiring the Inkling Squid amiibo for Octo Valley), the player will unlock the Hero Shot Replica for use in battles. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Octo Shot |
A shooter similar to the Splattershot only used by enemy Octolings, except in the Escape Phase of the Octo Expansion DLC and in Side Order when equipping Eight's Palette. Upon reaching level 40 in Splatoon, upon clearing the Octo Expansion DLC in Splatoon 2, or upon successful completion of a Side Order run with Eight's Palette equipped in Splatoon 3, the player will unlock the Octo Shot Replica for use in battles. | ✓[note 1] | ✓ | ✓ |
 Order Shot |
A shooter similar to the Splattershot only used in Side Order when equipping Agent 4's Palette. Its stats can be upgraded by placing color chips into the associated Palette. Upon successful completion of a run with this Palette equipped, the player will unlock the Order Shot Replica for use in battles. | ✓ | ||
Sets
Animations
Splatoon
Victory:
- Inkling girl: Flails her arms around, jumps once with her arms over her head, then thrusts the weapon out.
- Inkling boy: Jumps once while swinging the weapon forwards, does a fist pump with both arms, throws the weapon in the air, then catches the spinning weapon, holding the weapon across his chest.
Defeat:
- Both genders get on their knees with their left hand down while swinging their weapon up and down in disappointment.
In Ammo Knights (Clicking 
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- Both genders hold the weapon high, then lowers it, poses like they are shooting, then looks behind the weapon, and returns to idle pose.
Splatoon 2
Spawning in before a match starts:
- Both Inklings and Octolings point their weapon down at a 45-degree angle after shaking off their excess ink.
Victory:
- Inkling girl: Jumps up and down twice before spinning around once and strikes a pose while pointing her weapon up.
- Inkling boy: Jumps up and thrusts his left fist forward before raising it over his chest while holding his weapon downward.
- Octoling girl: Winces before twirling her weapon and ending it pointing upward at an angle while having her left hand on her hip in a pose.
- Octoling boy: Similar to the Octoling girl's but stands up straight.
Defeat:
- Inkling girl: Throws a fit.
- Inkling boy: Sits down on the ground and holds his head in frustration.
- Octoling girl: Falls down to the ground, dropping her weapon in front of her, then turns her head away in anger.
- Octoling boy: Similar to the Inkling boy's but lays his weapon behind him and puts his right arm on his right knee.
In Ammo Knights (Clicking ):
- Inklings: Raises and lowers their weapon, looking it over, gets into a shooting stance, then looks down the weapon from behind.
- Octolings: Looks over their weapon from the side and back, bends over slightly, and aims around before sighing.
Splatoon 3
Spawner pose:
- All styles: Leaps out of the spawner with their weapon pointing upwards, then lands with it held across their torso.
Victory:
- Flip Out: Backflips twice, spinning the second time, and lands with the weapon pointed backwards, before pointing to the sky with their left hand.
- Reppin' Inkopolis: The player jumps for joy three times, then points their weapon into the air with a smile.
In Ammo Knights (Clicking ):
- Inklings: Looks over weapon from side and back, bends over slightly and takes aim, holds weapon with their left hand and aims before standing and flipping the weapon over their head, catching it, and returning to idle pose.
- Octolings: Looks down at weapon, smiles and gets into a crouch pose, holds the weapon with their right hand and points the weapon up, puts both hands on the weapon and gets into a shooting stance angled to the left, looks back at camera with the weapon held across their torso.
Quotes
Splatoon
Splatoon 3
| “ | Squid Research Lab here again with a special report on "shooter" weapons. On the surface, shooters are pretty straightforward. You press  - you shoot! But the range of functions and features these weapons possess is quite impressive indeed!
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” | — @SplatoonNA on Twitter[1]
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| “ | On the surface, "shooter" weapons are pretty straightforward, but the range of functions and features these weapons possess is quite impressive indeed! | ” | — @NintendoUKVS on Twitter[2]
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Gallery
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Ammo Knights, Sheldon selling shooters, with a shooter on the shelf at the back.
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Magazines at Ancho-V Games, with several shooters at the bottom.
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An image of the .52 Gal in-game.
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A preview of the .96 Gal in-game.
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A glimpse of the Aerospray RG in-game.
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A Super Chump promotional image with the Custom Jet Squelcher.
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The Splash-o-matic used by an Inkling using Zipcaster.
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The Splash-o-matic's color change in Fresh Season 2023.
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An Inkling holding the Splash-o-matic.
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Inklings on a Spawner, the one with the "Soaked" hairstyle holds the Splash-o-matic.
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An early Neo Splash-o-matic using a Suction Bomb.
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Tentatek Splattershot, two Suction Bombs, and Inkzooka
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Hero Shot Replica and the Hero Replica set
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Inkling girl with a shooter from Splatoon 2.
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Splatoon 3 promotional image of shooters.
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Cropped version, close up of H-3 Nozzlenose.
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A render of an Octoling with the .96 Gal.
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A promotional image for the countdown.
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A promotional image with the Aerospray MG.
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The H-3 Nozzlenose for the Grass vs. Fire vs. Water promotional image.
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The H-3 Nozzlenose D in the selection of Sizzle Season 2023's new Tableturf Battle cards.
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The Fresh Season 2023 catalog cover.
Promotional renders for Splatoon 2
Promotional renders for Splatoon 3
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Trivia
Splatoon
- Shooters are the only main weapon class to include a weapon with each sub weapon at least once.
- This is no longer true in Splatoon 2, as in that game there are no shooters with Ink Mine or the Fizzy Bomb.
- However, shooters still have the title of being the only class to have at least one weapon with every special weapon.
- Shooters are the only class to have three weapons with the same set: the L-3 Nozzlenose D, the Custom Jet Squelcher, and the Aerospray PG.
Splatoon 2
- The order of weapons by weapon class is now automatic shooters → blasters → burst-fire shooters.
Splatoon 3
- There are no shooters that have Zipcaster, Tenta Missiles, or Triple Splashdown as their special weapon.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
シューター Shūtā |
Shooter |
 Dutch |
Spetter | Spatter[a] |
 French |
Lanceurs | Thrower |
 German |
Kleckser | Stainer |
 Italian |
Armi a ripetizione | Repeating weapons |
 Russian |
Краскомат Kraskomat |
Paintomatic |
 Spanish (NOA) |
Rociador | Sprayer |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Lanzatinta | Ink-launcher |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
射击枪 shè jī qiāng (Mandarin) |
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 Chinese (Traditional) |
射擊槍 shè jī qiāng (Mandarin) |
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 Korean |
슈터 syuteo |
Shooter |
Translation notes
- ↑ From spetten ("to spatter"). Suffix -er forms agent nouns from verbs.
Notes
- ↑ The Octo Shot is only used by enemy Octolings in Octo Valley.
