Bomb Launcher

The Bomb Launcher is a special weapon in Splatoon 2.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Bomb Launcher

Category	Special
Class
Sub
Special
Level
Cost
Availability
Base damage
Base duration	Autobomb: 6s Burst Bomb: 6s Splat Bomb: 6s Suction Bomb: 6s Curling Bomb: 6.66s
Ink consumption
Special points
Special depletion
Range
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variant

The Bomb Launcher allows the player to throw an unlimited amount of bombs during the special's duration without using up any ink. The bombs thrown depend on the type of launcher used, and are as follows:

• Autobomb
• Burst Bomb
• Curling Bomb
• Splat Bomb
• Suction Bomb

Players using Bomb Launcher can still attack normally with their main weapon. The remaining bombs thrown during the special do not fill the special gauge after time is up.

Differences from Bomb Rush

While this special weapon is very similar in function to the Bomb Rush from Splatoon, there are some key differences between the two.

• Whereas Bomb Rush was locked to the loadout's current sub weapon in Splatoon, any weapon in Splatoon 2 can potentially have any type of Bomb Launcher. This means that kits with a sub weapon that is not a bomb, like Sprinklers, can have the Bomb Launcher.
• Unlike in Splatoon where Bomb Range Up affected the range of the bombs thrown, Splatoon 2's equivalent ability, Sub Power Up, does not affect the Bomb Launcher.
• Bombs from the Bomb Launcher can be charged up to allow them to be thrown further. An uncharged bomb has the same distance as a thrown sub weapon with no Sub Power Up, while a fully charged bomb is thrown at the same distance as a sub weapon with the maximum amount of Sub Power Up.
• When a Bomb Launcher special ends, there is a one-second period where the game does not accept any input from . This is to prevent the player from accidentally launching a sub weapon when the special ends to avoid wasting ink.

Data

• Without the aid of Special Power Up, the Splat-Bomb Launcher, Suction-Bomb Launcher, and Autobomb Launcher can launch eleven uncharged bombs within the duration, or seven if they are all fully charged. The Curling-Bomb Launcher can launch twelve uncharged, or eight fully charged. The Burst-Bomb Launcher can launch seventeen uncharged, or ten fully charged.
• With the maximum amount of Special Power Up, the duration of most Bomb Launchers increases to eight seconds, allowing the Splat-Bomb Launcher, Suction-Bomb Launcher, and Autobomb Launcher to launch fifteen uncharged bombs within the duration, or nine if they are all fully charged. The Burst-Bomb Launcher can launch 23 uncharged, or fourteen fully charged. The duration of the Curling-Bomb Launcher increases to 8.66 seconds and can launch sixteen uncharged, or ten fully charged.
• The Burst-Bomb Launcher provides a 50% increase to throwing rate compared to throwing Burst Bombs normally, taking twenty frames instead of thirty.
• Most bombs take twenty frames to fully charge, though Burst Bombs take fifteen frames instead.
• Unlike other launchers, Curling Bombs launched behave differently from its sub weapon version. Charging up the Curling-Bomb Launcher increases the speed and size of explosions from its bombs, where charging up the sub weapon version increases the size of the explosion, but lowers the speed it travels at.

Version history (Curling-Bomb Launcher)

Version	Adjustments
1.4.0	▲ Increased distance Curling Bombs travel without being charged by roughly 50%.
2.2.0	▲ Extended duration of Curling-Bomb Launcher by 40/60 of a second.
3.0.0	▲ Decreased trajectory variance of first shot while also increasing time required to reach maximum shot variance when firing continuously. As a sub weapon, the size of Curling Bombs will now change depending on how long is held, but Curling Bombs generated by the Curling Bomb Launcher will always be the same size, regardless of button press duration. ▲ Due to this change, area of ink coverage while Curling Bombs are traveling has been increased slightly. ▼ Due to this change, area of ink coverage and damage dealt by Curling Bomb explosions has been decreased slightly.
4.6.0	▲ Initial speed of pressing is approximately 18% faster, and movement distance is longer. No change to movement distance if is held down.

Quotes

“	These launch the included bombs without consuming any of your ink. The longer you hold , the farther you'll throw the bombs.	”
— Splatoon 2 Sub & Special Guide(NA/OC)

“	Allows you to throw the included bombs without consuming ink. The longer you hold down , the farther you will throw your bombs.	”
— Splatoon 2 Sub & Special Guide(EU)

Notes

Sets

Weapons with Autobomb Launcher in Splatoon 2

	Main	Sub	Special	Level	Price	Class	Sort by Main
	Carbon Roller Deco	Burst Bomb	Autobomb Launcher	10	8,500	Roller	1001
	Light Tetra Dualies	Sprinkler	Autobomb Launcher	21	13,300	Dualie	5041

Weapons with Burst-Bomb Launcher in Splatoon 2

	Main	Sub	Special	Level	Price	Class	Sort by Main
	Bamboozler 14 Mk II	Toxic Mist	Burst-Bomb Launcher	21	10,500	Charger	2051
	Soda Slosher	Splat Bomb	Burst-Bomb Launcher	16	13,100	Slosher	3002

Weapons with Curling-Bomb Launcher in Splatoon 2

	Main	Sub	Special	Level	Price	Class	Sort by Main
	Aerospray MG	Suction Bomb	Curling-Bomb Launcher	6	4,900	Shooter	30
	Tenta Sorella Brella	Splash Wall	Curling-Bomb Launcher	28	18,600	Brella	6011

Weapons with Splat-Bomb Launcher in Splatoon 2

	Main	Sub	Special	Level	Price	Class	Sort by Main
	Flingza Roller	Splash Wall	Splat-Bomb Launcher	24	15,700	Roller	1030
	Rapid Blaster	Ink Mine	Splat-Bomb Launcher	13	9,800	Shooter	240
	Sloshing Machine Neo	Point Sensor	Splat-Bomb Launcher	19	19,800	Slosher	3021
	Sorella Brella	Autobomb	Splat-Bomb Launcher	15	12,000	Brella	6001

Weapons with Suction-Bomb Launcher in Splatoon 2

	Main	Sub	Special	Level	Price	Class	Sort by Main
	Bloblobber Deco	Sprinkler	Suction-Bomb Launcher	20	17,600	Slosher	3031
	Dapple Dualies	Squid Beakon	Suction-Bomb Launcher	26	14,700	Dualie	5000
	Firefin Splat Charger	Splash Wall	Suction-Bomb Launcher	16	10,600	Charger	2011
	Firefin Splatterscope	Splash Wall	Suction-Bomb Launcher	25	13,900	Charger	2021
	Luna Blaster Neo	Ink Mine	Suction-Bomb Launcher	24	16,600	Shooter	201
	Neo Splash-o-matic	Burst Bomb	Suction-Bomb Launcher	27	16,800	Shooter	21

Gallery

• 

  Autobomb Launcher icon.

• 

  Burst-Bomb Launcher icon.

• 

  Curling-Bomb Launcher icon.

• 

  Splat-Bomb Launcher icon.

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  Suction-Bomb Launcher icon.

• 

  Bomb Launcher promo image.

• 

  Bomb Launcher view from the back.

• 

  Splat-Bomb Launcher in Musselforge Fitness.

Trivia

• None of the sub weapons on any Bomb Launcher sets match the bombs thrown from the Launcher.
• The Bomb Launcher is designed after the Ultra Machine, a batting toy made by Nintendo in 1967. This is likely referenced in their Japanese name, Bomb Pitchers.
• While on the Bomb Launcher's rail, the bombs are inside gashapon capsules, and the two halves of the capsule can be seen being discarded as each bomb is thrown.
• As visible in the promotional image, the Bomb Launcher has its own ink reservoir, explaining why throwing bombs during the special does not drain the player's ink.
• Although difficult to hear, while active, the Bomb Launcher plays a chiptune version of Bomb Rush Blush, despite how the song is named after its predecessor, the Bomb Rush.
• Before the release of the Bamboozler 14 Mk II, data mining had already revealed in-game data for the Burst-Bomb Launcher, including images for its weapon icon.
  • Burst-Bomb Launchers also appeared in the Octo Expansion as a canned special before the release of the Bamboozler 14 Mk II.
• There were meant to be three weapons with Autobomb Launcher as their special, not two. However, the Tri-Slosher Nouveau ended up getting released with the Ink Storm due to fudged datamining.
• No brushes or splatlings have a Bomb Launcher as their special.
• The weapons with the smallest special gauges for Bomb Launchers are the Aerospray MG and Bamboozler 14 Mk II at 160p each. While the largest are the Firefin Splat Charger, Firefin Splatterscope and Soda Slosher at 210p each.
• There are no sets with Curling Bomb, Fizzy Bomb or Torpedo paired with Bomb Launcher.
• Unlike any other weapon in the Splatoon games, the Bomb Launcher's bombs are thrown from the left side of the player and not from the right side.

Names in other languages

Bomb Launcher	Splat-Bomb Launcher
Language Name Meaning  Japanese ボムピッチャー Bomu Pitchā Bomb Pitcher  Dutch Bomkanon Bomb Cannon  French Lanceur de bombes Bomb Launcher ("launcher of bombs")  German Bomber Bomber  Italian Lanciabombe Bomb launcher  Russian Бомбомет Bombomet From бомба, meaning "bomb", and омет, meaning "stack". Bomb Stack  Spanish (NOA) Bombardeos Bombardments  Spanish (NOE) Ráfaga Burst	Language Name Meaning  Japanese スプラッシュボムピッチャー Supurasshu Bomu Pitchā Splash Bomb Pitcher  Dutch Klodderbomkanon Blob bomb cannon  French Lance-bombes splash Splash bomb launcher  German Klecks-Bomber Splodge [bomb] Bomber  Italian Lanciabombe splash Splash bomb launcher  Russian Бомбомет (брызгающие) Bombomet (bryzgayushchiye) From бомба, meaning "bomb", омет, meaning "stack", and брызгающие, which means "splatter". Splatter Bomb Stack  Spanish (NOA) Plasbombardeo Plasma [bomb] bombardment  Spanish (NOE) Ráfaga básica Basic [bomb] burst
Suction-Bomb Launcher	Curling-Bomb Launcher
Language Name Meaning  Japanese キューバンボムピッチャー Kyūban Bomu Pitchā Suction Cup Bomb Pitcher  Dutch Kleefbomkanon Sticky bomb cannon  French Lance-bombes gluantes Sticky Bomb Launcher  German Haftbomber Sticky [bomb] Bomber  Italian Lanciappiccibombe Sticky Bomb Launcher  Russian Бомбомет (присоски) Bombomet (prisoski) From бомба, meaning "bomb", омет, meaning "stack", and присоски, which means "suction". Suction Bomb Stack  Spanish (NOA) Bombardeo pegajoso Sticky [bomb] bombardment  Spanish (NOE) Ráfaga ventosa Suction [bomb] burst	Language Name Meaning  Japanese カーリングボムピッチャー Kāringu Bomu Pitchā Curling Bomb Pitcher  Dutch Curlingbomkanon Curling bomb cannon  French Lance-bombes curling Curling bomb launcher  German Curling-Bomber Curling [bomb] Bomber  Italian Lanciabombe curling Curling bomb launcher  Russian Бомбомет (керлинг) Bombomet (kerling) From бомба, meaning "bomb", омет, meaning "stack", and присоски, which means "curling". Curling Bomb Stack  Spanish (NOA) Bombardeo deslizante Sliding [bomb] bombardment  Spanish (NOE) Ráfaga deslizante Sliding [bomb] burst
Autobomb Launcher	Burst-Bomb Launcher
Language Name Meaning  Japanese ロボボムビッチャー Robo Bomu Pichā Robot Bomb Pitcher  Dutch Robobomkanon Robot bomb cannon  French Lance-bombes robots Launch robot bombs  German Robo-Bomber Robot [bomb] Bomber  Italian Lanciarobo-bombe Robo Bomb Launcher  Russian Бомбомет (робобомбы) Bombomet (robobomby) From бомба, meaning "bomb", омет, meaning "stack", and робобомбы, which means "robotic bomb". Robobomb Bomb Stack  Spanish (NOA) robobombardeo Robot [bomb] bombardment  Spanish (NOE) Roborráfaga Robot burst	Language Name Meaning  Japanese クイックボムピッチャー Kuikku bomu pitchā Quick Bomb Pitcher  Dutch Ballonbomkanon Balloon bomb cannon  French Lance-bombes ballons Balloon Bomb Launcher  German Insta-Bomber Instant [bomb] Bomber  Italian Lanciagranate Grenade Thrower  Russian Бомбомет (разрывные) Bombomet (razryvnyye) From бомба, meaning "bomb", омет, meaning "stack", and разрывные, which means "burst". Burst Bomb Stack  Spanish (NOA) Bombardeo entintado Inked bombardment  Spanish (NOE) Ráfaga rápida Quick Burst