Sploosh-o-matic

The Sploosh-o-matic is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

This weapon is a fast-firing, low-accuracy shooter. It has a steampunk-style look, similar to its cousin, the Splash-o-matic. Due to its high attack power, it excels in short range combat.

Splatoon

Splatoon

Sploosh-o-matic

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Squid Beakon
Special	Killer Wail
Level	12
Cost	7,500
Availability
Base damage	38
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.7%
Special points
Special depletion	40%
Range	15 / 100
Damage	55 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	75 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Neo Sploosh-o-matic Sploosh-o-matic 7

The Sploosh-o-matic was released on 7 July 2015 at 02:00 UTC.

It comes in a set with Squid Beakons and the Killer Wail.

Data

• The Sploosh-o-matic is a middleweight weapon.
• Each shot consumes 0.7% of the ink tank capacity.
  • This allows players to fire 142 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 5 frames between shots (12 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.72 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 38.
• Shots travel straight for 2 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 19 damage at frame 15.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 12 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 18 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 40% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle.
  • This means that it takes 4 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 5 frames after the player stops shooting.
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 20 units per frame for 2 frames.
  • This gives the weapon an effective range of 40 units.
• Ink droplets occur every 55 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 4 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 24 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 19 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 12 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction "With its wide muzzle, the Sploosh-o-matic is specialized for close-combat situations. Beat back the enemy while placing Squid Beakons on their turf, and then mop up with the deadly Killer Wail! This weapon set excels at opening holes in the opponents' defenses for your teammates to exploit."

“

The perfect weapon for getting up close and personal! High attack power and rate of fire, but its range is extremely limited.

”

— In-game description

“

It's range is super short, but it gobbles up foes in close-quarters combat. Take them by surprise and there's no escape! The Squid Beakon subs will help you get in there, and the Killer Wail special will let you wreck shop once you do.

”

— Live from the Squid Research Lab

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  The Squid Sisters introducing the Sploosh-o-matic.

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  An Inkling running with the Sploosh-o-matic.

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  Shooting the Sploosh-o-matic (front).

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  Shooting the Sploosh-o-matic (back).

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Sploosh-o-matic.

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  Art of several Inklings - the lower right one is holding a Sploosh-o-matic.

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  Art for Splatoon's first anniversary, with an Inkling (second from left) with the Sploosh-o-matic.

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  Concept art of various weapons, with the Sploosh-o-matic at the upper left.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Sploosh-o-matic

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Curling Bomb
Special	Splashdown
Level	10
Cost	9,700
Availability
Base damage	38
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.8%
Special points	160p
Special depletion
Range	12 / 100
Damage	52 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	75 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Neo Sploosh-o-matic Sploosh-o-matic 7

The Sploosh-o-matic was released on 5 August 2017 at 02:00 UTC. It comes with Curling Bombs and the Splashdown.

Data

• The Sploosh-o-matic is a lightweight weapon.
• The matchmaking range is 80. 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 0.8% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 125 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 10 frames to come out.
• The interval between firing and when the player is able to become a squid or use a sub weapon is 2 frames.
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 5 frames between shots (12 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.8 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 15 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 38.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 6 frames after being fired, it loses 1.1875 damage per frame until it reaches 19 damage at frame 22.
• The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 12 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 18 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 Sploosh-o-matic starts off having a 4% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
  • This chance increases by 2% per shot, and maximizes at a 40% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle, meaning that it takes 18 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 5 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 41 frames to reach maximum accuracy.
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 20 units per frame for 2 frames, having an effective range of 40 units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 17.82 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
• Ink droplets occur every 60 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 1.4 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 20 units of the player have a radius of 24 units, and a width of 11.5 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 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	▲ Weight class: Middleweight → Lightweight ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 10% → 2% ▲ Number of droplet patterns: 4 → 5 ▼ Ink consumption: 0.7% → 0.8% ▼ Droplet rate: 1.5 → 1.4 ▼ Distance between paint droplets: 55 units → 60 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 24 units → 22 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets far from the player: 19 units → 17 units
1.2.0	▲ Increased movement speed while shooting by 11%: 0.72 → 0.8
1.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 170
3.2.0	▲ Expanded radius of ink coverage for shots on impact when shooting downward. ▲ Increased damage dealt to the barrier around the Rainmaker by roughly 10%.
4.1.0	▲ When shots hit, their ink splatter will now extend further forward than it did previously. ▲ Points to fill special gauge: 170 → 160
4.2.0	▲ Reduce the interval between firing and when you're able to become a squid or use a sub weapon by 4/60 of a second.
4.3.1	▲ Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. ▲ Increased the amount of additional damage that can be dealt when the maximum number of gear abilities are being used from roughly 20% to roughly 25%.
4.4.0	▲ Reduced the time to shoot from squid form by 2/60 of a second.
4.5.0	▲ Reduced the time to begin recovering ink after shooting by roughly 5/60 of a second.
4.6.0	▲ Speed of acceleration increased while in squid form, decreased time it takes to reach maximum speed.
4.9.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%. Tenta Brella Tenta Sorella Brella Tenta Camo Brella
5.0.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the Booyah Bomb armor by 17%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction With its wide muzzle, the Sploosh-o-matic is well suited for close-combat situations. The Curling Bombs allow you to clear narrow pathways and push farther into enemy territory. And once you're there, send your enemies back to their spawn point with the Splashdown! This close-range weapon set excels at opening holes in your opponent's defenses for your teammates to exploit.

Gallery

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  Promo image

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  An Inkling boy firing the shooter with Ink Armor

Strategy

For competitive tips about the Sploosh-o-matic

View the strategy page.

Trivia

• In the Octo Expansion, Marina refers to it as the "Win-o-Matic."
• This weapon is used on the following Octo Expansion levels:
  • Wack 8-Ball Station
  • Stamped-Up Station
  • Hypercolor Station

Etymology

Sploosh-o-matic is derived from 'sploosh', a word similar to 'splash', and 'automatic'. The '-o-matic' suffix is also a common, clichéd naming convention for technological gadgets.

ボールドマーカー bōrudo mākā is in reference to the partly pen-based appearance of the Sploosh-o-matic. The name is also to contrast it with the Splash-o-matic. The highly accurate Splash-o-matic is named after a sharp marker pen, while the Sploosh-o-matic with its wide, cone-shaped muzzle is more akin to a bold marker pen.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ボールドマーカー bōrudo mākā	Bold Marker
Dutch	Spettertuit	Splatter Spout
French	Marqueur lourd	Heavy Marker
German	Disperser	Disperser
Italian	Marker	Marker
Russian	Плюхотрон Plyukhotron	Splatotron
Spanish (NOA)	Marcador grueso	Thick Marker
Spanish (NOE)	Marcador	Marker