Stringer
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A promotional image for Splatoon 3 featuring an Octoling wielding the Tri-Stringer, a weapon included in the Stringer class.
- For a similarly-named Boss Salmonid introduced in Splatoon 2, see Stinger.
Stringers are one of the main weapon types in the Splatoon series. They were introduced in Splatoon 3. Stringers can fire three strings of ink horizontally or vertically depending on whether they are fired while standing or jumping.
List of stringers
Note: The series are arranged by the order of their respective Tableturf Battle cards.
| Series | Description | Variants | Games |
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 Tri-Stringer |
A stringer that has two levels of charge to unleash charged shots that briefly freeze before exploding, but cannot store its charge. |  Tri-Stringer
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 Inkline Tri-Stringer
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 REEF-LUX 450 |
A lightweight stringer that can store its charge, but cannot fire explosive shots. With tap shots it deals about the same damage as the Tri-Stringer but fully charged it deals more damage. |  REEF-LUX 450
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Sets
Stringers in Splatoon 3
| Main | #ID | Sub | Special | Special Points | Level | Price | Class | Added in
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Inkline Tri-Stringer | 7011 |  Sprinkler
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 Super Chump
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190p | 11 |  1
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 Stringer
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Version 5.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2023)
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REEF-LUX 450 | 7020 |  Curling Bomb
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 Tenta Missiles
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210p | 10 | 1
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Stringer
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Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)
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Tri-Stringer | 7010 |  Toxic Mist
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 Killer Wail 5.1
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180p | 4 | 1
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Stringer
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Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)
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Animations
Splatoon 3
Spawner pose:
- All styles: Stands in a crouched pose with their weapon angled down and their right hand readied.
Victory:
- Flip Out and Reppin' Inkopolis: Jumping into the air while shooting the weapon downwards twice, then lands kneeling and pulls its string back while aiming into the distance.
Quotes
| “ | We've obtained imagery of a new class of weapon known as the stringer. It seems stringers can fire ink horizontally or vertically depending on whether they are fired while standing or jumping. Either way, a simple press of  is all it takes to start splatting.
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” | — @SplatoonNA[1]
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Gallery
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A promo image for Splatoon 3 featuring the Tri-Stringer.
An image of an Inkling doing the Flip Out emote with the Tri-Stringer after winning a battle.
Art of the Stringer weapon class icon in Splatoon 3.
An Inkling shooting a Tri-stringer.
An Inkling aiming a Tri-stringer.
2D icons
REEF-LUX 450
Tri-Stringer
Inkline Tri-Stringer
Promotional renders for Splatoon 3
Tableturf Battle cards for Splatoon 3
Trivia
- Stringers have a currently unused feature that traces the path that their projectiles will take while they charge.
- In the English translation of the game, both weapons in the stringer class have a hyphen in their name.
- As of Drizzle Season 2023, the Stringer class is tied with the Splatana class for having the least amount of weapons in it, with only 3.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ストリンガー sutoringā |
Stringer |
 Dutch |
Spanner | Drawer |
 French |
Transperceur | Penetrator |
 German |
Stringer | Stringer |
 Italian |
Calamarco | From calamaro ("squid") + arco ("bow") |
 Russian |
Тетиватор Tetivator |
Stringator |
 Spanish |
Arcromatizador | Bow-chromatizer, from arco ("bow") + cromatizador ("chromatizer") |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
猎鱼弓 lièyúgōng (Mandarin) |
Fishing bow |
 Chinese (Traditional) |
獵魚弓 lièyúgōng (Mandarin) |
Fishing bow |
 Korean |
스트링거 seuteuringgeo |
Stringer |
 Portuguese |
Stringer | Same as English |
| Firing ink horizontally | Firing ink vertically | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
@SplatoonNA on Twitter
