Tentatek Splattershot

The Tentatek Splattershot is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is the Tentatek version of the Splattershot.

Appearance

The Tentatek Splattershot is nearly identical in appearance to its cousin the Splattershot. In Splatoon, the only difference between the two is that the Tentatek Splattershot has a sticker bearing the Tentatek logo on the ink tank. In Splatoon 2, the only difference between the two is that the Tentatek Splattershot has a white strip of tape bearing the Tentatek logo multiple times wrapping around the ink tank.

Splatoon

Tentatek Splattershot

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Suction Bomb
Special	Inkzooka
Level	4
Cost	2,000
Availability
Base damage	35
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.9%
Special points
Special depletion	75%
Range	50 / 100
Damage	45 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	55 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Splattershot Wasabi Splattershot Hero Shot Replica Octoshot Replica

The Tentatek Splattershot is an all-around weapon in terms of power, range, and rate of fire, making it easy to use for players of all levels of experience. When utilized, it sprays a steady splattering of ink until the player's ink tank is depleted. It comes in a set with Suction Bombs and the Inkzooka and was the first weapon available to the public in the E3 2014 Splatoon demo.

Many view the Tentatek Splattershot as an indispensable "jack-of-all-trades" weapon. With good all-around damage, range, fire rate, ammo consumption and inking capability, combined with the highly useful Suction Bombs and Inkzooka, the Tentatek Splattershot is a solid and safe bet for any map and any game mode. It especially shines in Rainmaker, where it’s all-around stats make it great for the defense of your carrier.

The weapon itself has a high enough rate of fire to keep the Kraken at bay and inks a good amount of turf to boot.
The Inkzooka has the second-highest range of any weapon in the game, only losing out to the E-liter 3K family of weapons, but not by much.
Suction Bombs are capable of flushing opponents out of key positions, such as the Tower or sniper perches.

Data

The Tentatek Splattershot is a middleweight weapon.
Each shot consumes 0.9% of the ink tank capacity.
- This allows players to fire 111 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 6 frames between shots (10 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 35.
Shots travel straight for 4 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 17.5 damage at frame 15.
Shots have a radius of 2 units.
The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 15 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 6 frames after the player stops shooting.
Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames.
- This gives the weapon an effective range of 88 units.
Ink droplets occur every 75 units.
The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 2 droplets per shot.
There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 19.2 units.
Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18 units.
All other ink droplets have a radius of 13 units.

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Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▼ Base damage: 36.0 → 35.0.
2.7.0	▼ Special gauge decrease: 50% → up to 75%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction

The Tentatek Splattershot, designed in collaboration with the popular gear brand Tentatek! It's no different in stats to the standard Splattershot, but it comes with Suction Bombs and the Inkzooka! This makes it useful against tricky foes who like to keep their distance from you. I hope you'll try it out!^(EU/OC)^[a]

Sheldon's Introduction

The Tentatek Splattershot- designed in collaboration with the popular gear brand Tentatek! Its stats are the same as the standard Splattershot, but it comes with Suction Bombs and the Inkzooka! This makes it useful against tricky foes who like to keep their distance from you. Give it a shot, so to speak!^(NA)^[b]

“

A slick Splattershot developed in collaboration with top gear brand Tentatek. With all-new options, the Tentatek Splattershot ensures you'll be ready for anything.

”

— In-Game Description

“

This loadout is most useful during ranked Splat Zones matches. Suction Bombs can be used to set traps behind walls in Splat Zones. The Inkzooka allows you to put up a fight from a much greater distance and hit enemies who are on higher ground. Ink Saver (Main) and Ink Saver (Sub) are abilities you should consider when equipping this loadout.

”

— Splatoon Prima Guide

Notes

↑ Europe and Oceania
↑ North America

Gallery

Promo image.
A male Inkling running with the Tentatek Splattershot.
Standing on a box.
Promo for Tentatek, with a male Inkling holding the Tentatek Splattershot.
Official art of an Inkling holding the Tentatek Splattershot.
The Tentatek Splattershot's range in the testing area.
An Inkling with the Tentatek Splattershot equipped.
The recolored Inkling Boy amiibo holds the Tentatek Splattershot.
The recolored Inkling Girl amiibo does as well.

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Tentatek Splattershot

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Splat Bomb
Special	Inkjet
Level	4
Cost	2,100
Availability
Base damage	36
Base duration
Ink consumption	0.92%
Special points	200p
Special depletion
Range	50 / 100
Damage	45 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	60 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variants	Splattershot Kensa Splattershot Hero Shot Replica Octo Shot Replica

The Tentatek Splattershot returns in Splatoon 2, now based off the Splattershot's redesign in that game, and differs in appearance with a banner wrapped around the ink reservoir with a Tentatek logo. It comes with Splat Bombs and Inkjet.

Data

The Tentatek Splattershot is a middleweight weapon.
The matchmaking range is 125. 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 0.92% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 108 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 11 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 firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 6 frames between shots (10 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 36.
If a shot is in the air for more than 8 frames after being fired, it loses 0.5625 damage per frame until it reaches 18 damage at frame 40.
The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 6 degrees.
The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 12 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 Tentatek Splattershot 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 6 frames after the player stops shooting. The chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 1.5% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum, meaning that it takes 22 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (32 after shooting while jumping.)
Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 4 frames, having an effective range of 88 units.
- After that, the shot's velocity is set to 14.495 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
Ink droplets occur every 92 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 6 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 18 units, and a width of 12 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 16 units.
All other ink droplets have a radius of 12.8 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.

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Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 15 degrees → 12 degrees. ▲ Number of droplet patterns: 5 → 6. ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 2% → 1%. ▼ Ink consumption: 0.9% → 1%. ▼ Droplet rate: 2 → 1.5. ▼ Distance between droplets: 75 units → 92 units. ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 19.2 units → 18 units. ▼ Far droplet paint radius: 18 units → 16 units. ▼ Droplet paint radius: 13 units → 12.8 units.
1.1.2	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 190 → 210.
1.3.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 210 → 230.
2.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 230 → 210.
4.2.0	▲ Reduce the interval between firing and becoming a squid or using a sub weapon by 2/60 of a second.
4.4.0	▲ Reduced the time to shoot from squid form by 1/60 of a second.
4.7.0	▲ When equipped, the Main Power Up gear ability will now also lessen shot spread variance when firing while on the ground, in addition to the benefits it previously provided.
5.0.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the Booyah Bomb armor by roughly 17%.
5.1.0	▲ Decreased ink consumption by roughly 8%. ▲ Points to fill special gauge: 210 → 200.
5.3.0	▲ Reduced the amount of time it takes for shot spread (which is the gradual distance shots spread away from the target when firing continuously) to return to normal: 54 frames → 22 frames. Most Shooter-type weapons will have increased shot spread when continuously firing. When the player stops firing, the shot spread gradually returns to normal, but with this fix, the amount of time it takes to return has been reduced.
5.4.0	▲ Increased the likelihood the turf around the player's feet will be inked when firing.
5.5.0	▲ Increased maximum damage that can be dealt: 35 → 36. ▲ Slowed damage falloff speed relative to projectile travel time by roughly 66.7%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction

The Tentatek Splattershot is the product of a collaboration with the gear brand Tentatek! Its stats are the same, but it now has Splat Bombs as its sub weapon and the Inkjet special, allowing players to push the front lines! I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to quickly expand their team's turf and raise their team's morale!

Gallery

The Tentatek Splattershot in Splatoon 2.
Holding the Tentatek Splattershot.

Demonstration

Strategy

For competitive tips about the Tentatek Splattershot

View the strategy page.

Trivia

This weapon is tied with the Enperry Splat Dualies, L-3 Nozzlenose D, Octo Shot Replica, and Ballpoint Splatling for the most expensive Inkjet in the game with 200p.

Etymology

'Tentatek Splattershot' is a combination of splatter (as well as splat) and shot. It has the Tentatek brand name as a prefix to differentiate it from the Splattershot. It also denotes that the weapon is a collaboration with Tentatek.

Its Japanese name, スプラシューターコラボ supurashūtā korabo, is a combination of either splat or splash, and shooter. It also has the abbreviated prefix collab to separate it from Splashooter and to denote that it is a collaboration. However, unlike the English name, it does not specify the brand Tentatek.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スプラシューターコラボ supurashūtā korabo	Splashooter Collab
Dutch	Tentatek Superspetter	Tentatek Supersplatter
French (NOA)	Liquéficateur Tentatek	Tentatek Liquificator
French (NOE)	Liquidateur griffé	Branded Liquidator
German	Tentatek-Kleckser	Tentatek Splattershot
Italian	Splasher logo	Splasher logo
Russian	Каплестрел «Щуччи» Kaplestrel «Shchuchchi»	Dropshooter «Tentatek»
Spanish (NOA)	Rociador Tentáctica	Tentatek Sprayer
Spanish (NOE)	Lanzatintas B	Ink Thrower B