#snipewriter 5b

[octobrushwizard]

new pencil has wall storm btw

what do yall think

[iri-scrublord]

Chill Season! 2!! Weapon Review!!!

Alright so I'm going to put my faith in the fact that this god-forsaken site is going to put most of my shit under a cut so your dash isn't inundated with my stuff, so here we go. I'll put my overall thoughts in the tags in case you can't be assed to read what's probably going to be a hell of a post.

I'm going to ramble for a bit about accessibility here so if you don't give a shit about that look for the next big heading.

If you know me at all, you know that I'm a weapons guy. I'm disabled, I've got dwarfism, which means I'm way shorter than the average inkling at 3' even. I've got shorter limbs and (importantly) smaller hands/shorter fingers than the average squid does.

Now anyone who knows Squidforce knows that at the best of times they can be kinda fuckin' ableist. Remember the fiasco with Kraken Poisoning seven years ago? Or, hell, to foreshadow my thoughts on the weapons now, the Splattercolor Screen?

I mod weapons. I do them in my garage, Mr. Grizz is my hero and role model. But unlike him, who just takes the safety off of literally anything he gets his hands on, I mod my weapons to be usable by squids with different body types (sometimes I also take the safety off for fun). And before the De-Recall era, where the pro leagues moved to Splatsville (represent), what I do was considered illegal for tournament rules.

And people are going to tell me that we have the Extra Leagues, and sure. I've participated in those. And honestly they're really cool, especially because all things considered I'm one of the lucky ones who has a splat's chance in hell to participate in Turf and Anarchy. Some squids and octos have ailments that make that literally impossible, but still want to compete. I'm not knocking the Extra Leagues here. Hell I make weapons for the damn things.

What I am saying is that I know modding weapons. I know how it works, I know how much of a pain in the fuckin' ass it is to get synergies to work right, and I lose my fucking MIND every time some drooling idiot goes "This weapon needs a Burst Bomb"

BITCH EVERY WEAPON NEEDS A BURST BOMB, YOU THINK EVERY WEAPON'S GOING TO TAKE ONE? SOME KITS ARE GARBAGE FOR A REASON

Anyway, accessibility and modification possibility are things that I rank pretty highly in weapons, and while SF's been cleaning up their act since the De-Recall FOR THE MOST PART, there's still a few stinkers in here I'm going to be docking points from.

Okay that shit's out of the way here we go.

Foil Squeezer (w/ Autobomb and Splattercolor Screen)

Right out the gate I alluded to something that I'm going to need to talk about right away. The special of this thing terrifies me. The hell was Squidforce thinking?? Sure, the structure of the thing's impressive. Throw a sippy cup and you've suddenly got a huge strangely shaped wall of liquid.

What's that liquid do? It gives you goddamn achromatopsia. Who thought this was okay??? Who the hell looked at something like that and said it was fine?? There's already been several complaints I've heard about it around my circles, and I wouldn't be surprised if this thing got banned or reworked in the coming months.

Anyway this is supposed to be about the Foil Squeezer not the Screen so.

The Squeezer is already a pretty solid weapon, two firing modes, hell of a mechanism in the thing to have two separate compartments for the different pressurization levels of the ink inside. Pain in the ass to mod. As far as kits go, we don't know how much it sucks to get the Splashdown or Screen onto them yet (haven't got my hands on a devkit yet) but autobombs are pretty reliable. In terms of synergy? You can throw the bitches through the screen to put pressure, so that's good. Pretty costly for an already ink-hungry weap, but I'll say it's decent, if with a scary scary scary special.

Nouveau's Snipewriter 5B (w/ Splash Wall and Ink Storm)

Remember when Snipewriter first came out and we thought it sucked

hahahaha

This thing's synergistic as all hell. A wall to protect it. A Storm for chip damage which Snipewriter thrives off of. And to top it off a nice red finish. I think they used a different type of wood for it too, which I can appreciate it. Softer.

Fun fact: the origin of the 5H and 5B for the Snipewriters are from the ancient rating system the humans used to use on pencils way back when. 5B uses a much softer graphite for the pencils than the 5H does - art more than writing. I'm not a huge history buff compared to some of my friends but I thought that was neat.

Anyway this weapon's horrifying but I still respect it more than the E-Liter.

Enperry Splat Dualies (w/ Curling Bomb and Triple Splashdown)

You're as beautiful as the day I left you.

In all seriousness I've got a soft spot for curling bombs. And like, not as a traversal tool which like yes it's very useful in that. I like killing with it it's fun

For Triple Splashdown...it's public knowledge that its daddy sucked. That it's one of the worst specials in history, rivalled only by the Reef Slider. So how is the Triple version? It's...

good I guess. I mean like, it's hard to shoot the guy down and not die yourself. So like that's cool. With the Enperries they've got okay synergy? I mean it's no Inkjet, but it's fun to roll in and then pop the special if you've got someone pinned up against a wall.

So like...passable! Which is good!

Undercover Sorella Brella (w/ Torpedo and Splattercolor Screen)

Alright, I'm going to address the mormyridae in the room and talk about the basic Undercover Brella kit. It's awful. Of course it's awful. But nobody really talks about why because nobody talks about the actual logistics for kits.

I kind of alluded to this earlier but one of my pet peeves is like when someone goes "bluuuh why don't they just give this burst bomb" "weh weh Inkstrike would be way better" "why don't you give this thing a wall why does it have a mineeeee"

Giving a weapon a kit isn't as simple as 'This weapon would be good with this sub and this special'. A weapon's infrastructure has to support the sub and special. Think of them like puzzle pieces - the more you try and shove the Suction Bomb piece into a Bamboozler, the more you're going to have to mod it to make it fit.

And as we've been over, Squidforce fucking hates modding.

Put more seriously, tournament regs say that for a weapon alt to be legal, the base weapon itself's gotta perform exactly like the vanilla variant. No differences in ink efficiency, accuracy, spread, ink calibre, nothing like that. So the more you mod a weapon to fit a heavy sub like a Suction Bomb, the less likely you'll get it to work exactly like the base weapon.

That being said: the reason the vanilla Undercover's kit sucks is because it's literally just an umbrella. It's not even a heavy duty one it's one you can pick up at the dollar store for 500G. Weighs five pounds at most, and they shoved an ink chamber into the shaft. Ink Mine and Reef Slider are light as hell additions, and frankly out of the ones that we've got tournament standard are the only ones I would bet you could actually be fitted onto the weapon to begin with.

Which makes the Undercover Sorella an engineering miracle. A middling, mediocre engineering miracle.

Custom Blaster (w/ Point Sensor and Triple Splashdown)

Keeping it short and simple, don't have a lot to say about this one. The Point Sensor's a good support weapon for a blaster, but makes it lack a good poking tool to make people move once they're marked, meaning you're more reliant on your team to poke for you by basically saying 'over there!' Not necessarily a bad thing, but makes it hurt for inking power.

Triple Splashdown....I dunno. I don't see anything for it? It's alright as a panic button, I guess, but the Blaster doesn't have the tools to corner someone, which is where the Splashdown excels.

Special ain't great for it, but the sub changes the weapon's role in an interesting way.

Nintendo's S-BLAST '91 (w/ Burst Bomb and Booyah Bomb)

I went off on how amazing the base weapon is on this a while ago, before I forgot to review the Dread Wringer and the Heavy Edit. I'm not reviewing those until/unless they get alt kits. Fuck you.

I went off on how tough Burst Bombs are to get onto kits a while ago, which...I mean if you asked me before this season I would have told you you were INSANE for saying that something as complex as the S-Blast would get a Burst. But here we are. Some-fucking-how Nintendo worked a goddamn miracle.

Is it effective?

...kinda? Kinda.

Booyah's Booyah, not much to say about it. It's decent on basically everything that gets it as far as I'm concerned.

Painbrush Nouveau (w/ Point Sensor and Tenta Missiles)

Painbrush is another weapon I never really got around to reviewing the base of. It's a scary thing. The Dynamo of brushes except it's actually pretty effective because it only takes a week to come out swinging instead of seven happy years of marriage. I can't imagine a time you'd actually be skating with the thing unless you're in a bad spot, and if you're in a bad spot you're dead anyway.

Unlike with the Custom Blaster, I really like the Point Sensor on this thing. Brushes are meant to be annoying little bastards, and constantly marking people with a weapon that has three times as much range as you think it does makes you the biggest little bastard on the map at any given time.

And if it wasn't bastard enough, you have Missiles for extra bastard.

Painbrush Nouveau - a weapon for the bastard in you.

REEF-LUX 450 Deco (w/ Splash Wall and Reef Slider)

*fucking chokes and dies*

Nouveau's Neo Splatana Stamper (w/ Toxic Mist and Crab Tank)

Probably one of the more interesting kits we got. The original Stamper's got the Burst Bomb and Zipcaster. And as everyone knows before the Burst got its infamous capacity nerf, this thing is FEARSOME with the damn things. So when we saw the new kit with Toxic Mist all the Burst Chuds lost their goddamn minds.

What are they going to do, give it Burst Bomb again? Get over yourself.

This version of the weapon's definitely more support based - sensing a theme with a few of the kits this season honestly - but not as much as you might think. Toxic Mist is important soft area denial, but more than that, it makes landing your Vert-Hori combo a LOT easier, because anyone moving through it will be moving slower than your vertical slash, which is saying something because that thing's nearly as bad as the Grizzco Slosher.

This leads the weapon to a much more thoughtful, methodical style compared to its hopped up brother, which I ended up really liking while testing the weapon out. You're not going to be getting quad after quad like Pro Bigboy Chara or something, but with Mist and Crab you're going to be doing your team a service by playing this weapon well.

And that's it. This is the first time I've actually done a real-ass weapon review on tumblr, so...if anyone other than Astral sees this I'll be happy.

Maybe I'll do another one next season? Who knows.

Feel free to shoot me asks or reply in the comments if you've got any questions or dissenting opinions. I love talking shop about weapon shit with anyone who isn't Astral because her opinions fucking suck.

Please someone give me other opinions to go off of I only have hers someone help

[ryebreadedd]

after the splatoon 3 demo i had nonstop splatoon dreams about salmon run and tricolor turfwar. At one point while i was in the shower i hallucinated the tacticooler noise. After side order's reveal i had at least 3 side order dreams, and a 4th one post side orders launch. After the chill season 2023 trailer dropped i had a dream i was playing on bluefin depot before its release with the new kits, but there was also someone there playing snipewriter 5h for some reason and i remember wondering why since everyone else was playing something new. When i woke up the snipewriter 5b had been announced. and other misc splatoon dreams ive had mostly about playing the game

maybe having a splatoon dream again is a sign of splatoon withdrawl that happened a few times, but i dont feel like playing ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[oscconfessions]

algebralien splatoon weaponmains because i’m losingit (dont even try to tag all the characters in this)

one - e-liter 4k scope. she will find you

two - snipewriter 5B. i think they would like it because of the design of the weapon mostly

three - carbon roller deco dont ask why its just the vibes

four - the most RABID inkbrush main ever. i think they target people if someone squidbags him

five - nautilus 79 i think. again, the vibes

six - octobrush nouveau 

seven - goo-tuber or neo sploosh-o-matic? i thhink they’d have some goofy name weapon like that

eight - foil flingza roller idk why

nine - splattershot jr. surprisingly good at the game

ten - hero shot replica

fourteen - mint decavitator

fifteen - luna blaster

zro - reef-lux 450 deco

x - undercover brella

i. hope that i findsomeone who matches my freak with this

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[extinct-fish]

Splatoon x Persona Weapon assignments for the various teams:

Note: These are approximations based on weapon choice. I tried to pick weapons that were similar to their actual weapons. I've also colorcoded it for convenience. weapons all range from every splatoon game, though a good chunk from Splat3

SEES:

Makoto/Minato - Octobrush

Kotone - Splatana Stamper

Junpei - Splat Roller

Mitsuru - Kensha Splatana (Alt. Order Splatana, since the Kensha weapon isn't here... sadge)

Akihiko - Dark Tetra Dualies

Yukari - Wellstring V

Shinjiro - GOLD DYNAMO Roller (heavy-af weapon)

Ken - Snipewrite 5B (long range, can hold 5 shots)

Fuuka - Splatterscope

Aigis is technically a walking Nautilus 47

Koromaru can't participate directly, but if he could, he'd have a small fry buddy

OTHERS:

STREGA - Order dualies (Jin), Order Slosher (Chidori), Jet Squelcher (Takaya)

Nyx/Nyx Avatar - DYNAMO ROLLER too, mainly because massive fuck

Ryoji - E-Liter

Ikutsuki - Undercover Brella

Investigation Team:

Yu - Charcoal Decavitator (very OP)

Yosuke - Order Dualies, Nouveau Dapple Dualies

Chie - Glooga dualies (slow shots, but powerful hits)

Yukiko - Reef LUX 450

Kanji - Dynamo Roller

Rise - Eliter Scope

Teddie - Splatana Wiper

Naoto - .52 Gal.

OTHERS:

Nanako - too young, but she would wield a Trislosher

Dojima - N-Zap '85

Adachi - .96 Gal

Phantom Thieves of Hearts: (Parentheses = based on gun)

Akiren/Joker - Kensha Dualies (Can also use Dread Wringer for shits n' giggles)

Morgana/Mona - Order Octobrush (Alt. Order Blaster)

Ryuji/Skull - Painbrush (Alt. Range Blaster)

Ann/Panther - Bloblobber (Alt. Aerospray)

Yusuke/Fox - Mint Decavitator (Alt. Recycled Brella 24Mk I)

Makoto/Queen - Dreadwringer (Alt. L-3 Nozzlenose)

Futaba/Oracle - Z+F Splatterscope

Haru/Noir - Dynamo Roller (Alternatively, Nautilus 47)

Goro Akechi/Crow - Charcoal Decavitator (Alt. Jet Squelcher)

Sumire/Violet - Squiffer

Sophia/Sophie - Dualies (alt. S-Blast '92)

Zenkichi/Wolf - Hero Roller Replica (alt. Squelcher Dualies)

Others:

Sojiro - Undercover Brella

Iwai - Hydra Splatling. Though, he's the weapons dealer, so he can do whatever he wants. He would deffo use a Hydra Splatling tho

If you think these weapons aren't right, gimme suggestions! I'm open to them!

Wall of tags incoming.

[reefs-slider-moved]

With the Splatfest offishialy announced the workshop has been busier than ever so I'm back with more stories that have happened in my workshop, on today's episode: Snipewriter 5B

For some cod forsaken reason the whole thing wasn't even charging up, no ink could flow in, and no ink could flow out (because there was some ink stuck in the tank inside which is bad mostly since it would make a mess when I had to inevitably open it up)

Of course when I disassembled it I ended up with my clothes covered in ink but I did find the issue, the wooden casing

The whole thing looked like it was corroded from the inside and the whole ink canal got warped to the point of being essentially non-functional, thankfully it was salvageable enough so with some good woodwork and changing most of the pieces involved it was as good as new

Honestly I don't want to know what that person did for it to corrode this badly, but yes, Snipewriters

[splatooneng]

This is the Snipewriter 5B, with a different sub and special from the 5H to change up your writing style. Use a Splash Wall to secure your position, and your main weapon, which can fire up to 5 consecutive shots, to spread ink. Spread the ink further with the Ink Storm special!

これは「R-PEN/5B」。 R-PEN/5Hとはサブやスペシャルを変えて書き味の違いを出した別モデルだ。 サブウェポンの「スプラッシュシールド」で有利な場所を確保し、最大5連射できるメインウェポンで塗り広げよう。 スペシャルウェポンの「アメフラシ」を使えば、さらに広��範囲に影響を及ぼせるぞ。

[splatoonusna]

Pass the mic, Challenges. Ballistics here with intel on the Snipewriter 5B, a sharp new Snipewriter variant. You can hide behind the weirdly ominous Splash Wall sub and charge up for five full rapid-fire shots, then spill even more ink with the Ink Storm special!

[shadow-laviko]

Guys, new idea dropped! What if Rain Code characters played Splatoon? Not gonna do everyone this time, only a few (the MDA + most Peacekeepers and Makoto)

So, what weapon I think they would use :

Yakou : Ah shooter, because it's a classic, and I think Yakou would be into classics. Now, especially the Splattershot, because it's pretty balanced, the sticky bomb is nice, and I can see him being happy and shooting something like "Hell yeah!" everytime his trizooka is ready and he uses it

Halara : A charger because of the way they aim pretty damn well with their coin. And especially the Bamboozler 14 Mk I, because it's fucking overpowered?? The charge speed is fire, the range is great and mobility is great too! Given how fast Halara is in Rain Code, I don't think they'd like to have slow chargers with bad mobility. Now, you'll tell me "Oh but what about the Bamboozler Mk II?" well... I honestly the autobomb and killer wail of Mk1 would please Halara more because the autobomb is kinda sneaky, and the killer wail is almost unescapable, just like Halara themselves. Although I think Halara's favourite special would be the tenta missiles. Buuut, can't have everything, you know? Ok, worse case scenario, Halara would take the Goo Tuber instead of Bamboozler 14 Mk1

Yuma : A Brush because of the solution blade (why not a splatana? You'll see). At first I was hesitating between the Painbrush and Octobrush Nouveau... But I think the Painbrush's handling is too crap. As for why an Octobrush... I just think they are better than the Inkbrushes. Because they have slightly better range for only slightly worse handling and ink speed. Soo... As for why the Octobrush Nouveau precisely... I don't know how to explain it, but I feel like the special and the sub are better for Yuma? Like, I think it would suit his playstyle better? Idk how to explain it

Desuhiko : A Roller... I don't know. It screams Desuhiko to me. But not a Dynamo Roller, because they have the worse Ink Speed and handling, and I feel like Desuhiko playstyle is just random. The man just wants to have fun. But it's not fun if your weapon is slow as duck. I think he'd have a Carbon Roller Deco, because I feel that's the one which would offer the must fun thanks to the sub and special

Vivia : I have no real idea... Maybe a Slosher or a Brella? More likely a Brella? I don't know

Fubuki : A Blaster. Because she's an adventurer and all, but everyone would think she'd take something cuter or something, but turns out she likes big weapons which goes BOOM. (Maybe dualies or stringers as a second choice though). Now... Which one? I have no idea. So I'll just say which one I think she could like, and why : S-BLAST '91, it's pretty, the burst bombs are fun and it's great to have all the team cheering with you for the Booyah Bomb. Luna Blaster, it's cute and the Zipcaster makes her feel like a super-hero and she likes that. Same idea for the Luna Blaster Neo, the Ultra Stamp is very fun. And maybe the S-BLAST '92 because I feel like she would be amazed by the sprinkler and the reefslider?

Seth : I have no explanation. When I think about Seth, I think about a Slosher. Especially a Blobber. And I think like he would love the Blobber Deco over the regular Blobber, because KRAKEN ROYALE!! I think Seth would love the Kraken Royale. And, somehow, the Angle Shooter makes sense for him I think? Like, knowing where his opponents are would be in character for him I think?

Martina : The Brella, of c- WRONG! Give my lady a fucking charger! I think she would like a Snipewriter, because it has a great range and a very decent Mobility. However, I can't chose between the Snipewriter 5H, or the Snipewriter 5B... Or wait... Maybe a Stringer? But I see her with a charger more than a stringer... Hmm

Yomi : Was hesitating between a Blaster or a Splatling... But since I already gave Fubuki a Blaster, let's say I give the Splatling to Yomi. SO, I was hesitating between... Well, most of them actually, but I think I'll go with the Mini Splatling, because it has an Ultra Stamp, and I'm sure Yomi would love to literally crush his enemies to death. So yeah.

Guillaume : Dark Tetra Dualies (because those are literally the best weapons, I don't want to hear anything else)... No but really, the range is pretty neat, the mobility is awesome, and the damage... You can compensate if you manage to corner/surprise the enemy. + I think she'd like to have the autobombs because they are kinda sneaky, and of course she would like the reefslide! I mean, just look at her!

Aide : I don't know why, but a Shooter. And I feel like the .52 Gal would be best for him. I wanted one with great damage and good fire rate... None was good enough. It was either great damage but shit fire rate, or balanced range-damage-fire rate. And I didn't want that. I hesitated with the .96 Gals, but the fire rate was a bit lower than the .52. So 52 it is! As for which one... The regular .52 Gal. Because it has the killer wail and once again, the killer wail is hard to escape, so...

Makoto : Splatana... Because Makoto had to have a similar yet different weapon from Yuma + I feel like it suits him better than a brush. Now, I think he would have a Wiper because it has a better handling than the other splatanas, and I think Makoto woul prefer a good handling over the other stats. And I feel like the regular Splatana Wiper would suit him better than the Wiper Deco, because... Look at me and dare say to me that the Ultra Stamp isn't the most Makoto thing? Plus I feel like he would find the Torpedo more useful than the Squid Beakon (although squid beakon could symbolise him only counting on himself etc etc)... Either way, a splatana wiper (regular one first I think)

[splatsvilles-fashionista]

This is just idle speculation, but in the part of the Fresh Season 2024 trailer that shows off Bonerattle Arena (the new Salmon Run stage), one of the players are using a Nautilus, which is not one of the weapons we see with a new kit in the trailer, and one of the other weapons we see on that team is the Flingza.

Of course there is also a Splattershot on this team, so this really doesn't have to mean anything. That said out of the six remaining weapons that don't have second kits (not counting the two brand-new ones), three are Splatlings, so I think it's very likely there is at least one more kit they just didn't include in the trailer, like how the Chill Season 2023 trailer didn't include the Snipewriter 5B.

[tessaract-spl]

Snipewriter 5B

Unlike Snipewriter 5H, most 5B builds do tend to use run speed as there isn't the same demand for ink storm output or a need for special power. This build is identical to my 5H build apart from instead using 2 subs of ink saver sub - this helps to make your splash wall cheaper before last ditch effort kicks in.

[ryebreadedd]

I remember before chill season 2023 i had a dream that i was playing on bluefit depot early with the new weapon kits like reeflux deco and custom blaster. (There was also some random new roller they were introducing? Not important) but there was also someone inexplicably playing snipewriter, and i thought “who is playing pencil rn with all these new weapons” anyways i woke up and snipewriter 5b was announced that morning

[rebecca-lotto]

learning the snipewriter 5b ...

it seems like a bad idea tbh...

but might as well get out of my weapon comfort zone.

[splatsvilles-fashionista]

Foil squeezer and Snipewriter 5B?

Hey, I said "a" weapon in the post! Not two! That's cheating! >:(

Honestly I think Foil Squeezer is a pretty neat alternative to the regular kit. You're trading defensive power (Splash Wall) and offensive power (Trizooka) for a great deal more flexibility with the Autobomb. Maybe too much, actually, because this weapon was already kind of overtuned as is. I can't actually play this gun very much because of the mashing requirement, and I think this weapon would be a more infamous if it didn't have such a high barrier to entry.

Party Hard Hat / Lime BlobMob Tee / Green Toejamz

[splatreference]

Quick Navigation: Chargers

This directory has links to the main tags of every Charger weapon across the games.

Notes

This blog focuses on pose references over solely references of the weapon itself. For references of the weapon, there are many places on the Internet that let you view the full models, including Inkipedia!

Some tags may be empty as they are often added before images for the weapon are uploaded.

For a wider range of pose references, look at the tag for the vanilla version of the weapon. Alternate versions of weapons typically have less pictures, as the model is pretty much the same and already documented, just with a new coat of paint.

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CHARGERS

SQUIFFERS Classic Squiffer (x) New Squiffer (x) Fresh Squiffer (x) SPLAT CHARGERS Splat Charger (x) Kelp Splat Charger (x) Bento Splat Charger (x) Firefin Splat Charger (x) Kensa Charger (x) Z+F Splat Charger (x) SPLATTERSCOPES Splatterscope (x) Kelp Splatterscope (x) Bento Splatterscope (x) Firefin Splatterscope (x) Kensa Splatterscope (x) Z+F Splatterscope (x)

E-LITERS E-Liter 3K (x) Custom E-Liter 3K (x) E-Liter 3K Scope (x) Custom E-Liter 3K Scope (x) E-Liter 4K (x) Custom E-Liter 4K (x) E-Liter 4K Scope (x) Custom E-Liter 4K Scope (x)

BAMBOOZLERS Bamboozler 14 MK I (x) Bamboozler 14 MK II (x) Bamboozler 14 MK III (x)

GOO TUBERS Goo Tuber (x) Custom Goo Tuber (x)

SNIPEWRITERS Snipewriter 5H (x) Snipewriter 5B (x)

OTHER Grizzco Charger (x)