Weapons

With 11 classes and dozens of weapons, picking up a new main weapon can be a daunting task. Many are entirely unique even within their class, and a tutorial can be a great jumping-off point.

General

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Gameplay References

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• Sendou VODs: User submitted gameplay sortable by weapon, mode, and stage.
• Weapon VOD Resources: Curation of Japanese and Western players of many weapons, focusing on top and high level.

Weapon Mechanics

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• How Projectiles Work: Mechanics and parameters defining projectile physics, focused on bulletSimple. A discussion with simulations of trajectory states and their consequenses on damage and deviation.
  • Firing Angles: Addendum on firing angles for various weapon classes.

Shooters

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• Shooters Overview: An overview of common shooters in competitive play. After going over fundamentals of the shooter class, multiple players of each shooter delve into greater detail. This includes attributes of the weapon, strengths/weaknesses, and strategy.
  
  

Shooter Mechanics

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• How Shooters Work: Projectile simulations for each shooter.

• (10.1.0): Splattershot Nova has 4.5° grounded shot spread

Blasters

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Rollers

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Carbon Roller Deco

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• The Ultimate Carbon Roller Deco Guide (6.0): Overview of techniques like sharking, ledge flicking, and utilizing burst bomb. Also discusses matchups into other weapons/subs/specials and team compositions.

Brushes

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• Inkbrush (Akira)
  
• Inkbrush (Chai)
  
• Painbrush Roll Tech: Why rolling is a strong option out of a painbrush swing, due to mobility and squid form frame data.

Chargers

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Charger Mechanics

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How Chargers Work: Mechanics and parameters defining charger projectiles, going over how charge affects damage and range. Additionally has simulations for trajectory of each charger.

• E-liter 4K
• Snipewriter 5H
  

Sloshers

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• Slosher (Ori)
  
• Slosher (Gus) | Slosher Deco
  
• Tri-Slosher | Tri-Slosher Nouveau
  
• Sloshing Machine (Ori)
  
• Sloshing Machine (Gus)
  

Splatlings

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• Hydra Splatling

Dualies

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• Splat Dualies | Part 2 | Part 3
  

Brellas

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• Sorella Splat Brella
  
• Undercover Brella
  
• Brella Class Stats: Stats and gear thresholds for each weapon in the brella class. Includes data such as canopy durations, regeneration, and weapon multipliers.
• Recycled Brella Tech To Launch Shield Over Ledges: Tech to launch recycled brella shields over standard height ledges.

Stringers

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• Tri-Stringer
  
• REEF-LUX 450 (WIP)
• Wellstring
  
• Tri-Stringer Trajectory Plot (JP): Desmos graph to calculate tri-stringer arrow trajectory. F is number of frames charged, a is angle in degrees, h is height (with 1.7 being max jump height).
• Wellstring Trajectory (JP): Visualizes wellstring arrow trajectory and angles. Discusses achieving one-shots from ground level and above with regards to angle and number of frames charged.
• Wellstring Trajectory Plot (JP): Desmos graph to calculate wellstring arrow trajectory. F is number of frames charged, a is angle in degrees, h is height (with 1.7 being max jump height).
  
• Wellstring Object Damage (JP): Demonstration of various charge patterns with wellstring against different objects and brella shields. Displays HP bars and timers for each attack pattern, alongside variations with object shredder when relevant.

Splatanas

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• Splatana Stamper
  
• Splatana Wiper
  
• Mint Decavitator:
  
• Decavitator Dash Slash Spots: Useful dash slash spots to exploit map geometry using decavitator. Also mentions dealing with common terrain elements, like slopes and grates.
  • Decavitator Dash Slash on Inkblot: A situational dash slash spot using the enemy sponge on Mako Mart
• Decavitator Crab/Booyah Kills: Visual example for lining up crab head shots and canceling booyah bomb with decavitator.