Weapon Attributes

Blasters
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	200/140	3	2	2	4	3	All-Rounder
Blaster	The all-purpose blaster, it’s good at many things but not great at any. Utilise its blast radius and decent mobility to get around the map.
	85/50	2	2	2	4	4	All-Rounder
Clash Blaster	Has a fast fire rate but a smaller blast radius and damage per blast. So when splatting bosses/lessers be aware that it may take longer to splat them which could get you splatted if you stay in one position for too long.
	200/140	2	2	2	5	4	Aggressor
Luna Blaster	Deals a great amount of damage so they should be played aggressively and focus boss/lesser splats.
	250/150	4	1	1	2	1	Technical/ Backliner
Range Blaster	1 direct and 1 partial blast can splat a Steelhead. Can clip the top of the Mothership when it is at basket to splat Chinooks for more eggs. Due to it’s very slow fire rate you must play quite safe and not jump into groups of lessers.
	140/60	4	2	2	3	2	Technical/ Backliner
Rapid Blaster	Can clip the top of the Mothership when it is at basket to splat Chinooks for more eggs. Can one cycle a Steelhead splat if timed correctly. Can reach Fishsticks easily; possible to splat all Smallfry with one shot.
	150/75	5	2	2	3	2	Technical/ Backliner
Rapid Blaster Pro	Maximise it’s range by splatting bosses that may be difficult to reach for other weapons and support from afar. Can clip the top of the Mothership when it is at basket to splat Chinooks for more eggs. Can one cycle a Steelhead splat if timed correctly. Can reach Fishsticks easily; possible to splat all Smallfry with one shot.
	300/150	4	2	2	4	2	Technical/ Aggressor
S-BLAST	The S-BLAST is unique as it has 2 modes of firing. The regular shot deals 300 damage for a direct and has longer range but a slower fire rate. If you jump and shoot it has less range and damage but a larger blast radius. You want to use the jump shots to paint the map when required and to move around as it has a faster fire rate and you won’t get stuck in a longer animation with the slower shot. The jump shot can be used to splat a group of lessers as it fires faster with a bigger burst radius. However if you wish to splat a Cohock you can use the regular shot for a OHKO. A great weapon on Grillers to help stun and splat Grillers using the regular shot. Can clip the top of the Mothership when it is at basket to splat Chinooks for more eggs. Can OHKO a Steelhead when using the regular shot. Can reach Fishsticks easily; possible to splat all Smallfry with one shot.

Boss Match ups

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	5
	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	5
	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5
	2	1	4	1	2	3	2	2	5
	2	2	5	2	3	3	3	2	5
	2	2	5	2	2	3	3	1	5
	4	4	5	2	3	3	4	5	5

Brellas
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	210	3	5	4	4	3	All-Rounder
Recycled Brella	A very good all-around weapon. The shield has a much faster release than other brella after holding ZR. Use this to your advantage to splat/damage lessers when they are lined up. During Goldie Rush and Mudmouths it can be useful to release the brella shield to splat Chum.
	180	3	5	4	4	4	All-Rounder
Splat Brella	A very good all-around weapon. Utilise its Shield by holding ZR to protect yourself when needed or to release the shield to splat/damage lessers. During Goldie Rush and Mudmouths it can be useful to release the brella shield to splat Chum.
	360	4	2	2	4	1	Technical/Backliner
Tenta Brella	Although it is slow, this weapon does deal good amounts of damage. As it’s not the most mobile and the fire rate is slow, be aware of your surroundings when using this. The shield has more HP than the Splat Brella so be sure to maximise this and splat lessers. Be mindful of your ink tank – choose between using your shield or a bomb. During Goldie Rush, Mudmouths, Tornado and Grillers it can be useful to release the brella shield to splat lessers. When on top of a FIsh Stick if you stand at the edge and hold out the brella canopy, the Smallfry will fly into the brella and get splatted.
	150	3	4	4	3	3	Turfer
Undercover Brella	A good weapon to paint and deal with Fish Sticks/Flipper Floppers especially. Unfortunately the Undercover Brella does get punished with knockback when shooting Salmonid at close range. If you are near a ledge/water, be aware of this. One measure to counter this is instead of holding ZR when shooting, tap fire it instead. During Grillers, your main focus should be the smallfry as the shield is able to splat them efficiently.

Boss Match ups

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
	2	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3

Chargers
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	60/160	4	2	2	3	2	Technical/Backliner
Bamboozler	Can deal good amounts of damage, quickly due it’s fast charge rate. 1 Fully charged shot and a partial can splat a Steelhead. To paint the map better when required, use fully charged shots. Great at splatting Fish Sticks using tap shots. Can tap shot Stinger pots which have 60HP.
	50/300	3	3	3	3	4	Aggressor
Classic Squiffer	Great slayer weapon with a fast charge and piercing damage too. Can hold a charge for a short time when submerging into ink which can be beneficial to splat targets and be mobile at the same time. Charges at the same speed even when in the air. Other chargers have slowed charge time while in the air.
	50/600	5	2	2	3	3	Backliner
E-liter 4K	OHKO’s many bosses so utilise the full charge and range. It’s tap shots also deal a fair amount of damage if you don’t have time for a full charge. Can stun Grillers in one shot so be sure to focus Griller stunning and shooting. Can hold a charge for a short time when submerging into ink which can be beneficial to splat targets and be mobile at the same time.
	80/300	4	2	2	2	2	Backliner
Goo Tuber	Has a long charge time for a fully charged shot so be aware of your surroundings. Can hold a charge for a short time when submerging into ink which can be beneficial to splat targets and be mobile at the same time. Gootuber also has the unique ability to hold partial charges. As it deals piercing damage, during Goldie Rush be wary of splatting Goldies too far away from basket. You may need to utilise tap fire at certain points. Can tap shot Stinger pots which have 60HP.
	60/180×5	4	2	2	1	1	Technical/Backliner
Snipewriter 5H	A unique charger that stores 5 shots on one full charge that are shown on the crosshairs. The partial charges do not deal a great amount of damage so you must play this very safely and maximise landing all 4 shots as much as possible. It doesn’t deal piercing damage so splatting a group of lessers is difficult. Can tap shot Stinger pots which have 60HP.
	50/300	5	2	2	3	3	Backliner
Splat Charger	Can hold a charge for a short time when submerging into ink which can be beneficial to splat targets and be mobile at the same time. It has decent damage, so priorities should be on bosses and hordes of Cohocks.

Boss Match ups

This looks at how weapons match up against certain bosses. Maws and Flyfish were not included as these bosses are best dealt with using Splat Bombs.

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	5
	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	5	2
	5	5	1	4	5	5	5	5	2
	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3
	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	2
	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	2

Dualies
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	40	2	5	5	5	4	Aggressor
Dapple Dualies	Arguably the best weapon for Salmon Run. Deals so much damage with a fast fire rate and very mobile. It’s turret mode can reach Steelhead bombs when close enough. But otherwise, use height on the stage for advantage. Focus slaying bosses and lessers as much as possible to make it easier for your team.
	30	3	3	4	3	2	Technical/All-Rounder
Dark Tetra Dualies	Benefits from being able dodge roll multiple times which can help to avoid getting splatted. However, be cautious of the end lag. It’s not very strong when using standard fire so ideally you want to be shooting Salmonids in turret mode.
	40	4	2	3	4	3	All-Rounder
Douser Dualies	It feels like a stronger version of the Dualie Squelchers. Good range and fairly powerful. Deals a good amount of damage in turret mode however the the end lag from rolling is quite long so be careful whenever using this. It has great range so supporting your team from slightly further back but also has the power to be more aggressive too.
	30	4	3	4	3	3	Turfer/Support
Dualie Squelchers	It’s not very strong when using standard fire so ideally you want to be shooting Salmonids in turret mode. It has great range so supporting your team from slightly further back may be ideal in certain situations.
	45	4	2	3	4	2	Technical/Aggressor
Glooga Dualies	The Dodge rolls for this are quite wide so be aware of your surroundings and timing the rolls so you don’t fall off ledges or into Salmonids. It doesn’t paint its feet very well so try and paint around you beforehand if needed. Damage more than doubles in turret mode so utilise this as much as safely possible
	30	3	5	5	5	4	All-Rounder
Splat Dualies	Very strong weapon overall, it’s generally considered a great all-rounder due to its damage, mobility and ink efficiency.

Boss Match ups

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	2	5
	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3
	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3
	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	5

*Note: Roller Weapon damage is based on Roll/Horizontal/Vertical flicks.

Rollers/Brushes
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	100/150/160	3	5	5	2	2	Turfer
Big Swig Roller	Big Swigs roll damage is not the best as it can’t roll Chum for an instant splat. Often it is best to maximise the wide spread of its horizontal flick. It’s a great painting weapon and quite ink efficient too so be sure to maintain map control with this.
	70/160/160	2	3	4	3	3	Turfer/Support
Carbon Roller	Maximise the mobility and speed of this roller by being aggressive across the map and running eggs when possible. Doesn’t have the strongest damage when rolling so it is required to flick quite often to deal greater damage.
	400/200300	4	2	1	5	1	Technical/Aggressor
Dynamo Roller	The Dynamo Roller is very good as a damage dealer and clearer of lessers. You should be rolling lessers as much as possible as opposed to flicking as this rolls through any lesser. The vertical flick can one shot splat Steelheads. If you put the roller down and spin under a stinger it splats the pots. It also works well when rolling over bosses such as Scrappers, Steel Eels and Maws. It excels on Goldie Rush, Goldie Seeking waves where you must maximise its rolling power to roll the horde or Goldies to quickly get a large amount of eggs from it. On Mudmouths, get to golden Mudmouths quickly and roll in front of the instantly splat the Cohocks which allows teammates to throw bombs. During Tornado waves ensure that when lessers fall from the sky you are in that area to roll the lessers easily.
	125/200/300	4	4	3	4	4	Technical/Aggressor
Flingza Roller	Deals slightly less damage than the Dynamo but it has better mobility. The vertical flick can one shot splat Steelheads. If you put the roller down and spin under a stinger it splats the pots. It excels on Goldie Rush, Goldie Seeking waves where you must maximise it’s rolling power to roll the horde or Goldies to quickly get a large amount of eggs from it.
	35/200	3	3	4	3	3	Aggressor
Splat Roller	The all-purpose Roller. It’s good at everything a Roller excels at but not great at anything.
	40/36	1	4	5	2	2	Turfer
Inkbrush	Very mobile weapons so this should be used to your advantage by going around the map and dealing with high priority threats if required, such as Stingers and Flyfish. Its damage output is quite low so staying in one place too long may get you splatted. Keep moving, adjust your position and use walls and heights to your advantage.
	40/60	3	3	5	4	3	All-Rounder
Octobrush	A good all-around weapon, it’s not as ink efficient as the Inkbrush so keep an eye on your ink tank.
	50/150	4	3	4	4	3	All-Rounder
Painbrush	A slower slash rate compared to the other brushes however it has more range and power. It is a solid weapon at slaying bosses and lessers. Not the most ink efficient weapon so keep on eye on your ink tank. Best to play in an aggressive manner to slay bosses as it can quickly splat bosses like Steelheads because of it’s range and power.

Boss Match ups

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting. Note fore Rollers specifically, this new found tech is the main reason for their score.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	2	2	4	5	2	2	2	2	4
	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4
	5	2	3	5	5	4	5	5	4
	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
	1	1	4	5	1	3	2	1	3
	3	3	4	5	3	4	3	3	4
	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4

Shooters
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	52	3	3	3	4	4	All-Rounder
.52 Gal	Deals a great amount of damage with a high fire rate so focus on high priority boss splats and lesser control.
	85	3	2	2	4	4	Aggressor
.96 Gal	Deals a great amount of damage with a good range too so focus on high priority boss splats and lesser control. It doesn’t paint your feet well and your speed is slow,  making it easy to get splatted because of enemy ink. So be aware of turf control before diving into situations.
	24	2	5	5	4	4	Turfer
Aerospray MG	Great mobility, ink efficiency and turfing. You should be focusing lessers and bosses such as Flipper Floppers and Fish Sticks which are easy to deal with. As it is very mobile, it may be easier to approach and splat static bosses with this weapon.
	70	4	3	2	3	2	Technical/All-Rounder
H-3 Nozzlenose	Has a slow fire rate that may require accomplished aim to splat certain bosses and maximise this weapon’s potential. If used efficiently this is a good weapon that deals with most bosses well.
	40	5	2	2	1	2	Backliner/Support
Jet Squelcher	It’s damage output is low so you need to play safe with this weapon. Support your team from afar. Use the range to your advantage by splatting Stingers when possible to save time. It can one cycle Steelheads if you time your shots correctly. It can deal with Fish Sticks swiftly and safely in most cases because of it’s range.
	40	3	5	4	4	3	All-Rounder
L-3 Nozzlenose	Great fire rate, damage and turfing ability. To maximise the damage of this weapon you must be able to press ZR fast enough.
	28	3	5	4	4	4	All-Rounder
N-Zap 85	Great fire rate, damage and turfing ability. You should be focusing lessers and bosses such as Flipper Floppers and Fish Sticks which are easy to deal with.
	20	2	5	5	4	4	All-Rounder
Splash-o-matic	Great fire rate, damage and turfing ability. You should be focusing lessers and bosses such as Flipper Floppers and Fish Sticks which are easy to deal with.
	36	3	4	4	4	4	All-Rounder
Splattershot	Great fire rate, damage and turfing ability. You should be focusing lessers and bosses such as Flipper Floppers and Fish Sticks which are easy to deal with.
	28	2	5	5	4	5	Turfer
Splattershot Jr.	Great mobility, ink efficiency and turfing. You should be focusing lessers and bosses such as Flipper Floppers and Fish Sticks which are easy to deal with. As it is very mobile, it may be easier to approach and splat static bosses with this weapon.
	30	3	5	5	3	3	Turfer/Support
Splattershot Nova	A good equivalent for this weapon is the Aerospray. It deals similar damage but with more range. So it’s not the strongest but a good map control and supportive weapon.
	45	3	2	2	2	2	Technical/Aggressor
Splattershot Pro	Very ink hungry weapon. Be sure to use your ink wisely after throwing eggs or using bombs. Although it deals a fair amount of damage, monitoring the ink tank is important.
	45	1	5	5	5	5	Aggressor
Sploosh-o-matic	Great mobility, ink efficiency, damage and turfing. You should be focusing lessers and bosses by taking advantage of it’s mobility to splat bosses quickly. As it is very mobile, it may be easier to approach and splat static bosses with this weapon.
	50/34	4	3	3	2	2	Technical/All-Rounder
Squeezer	This operates in 2 modes: If you hold ZR you get short range bullets that fire at a good rate and should be used when inking the map or shooting weaker lessers. If you tap fire with ZR you get more damage and range from the bullets with no deviation in the bullets. This should be used to splat bosses.

Boss Match ups

This looks at how weapons match up against certain bosses. Maws and Flyfish were not included as these bosses are best dealt with using Splat Bombs.

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	4
	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	2	3
	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
	1	2	5	2	2	3	2	2	4
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
	3	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4
	4	4	3	5	3	4	3	3	4
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	2	3
	2	2	4	5	3	3	3	3	3
	2	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4
	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	2	4
	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Sloshers
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	60×4	4	2	2	4	3	Technical/Aggressor
Bloblobber	Deals a great amount of damage and has long range due to the bubbles bouncing after firing. Can curve your shots by flicking your aim while firing to get more of a horizontal spread. Can arch your shots to fire over things if they are blocking direct shots.
	125×2	4	4	3	5	4	Technical/Aggressor
Dread Wringer	Deals a great amount of damage to lessers and has good range. Great cleaner weapon that allows others to flourish because they have more time and spacing. Can curve your shots by flicking your aim while firing to get more of a horizontal spread. Can arch your shots to fire over things if they are blocking direct shots.
	125/175	5	3	2	2	2	Technical/Backliner
Explosher	Paints big walls very well due to the splosh radius. Can one shot Flyfish if you aim above the pilot. Alternatively you can splat each Flyfish basket if you fire within them. Can splat Chinooks in the Mothership when it is basket if aimed at the top of the Mothership. Can be used to splat Mudmouths by aiming inside the mouth. Due to it’s slow fire rate you don’t want to get caught by a group of lessers so try and play safe. It does however pierce through lessers.
	100	4	4	3	3	3	Turfer/Support
Slosher	Can arch your shots to fire over things to maximise the amount of lessers you are dealing damage to. Can curve your shots by flicking your aim while firing to get more of a horizontal spread. During Goldie Rush waves if you are in the backline it is best to arch your shots high so you can deal more damage to the horde. Useful to arch your shots over Grillers to deal damage to the tail if the tail isn’t exposed yet.
	70/100	3	2	3	2	3	Technical/Aggressor
Sloshing Machine	Has a direct damage and indirect damage hitbox similar to blasters. Indirects can take out chum and smallfry in one hit. Slosh above lessers to hit multiple with indirects. When dealing with Fish Sticks aim at the strings between the stick and the smallfry to take out multiple each slosh.
	60/100	3	4	3	3	4	All-Rounder
Tri-Slosher	Use the wide spread of the slosh to target multiple lesser. It does decent damage to bosses it can reach such as Drizzlers, Scrappers and Steel Eels. It’s fast and turfs well so prioritise bosses that are static and require paint, like Flipper Floppers.

Boss Match ups

This looks at how weapons match up against certain bosses. Maws and Flyfish were not included as these bosses are best dealt with using Splat Bombs.

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
	1	2	2	5	2	4	2	3	5
	2	2	3	4	2	3	3	3	2
	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	2
	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	3

Splatlings
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	35-25	5	4	3	5	2	All-Rounder
Ballpoint Splatling	Very unique Splatling and one of the stronger weapons in Salmon Run. It deals a great amount of damage in its short range shred mode which should be utilised as much as possible. As a result, this weapon can be played a lot more aggressively than the other long range Splatlings. Long range mode is useful when dealing further targets but the timing has to be on point because it will fire its short range shots first before going to its long range.
	35-25	5	4	3	4	2	Backliner
Heavy Edit Splatling	A technical weapon that seems to combine aspects of the Ballpoint and Heavy Splatlings. It has a faster fire rate with a partial charge and higher DPS, with a longer duration on a full charge. The partial charge is not as strong as the Ballpoint and the full charge takes longer than a regular Heavy Splatling. It has some flexibility as it’s quite mobile and can do a lot of things but it doesn’t excel at anything in particular.
	35-25	5	3	2	4	3	Backliner
Heavy Splatling	Has solid range, damage and charge time. A great all-rounder weapon due to its damage, turf and mobility.
	35-25/60-25	5	4	2	3	2	Backliner
Hydra Splatling	On a full charge the Hydra Splatling does so much damage. Be sure to position yourself well and take full advantage of this power. Positioning is important with this weapon due to how long it takes to charge and how slow the mobility is. However, its range allows you to shoot from far away so be sure to stand further back from enemies and be mindful of the turf around you. During a King Salmonid wave this weapon should focus on shooting the King Salmonid as it deals so much damage on a full charge.
	35-25	3	5	3	3	3	All-Rounder
Mini Splatling	A decent weapon overall, it’s very good at inking and is mobile. Its ink efficiency is not as great as other weapons, so be mindful of your ink tank.
	35-25	3	3	3	3	3	All-Rounder
Nautilus 47	Although it doesn’t fire for as long on a full charge as some Splatlings, it is a strong weapon. Unique in its ability to maintain a charge, fire that charge, and reset that charge whenever it wants without losing it. Can hold its charge while swimming in ink and has very good swim speed.

Boss Match ups

This looks at how weapons match up against certain bosses. Maws and Flyfish were not included as these bosses are best dealt with using Splat Bombs.

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4
	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	4
	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4
	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5
	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	4
	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4

Splatanas
Weapon	Damage	Range	Inking	Mobility	Lessers	Ease of Use	Role
	120/200 – 60/250	4	4	3	4	4	Technical/Aggressor
Mint Decavitator	A standard slash does 60 damage which can be useful to splat weaker lessers. For Cohocks it is best to get close up with a charged slash to deal melee damage. Normal slash beams paint quite well was their spread is a lot wider than the other splatanas.
	50/150 – 35/175	3	5	4	4	3	All-Rounder
Splatana Wiper	Has a powerful charged melee slash plus a normal slash takes out Cohocks and can deal significant damage to bosses/lessers. Normal slash beams paint very well.
	100/180 – 45/220	4	3	3	4	3	Technical/Aggressor
Splatana Stamper	Great range with charged slash beams. Aim a little higher than chum so the beam hits multiple enemies. Melee charge attacks can take out Cohocks in one hit, also possible to take out multiple in one slash. Learn to pre-fire charge beams on Steelheads in order to take them out in 2 slashes in one cycle. Normal slashes on top of the Fish Stick can hit multiple if you are close enough.

Boss Match ups

• Big Shot: how well the weapon does at splatting the Big Shots directly and playing around the area of the Big Shots that may have other Salmonids around. Weapons with long range have been given credit for being able to damage/splat Big Shots from a distance.
• Drizzler: damage dealt when shooting Drizzlers directly, effectiveness at being able to reach or maneuver to shoot down Drizzler torpedoes.
• Fish Stick: the Smallfry getting splatted without climbing the stick, ability to paint the stick and splat the Smallfry from the top and the speed in which the Smallfry can be splatted.
• Flipper Flopper: how well the weapon can paint the Flipper Flopper’s circle, whether it is good/bad at dealing direct damage to the Flipper Flopper while it is in mid-air.
• Scrapper: how easy it is to stun the Scrapper and splat it.
• Slammin’ Lid: how the weapon is able to approach the Slammin’ Lid and trigger it with possible lessers being dropped in front of you and being able to splat the Slammin’ Lid directly with the main weapon.
• Steel Eel: ability to get to the tail, damage dealt to the tail.
• Stinger: getting to Stingers, speed and ease of splatting them, weapon range from splatting.

Boss Match ups
Weapon	Big Shot	Drizzler	Fish Stick	Flipper Flopper	Scrapper	Slammin’ Lid	Steel Eel	Steelhead	Stinger
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3