Sub weapons are secondary weapons in the série Splatoon. They use considerably more ink than a main weapon, and as such, are less often used and usually serve more specialized purposes. Each main weapon has one type of sub weapon that it can use.
Sub weapons are deployed by pressing . If the sub weapon is throwable, holding down will display a trajectory to help the player aim the weapon. If the sub weapon is not throwable, it will be placed on the ground.
Sub weapons consume a great deal of ink, so it may be necessary to monitor the ink supply before and after deployment of a sub weapon. When the ink supply becomes sufficient for using a sub weapon, a sound effect will play and a red light will show on the ink tank.
A basic bomb that explodes after a short period of time. It can be rolled or thrown. The explosion timer will only progress while the bomb is touching the ground.
A bomb that explodes on impact. Multiple Burst Bombs can be thrown without having to refill the ink tank. They deal less damage than other bombs; two direct hits or three indirect hits will splat an opponent, or they can be used in combination with the main weapon.
A bomb that travels in a straight line across the floor, leaving a trail of ink and bouncing off of walls and obstacles. It explodes after its timer expires. The maximum distance of the Curling Bomb can be shortened by holding the deployment button to 'cook' the timer before release. This makes the blast radius larger.
A bomb that hides in ink once planted. It deals damage to enemies that get too close. As of Splatoon 2, the Ink Mine gives significantly less damage, but also applies a tracking effect to its victims, letting everyone on the user's team know where the victim is.
A bomb that releases a poison mist which causes negative status effects to opponents that come into contact with it. Affected enemies will suffer from reduced mobility and gradual loss of ink supply. Unlike the Disruptor, the mist remains active for a short time after being used.
When thrown, this object explodes in a spherical cloud. The cloud tags enemies with a tracking effect that shows their location to everyone on the user's team.
Continually sprays ink in a circular area around itself in a staggering motion, until it is broken by enemy fire or the deployer gets splatted. It can be thrown onto virtually any surface.
A bomb that is capable of exploding multiple times. The bomb can be held and shaken like a soda in order to increase the weapon's explosive potency, increasing the number of times it can explode.
A device that transforms into a floating homing missile when within range of a target. The missile itself is incapable of splatting an opponent alone but will deal a large amount of damage. The missile can be shot down by opposing players.
A marker-shaped projectile that shows an opponent's position if hit directly or by the trail it produces when thrown. It bounces off any wall it hits, leaving a small splash of ink behind. It deals the least damage of any sub weapon on a direct hit, and the trail deals no damage.
A Smallfry that deals consecutive damage if directly thrown at an enemy or destructible object. If no enemy is hit it will instead distract nearby foes.
Abilities on a player's gear can affect sub weapons. The following abilities have effects that specifically focus on improving the performance of sub weapons.
The Seeker and Angle Shooter are the only sub weapons that don't share the sound effect that plays when they are used with any other sub weapons. The majority of them use a distinctive 'throw' sound effect, while the Ink Mine and Squid Beakon use a different 'deploy' sound effect instead. These differences also reflect the different ways these weapons are used.
In a Nintendo Direct presentation about Splatoon just before the game's release, it erroneously states that there are 9 sub weapons, when Splatoon has 10.[2]
Names in other languages
Langue
Nom
Signification
Japonais
サブウェポン sabu wepon
Sub weapon
Allemand
Sekundärwaffe
Secondary weapon
Espagnol (NOE)
Arma secundaria
Secondary weapon
Italien
Arma secondaria
Secondary weapon
Néerlandais
Subwapen
Sub weapon
Portugais
Arma secundária
Secondary weapon
Russe
Запасное оружие Zapasnoye oruzhiye
Spare weapon
Chinois
次要武器 cìyào wǔqì (Mandarin)
Sub Weapon
Coréen
서브 웨펀
Sub Weapon
Danois
Sekundær våben Sekundærvåben
Secondary weapon
Norvégien
Sekundærvåpen
Secondary weapon
Suédois
Sekundärvapen
Secondary weapon
See also
Sub weapons come in sets with main weapons. These lists show which sub weapons come with each main weapon.