let me state a neutral, objective fact about your main weapon

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I would say Dynamo Roller, but I know a fact more fun than can be dug up on Inkipedia: Its motor doesn’t work. Seriously, when rolling its mechanical parts aren’t animated whatsoever, and anyone who’s picked it up knows it handles as though it’s unpowered. I can only assume that this is because the weapon may be too strong with the motor active, and it has to be handicapped for turf battle balance purposes in-universe. (Imagine a Dynamo Roller flying across the stage at even half the speed of the Grizzco Roller. Terrifying.) I will celebrate the day when Sheldon is able to unleash Dynamo and reveal its true power.
The only question that’s left is, are the other Ammo Knights weapons also hiding their true potential? Probably not.

How about Flingza Roller?
 

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How about Flingza Roller?
uniquely among rollers, the flingza’s vertical flick sends small trails of ink to the sides rather than forming a single, straight trail

this one i read on inkipedia and went “??? i have to see this for myself to see what they mean by that” so i just went in-game and tested it myself and:
lobby comparison of the vertical flicks of the carbon, splat, dynamo, big swig, and flingza rollers; all are straight lines of ink except for the flingza’s, which branches off at its base to form two shorter tails to either side of the main trail. an octoling holding the flingza roller stands at the base of the flingza trail and booyahs

…yeah, it does!
 

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Sploosh-o-matic
the sploosh had a slight redesign with fresh season '23/version 3.0.0 - the silver parts of its nozzle were turned black, as seen in its 2d art:

(original on left, updated version on right)

the splash had a similar redesign. this coincided with the release of both weapon's neo kits, which had a substantial redesign from the previous games - both previously followed the "vanilla look with a sticker slapped on" second kit philosophy, and the silver-and-black designs are new to splatoon 3. the black nozzles of the redesigned vanilla weapons match the black nozzles of the neo kits' new looks.


(...i have no idea how commonly known this is. apparently it wasn't mentioned in the patch notes and i don't think i saw anyone talk about it at the time?)
 

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nice u did ur research also: octobrush
well, this is the thread where i do quick inkipedia research about weapons

anyway, despite being treated like the “default” brush from splatoon 2 on - being unlocked at an earlier level in 2, being the base model for the hero brush and orderbrush in 2 and 3 respectively - in splatoon 1, the octobrush was added to the game after the inkbrush
 

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