Weapons look tier list

[Mili]

I like Splatoon's weapons a lot, one of the reasons I always come back to the game, and a big part of it is how they look, so I ranked some of the more notables I had in mind right now and would like to see which weapons other people appreciate.
I'll also give some thoughts on a few of the weapons I feel like talking about.

Sloshing Machine: I love this weapon I love washing machine in games I'm sorry I don't have many thoughts in my head just machine hehehe.
Seriously though, I really like how they translated a washing machine into a weapon, I really like the vanilla and neo look, but I think neo has better color combinations.

Decavitator: It was hard for me to put them higher than Stamper but the colors are so sick, the concept of unveiling a toothbrush as a sword is really goofy but the execution is so on point and is on brand with splatoon.
The rectangle silhouette might be a turn off for some people but I think it's very well done and convey how this weapon is more horizontal compared to the other splatanas, combined with the sound effects and animations and the uncanny long toothbrush I just think this is such a funny weapon while being one of the coolest

.96 gal (+.52): I'm an appreciator of the vanilla look on 96, the filter barrel is one of my favorite details in any weapon even though is not really something too relevant to the weapon, I'm just a big fan, even without it though, I still really like the look of 96, same with 52, but one of the things that really make me like these weapons a lot whole more is the shockwave effect that it has when it shoots, I think it conveys power very well even if it's subtle, the feel of these weapons is one of the reasons they are high too.

Flingza roller: The hybrid aspect of this weapon is very well done, and I think the look of the pen tip plus swiss knife motif is very good, interesting choice to make a roller based on those things, and I think it ends up very well done.

Snipewriter: I love the mechanical aspect of this weapon, how its shots are shown on the side of the weapon when fully charged and how they move every time you shoot, it's when weapons have details like this that I really come to appreciate this game so much more...

The goofy tier: By goofy I don't mean bad btw, I just think the execution of the goofy concept was a bit funny (except for tri slosher which is pretty straight forward but is still funny to me). Bloblobber is just... I like how it looks, and I really love the fact that its projectiles are bubbles, bubbles as projectiles are always fun for me, I just think it's really funny to take a tub and make it a weapon straight up (Even though I put sloshing machine as peak hahhah).
For inkbrush, it's funny how it is constructed, the bristles of a brush, a tube of paint, and a holder, very straight forward, but it makes it look a bit goofy, I do love this weapon though, and being able to run so fast while using the brush is just a very well done concept and I'm very grateful is in here.

So, so sorry if I've done threads similar to this one already, and if I'm repeating myself, I just tend to bounce these kind of topics in my head and I might've forgotten if I did a thread with this exact topic (I know I made one with the side order weapons but that is different so it's fine).

 

[QuagSass]

Edit above Pencil where it belongs!!!!! RAAAAHHHH!!!!

Here's my tierlist of my beloved Splatlings <3 and some other weapons I play/have played I guess...

Were I not legally bound by contract to hate on Chargers all the time, the Zekkofins would be in "A" tier and the Liters in "B" tier. But you didn't hear that from me.

Looking at these, I gotta say that there's a good chance I would play other backlines more if they were even half as gorgeous as my sweet, sweet Splatlings <3
Especially Explo and Tri-Stringer. I still play cExplo on bad Splatling maps, but man I do not feel pretty doing so. How am I supposed to be all cute and deadly with a brown jug that's only the size of my body?

 

[Mili]

That's a good list :]
I included Hydra on my first draft of the tier list, but ended up cutting it because I didn't play the weapon enough, it was on the So Handsome tier btw.
I also didn't think to try and put alts on different tiers too much, preferring to put my favorite one instead, or putting it on the alts tier list (except for the weapons that have their alts on peak because they're also very good).
There were definitively some weapons whose alt kit I didn't like as much though, so I made another tier list, with my preferred kit look before the other.

I might do another tier list with weapons I didn't list that I really appreciate, but for this one I do have a few notes:
- I like the custom hydra a bit more than the vanilla one, but it really is just a sticker without much more so it goes on the tier (same goes for wellstring except the difference is even more minor)
- Not all of the kits on the worse tier I consider too below the other, but they just don't appeal to me as much as the other kit
- I don't think there's anything else that I'm forgetting to mention, all kits are in different tiers and ok I really really love both machine so even though I put neo over V I really really love V machine lookwise too and they're pretty similar so they both go together.
- Also at first I thought the changes to slosher deco were too minor but over time I came to like it just as much, the more blueish color is soo nice for it.

 

[Neko :D]

Uh, so... yeah! :D

E-liter... just looks... SO GORGEOUS I CAN'T-
Splatana Wipers also look scrumptious... but not as scrumptious as E-liter.
I can clearly see a nautilus in my head, and it looks very very pretty. Almost shiny.
And undercover brella also looks stunning, or that might just be my umbrella obsession in general :P

As for snipewriters, I just like when they incorporate real-world objects into the game, so there's that.
I think the dualies are just fun to look at, so nothing really special that makes me like them.
And the stringers are also fun to look at. They're to intricate yet simple (??) at the same time.

N-ZAP just has a nice shape, very pleasing and smooth :)

I've never liked how the brushes looked, so there they are.
I know I said that I like when they incorporate real-world objects, but dapple dualies are the exception. Idk why I don't like them, my eyes just... do...

REEF-LUX..... ummmmm.... my eyes are practically vomiting. Don't get me wrong, I like the weapon and the people that use it! But I just don't like the way it looks! It has thick parts... skinny parts.... regular sized parts.... and round parts.... to many parts!

 

[isaac4]

I don't have much to say about my list but I had to include gSlosher since it's one of my favorite weapon designs.
Machine Neo might be slightly higher than vMachine but I didn't order the weapons since I don't feel that strongly about the placements.
If CRB had gotten blue flames instead of just a sticker then it might have been at the top but oh well.

 

[Mili]

E-liter... just looks... SO GORGEOUS I CAN'T-

I could see myself bumping E-liter a tier at least, it really is a nice looking weapon, though I like Snipewriter a bit more still...
Other weapons I want to mention are Undercover and Squiffer, I do really like how Undercover looks, the pattern on Sorella is a very nice addition (though I can see Vunder being the favorite of more people), and it's just elegant I think, Squiffer on the other hand is kind of a funny concept but I think the shapes and execution are very well done, I like squiffer.
I also like Reeflux, I can see why some people don't like how it looks, I personally wasn't a fan, but I warmed up to it once I started using it and looking at it.

don't have much to say about my list but I had to include gSlosher since it's one of my favorite weapon designs.
Machine Neo might be slightly higher than vMachine but I didn't order the weapons since I don't feel that strongly about the placements.
If CRB had gotten blue flames instead of just a sticker then it might have been at the top but oh well.

I agree with quite a bit of this list tbh, I feel I want to like Dread a lot more but the looks aren't that good imo, and it's nice that D Dread changes are noticeable but they don't do much to make the weapon look too much better (besides being the worse kit in general).
I think all of those weapons are pretty nice (outside of the Eh tier (and also I would've put Vtri on the worse kit look wise I don't know why I didn't, the colors are just not as good as Ntri)), I especially like seeing Explosher higher up, maybe I should've put Vexplo on the same level, I just really like the tan color of the custom kit.

To keep images on this thread, I did make a smaller tier list with weapon concepts and executions in terms of looks

 

[DzNutsKong]

why are we making tier lists about how each weapon looks? why is this even a topic here

none of them can look next question

 

[QuagSass]

none of them can look next question

Uhmmm, akshually. An eye is simply a collection of lenses that refract light. So one could argue that the scoped chargers have an eye in the form of their scopes.

 

[DzNutsKong]

how about you scope out deez nuts

 

[Algae]

no retina or optic nerve...

many other weapons have sights tho