I picked this weapon up to use during the upcoming Splatfest and it is definitely looking good. I was extremely surprised at the ease of use, coming from regularly using the TTK and gals. I specifically chose this weapon because I believe it has great match-ups against the TW Big 3: Aerosprays, N-ZAPS, and the TTK, outranging all of them while still having the speed to deal with them if they manage to get in close. The only significant downside I saw was the loss of the suction bomb to create traps while keeping myself safe, but the weapon encourages a slightly more supportive style with its bubbler instead, allowing me to survive in fringe cases where I may be ambushed by one of these fast weapons. This was a problem previously, where I was trying to counter the Big 3 by outranging them with a dual squelcher. Though I could easily zone them, if they managed to enter their effective range, the fight was over due to their higher firing rate. The zink mini splatling gives up a little of that margin of error for zoning, but instead really helps you out when zoning may be impossible, making it much more versatile.