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Inkbrush Guide: How to Use, Stats, and Best Gear Abilities

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Last updated on: September 26, 2022 11:31 PM

Inkbrush How to Use

The Inkbrush is a Brush weapon in Splatoon 3. Read on to see its stats, including its sub, special, damage, and range, as well as our analysis and tips on how to use Inkbrush and the best gear abilities to go with it.

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Info and How to Get
Analysis, Strengths, and Weaknesses
Best Gear Abilities
How to Use
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Inkbrush Info and How to Get

Inkbrush Overview

Weapon	Sub	Special
Inkbrush	Splat Bomb	Killer Wail 5.1
Points for Special	Type
180	Brush
Unlock Level
Inkbrush will be available for purchase from Ammo Knights upon reaching Level 7.

Inkbrush Tier Ranking

	Inkbrush currently is considered a B Tier weapon. Inkbrush is a bit of an unusual pick but still has some niche uses. Might be better to go with one of the better weapons available!

Best Weapons Tier List: Main Weapons Ranked

Inkbrush Stats: Damage and Range

Damage	30 (Max Damage) 24-26 (Ink Damage)
Range (Test Range Lines)	1.5 (Maximum) 1.2 (Effective)

Inkbrush Analysis, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Inkbrush Analysis

Overall Ranking

Turf Wars	Splat Zones	Tower Control	Rainmaker	Clam Blitz

Inkbrush Characteristics

Ratings of Individual Characteristics
Inking Potential		Ease of Use
Offense		Defense
Utility		Shield Penetration

Inkbrush Strengths and Weaknesses

Inkbrush Strengths	Inkbrush Weaknesses
Great for creating inked paths on ledges for you and your team to easily climb on. Overall good brush handling which results in easy mobility in combat.	Difficult to ink areas as the brush has an extremely small width when inking. Combat efficiency relies too much on acquiring the special weapon first.

Best Gear Abilities for Inkbrush

Gear Ability	Effect
Comeback	Boosts some of your abilities for a short time after respawning.
Ink Recovery Up	Increases ink-tank refill rate.
Ink Resistance Up	Reduces damage taken and improves mobility when walking through enemy ink.
Ink Saver (Main)	Decreases the amount of ink consumed by your main weapon.
Ink Saver (Sub)	Decreases the amount of ink consumed by your sub weapon.
Ninja Squid	Leaves no trace when swimming in inked ground but slightly reduces swim speed.
Quick Super Jump	Increases Super Jump speed.
Special Charge Up	Increases special-gauge fill rate.
Special Saver	Reduces special-gauge decrease after getting splatted.
Stealth Jump	Hides your Super Jump landing point from distant players.
Sub Power Up	Upgrades your sub weapon.
Swim Speed Up	Increases movement speed in swim form.

All Gear Abilities and Effects

How to Use Inkbrush Effectively

Create a path to the enemy base.

Ink the enemy's base quickly to maximize turf.

Take advantage of your fast mobility to support your allies by creating paths into the opponent's base.

Create pathways for you and your team to quickly push towards the enemy Inklings base. Use your fast mobility & close-quarters combat potential to start fights and engagements with the enemy.

As you create different entry points into the enemy base, spread ink quickly to maximize turf.

After securing a foothold of different key entry points, keep spreading your ink on untagged areas to maximize the use of squid swimming and to slow down enemies stepping on your team's ink.

Splatoon 3 Related Guides

Splatoon 3 Main Weapons

All New and Returning Main Weapons

All Weapon Types

Shooters	Blasters	Chargers	Rollers
Brushes	Sloshers	Splatlings	Dualies
Brellas	Stringers	Splatanas	-

List of Brush Weapons

Inkbrush

Octobrush

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2 Anonymousabout 1 year

It is really good!

1 Anonymousover 1 year

Inkbrush in my opinion is the best skirmishers in the game. It’s mobility really helps pick fights and assures that the target can’t escape, plus the special is perfect as it both gives it range and a way to keep multiple enemies busy if ur trying to escape. I think at worst, it’s A tier.

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