Octoshot - The Octoling fires off with their Octoshot, covering the area and opponent in paint.They are much weaker in this form and have no method to attack. They can also climb up walls with this ability. Paint Sink - The Octoling can transform into a octo form to travel through their own paint.They have three abilities to use, making big focus of their paint mechanic: More details will hopefully float up to the surface about the last type.Ī Octoling appears as a playable character in Crimson Squads. There are three varieties of Octolings, all of which are female: the regular red haired Octolings, the commanding black haired Elite Octolings, and a mysterious blue haired type that shoots out blue paint that was revealed in the Octo Expansion. Judging by the hat and the plant under the Octarian's arm, it could be a humanoid DJ Octavio. Indeed, one of the Sunken Scrolls of Splatoon 1 shows what appears to be a humanoid form male Octarian with Cap'n Cuttlefish. However Splatoon 2 and 3 blatantly contradict this by way of the playable Octoling character. In one of the Sunken Scrolls, it is revealed that only female Octarians can transform into Octolings, unlike the non-gender specific Inkling. Little else about their personalities are known, though it is suspected that they are quite playful when in their octopus forms. The Octolings are fairly competitive, as they are known for their large ink battles that have them covering the terrain with their colours. In Splatoon 3, Octolings are playable by default. Noticeably, these controllable Octolings do not have glasses on. When the player completes this story mode, they will be able to play as a Octoling in multiplayer.
Octolings first became playable with a DLC pack to Splatoon 2 called the Octo Expansion, which had a new story centering around Agent 8, a Octoling with no memories. They can transform into an octopus to swim in their own ink, and wield ink-shooting weapons known as Octoshots which shoot ink.
They are the Octarian counterparts to the squid-like Inklings and have very similar abilities. Octolings were first shown in the single player campaign trailer of Splatoon. Octolings are the elite troopers of the Octarian army that appear in the game Splatoon. A typical Octoling under the Octarian Forces.