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Massive Duck. C.M.
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They really need a "NO!" ping, that alone would save lives.
Junahu
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Holding a key defensive position with the charger means your team can start putting pressure on the enemy, but severely restricts the turf you can ink. If your team doesn't give you adequate support, and the enemy mounts a 4 inkling offensive to break through, they can end up winning, and the scoreboard will make it look like you didn't contribute much.
Edit: I try to make sure I ping "nice!" every time someone saves me, or I successfully super jump to someone's position and they manage to not die mid-transit. Gotta do what you can to boost morale, y'know?
AlephAlpha
Member
Do we know if Nintendo plans to also add new sub weapons in the future?
A sneaky weapon with sprinkler and tornado? Looks like it will go great with my current setup and style.
I love this out of nowhere updates.
So, what's everyone's strategies for Splat Zones?
Since I play the Krak-On Roller, I'll start by going doing the high ground side path (Saltspray Rig, Walleye Warehouse, Port Mackerel, Arowana Mall) until I reach a safe place blocked by two walls where I can place a beacon, and then from there either try to take the zone or move further on to place the other two beacons in a suitable place. Reason being that the side path is (almost) impossible for the enemy to block off and if everyone is killed and beacons destroyed, it's incredibly useful having a safe path back to the zone, since there's nothing stopping the enemy from coming closer to your spawn point and blocking off your path.
Unfortunately (and I've already said this before) rollers fucking suck at vertical climbs and ramps like in Blackbelly Skatepark and the corridors in Arowana Mall, so it relies on team support to be on the high ground to cover you. Luckily the Kraken can climb them as long as there isn't a bar blocking it, but wasting your special on it isn't ideal.
Since I play the Krak-On Roller, I'll start by going doing the high ground side path (Saltspray Rig, Walleye Warehouse, Port Mackerel, Arowana Mall) until I reach a safe place blocked by two walls where I can place a beacon, and then from there either try to take the zone or move further on to place the other two beacons in a suitable place. Reason being that the side path is (almost) impossible for the enemy to block off and if everyone is killed and beacons destroyed, it's incredibly useful having a safe path back to the zone, since there's nothing stopping the enemy from coming closer to your spawn point and blocking off your path.
Unfortunately (and I've already said this before) rollers fucking suck at vertical climbs and ramps like in Blackbelly Skatepark and the corridors in Arowana Mall, so it relies on team support to be on the high ground to cover you. Luckily the Kraken can climb them as long as there isn't a bar blocking it, but wasting your special on it isn't ideal.
It might be possible. If they do this though they'll have to be added onto new variations of existing weapons kind of like the Tentatek/Kelp variations. Balancing sub weapons seems like a much harder thing to do. It's kind of a good thing you're not allowed to choose your own sub weapon loadout.
Depends entirely on the map really. Usually the Charger has been my go to weapon for Ranked and during those moments I keep my distance and maintain a purely defensive strategy, only painting if the area is currently not inhabited.
Any tips for a kep charger in splatzones Urchin Underpass? I tend to underperform greatly here. There are no safe camping zones and it's difficult to advance to the center once you've lost it.
It's even worse when your teammates start going to the center to die one by one instead waiting for the rest to make a push.
It's even worse when your teammates start going to the center to die one by one instead waiting for the rest to make a push.
CarlieCaplin
Member
At what level do you unlock it (I'm 13)? Also I have to check the German name for it.
Yesterday, I used the Airbrush MG a lot but I don't like the Seekers. They hardly hit the enemy even when they're locked on... Just unlocked the Airbrush RG. Might be a good weapon for Splat Zones.
Not really that out of nowhere when the content is on-disc and already covered in the guide and pre-release PR material, but yeah they're rolling out the stuff quicker than I expected. It's unlikely I think but another map release together with the Paintbrush would be super fresh.
The vantage points in the middle of the Underpass are the best areas a Charger will get a clean shot but it's important to note that it has a huge blind spot underneath, and if an opponent is sneaky enough they can paint a passage up the wall and screw you up. It's relatively important to hide in the ink as much as you can so they simply don't know you're there, and move between the upper and bottom levels.
Yeah, I definitely hope they do more with the single player next time around.
don't use seekers when your enemy can see you! Use them to ambush, to go up and over small hills, down long corridors and swim in the trail behind them... they're more than just lock-ons, they're distractions and long-rangers
Thank god another roller is coming.
Thank god
Splat Zones is a great mode, but I feel like you almost need an entire different gear loadout compared to Turf Wars. Quick spawning and fast super jump would be really beneficial. I wish we could save preset loadouts that we can switch to easily.
Thank god
Splat Zones is a great mode, but I feel like you almost need an entire different gear loadout compared to Turf Wars. Quick spawning and fast super jump would be really beneficial. I wish we could save preset loadouts that we can switch to easily.
Important part is taking the middle early on. When you do that you can be mobile enough to easily cover all of the three middle entrances from the ground level. I never take a vantage point like NotLiquid suggested. If a good enemy takes the middle then you're in trouble. It's hard to take back once taken. If that happens I would actually recommend trying to make long roads quickly and try to advantage behind enemy lines to hopefully make them break their lines.
From my experience using a Charger on ranked breaks the whole mode. For most parts it's so easy to predict enemy movement when you know where they're going for. Not that I have tried any other weapons.
CoconutTank
Member
GG incite! I didn't do so well with the e-liter unfortunately, hope you had some good games!
Interesting, thanks for the advice. Once we take the middle, I usually cover the enemy's side corridor and watch the entrance to the center and the corridor itself, so I can take two routes by myself.
What perks do you recommend for this stage?
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
This seems to have the potential to be TOO good. Looks like it's a fast and slimmer roller though. Interesting. The sub and special are OP for sure.
Does the inkstrike sprinkler combination exist with another weapon?
giant_frying_pan
Member
Ah that feeling of beating a team in Splat Zones where 3 out of 4 of them have airstrikes... 
Kikorin
Member
I love pro matches, is incredible how a player well placed can totally change the results.
First my team was losing about 35-100, than I reached a good position and started playing really defensive, so my teammate with roller conquered the spot and other 2 companions had the time to occupy 2 other good places, and we won a match that appeared already lost!
First my team was losing about 35-100, than I reached a good position and started playing really defensive, so my teammate with roller conquered the spot and other 2 companions had the time to occupy 2 other good places, and we won a match that appeared already lost!
Firstly the most important thing is getting to the middle as quick as possible after the start of the match. If you can pick off the first enemies to come there the match is yours. After that the key point is to be mobile and watch all entrances. If you want to win after taking the middle don't even bother going further. I use the same perks I do for every stage: Ink Resistance, Main Weapon Ink Saver and the perk that lets you refill your ink that quicker when submerged.
I'm unaware if it insta-kills though, anyone know?
Afaik "rolling over" your opponents does but splashing ink doesn't.
It probably will do.
If I'm honest it just looks like the Splat Zones version of the roller. People complain about the roller being bad in splat zones and this looks like it does what a roller does in splat zones but better. Especially with the specials it has.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
Hype. It's going to be a 4x in every match for a while, so Aerospray counter, son!
Here's the Direct footage of the pain brush. It's really fast.
Jesus Christ, I wanna be a Ninja and this might be what I need!
how in the fuck am I always the only person taking the superior right entrance to underpass, getting 1-2 easy entry frags only to find the area to my left completely covered in enemy ink and the entire team dead to the meat grinder that is the main entrance into which they will still keep rushing mindlessly for 3 subsequent respawns
Snkfanatic
Banned
Wow great to hear. It deserves it
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Urchin has those two little walls on the sides on the each main corridor entrance.
Urchin Underpass has little blocks down the middle lane entrances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDkvg7Z7z9Y <--- Shown at 0:24 here.
It seems much better at covering upward ramps than regular rollers. Maybe it'll finally be useful at Blackbelly.
Oh and the same blocks are added to the splat zone in Saltspray Rig.
MadraptorMan
Member
Disconnects are really starting to piss me off...they seem to be getting worse and it's really hard to make progress when I get disconnected every other match
Any tips? I put my Wii U on DMZ to no avail.
Any tips? I put my Wii U on DMZ to no avail.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Really? All I remember are those yellow things being rearranged.
Super Macho Man
Neo Member
Interested in using the paint brush. I'm not much of a roller fan, I don't like how it controls well, and I feel like it limits my movement to a certain degree, but that could just be myself not doing well with it.
Judging from the amount of ink the sub-weapon uses, I'm thinking the seeker:
It's too much for something like bombs or grenades
EDIT: Nevermind. Sprinkler was my second choice
Wait a minute, the arrow indicates how much ink you need to use your special? Mind blown
so yesterday in ranked I was using the blaster and there was another blaster on my team. immediately at the start of the match I go into squid form because I knew ink would be laid down. then I jump out and shoot a line and the other blaster on my team locks in with me. we start perfectly alternating between him squidding and me in the air shooting an ink line and then me plopping into the ink in squid form and him jumping in the air to shoot an ink line. it was beautiful. I think he had opening gambit on his hat too because we were perfectly in sync going at the same speed.
Ulysses 31
Member
There's not enough A population. Even with mixing ranks like that finding a match takes long.
Then don't show them the pointer. You have to make quick shots and if you decide to stay charged in aim somewhere that doesn't reveal your intentions.
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