every map is good for chargers
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every map is good for chargers
Especially Kelp Dome, right?
PreyingShark
Member
Kelp Dome is horrible and can go to hell
because I suck at it.
You're JST? Well that sure explains a lot.
Saint Gregory
Member
Tonight I will learn how to properly use beakons.... maybe.
in Turf Wars enemies have limited ways to approach the center and a charger can completely shut down one half of the map while simultaneously keeping an eye on the other side (though it's still possible to break through there without a special). I first got to max rank with a charger on a Kelp Dome/Moray rotation so I'd say they do pretty well there as well
there really isn't a map chargers aren't good on, I just sort of suck on Warehouse
Kelp Dome is horrible and can go to hellbecause I suck at it.
You're JST? Well that sure explains a lot.
mmm? am i lagging?
Proper beakon use:
-Place one on your spawn, but not right at the start of the match, wait until your teammates leave the spawn so they get a surprise when they respawn.
-Spend the rest of the match trying to put one on the enemy spawn, then jump back and forth between either beakon until the time runs out
Saint Gregory
Member
Yeah, I'm not worried about getting everything figured out before the tourney, just hoping we can have some fun with it.
Are you going to be the leader and organize everyone?
Saint Gregory
Member
Well i'm all kinds of awful so far
Yeah. My main thing is time. I have every saturday and sunday off. But we need to set time in advance. If it's just "Hey, tourney this weekend!" last minute stuff then I probably won't be able to do it.
hiirigana and katakana are the easy bits of japanese, learn that
SUPERJEM94
Banned
Any GAF room open?
Oh yeah we totally need an echolocator for the team, just to avoid roller shenanigans which can easily break a team apart. Robotguy probably has that covered though.
I'm in one.
I'm in one.
Saint Gregory
Member
Maybe I should try charger, these maps seem perfect for it. But I'm not sure if a GAF room is the right place to start practicing...
Its not like its hard to learn.. You just have to believe in yourself
If the system allowed kanji characters, however..
edit: goddamn crayolan
The key tips for beakon usage (As a krak-on roller)
- If one can swim faster to a beakon than jump to it, in most cases do not place a beakon.
- Place beakons in sheltered areas. Behind objects, in a corner between to walls, under an object. If a beakon is out in the open, all you've done is waste ink you could have painted on the ground.
- Be creative! Think of places an enemy won't easily reach but also allows you easy access into their area.
I use my three beakons like this. One for my turf, the 2nd for the mid-point of the battleground, and the third deep in enemy territory.
I commonly act as the decoy on my team, attracting one or two foolish enemies in my direction as the rest of my team presses on. Set a beakon somewhere in a vast sea of enemy ink, jump there, and act as obvious as possible while activating the Kraken if I get surrounded.
Effective beakon usage can turn around a game! More than anything NEVER place a beakon on the spawn point.
SUPERJEM94
Banned
I actually don't have you added. D: my NNID is the same as my username when you get the chance.
Saint Gregory
Member
Hey, that's goes against everything I've been told!
Thanks for the tips though, I've been pretty awful with my placement so far but I've seen some really creative work by other players so I'm going to keep at it.
I guess I will unless someone else wants to do it, but I kinda prefer not to do avoid leadership stuff when possible.
The squidboards tourney starts August 7th at 5:00 EST. Each round lasts for 48 hours, teams have to schedule their playtimes during each 48 hour window based on their availability. I'm assuming that each round starts immediately after the preceding round, which means most of the matches would fall during the week sometime. But since the squidboards rules support squads of more than 4 squids and player rotation between rounds you could possibly play just during the weekends and switch with someone during the week.
No idea what the schedule for any future gaf tournaments will look like.
PreyingShark
Member
No, we've never even played Splatoon together (which we should probably fix at some point).
It's more like it explains the times you're on GAF and stuff.
Interesting. I guess it makes sense to break things up like that.
Yeah you partly have to trust the enemy to not notice the beakon near them though.
Plus I've had both SM239 and DaBoss use that strategy against me and once you see it coming it's not hard to counter
edit: lol no one on my friend list is playing in not-full rooms. I'll just play with randoms until the map change
Saint Gregory
Member
Does it work on players who aren't blind? >.>
Burning Justice
the superior princess
No deaths... think that may be a first for me in a GAF room.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
Gonna cash in my streak while I still can, then go eat. GGs guys!
The only reason I remember any Japanese from my actual Japanese classes is because I watch a shitton of anime. I forgot most of my katakana/hiragana because screw trying to read stuff that's on screen for like 2 seconds when I already have to read subs.
Yeah, we're going to want to think some about what specials we want to have on the field. Pretty good chance I play Dual Squelcher for echolocation. Though I might want to switch based on level. Though it's looking like we'll probably have more than one gaf squad so we'll probably need someone with echolocator for the other squad(s). But it's probably not too hard to find someone willing to play DS/.96/N-zap/E-liter.
Added you.
Hmm, I can go Tentatek Splattershot/Dual Squelcher/Splatterscope/E-Liter/Dynamo Roller/Rapid Blaster. My charger isn't as consistent and the last two I need more practice. Three of those have echolocator.
Good games, GAF. If anyone needs a long-ranger (Squelchers, Splattershot Pros, .96 Gal) for a squad down the line, hit me up.
I think I'm just going to specialize in the long-ranged weapons, since I enjoy the zoning game more than the close-up agility-based stuff. That's why I play Yoshi in Smash and not Diddy Kong.
(Although I hate defensive characters like Rosalina, so go figure.)
After playing Custom Jet Squelcher against GAF for the first time, I'm not sure how I feel about it. When the room has no snipers (like the recent GAF room), it becomes the ultimate camping and zoning tool. But at the same time, I feel really defenseless when someone gets in close. It's one of the slowest killing weapons in the game. When there actually is a sniper, I don't feel like it's fast enough to take them out efficiently.
Keeping a Kraken for the very end seems to be the key in close matches. We actually lost that one Moray match because SM239 and someone else (splatacus?) rushed me down in the last 20 seconds and took over our ramps. If I hadn't used the Kraken a little earlier, I could've stopped 'em. Oh well, live and learn.
Haha, yeah. I thought we were losing so I was going for the SPITE SPLAT at the end.
I think I'm just going to specialize in the long-ranged weapons, since I enjoy the zoning game more than the close-up agility-based stuff. That's why I play Yoshi in Smash and not Diddy Kong.
(Although I hate defensive characters like Rosalina, so go figure.)
After playing Custom Jet Squelcher against GAF for the first time, I'm not sure how I feel about it. When the room has no snipers (like the recent GAF room), it becomes the ultimate camping and zoning tool. But at the same time, I feel really defenseless when someone gets in close. It's one of the slowest killing weapons in the game. When there actually is a sniper, I don't feel like it's fast enough to take them out efficiently.
Keeping a Kraken for the very end seems to be the key in close matches. We actually lost that one Moray match because SM239 and someone else (splatacus?) rushed me down in the last 20 seconds and took over our ramps. If I hadn't used the Kraken a little earlier, I could've stopped 'em. Oh well, live and learn.
Haha, yeah. I thought we were losing so I was going for the SPITE SPLAT at the end.
If your shots hut a surface before popping it releases a blast that does 25 dmg. If your opponent wasn't visibly lagging it was you missing
Saint Gregory
Member
Welp, the charger experiment went as expected -_-
that's what i get for relying on indirect blasts so much
here's a hot secret gaf: i can't aim for shit
Triforce141
Member
Time to practice with Seekers in prep for the other Carbon Roller.