/ink/ - Splatoon General

Spawning grounds.
That grate right in front of the egg basket on Marooner's Bay is a pain

I will use the octobrush and you can't stop me!

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*kills u with charger*

>12 (TWELVE) games on Pump Track in a row
Jeez. Pushed from C- all the way to B- in this rotation at least, so I'm happy.

I like Bay's simpler layout. It's also really satisfying to jump over the grate on the way to egg delivery and when a coordinated team waits for everyone to get on the elevators with an egg before heading up it is truly blissful.

The grate section on Spawning Grounds on the other hand gives me cancer and if too many annoying things spawn on the shoreline back there you can just get absolutely fucked.

Marooner's Bay. I like the layout more.

Balls deep in Callie's vagina. Every single one of them.

the octobrush is so common in ranked because it has exactly the same balance problem that the roller had at launch in 1. There's zero penalty for not aiming directly at the target. At a 45 degree angle from the aiming reticle it still hits 100% of the time killing in 4 shots at 2 lines away without even needing to look remotely close to the target.

Combined with the fact that almost every map has a big chunk of forced close range combat so everyone else is has to deal with the octospam. The Reef has jumping off the bridge in splatzones. Humpback has the hole and walls in the middle that forces everyone to walk into the splatzone to cover it. Mainstage has all the walls in the middle. Inkblot has tons of corners everywhere

so salmon run is the best way to farm coins, right?

That or getting maxed out coin tickets from the two constant respawning single player crates.

Spawning Grounds

Yeah, its good to aim for 1200p every shift to gather most rewards, after that its a shirt every 200p which you trade in for 4000g or chunks depending on ability roll.

just skipped from C- to B- lmao

Ranked is so easy right now

Bay, but only because i've played more of it. Spawning grounds is kind of confusing, although I love spawning grounds on low tide

Reminder that roller and Octobrushes are weapons that real men use.

Can I play splatoon 2 with a 2Mbps connection?

bits or bytes?

slosher and roller*

octobrush users are literally aerospray users that realized they can get nearly the same ink coverage but get kills with even less aiming requirements

bytes sorry

Works fine for me, I have basically the same speed

thanks user

I guess today is for getting all the hero weapons since there's no work available

Jump back to spawn point before firing the Tentamissiles. Trust me.

I've noticed people are starting to do that more often. Is it because you can target everyone from spawn? Or because firing from spawn is safer?

do you have to finish the level to get the ticket?
or can i cancel out?

Both

those are in the lobby areas, you can just go back to inkopolis and come back to respawn it, they're not inside any of the levels

Best special weapons?

God:

Tenta Missiles
Ink Armor

Good:

Bomb Launcher
Inkstorm

Bad:

Baller
Stingray

Shit:

Inkjet
Trashdown

>he can't get into Smashdown
It's not that hard. You just have to use it at the right time.

>using the tri slosher with ink armor special
absolute state of charger shitters

lot of shitters in b rank rainmaker right now

wow wee wow wow

>trying to herd everyone to escort the rainmaker
>some shitter on the other side of the map thinks he is playing turf war for some reason
fuck

i've had 4 people so far in matches painting the enemies spawn point when the rainmaker is literally on top of our base about to be capped

>tenta missiles
>get lock
>run somewhere safe
>dodge missiles
>repaint

That's the worst special weapon

>Everybody rushing the rainmaker in shield mode, within its blast radius, at the start of the match

Motherfucker STOP!

>enemy team is pounding the shield
>that one fucking teammate who's firing back spamming C'mon!

They don't realize that waiting for them to pop it is a free splat on the carrier.

>Sameanko is already S+
>At 30

Good god.

Also, did anyone try Clash Blaster yet? I hope it's not as shit as the new luna, which got nerfed to a point where it's not even viable anymore.

>removing Salmon Run
For what purpose? This was the only mode that I liked.

You need top tier skills to utilize the octobrush because of the poor range

To make you come back

It's always avaliable in Local mode.
You DO have friends, right?

Like aim?

>ink armor
>top tier

Woah... 1 extra hit.. thats so "good"

It honestly depends on the game mode.

For Splat Zones, I find that Ink Storm, Baller and Splashdown are very effective. AoE weapons are the best in this mode because they allow you to capture the zones fast while clearing out enemies. For Tower Control, these weapons are also nice, but the Inkjet and Sting Ray aren't too bad here either. And for Rainmaker, mobility and defensive specials are king. Ink Armor, Baller and even the Inkjet are great. Even though you can't use your special when you're holding the Rainmaker, you want to outmaneuver your opponents and stay grouped with whoever holds the Rainmaker. Furthermore, the Suction Bomb Launcher special is powerful in every game mode because it provides heavy AoE and can even be used as an effective zoning tool during Rainmaker and Tower Control matches.

>tl;dr
>AoE specials are the strongest in Splat Zones
>Mobility and defensive specials are the strongest in Rainmaker
>Tower Control requires a mix of AoE, mobility and defensive specials for both attacking and defending the tower
>All of these rules apply to sub-weapons as well
>Suction Bomb Launcher is very powerful and versatile, effective in all modes if used properly

You need top tier game sense and very fast reactions to play a octobrush beyond C.

No more than any other weapon, really.

Problem is that with lag shield enemy can tank up to five 52gal shot without flinching, making it absolutely overpowered.
inb4 ranked lag switchers using this at their advantage.

Hasn't been an issue for me, I've been using Jet Squelcher and playing against players all over the world.

has the prima guide for splatoon 2 been posted anywhere?

idk why everyone hates inkjet so much? i frequently get 2-3k with it, do people just use it while surrounded by 3 people and die instantly or something?

You got poor range so you gotta outsmart people.

Anyone has a complete and fully informative guide to how Murch works and gears and abilities?

And at what level does Murch unlocks the ability to add slots?

significantly less actually. this is the distance you can be facing away for 100% accuracy with the octobrush.

>get behind enemy
>mash trigger while they can't escape because your weapon is easymode
>throw an autobomb is anyone tries to get away

>prima guide for splatoon 2

Huh, that thing's out already? If so, I REALLY wanna see what's in it. Splatoon 1's Prima Guide had a lot of in-depth information about abilities and other stuff too.

Don't forget that Dualies counter Brushes and Rollers, and they're genuinely the best weapon in the game. Like fucking SS-Tier. You'll see more and more Dualies as you climb the ranks.

forgot my picture

It was exactly as stupid in Splat 1 as this game. Factor in latency, and you're pretty much dead as soon as an Octobrush gets within range to you. Even without latency, your only option is to back up because your picture shows you can't circle strafe a brush. The only difference now is that people are actually using it.

>people who manage to get to B rank but can't figure out how to super jump

how do they breathe

Don't you need snails to unlock slots? So we probably can't until after the first Splatfest.

You can start to unlock slots when you get snails. You first get a snail at 30 from Judd.

>tfw you fuck up the potential winning play

Stingray is so bad. It's really unjustifiable.

>You DO have friends, right?

no

>turf war, team pushed back hard, enemy is pounding us
>sneak by everyone and start inking mid and beyond
>round almost over, no one has noticed my shenanigans yet
>about to pull the cheekiest win out of my ass
>"A communication error has ocurred"

got the e-guide for the game, heres how special weapon up works.

so ink storm is the best special, right?

It's okay.

Wail wasn't even particularly good to begin with. I don't understand why they needed to nerf it even further.

everyone who wasn't a casual retard knew this

dualies counter rollers but don't even come close to countering the octobrush. Here's octobrush 100% kill range compared to the point where Dualies can even hit their target. If dualies roll any direction but back they instantly die because of how wide the brush attacks. If they roll back there's no net change because of the delay between rolling and being able to shoot. If Dapple dualies had the roll range of normal dualies they could beat octobrush but right now they are two weapons with the same kill range but one has to aim and the other doesn't.

sub weapon up sucks

This system better eventually permaban the shitters who quit games

From Prima? They show off any future stuff?

What about Stingray?

More please and thank you

Why the fuck didn't they just keep it as bomb throw up

It pretty much is just bomb range, but anything that wasn't affected by the extra distance in the first game now gets added effects.

>be shit at the game in A-
>getting wrecked constantly
>but win because carried
>game decides to put me in S rank
o-ok game

That ain't what the picture says. Do beakons and splash walls absorb more damage before destruction?

You're good. Remmember that the only constant is YOU, senpai.

I don't know about those two because I haven't been able to specifically test them. I know that the Sprinkler paints much better with SPU.

It's a invalid as a special. I spend matches without using it just cause it spends time i can't spend turfing area. I can't believe how shit it actually is.

Its good for tower control denial, disrupting enemy sniper, and finishing off stragglers.

I went 1-9 in rainmaker
i fucking suck dude

Ink mines get more range from that ability

The only way dualies will be good is if they make one that has decreased normal firing range but rolling increases it to the range of a splattershot. There's not a single reason to ever pick dualies over an octobrush in their current state.

That is one match, post your match history.

Is it just me or does the Jet feel worse in this game?