#Splatoon tips

[wildcardsystem]

Anyone have any non-backhanded tips for splatoon 3? I enjoy the game a lot even though I'm not the best at it. I'd like to get better at using the bucket weapons, paint rollers, dualies, and splattershots maybe. In turf wars I tend to ink the base first so my team has more ground coverage overall, and I just can't aim very well lol

Salmon runs I feel I'm a little better at because I'm not going against other players neccesarily but rather an npc that won't care whether i suck at the game or not. Plus salmon run makes you use different weapons and get used to them even if you dislike the weapon greatly (looking at the bows)

Don't think I'd do well in ranked at all really, don't feel I'm quite there yet but maybe someday? Also what gear sets should I try? I like being able to run and swim fast, maybe having the ghost ability on my gear is nice too. Having a few main ink saver chips is pretty handy too I think, though this is just my personal playstyle.

Sorry this turned into a rant lol, I do really really enjoy this game I'm just kinda bad at it rn :P

[elliotstalksprite]

grand run tips for each weapon!!

Blaster: you can evaporate crowds of lesser salmonids very quickly, but be careful and back up if something gets too close!! If you’re in a sticky situation, don’t forget you have a bomb and or your special. Triumvirate tip: You can kill bosses pretty quickly too, so try focusing on gathering golden eggs to lob at the big three!

Stringer: You can turf a lot (use this for flipper floppers!) and get rid of crowds quickly, if you get close to a salmon and have all your shots hit them, you WILL do 999.9 damage! Use this to your advantage, also you can kill stingers really quick too!

Triumvirate tip: get close to the kings and use all your arrows on them, personally recommend doing it on joe because for half of the round it’ll be hunkered underground where you cant damage it.

Explosher: You have a lot of range! Use it to your advantage! You can also pierce armor on drizzlers, steelheads, and even pierce the forcefield on a slammin lid.

Triumvirate tip: Pick a god and pray.

Splatana: You may have low range, but when you’re close, you do BIG damage! Even bigger when you charge up the vertical slash, but that takes a while, so make sure the coast is clear before going in to pierce the armor of an annoying steelhead or drizzler that your teammates may have trouble getting rid of.

Triumvirate tip: Use your vertical slash’s big damage to your advantage!!!!! Please!!

Dualies: Your dodge rolls explode, and you have alot of them, if you ever find yourself overwhelmed , just hit the bricks! It’ll get you out of there in a snap, and damage some salmons too, your range is short but gets pretty long after doing a roll!

Triumvirate tip: Try killing boss salmons and grabbing golden eggs to throw at the kings, using your speed to your advantage to get around!

Charger: Squiffer main? I hardly know er! Even in the air, your charge is very fast! You can kill steelheads like any other charger, but dont forget to do two shots instead of one! You can also get through big lines of salmons real quick, but watch your ink and dont get too trigger happy Triumvirate tip: Try and focus on the kings, you have range for a reason!! Get the horroboros’ bombs to explode straight in its face!!!

Roller: You can go real fast, but you know how to use that? You can rush across the map and steamroll anything in your way to get to your goal: a boss! The roller can absolutely decimate alot of bosses by rolling. be careful with your vertical flick, it takes a while to charge up, but is like a kill everything in front of you button, basically. You can kill chinooks (the mothership guys) without using your vertical flick, just wait till they get close to the ground and jump while rolling! Triumvirate tip: go wild man idk

General tip: HAVE FUN!!!

[neon-knight000]

Couple Side Order tips for ya:

-The chips do synergize so try to have mostly the same colors. But you can get away with some variety.

-lucky bomb and lucky disc chips are OP lol

-Booyah Bomb is probably the best special for Side Order but I haven’t tried them all so idk. But it’s really damn good.

-Splat Charger is really good too if you are moderately familiar with it. Even if you aren’t it’s never too late to try. Story modes make great weapon training.

-This might seem obvious for anyone with experience playing roguelikes but you gotta play to your strengths and cover your weaknesses. If you get hit a lot you should focus on armor and if you like close combat you shouldn’t worry as much about range etc. Your build should complement your playstyle, whatever it may be.

[asribunn]

Another post dedicated to freelance salmon run employees! Lure the bosses to the basket then kill them. that way, you don't have to travel back and forth and risk the eggs getting taken by a snatcher.

[loolilyumm]

Agent 8!

[cru5h-cascades]

Decided that I should share some of April's in-game outfits with y'all (with a side of helpful tips to go along with each one!) (note: tips are limited to just splat dualies, splatana wiper deco, and dread wringer). Just imagine all of these with the 8-bit glasses (and well, April being just a little shorter and with lighter blue hair)

Avenger of Chaos (normal outfit/redesign outfit)

The chunks used in this outfit are best fit for splat dualies usage (on a side note, I wanted this outfit to be best suited for splat dualies because before I broadened my weapon horizons with the splatana wiper deco & dread wringer, April's sole main weapon was the splat dualies)

8-Bit Heroine (Return of the Mammalians outfit)

The chunks in this outfit can help you out for both splat dualies and splatana wiper deco usage (but this set works best with splatana wiper deco!)

Technicolor Terror (alt. normal outfit #1)

The chunks in this outfit come in handy for splatana wiper deco usage!

Deep Fried (alt. normal outfit #2)

I used these chunks specifically for dread wringer usage (I wanted to use the crust bucket paper crown, whatter that one's actually called, for this set, but I didn't have enough chunks to change my paper crown's main ability to run speed up so I used something that'd match the outfit's color scheme and had run speed up on it already: the dustcloud cap!)

(outfit name tbd! still thinking about what I should call this specific outfit and when April would use this. maybe for side order? idk)

I made this outfit just today so I'm still testing out which one of my mains are the most compatible with this layout, but as far as I know this setup's really good with splatana wiper deco! I did try it out with dread wringer for a bit and it's okay, but I still need to see how effective the set is since I only used this set up with dread wringer for only 3 matches.

[tubbiecustardt]

Oh great artist tubbie, do you know how to draw chubby bodies from the side view

Since I’m having a little trouble figuring it out

so basicqlly

the mor wider the mor ur weight gets affected by gravity or sm🦭 i kinda uh sumtimes look ag my side profil in the mirror n then jus use myself as reference (though im nkt as big as my cal☝️) but idk maybe ur a lil different

again this al goes down to looking for fat references and then learning how to break wm down into shapes n whateva!!

liquid tool saves lives onskib

[justanothersquidblog]

any tips for drawing octoling and inkling tentacles? preferably with visuals pls!

I tried my best to suffice all the things I think about when designing Tentacle Hair!!

TLDR: Do your research, use the underside of the tentacles to better your shapes, look into food for inspiration, don't be afraid of being creative, break the 'rules' as you see fit!

[sqlatoon]

HAPPY PEARL DAY!!! BEST IDOL!!!

[bonbondecitron]

Spooky scary skeletons!

[sanguine-squid]

[hybridshadowz]

mr. grizz got some interesting new employees...

[splatoonusna]

An update from the World of Order! Marina provides support to Agent 8's challenges against the Spire of Order with her hacking skills. She can add permanent upgrades, new abilities, & more to 8’s attempts! Additional hacks will unlock as you progress up the Spire & spend Prlz.

[aredpenny]

One of the details I love about both Capt. Three and Eight's Splatoon 3 designs is that they have multi-colored tentacles. From what I can assume, as teenagers Inklings and Octolings' tentacles are primarily a single-color (usually with a gradient from light to dark):

But as they reach adulthood, the ends of their tentacles can be an entirely different color than the base:

The idol characters have always been depicted with two-tone tentacles, so now that Three and Eight are in their late teens/early twenties (older than the Squid Sisters were in Splat 1 btw) they get to have that too, I just think that's really neat.

Also Eight has colored fingers now, idk if it's biological or just fashion (I actually lean towards the former considering they change with the secondary ink color) but it's a really cool design choice regardless.

[cru5h-cascades]

To anyone who wants to main dread wringer: I'd suggest using run speed up, any sort of ink saver/regen ability, quick respawn, and special saver on your gear (stealth jump is completely optional! I typically use this in all of my gear combos because I find it super useful while tryna avoid enemies)! These gear abilities will save your ass during battles! Typically dread wringer gives you a very low run speed and will cause you to run out of ink faster (cause of the two sloshing projectiles it launches instead of the typical single slosh), so you'll get splatted easier without these abilities. Just a handy lil' tip for the new season.

[thesplatterman]

tip tuesday: the flyfish (and how to krill them!)

an overview on the flyfish:

the flyfish is one of, if not, the most hated boss salmonids in the salmon run salmonpedia. this flying smallfry shoots out a total of eight tentamissiles across the map. their armor is impervious to ink and so, must be taken out by the use of bombs chucked into their missile launchers.

method one: the casual (bombs)

the usual method is to obviously chuck bombs at the launchers. be careful as to not get too close or too far away, and get to a high inkable area as to avoid the hordes of salmon by the shoreline. throw your first bomb into the right launcher first, as that launcher directs the person in front of it (or the person closest to it.) refuel and launch the other bomb at the remaining launcher. it can be soloed in one go, but it's better to do it with teammates.

method two: weaponry

certain weapons can help with taking out flyfish faster:

explosher: acts the same as bombs. fire the explosher at the launchers to instantly take them out. repeat the same steps of preparation as the first method for the best results.

grizzco splatana: charge up your weapon to cut through any type of surface. you have to aim upwards and move forward towards the flyfish in order to reach the salmonid inside. you need to fend off salmon and also avoid the sludge water, as the splatana isn't easy to stop.

grizzco slosher: the slosher can penetrate any surface with its slosh. fire at the pilot once to krill the flyfish, but save the other three for salmon population control.

method three: specials

the specials are efficient in krilling most bosses, however they are limited to two a round (excluding the one refill in the xtra rounds) and some don't penetrate the forces.

the specials that can krill flyfish: inkjet, crabtank (both need to be used as explosher), triple inkstrike, kraken (to an extent), triple splashdown(?), killer wail 5.1, booyah bomb

the specials that dont: wave breaker, reefslider

method four: cohock sweep*

cohock rounds are by far the easiest way to take out any type of salmonid, but be careful. you can't dodge missiles while within the cannon. if you aim in the middle of the launchers, you can take out both of them at the same time with one shot. if not, then just aim for one at a time. if you get targeted, run away from the launcher and maybe get some eggs in before going back and manning the launcher.

method five: salmonid treason

flyfish can be killed with other salmonids, although its very rare to do so. one method is to make a slamming lid crash on top of the flyfish by either baiting the slamming lid or splatting the slamming lid. another method is to use good ol' joe and make him eat the flyfish by baiting him near the flyfish. however, you also need to lure the slamming lid close to the flyfish and not get splat by the jets of the flyfish or any other salmonid.

extra tips:

to find a flyfish in the fog, follow where the arrows come from when you're targeted. if you're not targeted, follow the opposite of where the missiles launch are coming from.

to avoid flyfish missiles, hide under grates and other objects. if you can't find a place to hide, swim and dodge the missiles.

each missile reload takes five to seven seconds, depending on if they need to relocate the machine or not to get away from you. mostly they just hover in one place.

with multiple flyfish on the loose, it is recommended to use a killer wail 5.1 special to get rid of all the missiles. you need to get to at least the third round in order to not lose any points.