#its the bottom option on the map x menu (grizzco)

[hometownrockstar]

i rly hope this isnt bothering you at all but - i just got really into splatoon 2 from your posts abt it, and i was wondering if you had any tips for beginners?

no bother at all, you know i love to splat talk :) i forget where i heard this from, probably from a competitive splattuber video, but it was like, if you want to introduce someone new to the game, if you overload them with info and go straight to the hardcore competitive stuff they'll probably be turned off by all the high-level stuff... so i say you should just play how you like, test out weapons you think are interesting, play turf war, thats how i did it i had no clue what i was doing and just figured it out myself, then when i got REALLY into it i started watching like how to play weapon videos and then competitive videos to find even more to enjoy with a game i already loved!

if you mean you want tips on how to get better tho, then my first tips are use motion controls if you can and you arent already using them, theyre in options on the X menu, and while i've heard some ppl say playing on +5 sensitivity is best, esp for charger since you can flick your shots to a greater degree, i think its more of a personal thing like if you have shaky hands slower might be better for controlling your aim. learning how to substrafe is very good for ranked mode, its more of a higher-level thing but not in difficulty learning, you just see it more often at higher levels. i think its easy to learn if you keep practicing it until it becomes muscle memory. practicing substrafing and ledge cancelling (and practicing all movement in general like dodging shots and jumping) in salmon run is very helpful in my salmon run expert opinion, thats where i taught myself substrafing in a fast-paced environment with no risks :) practicing new weapons in hero mode also works, but i know that hero mode can get boring pretty fast -__- octo expansion is just so much better

umm last thing that i wish i knew when i started: gear abilities. when i started i just made cute outfits out of gear instead of paying attention to abilities (and now i still do that but i make the abilities good on the gear now) and it really doesnt matter as much in turf war but it can def help you if you, say, feel like youre running out of ink a LOT and dying because of it, you could run main or sub ink saver. ninja squid is GREAT for rollers and octo brushes as well. oh also if you have the nintendo online phone app, you can buy gear with different main abilities than you'll find in the shop, which is helpful if u like how a gear looks but it has a bad ability :) i always have this site pinned to check the gear and what rotations/maps are on.