#splatoon advice

(asking for advice from those who finished story mode and the secret stage. if you consider a name of the secret stage in story mode a spoiler avoid this and the reblogs/comments)

my friend and i are both like S rank but pretty much only have experience with solo queue

we thought SendouQ could be a nice change of pace but we, uh, got absolutely curbstomped. our level of coordination compared to our opponents was mediocre at best

do you have any tips on building comp knowledge so the two of us can climb the ranks and do better in more competitive environments?

Yeah sendouq can be pretty rough for people starting out - I think a good place to start is a tournament called It's Dangerous to Go Alone. It's a draft tournament (meaning you sign up by yourself and are assigned a team) and it will pair you up with other players close to your skill level in ranked and X battles and you can play against players of similar skill level as well.

You'll get to meet other players in the competitive scene who can share more info with you as well! I don't currently have the discord link but if you want it just lmk and I'll dig for it later

To find out about more tournaments you should get a sendou-feed channel in your discord which will share upcoming tournaments and their descriptions (you can find out how to do this on the sendou website) if you find these only go for low level events and especially entry level if you can find them.

Also learn from creators on YouTube! There's tons of great ones

Prochara - makes tons of videos, he created his channel to get people interested in competitive and grow the scene. A lot of his videos discuss how good certain weapons are in the game or showcase fun stuff - but he's a good place to start

Squid School - really good videos to watch as someone trying to learn how competitive works and actually strategies to know when starting out. A lot if good basic info

Reborn NA - a bit more advanced advice but literally has the best advice beyond just basics that I've seen. Good for learning how to improve as an individual player. Kind of dry sometimes but the information is always good.

Also learn about weapon roles!!! Really good video on the subject

Woah two very different weapons I see! Both good choices for ranked battles tho.

Neo splash:

this weapon paints super well and is very fast! Make sure you're always painting the map in areas where your team wants to be. As tempting as it is to fight people, paint is super important for your teammates to be able to move around and do what they need to do, so as a neo splash it's good to focus on supporting them. It makes so much of a difference, trust me

If you get into a fight with this weapon, remember that you're very fast and usually faster than the opponent. move around a lot (both running and swimming) and play around cover so it's harder for your opponent to hit you. Make sure to paint the area around them so its harder for them to move then go for the kill when the moment comes!!

Sub: suction bomb is great for keeping enemies out of an area since it lasts for a while and is very threatening and has a big explosion radius. Throw it where the enemy is trying to go to slow them down, and throw it to clear enemies out of areas you want to gain control over! When your team is down on members you can throw suction bombs from a safe distance at the enemy (most importantly where they're trying to push through) and stay alive while your teammates respawn! Very very useful sub weapon, one of the best in the game

Tri strike: really good for cleaning out an area your team wants to move into since it forces people out of a lot of space and paints it so your team can move in quickly. Throw these where your teammates are trying to go! You can also use them to push the enemy away on defense, but they're more helpful on the offensive. Try to use these while all 4 players on your team are alive so people can play off of the space they make - if no one is able to move in with the strikes it's usually a waste of them (not always but usually)

Heavy splatling:

I'll be honest I don't play tons of backlines and am not the greatest at splatlings. My advice is pretty basic but very key: remember that you don't always have to be killing someone. (Maybe you know this already but many players I've coached don't so I figured I'd say this anyway)

As a backline your presence on the map creates a lot of space the enemy can't move through. Take positions where you can see a lot of people and are behind your other frontliner teammates. Try and be active and painting most of the time, it makes a huge difference. The splatling player for my team says half his kills are just people running into his shots because they got within his range, you don't have to be going for the kill all the time to get them!

As a backline you're also responsible for giving jumps back in to your team since you are usually a safe place to jump to being further from the action. When your teammates go down make sure to stay alive and give them jumps back in before you start fighting again!

That's all my advice for now - sorry if it was a lot. There's probably even more I could say I could talk about it forever, but this is the most important stuff.

Miss G says, “Someone doing a bomb rush? SPLAT 'EM IN THE FACE.” :-D