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Volterra_90 on 27 July 2017
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mZuzek said:
Jranation said:
Damn they nerfed the ink mine :( Doesn't kill them in one blast anymore

Damn, what's it even useful for if it doesn't OHKO? It was already arguably one of the worst subs in the first game.

Slarvax said:

Personally, blasters are the best for Tower Control. Any long range weapon works in Splat Zones, and any Aerospray works best on Turf Wars. This comes from Splatoon experience though, maybe some things changed.

Rainmaker is the most volatile one, since you'll be doing everything there (defend a player like in Tower Control, short and long range combat like Splat Zones, and cover a lot of turf to gain points for specials). I liked using Sloshers in the original because they did a lot of damage to the Rainmaker's shield, and had pretty good range and fire rate. Again, I don't know if that's changed in Spla2n, yet.

My advice is find your favorite weapon first, and try it in different modes, then look at what you would like to change and start experimenting with different weapons.

I agree with blasters being the best in Tower Control, as for the other modes I think it's a bit harder to pick a particular good weapon type. In any case, I feel like it's hard to go wrong with any weapon, at least in Splatoon 1 I ended up sticking with the .96 Gal Deco as my main and always used it to good effect regardless of which mode was on (even Turf War)... granted that weapon might have been OP what with the splash walls and Kraken, but I still feel like most weapons will work anywhere. For example, the Splattershot itself isn't really bad in ranked, its range is fine and honestly I've had some good times with it in this game, I love the burst bombs and Splashdown and overall it just felt like a strong weapon.

I think the only weapons I really wouldn't recommend in ranked would be Splattershot Jr., Aerospray and Inkbrush... and maybe something else I might be forgetting. Those are just way too limited in range and killpower, so it's hard to do well with them, but other than that mostly any weapon is fine.

I think that in the end I took the most fun approach, which is, using almost every weapon when I feel like it XD. I agree with Splattershot and Aerospray not working fine in competitive modes, but I feel I can do decent numbers with almost every other weapon. Well, I don't get Sloshers yet tbh, but I'm working on them.