Topic: Splatoon 2

I've had Splat2 for a long time, but have never been able to fully engage with it and improve my knowledge and technique. What difference does it make if you're playing against other Star teams - is it just that it doesn't count towards the final Mushroom v Star score?

I was playing Splatfest last night. I was spending quite a lot of time in the matchmaking process, with it fairly often failing to find enough players.

As someone who's not very good at the game, and therefore gets splatted quite a lot, I find the wait before you respawn, and then the lost time as you try to get back in the action or squid jump, increasingly frustrating.

I kind of want to get better, but at the same time, I've always found it hard to play for more than an hour at a time because of the frustration and repetitiveness.

Well, the Splatfest is over. I played in the last hour and I've been beating the Mushroom guys every time they showed up. (In the normal battles.) I mostly faced off against other Star guys too, lol. We'll see which power-up is better.

@MarioLover92 Same here. Excited to see who wins tho!

@ShreyasPFSVK Yeah me too! I like both power-ups, so it took me some thought to pick a side, lol. Some of the Mushroom guys were pretty good.

Tried playing tonight as Mushroom and it was horrible, got completely wiped out every single match. Im not the best player but one round we couldn't get off of the spawn without getting sniped, I've never played a multiplayer game so one sided - I used to think trials of the nine was sweaty in D2, it doesn't even come near to splatoon this weekend.

Great gaming everyone, really enjoyed myself this Splatfest!

@Mr-Fuggles777 I get you, had a few matches where we were spawncamped out of existence.. its tough to deal with. Its my job in my team to hunt players down so they don't get the chance to camp. Maybe its a balance thing?

@DanteSolablood it probably doesn't help that I'm not the best and find the controls a little sloppy.
I struggle with not having an aim button (like pretty much every other online shooter) and have to rely on the right stick for the camera and aiming at the same time. Gyro is a no go for me because moving the screen around while playing gives me motion sickness.

Team mushroom. Was a great splatfest.

Now gimme those sea snails 😊

@Mr-Fuggles777 Personally I think its all practice, I literally don't play online or offline FPS games.. Splatoon2 is my only one & I average 7-10 splats a match.. but maybe not having prior experience is a plus? Either way.. if we get another Splatfest, hit me up!

Last fest my friends and I managed a 10x and a 100x win. Mostly solo'ed this time around. :/

@1UP_MARIO Think I'll be taking those snails. Doesn't look like you've got mushroom.. xD

@DanteSolablood cheers, will stick with it. The only other 3rd person shooter I played regularly was gears and those games are paced differently to splatoon. I usually play FPS like Destiny or Titanfall which feel much tighter I'm comparison

@gcunit I think your clout rating still gets counted if you're playing against your own splatfest team. Playing your own team still counts for something... It still racks up your splatfest rank points, fiend, defender, champion, king (forgive me if I got part of those ranks wrong).

I thought ThatSRB2Dude(on youtube) had some decent weapon tutorials, which might help, if you want to improve. It's not that it's complicated, but it helps to see what the strength or strategy is with a weapon, sub weapon, special weapon. Captain Astronaut has some decent (and funny) weapon tutorials. I like him.

If I get crushed a lot, I often get the orange N-Zap gun. The walking autobombs can take out snipers, or clear an area (if you throw them), and the Tenta Missles show you where all the enemies are. And the gun itself is decent.

Regarding getting splatted a lot, you can wear some gear that boosts your swim abilities after respawning, which will get you back into the game quicker.

@MarioLover92 Ohhhh that was this weekend.

Sorry.

@Heavyarms55 Yeah, it was this weekend. The Splatfest is over now. No worries, it's cool. I was on Team Star, but Team Mushroom won. Wasn't the first time I picked a side that ends up losing, lol.

@MarioLover92 Been there done that. Lol

@WoomyNNYes Thanks for that, nice of you chip in - I will check out the vids.

@Northwind So you have the wrong idea on the how the giveaway worked. It actually used Splatfest Power, not Clout. So the people in top places would probably have around 2300?

@Northwind If the levels are really unbalanced then I'd recommend leaving the room after a game and jumping into a new group until you find a more balanced lobby. You'll probably find situations like that pretty frequently until you improve though. Low level players who have just started the game don't have much hope against players with hundreds of hours of practice.

With the Inkbrush, your best bet when getting spawn camped would be to try to sneak around the other team and use your speed to go and ink their side of the map where nobody is or sneak up and try to take them out from behind. Just easier said than done when you're playing against experienced players until you're comfortable with the weapon. You can also use the Splashdown during a super jump so another strat is to just ink what you can safely (even using Splat Bombs if you have to) to charge up your special then jump to a teammate who is surrounded by the other team and try to catch them off guard with a Splashdown when you land. It can be very hard to avoid.

@Northwind I played the demo But I wouldnt call it playing it. I I edited the comment above.

@Northwind Just the downside of trying to get into a competitive game over three years after it came out I guess. It's super fun once it really clicks though. First thing is to find a weapon that you really like and then just stick with it while you try to improve your skills. The most beginner-friendly weapons for turf war would be the really high turf coverage shooters like the Splattershot Jr, Aerospray and Sploosh-O-Matic as you can mainly focus on inking turf and have a pretty big impact on the match without needing many splats. But any weapon is viable if you have the time and patience to get the hang of them.

The Inkbrush that you're using now is one of my personal favourites (it's one of only two weapons I've reached 50+ freshness with) but its turf coverage isn't great so you do need to be looking to get some splats to make up for it. With any weapon with a really short range the most important thing to always keep in mind is to avoid swimming/running at opposition players head-on as most of the time they'll just use their longer range to splat you. Need to learn to be unpredictable with your movements and sneak around to their sides or behind before hitting them.

Sometimes you won't be able to advance at all so instead of rushing in recklessly it can be best to sit back for a bit and use your Splat Bombs instead. They're my favourite sub weapon in the game. Super dangerous when you get use to aiming them in good spots. They use a lot of ink though so I tend to load up on Ink Saver (Sub) so I can spam them but that's not something you can really do early game due to a lack of ability chunks.

@BenAV I really think I'm going to give the game a chance just need to buy it whenever,