It is finally here - my Full Guide on how to beat Cohozuna most of your attempts and get better at Xtra Wave overall with your fellow co-workers! We've reached 30,000 Subscribers everyone, thank you so very much - it means a lot to me that my Splatoon content is appreciated and I'll keep working as hard as I can in the future
TYSM! Now I have your strategies to use when he next turns up. It's something that I am excited for because it brings extra challenge and he has such a cool entrance but I and the rest of my team end up getting wiped in the extra round.😅😅😅😅 Do you know why the dynamo roller is so damn slow? Just yesterday I was stuck with that slow thing DURING an xtra wave against King Salmonid...no need to wonder how that went! ...Still a little salty about it but now thanks to you I feel better and now I know what to do!
Another good reminder, launching golden eggs during Xtrawave costs NO ink, unlike just throwing them during normal waves. If you get surrounded by Lessers but have a golden egg, you can use it as a last-ditch effort to try and get some ink back.
Finally an actual guide to cohozuna that is more than just use golden eggs. This is an incredibly good guide and hopefully will be the first thing people find when they look up “how to beat cohozuna.”
Using eggs on normal bosses is such a crucial tip that I rarely see happen in freelance. Also the amount of missed egg throws I see sometimes is staggering. I think a lot of people assume they can hit shots from across the map & are too caught up in the chaos to notice they’re whiffing.
It's understandable, on my first fight with him I genuinely thought you just launched in his general direction and it would always hit, didn't know there was skill involved with attacking
Having one person to draw cohozuna's aggro is so important, most people are just too busy getting golden eggs and died because cohozuna interrupted them so hard
I actually noticed that there is a pattern to Cohozuna's jump attacks. He will attack every 13 seconds after landing from a previous jump attack, or the start of the Xtra Wave. He takes 3 seconds to perform the jump attack each time. Thus, I figured out that he will ALWAYS use his jump attack five times in the Xtra Wave. The times at which he uses the attack are as follows: 87, 71, 55, 39, and 23 seconds left. I haven't figured out any time frame or pattern for his aggro shift or his lunge attack yet, but at least you can predict when he will jump into the air. Hopefully this is helpful for some SR players struggling with this King Salmonid.
Don't you hate when King Salmonid can jump higher and faster than Crab Tank that lost like 56% of its time? Also Wave Breaker sucks for Xtrawave but anyway thx
Tip 1: Don't use the special right away! Use it generally when you don't have ink (if possible), specials refill your tank immediately. I've seen too many players use them at the start. Tip 2: By experience, specials are better used to take down other bosses (Crab being the exception 'cause versatile and the sonar for handling lessers or emergency revivals) What I understood of the Xtra Wave is that you need to be smart with your ink. Golden eggs can be viewed just as a refund of your spent resources, and you can miss very bad with them. The downtimes are the best moments to hunt bosses and keep momentum: - When cohazuna jumps, take down a boss, saving the third egg for later (this downtime can be used also for taking care of lessers) - When you deplete your ink, use the saved egg to take down a boss; your tank is refilling during this time Basically the idea is to have always something useful to do, these should help on crowd control.
If I can add one more tip : don't forget to communicate, especially with randoms. If Cohozuna is far away from a bunch of golden eggs all gathered in one place, try getting your team together to aggro him to this place.
@@Beeean I know that I tend to have difficulty recognizing where a notification is coming from and so tend to ignore it to avoid getting too distracted looking where to go and getting killed in the process... maybe I'm just letting myself get too distracted with the swarm of frying pan-wielding death in my face, but I think the indicator for where someone is calling for assistance needs to be more apparent.
i think it’s also worth mentioning that using the Egg Cannon does not use any ink. unlike Egg Throwing, using the Egg Cannon doesn’t use any of your ink gauge, so even if you’re running low on ink, you can still fire an egg for an attack if you really need it for a quick escape
I honestly hope the whole playerbase for Splatoon 3 finds your videos. I've found them so helpful and I'd be great to see you spearhead in a "New Wave" of educated, well informed inklings and octolings!
A tip with tri stringer about it’s damage; you don’t need to full charge to get full dps, you just need to charge till the first ring and make sure every reticle is on your target. This is also present in pvp but a lot harder.
Stringers in salmon run are a bit different as it does actually require a full charge for full damage, but the first ring is around 66%-75% max damage anyways so it's still more efficient to use.
The current weapon rotation features the Dynamo Roller. PLEASE USE IT ONLY for covering ground and one-shooting salmonids. You are basically the carry for your whole team.
Dynamo roller is AMAZING at clearing waves. Just slam your roller down and let the salmonids come to you, you only need to move slightly forward to one shot every salmonid and your also recovering ink while standing still, allowing your team to focus boss salmonids, very good way of using it also.
@@Soandnb if it works like it does in Goldie seeking, then yes it could. However unlike goldie seeking, doing this against cohozuna will probably just get you splatted. the dynamo is much better used to help your teammates
I've had the opposite problem of the scenario you described in the movement section. My team couldn't get to a pile of ten or so eggs because Cohozuna was sitting on them and just refused to get away from them.
I also made that mistake in my first Xtrawaves because i didn't noticed that the Cohozuna can chase one player at a time, I thought it just attacked at random and couldn't be baited xD once I figured it out, it was easier to DPS it
This is so helpful. I’ve only beaten Cohozuna once and I think it was the first time I ever encountered one. It’s so important to make sure that at least one person is always firing at cohozuna. If everyone focuses on the bosses, you won’t get anywhere.
Yes, just yesterday I had a run where I had killed, maybe 6 boss salmonids solo at the same time, only to realize cohozuna is literally on the other side of the map meaning those 18 eggs were now useless
Really glad for this guide, because Cohozuna is freaking hard. Like, one or two rotations ago I managed to have the good fortune to get matched up with the best team ever. We absolutely destroyed Profressional rank multiple games in a row. We even managed to beat Wave 1 glowflies with a whopping 29 golden eggs collected. STILL not enough to beat Cohozuna.
I think cohozuna uses the jump attack at consistent points during the match. I’m not certain, but every time I’ve fought him he always jumps first at the part of the music that sounds like 2 siren beeps
I really appreciate getting some estimates on Golden Egg damage. It REALLY helps me gauge just how effective my main weapon is. I hope eventually, we can get exact numbers on just how much HP King Salmonids have and stuff like that. You could do the math on how many eggs/ hits it takes, and that could help a lot in planning strategies.
EGGS KILL FLYFISH I ONE SHOT?? this changes so much. its so hard to kill them when youre overrun and surrounded but the free throw with the golden eggs will make it quick and easy. based on the estimated damage output, i also believe that drizzlers and big shots should be targeted with golden eggs, since they are often a hassle to get rid off
Big Shots aren't as annoying in a Xtrawave that in normal waves since they tend to shoot at the center of the stage, where the basket is, if you are DPS'ing the Cohozuna away from the middle, the shot waves aren't a big problem
Thank you so much for this! I’ve encountered Cohozhuna nearly 15 times total, and have only beat him twice. I just recently bought my very first colored Slop suit, *at Eggsecutive VP*.
The one and only time I managed to beat the extra wave was when I had the heavy splatling and cohozuna was chasing me. It was mid tide so I had room to run away, while all of my teammates and bosses were on the other side of the map. I spent most of the wave shooting at the king salmonid and running away, and by the time I got splatted my teammates were able to finish off the boss. This game has too much luck involved.
thank you for this guide! it feels like since the game came out so many people are saying to use the golden eggs that everyone started believing thats the ONLY way to take it out, when shooting at the cohozuna itself is still very important. i hope this video leaves an impact for the better also if i could add a tip, if you have crab tank you should use it at the start on the boss. its standard fire does crazy dps when its at full speed and can knock off a pretty good chunk of health
I've found one person attacking Cohozuna and leading them away is better so he's not all over the bosses. Just go in a circle. Especially during high tide and there's not much room. Usually who ever can keep attacking for long times is who I put in charge of leading them away. Doesn't lead to a win entirely but it helps lessen the absolute chaos it brings.
This is a phenomenal guide! Thank you! I truly hope this catches up with the rest of the Splatoon community. I'm sure it will genuinely bump up the chances of winning Xtra Waves
Everything you said in this video, I just want to shout from the rooftops! Every salmon run player needs to know these things. Honestly all the "guides" out there telling you not to shoot Cohozuna make me so mad. Like, I've seen so many of them saying the exact same thing and it's really stupid. I know the egg launcher does more damage, but as you said in the vid, it's not consistent! You need consistent damage over the entire wave to have any hope of defeating him. Thanks to your videos I finally managed to get the first Cohozuna badge. Thank you for all your videos!
I'd say it qualifies. Big nasty enemy, super powerful, annoying to fight, happens only occasionally, meant to be fought with a team. Sounds like a raid boss to me!
A guide that actually explains how to do King Cohozuna perfectly on how to farm, what weapons to use on the king and other bosses and how to bait the kings attacks or lock down his movement?! Damn where was this guide at!
this was the first thing that came up when i searched “how to beat cohozuna” and im really glad because its the only one that i didnt know how to beat. thank you!!!
I hope this video pops off as this would make Cohozuna so easy in Eggsecutive Freelance since people will know what they're doing :D Great video overall.
Sweet, thanks for going more in-depth since last video! I'll remember to take account of the basis of weapon roles and Cohozuna leading, along with the previous tips from before.
Thank you so much for the tip. I had multiple difficulties defeating Cohozuna,especially with the boss salmonids (including the Flyfish) making things more of a pain in the tailpipe than it already is. Beating Cohozuna is like fighting Godzilla with a paint gun.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GUIDE! :D I went from being unable to beat Cohozuna at all, to soloing one pretty much by myself thanks to having good positioning and shooting constantly at it with eggs, my specials and my weapons, we ended up handling a couple of them later on the rotation finally managed to get myself a new uniform and even got my hands on a couple of gold scales thank you, you're a true Profreshional!
Thank you so much for this! This’ll help me escape Overachiever once and for all. (Could you make a guide on how to deal with incompetent teammates lol)
If you feel like your teammates are inconpetent, there’s not much you can do during the match, other than using This way to communicate when needed. Try not to get distracted by thinking about how incompetent your teammates are, instead try to stay focused on your own gameplay to do the best you can. Finally, after the game is over, make sure to press ‘Leave’, as ‘Again’ will match you with the same players you just played with (unless they leave). If you leave and re-queue manually, you’ll be matched with different, hopefully more competent players (unless there are no other players available, but this only tends to happen on EVP).
Also, if you select "Leave", don't start a new shift immediately, sometimes you get matched with the same team members you left, it's kinda rare this happens, but it has happened me twice. To prevent this, wait 30-60 seconds before searching for a new game, that way, if some players of that last shift kept going, they'll already be matched against other players
having one person focus the cohozuna also helps keeping him from jumping around the map! hes always gonna focus the one doing damage so others can easily target him :]
An important thing for everyone to remember regarding damage output, weapons in Salmon Run won't always match they're numbers in normal matches since they're tuned more towards different health values. In order to choose what role you should take for the Xtrawave you'll need to test your weapon in the Salmon Run testing range instead; I don't know if there's any way to test every weapon freely in private/shoal lobbies or not, or if you just have to wait for rotation, though regardless if it's online you should just test what's available at the moment.
I would love to see a vid showing where to hit bosses with Golden Eggs. I basically understand how it works (hit em in the normal weak spot), but seeing it done gives me so much clearer of a mental note.
If you’re nearby dropped eggs on the ground, chuck one at the king. If you can’t find any, save it for bosses or emergencies. Basically, keep an egg on you at all times.
The very first time I defeated Cohozuna (which wasn't that long ago) I kept shooting him with my Luna Blaster. It definitely helped. My team would have failed had I not done that.
In the most recent mystery weapon shift (the one with grizzco brella on Gone Fission) I had an e-liter and the only long range and damage dealer so I just wasted cohozuna from a distance. Led him around the basket while sniping steelheads and other huge or zoning bosses for co-workers. Was great. Even the .96 gal is insane damage on it
Getting through all three waves is still the big hurdle especially when most players do not understand their roles and don't understand how to handle situations like a Salmonid frenzy, especially when a player has a roller and can protect everyone with it.
Damn this really helped. Was a ballpoint splatling the other day and just focused on shooting at Cohozuna. Combined with my teammates going for eggs, we melted its health bar pretty easily.
one of my biggest peeves for higher level salmon run is when there are enemies under the slammin lid but ppl take out the slammin lid before they let it trigger. Lid can splat any enemy in one hit but only does minor damage if it falls on them after being splatted. i.e. falling will stun a scrapper but slamming will kill it. Ive seen these things take out flyfish and bigshots, slammin lids are your friend keep them around until absolutely necessary to splat (quota needs to be met, there's already a couple on the map or the map is overwhelmed by the extra mobs) also whilst talking about mobs that can hurt each other, aside from the egg canon, things that can damage cohozuna are: steelhead death explosions, drizzler balloons, and slammin lids (ofc)
Forgot to go over specials. I always see people do random (?) specials on cohozuna. Not sure if out of desperation or just want to do damage. Should we save to get rid of normal/boss enemies, save teammates when last one left, or use on cohozuna
that bit on roles is so important and i think ppl on eggsecutive dont even realize it sometimes. its not just something that applies to xtra waves but also to the average salmon run wave; the amount of times we've lost due to me having some sort of weapon that can't easily take down fish sticks which overwhelm the party by turning the entire turf green innumerable. pls think abt ur weapon type and what it is ur job to cover at all times!!!!
I remember one time I nearly defend king salmon on my own. It was low tide and I had the splatana wiper. My teammates were holding back the hoard on the other side of the map so I took advantage of him following me by constantly dealing charged shots on him with it. I don’t remember any of them getting a golden egg in but I got him down to at most a fifth of his health. So I recommend splatana users to be the ones to lead cohozuna around since they can get really solid damage at the same time.
it's also good to note that the grizzco brella will probably not be best for soloing coho because in splatoon 2, it only had 300 dps, which was worse than most normal weapons.
I often find when we get close to beating Cohozuna, but run out of time, it's because another player has done a poor job at managing Cohozuna's location.
It's no always applicable but when you can, make sure to pop the pimple guys right next to him, and drop the ufo lids on him. They do damage on cohozuna just like any other boss
Honestly one more tip I feel like should've been added (And well this tip just applies to SR in general but) Use your specials on the bosses!!!! I cannot stress this enough, apart from crab tank he's the exception really, make use out of your special to dunk as much bosses as easily as possible, they're not for panic revives, and also usign them on cohozuna himself is also pointless, barring crab tank again that's the exception, most of them don't do that much damage to him anyways Use your specials people please i beg
This tip isn't necessary a Cohozuna tip as much as a general tip for the Salmon Run test range. The large fish in the test range are not the same. The one up front on the right is your basic Cohock(400hp). The one in the back is a lot of standard bosses, Scrapper, Slammin Lid, Steel Eel(500hp). Last the one up high and to the left is the Steelhead(300hp). You can tell what these fish represent based on the stickers on them.
The biggest determinant in whether I beat Cohozuna is whether the guy with the strongest weapon (e.g. splattershot jr) uses 95% of his time to continuously shoot Cohuzuna. Not only does the damage drop continuously but it leaves the other three to use their specials and throw eggs or use their weapons. Using specials at the beginning is fine if it means you're more likely to be able to use the entirety of the special on Cohozuna himself without bosses blocking shots or overwhelming you.
5:50 Woah woah woah, wait, how did you do THAT? Edit: Nevermind, you explained it later in the video. Apparently, it’s possible to detroy both Flyfish launchers at the same time with a shot from the Egg Cannon or the Crab Tank. I feel like that’s very valuable information
Yeah like in todays rotation I spent the majority of the time using Jr. against cohazuna cuz it had the fastest dps out of dynamo, dualie squelchers and splat charger. But I also spent some time reviving teammates as well cuz every one counts. But yeah ye gotta do whats best for the weapon you got and not just going in hay wire not doing your actual job.
if i had not seen your footage of the golden egg defeating the flyfish in one shot, i would not have believed it. i have tried many times to pull off that shot and it has failed; this is because i was aiming for the body not the top middle of baskets
I think cohozuna just does the jump attack from time to time, you can't really stop it from happening. Your location may delay it slightly but only very slightly, idk for sure
It is finally here - my Full Guide on how to beat Cohozuna most of your attempts and get better at Xtra Wave overall with your fellow co-workers!
We've reached 30,000 Subscribers everyone, thank you so very much - it means a lot to me that my Splatoon content is appreciated and I'll keep working as hard as I can in the future
TYSM!
Now I have your strategies to use when he next turns up.
It's something that I am excited for because it brings extra challenge and he has such a cool entrance but I and the rest of my team end up getting wiped in the extra round.😅😅😅😅
Do you know why the dynamo roller is so damn slow?
Just yesterday I was stuck with that slow thing DURING an xtra wave against King Salmonid...no need to wonder how that went!
...Still a little salty about it but now thanks to you I feel better and now I know what to do!
I don't think you mentioned that hitting coho's belly does more damage. The belly is coho's weak spot.
Bonus tip: the crab tanks turret mode does MASSIVE damage, so I recommend focusing it purely on cohozuna
Another good reminder, launching golden eggs during Xtrawave costs NO ink, unlike just throwing them during normal waves. If you get surrounded by Lessers but have a golden egg, you can use it as a last-ditch effort to try and get some ink back.
Throwing Eggs also deals 100 damage around you which can be good in tight situations!
@@HDHaZmY I though the egg launcher didn't do aoe damage. I though that was only your normal egg throw
@@KR_Kosmik normal egg throw deals AOE damage too, try the grizzco training room to see
@@Sageknot I know, I was saying the normal egg throw did damage. I thought that the egg launcher didn't do aoe damage
@@KR_Kosmik It does the same
Finally an actual guide to cohozuna that is more than just use golden eggs. This is an incredibly good guide and hopefully will be the first thing people find when they look up “how to beat cohozuna.”
I hope these points will help clear more Cohozuna ^^ The Weapon damage is really important!
I'll unironically like the video, this time.
It actually was and oml it's so helpful I'm literally about to play salmon run rn and I'm going to keep this guide in mind
Thats the first video that showed up when I was searching for this lol
first comment I ever liked.
Using eggs on normal bosses is such a crucial tip that I rarely see happen in freelance. Also the amount of missed egg throws I see sometimes is staggering. I think a lot of people assume they can hit shots from across the map & are too caught up in the chaos to notice they’re whiffing.
One of the worst feelings is throwing an egg and then cohozuna jumps away
It's understandable, on my first fight with him I genuinely thought you just launched in his general direction and it would always hit, didn't know there was skill involved with attacking
Having one person to draw cohozuna's aggro is so important, most people are just too busy getting golden eggs and died because cohozuna interrupted them so hard
I can relate. He manages to corner me every time, and I never get a revival because everybody else is being swarmed by Steel Eels and the like.
@@Dipped1234 Same! Often my teammates can't revive me because Cohozuna likes to stick around and just block me off.
I actually noticed that there is a pattern to Cohozuna's jump attacks. He will attack every 13 seconds after landing from a previous jump attack, or the start of the Xtra Wave. He takes 3 seconds to perform the jump attack each time. Thus, I figured out that he will ALWAYS use his jump attack five times in the Xtra Wave. The times at which he uses the attack are as follows: 87, 71, 55, 39, and 23 seconds left. I haven't figured out any time frame or pattern for his aggro shift or his lunge attack yet, but at least you can predict when he will jump into the air. Hopefully this is helpful for some SR players struggling with this King Salmonid.
thank you for this! very useful :)
Don't you hate when King Salmonid can jump higher and faster than Crab Tank that lost like 56% of its time?
Also Wave Breaker sucks for Xtrawave
but anyway thx
Tip 1: Don't use the special right away! Use it generally when you don't have ink (if possible), specials refill your tank immediately. I've seen too many players use them at the start.
Tip 2: By experience, specials are better used to take down other bosses (Crab being the exception 'cause versatile and the sonar for handling lessers or emergency revivals)
What I understood of the Xtra Wave is that you need to be smart with your ink. Golden eggs can be viewed just as a refund of your spent resources, and you can miss very bad with them. The downtimes are the best moments to hunt bosses and keep momentum:
- When cohazuna jumps, take down a boss, saving the third egg for later (this downtime can be used also for taking care of lessers)
- When you deplete your ink, use the saved egg to take down a boss; your tank is refilling during this time
Basically the idea is to have always something useful to do, these should help on crowd control.
If I can add one more tip : don't forget to communicate, especially with randoms. If Cohozuna is far away from a bunch of golden eggs all gathered in one place, try getting your team together to aggro him to this place.
You forgot that one listen to you. You scream for them to come and they do nothing
@@Beeean I know that I tend to have difficulty recognizing where a notification is coming from and so tend to ignore it to avoid getting too distracted looking where to go and getting killed in the process... maybe I'm just letting myself get too distracted with the swarm of frying pan-wielding death in my face, but I think the indicator for where someone is calling for assistance needs to be more apparent.
i think it’s also worth mentioning that using the Egg Cannon does not use any ink. unlike Egg Throwing, using the Egg Cannon doesn’t use any of your ink gauge, so even if you’re running low on ink, you can still fire an egg for an attack if you really need it for a quick escape
I honestly hope the whole playerbase for Splatoon 3 finds your videos. I've found them so helpful and I'd be great to see you spearhead in a "New Wave" of educated, well informed inklings and octolings!
A tip with tri stringer about it’s damage; you don’t need to full charge to get full dps, you just need to charge till the first ring and make sure every reticle is on your target. This is also present in pvp but a lot harder.
Extremely good information to know. Thank you for this
Stringers in salmon run are a bit different as it does actually require a full charge for full damage, but the first ring is around 66%-75% max damage anyways so it's still more efficient to use.
Tri stringers also do way more damage in salmon run compared to pvp.
@@rukhtalos8587 all weapons do more damage in salmon run
Edit: not all of them do more like the splattershot
The current weapon rotation features the Dynamo Roller. PLEASE USE IT ONLY for covering ground and one-shooting salmonids. You are basically the carry for your whole team.
But the Dynamo's roll could probably do insane damage to Cohozuna if you get yourself between him and a wall, so I've heard.
@@Soandnb It´s a huge risk considering the Dynamo Roller is very slow and consumes a lot of ink. One body slam from Cohozuna is enough to splat you.
Dynamo roller is AMAZING at clearing waves. Just slam your roller down and let the salmonids come to you, you only need to move slightly forward to one shot every salmonid and your also recovering ink while standing still, allowing your team to focus boss salmonids, very good way of using it also.
@@Soandnb if it works like it does in Goldie seeking, then yes it could. However unlike goldie seeking, doing this against cohozuna will probably just get you splatted. the dynamo is much better used to help your teammates
@@ChristianVillamil Yeah I just tried it and uh, wasn't the most effective.
I’ve only had one King victory; when the hydra was in rotation. I managed to get it on the xtra wave and focused my time just DPSing the boss.
I've had the opposite problem of the scenario you described in the movement section. My team couldn't get to a pile of ten or so eggs because Cohozuna was sitting on them and just refused to get away from them.
Yep, can happen that's also the kiter's responsibility to move away the Boss!
@@HDHaZmY if they are even aware that they hold its attention 😅
I also made that mistake in my first Xtrawaves because i didn't noticed that the Cohozuna can chase one player at a time, I thought it just attacked at random and couldn't be baited xD once I figured it out, it was easier to DPS it
This is so helpful. I’ve only beaten Cohozuna once and I think it was the first time I ever encountered one. It’s so important to make sure that at least one person is always firing at cohozuna. If everyone focuses on the bosses, you won’t get anywhere.
Yes, just yesterday I had a run where I had killed, maybe 6 boss salmonids solo at the same time, only to realize cohozuna is literally on the other side of the map meaning those 18 eggs were now useless
Really glad for this guide, because Cohozuna is freaking hard. Like, one or two rotations ago I managed to have the good fortune to get matched up with the best team ever. We absolutely destroyed Profressional rank multiple games in a row. We even managed to beat Wave 1 glowflies with a whopping 29 golden eggs collected.
STILL not enough to beat Cohozuna.
Only 39 eggs on glowflies? What level are you at?
I think cohozuna uses the jump attack at consistent points during the match. I’m not certain, but every time I’ve fought him he always jumps first at the part of the music that sounds like 2 siren beeps
I really appreciate getting some estimates on Golden Egg damage. It REALLY helps me gauge just how effective my main weapon is.
I hope eventually, we can get exact numbers on just how much HP King Salmonids have and stuff like that. You could do the math on how many eggs/ hits it takes, and that could help a lot in planning strategies.
EGGS KILL FLYFISH I ONE SHOT?? this changes so much. its so hard to kill them when youre overrun and surrounded but the free throw with the golden eggs will make it quick and easy. based on the estimated damage output, i also believe that drizzlers and big shots should be targeted with golden eggs, since they are often a hassle to get rid off
Only when the hatches are open and you have to hit them near the middle, but yeah totally. I hate that boss.
@@Cheezmonka near the middle? So it's like burst damage that gets to the other side too?
@@squid356 Yeah exactly.
Big Shots aren't as annoying in a Xtrawave that in normal waves since they tend to shoot at the center of the stage, where the basket is, if you are DPS'ing the Cohozuna away from the middle, the shot waves aren't a big problem
Thank you so much for this! I’ve encountered Cohozhuna nearly 15 times total, and have only beat him twice. I just recently bought my very first colored Slop suit, *at Eggsecutive VP*.
haven’t beat him once
The one and only time I managed to beat the extra wave was when I had the heavy splatling and cohozuna was chasing me. It was mid tide so I had room to run away, while all of my teammates and bosses were on the other side of the map. I spent most of the wave shooting at the king salmonid and running away, and by the time I got splatted my teammates were able to finish off the boss.
This game has too much luck involved.
Your profile picture is crazy.
thank you for this guide! it feels like since the game came out so many people are saying to use the golden eggs that everyone started believing thats the ONLY way to take it out, when shooting at the cohozuna itself is still very important. i hope this video leaves an impact for the better
also if i could add a tip, if you have crab tank you should use it at the start on the boss. its standard fire does crazy dps when its at full speed and can knock off a pretty good chunk of health
I've found one person attacking Cohozuna and leading them away is better so he's not all over the bosses. Just go in a circle. Especially during high tide and there's not much room. Usually who ever can keep attacking for long times is who I put in charge of leading them away. Doesn't lead to a win entirely but it helps lessen the absolute chaos it brings.
This is a phenomenal guide! Thank you! I truly hope this catches up with the rest of the Splatoon community. I'm sure it will genuinely bump up the chances of winning Xtra Waves
Great video, I never realized how much i was missing a salmon run RUclipsr until I got one. Keep up the good work!
Everything you said in this video, I just want to shout from the rooftops! Every salmon run player needs to know these things. Honestly all the "guides" out there telling you not to shoot Cohozuna make me so mad. Like, I've seen so many of them saying the exact same thing and it's really stupid. I know the egg launcher does more damage, but as you said in the vid, it's not consistent! You need consistent damage over the entire wave to have any hope of defeating him. Thanks to your videos I finally managed to get the first Cohozuna badge. Thank you for all your videos!
Thank you sm for these tips! I'm at pro+2 and haven't been able to beat the king, I'll make sure to apply these tips next time i encounter him :)
I guess this is the closest we'll get for a raid boss in a Splatoon game xD That was an awesome guide, it'll be very helpful, thanks! 😁
I'd say it qualifies. Big nasty enemy, super powerful, annoying to fight, happens only occasionally, meant to be fought with a team. Sounds like a raid boss to me!
A guide that actually explains how to do King Cohozuna perfectly on how to farm, what weapons to use on the king and other bosses and how to bait the kings attacks or lock down his movement?! Damn where was this guide at!
You’re doing the Great Zapfish’s work with these videos, love them! The overview chart with the scale chances is super useful!
this was the first thing that came up when i searched “how to beat cohozuna” and im really glad because its the only one that i didnt know how to beat. thank you!!!
I hope this video pops off as this would make Cohozuna so easy in Eggsecutive Freelance since people will know what they're doing :D
Great video overall.
When I was playing I didn't know about king and me and my coworkers got absolutely flattened
Sweet, thanks for going more in-depth since last video! I'll remember to take account of the basis of weapon roles and Cohozuna leading, along with the previous tips from before.
This is a really cool guide to beating Cohozunas!
...Now all I need to do is find a team that won't die in the first three waves.
Thank you so much for the tip.
I had multiple difficulties defeating Cohozuna,especially with the boss salmonids (including the Flyfish) making things more of a pain in the tailpipe than it already is.
Beating Cohozuna is like fighting Godzilla with a paint gun.
I have never beaten this guy once. I get to slivers of his once sometimes but never beat him. This vid is now my Bible
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GUIDE! :D
I went from being unable to beat Cohozuna at all, to soloing one pretty much by myself thanks to having good positioning and shooting constantly at it with eggs, my specials and my weapons, we ended up handling a couple of them later on the rotation
finally managed to get myself a new uniform and even got my hands on a couple of gold scales
thank you, you're a true Profreshional!
Thank you so much for this! This’ll help me escape Overachiever once and for all.
(Could you make a guide on how to deal with incompetent teammates lol)
No need for a guide - tell them to look up RUclips guides :')
@@HDHaZmY "This way!"
If you feel like your teammates are inconpetent, there’s not much you can do during the match, other than using This way to communicate when needed.
Try not to get distracted by thinking about how incompetent your teammates are, instead try to stay focused on your own gameplay to do the best you can.
Finally, after the game is over, make sure to press ‘Leave’, as ‘Again’ will match you with the same players you just played with (unless they leave). If you leave and re-queue manually, you’ll be matched with different, hopefully more competent players (unless there are no other players available, but this only tends to happen on EVP).
Also, if you select "Leave", don't start a new shift immediately, sometimes you get matched with the same team members you left, it's kinda rare this happens, but it has happened me twice. To prevent this, wait 30-60 seconds before searching for a new game, that way, if some players of that last shift kept going, they'll already be matched against other players
Good vid. Really hope this gets to the top of search results so that the average player knows what they're doing more often
YESSSS YOU ARE DOING A SERVICE TO US ALL!! THANKS A HUGE BUNCH!
A surefire guide that the noobs (and me) need to see!!!
I.. was distracted and misread the thumbnail as "DATING" Cohozuna.. 😳 lmao
You CAN try :')
Honestly, probably the master plan, he'll just gift all the scales xD
Somebody is gonna make a fanfic about this
Oh god what have you done?!
The fact that I now know that Golden Eggs ONE SHOT A FLYFISH I'm certain that I can have a way higher win rate.
Amazing video.
Man... I never thought about shooting eggs to other bosses... That's wild!
Getting high tide with king salmon is pure nightmare fuel
having one person focus the cohozuna also helps keeping him from jumping around the map! hes always gonna focus the one doing damage so others can easily target him :]
Nice, thanks for that !
Hope this will help in your runs ^^
@@HDHaZmY I hope so aswell
An important thing for everyone to remember regarding damage output, weapons in Salmon Run won't always match they're numbers in normal matches since they're tuned more towards different health values.
In order to choose what role you should take for the Xtrawave you'll need to test your weapon in the Salmon Run testing range instead; I don't know if there's any way to test every weapon freely in private/shoal lobbies or not, or if you just have to wait for rotation, though regardless if it's online you should just test what's available at the moment.
I would love to see a vid showing where to hit bosses with Golden Eggs. I basically understand how it works (hit em in the normal weak spot), but seeing it done gives me so much clearer of a mental note.
Given everything I've learned playing Next Wave, I fully agree with this guide.
If you’re nearby dropped eggs on the ground, chuck one at the king. If you can’t find any, save it for bosses or emergencies.
Basically, keep an egg on you at all times.
This video needs to be trending. Thank you so much
Thank you for making this! Im sending this to my friends so they can learn how to beat him
This series is super helpful and rewarding
The very first time I defeated Cohozuna (which wasn't that long ago) I kept shooting him with my Luna Blaster. It definitely helped. My team would have failed had I not done that.
You can shoot eggs through the Big Shot cannon without destroying them! Super useful for situations where the Cohozuna is on the other side of the map
In the most recent mystery weapon shift (the one with grizzco brella on Gone Fission) I had an e-liter and the only long range and damage dealer so I just wasted cohozuna from a distance. Led him around the basket while sniping steelheads and other huge or zoning bosses for co-workers. Was great. Even the .96 gal is insane damage on it
Commenting and leaving likes on comments to try and boost engagement for this great video! 😁👍
Love the video, it very well made. Can you please make a video about surviving the Rush wave? This is how most of my matches are lost.
Yes, I do have a short video for it though!
Getting through all three waves is still the big hurdle especially when most players do not understand their roles and don't understand how to handle situations like a Salmonid frenzy, especially when a player has a roller and can protect everyone with it.
Damn this really helped. Was a ballpoint splatling the other day and just focused on shooting at Cohozuna. Combined with my teammates going for eggs, we melted its health bar pretty easily.
That's awesome to hear!!!
This is so helpful, thank you! I've been having so much trouble with Cohozuna and had no idea the egg launcher could damage other bosses.
Thanks for the guide!
This was nice to learn more in depth about the boss. Sometimes I really struggle.
one of my biggest peeves for higher level salmon run is when there are enemies under the slammin lid but ppl take out the slammin lid before they let it trigger. Lid can splat any enemy in one hit but only does minor damage if it falls on them after being splatted. i.e. falling will stun a scrapper but slamming will kill it. Ive seen these things take out flyfish and bigshots, slammin lids are your friend keep them around until absolutely necessary to splat (quota needs to be met, there's already a couple on the map or the map is overwhelmed by the extra mobs)
also whilst talking about mobs that can hurt each other, aside from the egg canon, things that can damage cohozuna are: steelhead death explosions, drizzler balloons, and slammin lids (ofc)
Bro I completely agree there are specific weapons that work amazing as DPS just for the boss I could never understood why people only focus on bosses
thank you for the tips! I beat cohozuna on my first try yesterday thanks to these!! ❤️
Thanks for the guide, this'll be useful if I encounter this big guy in Splatoon 3
Okay, but consider:
Your team's full of idiots, 4 Flyfish spawn in along with 2 Steel Heads, 3 Steel Eels, and a Drizzler. You lose.
Man the comment section of this great video! 👏🏽👏🏽 AMAZING video and GREAT comment section!! Keep up the amazing work 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Forgot to go over specials. I always see people do random (?) specials on cohozuna.
Not sure if out of desperation or just want to do damage.
Should we save to get rid of normal/boss enemies, save teammates when last one left, or use on cohozuna
I would only use Crab Tank and Ink Jet against Cohozuna - they are insane damage. Rest I would use against bosses!
that bit on roles is so important and i think ppl on eggsecutive dont even realize it sometimes. its not just something that applies to xtra waves but also to the average salmon run wave; the amount of times we've lost due to me having some sort of weapon that can't easily take down fish sticks which overwhelm the party by turning the entire turf green innumerable. pls think abt ur weapon type and what it is ur job to cover at all times!!!!
Thanks. I will definitely keep this in mind the next time I fight Cohozuna.
I've never beaten Cohozuna when only using the egg launcher. High DPS weapons has always been needed
I remember one time I nearly defend king salmon on my own. It was low tide and I had the splatana wiper. My teammates were holding back the hoard on the other side of the map so I took advantage of him following me by constantly dealing charged shots on him with it. I don’t remember any of them getting a golden egg in but I got him down to at most a fifth of his health. So I recommend splatana users to be the ones to lead cohozuna around since they can get really solid damage at the same time.
it's also good to note that the grizzco brella will probably not be best for soloing coho because in splatoon 2, it only had 300 dps, which was worse than most normal weapons.
Great stuff, now if there were only a way to cram this into the other randos I get paired with even on EVP
I often find when we get close to beating Cohozuna, but run out of time, it's because another player has done a poor job at managing Cohozuna's location.
i wish i knew enough ppl to play salmon run and i could show them this video crying
this was a very well made and put together guide, will be sure to apply this to my next salmon run shift
It's no always applicable but when you can, make sure to pop the pimple guys right next to him, and drop the ufo lids on him. They do damage on cohozuna just like any other boss
This video helped me beat my first cohozuna thank you SO MUCH!
This is all well and good, but what happens if I try to use the *Slammin' Lid* to damage him?
Ah remember when cohozuna was the only king salmonid we had to deal with? Good times.
Honestly one more tip I feel like should've been added (And well this tip just applies to SR in general but)
Use your specials on the bosses!!!! I cannot stress this enough, apart from crab tank he's the exception really, make use out of your special to dunk as much bosses as easily as possible, they're not for panic revives, and also usign them on cohozuna himself is also pointless, barring crab tank again that's the exception, most of them don't do that much damage to him anyways
Use your specials people please i beg
the best advice ive heard is to "Git Gud", still working on that one though.
This tip isn't necessary a Cohozuna tip as much as a general tip for the Salmon Run test range.
The large fish in the test range are not the same. The one up front on the right is your basic Cohock(400hp). The one in the back is a lot of standard bosses, Scrapper, Slammin Lid, Steel Eel(500hp). Last the one up high and to the left is the Steelhead(300hp).
You can tell what these fish represent based on the stickers on them.
The biggest determinant in whether I beat Cohozuna is whether the guy with the strongest weapon (e.g. splattershot jr) uses 95% of his time to continuously shoot Cohuzuna. Not only does the damage drop continuously but it leaves the other three to use their specials and throw eggs or use their weapons. Using specials at the beginning is fine if it means you're more likely to be able to use the entirety of the special on Cohozuna himself without bosses blocking shots or overwhelming you.
5:50 Woah woah woah, wait, how did you do THAT?
Edit: Nevermind, you explained it later in the video. Apparently, it’s possible to detroy both Flyfish launchers at the same time with a shot from the Egg Cannon or the Crab Tank. I feel like that’s very valuable information
Pretty sure you can use the cannons, tri strike, and ink jet too? Might be wrong on some of those and there's prob more ways.
I like how frantic players get when they fight Cohozuna 😂
This is going to help out a ton thanks for making this.
I can't wait to get my blue suit
Let me know if you get some successful runs!
@@HDHaZmY the tip about the egg launcher being able to one shot most bosses is a game changer in and of itself
@@HDHaZmY now that I'm thinking about it what are those other bosses that the egg launcher can't one shot? I'm assuming one of them is the Stinger.
It's shown in the video - Drizzler and Big Shot for example!
Yeah like in todays rotation I spent the majority of the time using Jr. against cohazuna cuz it had the fastest dps out of dynamo, dualie squelchers and splat charger. But I also spent some time reviving teammates as well cuz every one counts. But yeah ye gotta do whats best for the weapon you got and not just going in hay wire not doing your actual job.
OH MY GOD! KILL A FLYFISH WITH AN EGG?! BRILLIANT!
More people should watch this 👍👍
if i had not seen your footage of the golden egg defeating the flyfish in one shot, i would not have believed it. i have tried many times to pull off that shot and it has failed; this is because i was aiming for the body not the top middle of baskets
I have lost because half of my team was focused on clearing bosses, and not to mention this was the highest dps rotation by far
"A communication error has occurred" _ Nintendo
I think cohozuna just does the jump attack from time to time, you can't really stop it from happening. Your location may delay it slightly but only very slightly, idk for sure