@@Timbit901 hmm not really. I play splat roller and I find myself in a support or anchor role quite frequently. It just looks different than other weapons that are usually in that role
I think yes it does but it's not a weapon i would want to rely on staying alive and it can't help weapons that don't paint at all, where as a weapon i would want as a support would make up for other weapons weaknesses. Tbh tho yeah sharking in a corner could be seen as a form of anchoring.
@@Timbit901as a day one roller main you are correct it does struggle staying alive, however when away from opponents it can work as a good jump spot and can be a quick reliable anchor depending on the situation. And actually pretty good at being utility in certain situations with bubble. Bubble allows for quick lead and checkpoint takes and it really helps getting your team in when not used selfishly plus not to mention roller is usually the weapon to confirm kills in fights or do damage for a teammate to confirm the kill it can be very good at supporting the team in numerous ways.
Hydra main here! I agree that the hardest part of the anchor playstyle is juggling safety vs attacking the enemy. If I position myself more aggressively, we'd be better able to beat back the enemy, but if things go wrong, we might wipe...
I'm also a hydra main! And I mostly play in solo queues and this video made me realise I mostly end up playing utility. If you ever end up having an e liter or other very much an anchor weapon, try to become a slayer, hydra is a deadly slayer if you do it right and it just feels great
Hail, fellow Hydra mains! And yes, I completely agree. Sometimes the best thing to do is to flank as a Hydra and watch the enemies get completely wiped out.
As someone that mostly plays skirmish/slayer weapons, I'm ALWAYS appreciative of a good anchor to hold the backline in matches. Thanks for this video, spot on explanation of each role 👍
I can say as a (not very good) E-Liter main, it gets very difficult to hold a line when the enemy is actually allowed to get close to me. A strong frontline stops your anchor from dying.
@@GacLosen6556 as a slayer, the first thing I look for in solo queue is do I have an effective backline weapon on my team because it can make my life so much easier
This video rocks! PKFuzzy said a lot about being fluid with roles in his interview with Chara and its great to hear other players/coaches sharing similar views. Its important to not hamstring yourself to a certain playstyle within a match or with your choice of weapon pool, especially within a team setting. The game state is always fluid and your role within each game will be as well.
Id like to add that meta heavily favors certain roles over others too, like with Eliter on Mahi Mahi Tower lol, Anchoring becomes so strong, that it pretty much invalidates every other Skirmisher or Slayer and at that point you have to rely on Utilities (like Rocket Spams) to get through by brute-forcing your way in, also in a fluid game like this, weapons that can reliably do well a number of different roles rather than very well just 1 specific role will get to shine even more, look at vRoller for example, kinda average slayer but terrible at everything else. 💀
The clip at 9:41 is such a great example of how to both skirmish and slay and a good demonstration of how fluid these roles are. It starts with the dualie squelchers distracting the enemy N-Zap, using their range and dodging for long enough to let the Vdualies roll in and finish them off. Then they switch rolls as they move on to their next target, the splattershot. Now the Vdualies is the one drawing fire to let the squelchers safely eliminate the enemy. The Vdualies died, but because they got two kills together it was still worth it. What the team needs of you can change in the blink of an eye. Even if you're a dualie squelchers who prefers to skrimish, you'll sometimes have to slay simply because the enemy started shooting at your teammate first instead of you. Great video, Cookie!
I sometimes watch weapon role videos, just to remind myself of the basics. And I must say this is the best video I've seen so far. It's short, it has all the important key elements, you explain it in a way so everyone can understand (even beginners), and you have a clear pronunciation. Good job!
When I wake, I pray Coach Cookie has uploaded. When I sleep, it's because I've watched all Coach Cookie's videos. When Coach Cookie uploads, I thank the universe. For I was born too early to explore space, to late to explore earth, but just in time to explore Coach Cookie's youtube channel. Great vid as always mate.
This is the BEST video to explaining Weapon Roles. I really appreciate how you explained in detail on what to do if one of the roles went down. And I also love how you explained it as a team as well. Overall such an amazing video. You defiantly deserve all the likes and subs.
I was at S rank minus over 2000 and when I watched this video now I have 1716 after watching this video I’ve been winning games more constantly even making it through the series even though me being a player with low experience I might get to X rank One day
as someone who plays a lot of splatling (currently Hydra and Heavy Edit), i feel i fill the Anchor role quite nicely, and can be a support if needed because displacement and assisting the team are big things to have, especially as a solo queue
this is such a good video version of FLC’s guide. alot of videos about roles (not all) completely ignore FLC’s guide and end up teaching bad habits to players. FLC would be proud of this version
Went from being a 5star inkbrush main to 5star heavy splatling main. I’ve got 4 stars in several other weapons, but nothing even remotely compares to playing heavy splatling. I only ever solo queue (does playing with my bf every now and then even count as a group?) and it can be pretty difficult sometimes. I’ve learned to play pretty aggressive as one too, but being the last line of defense for my team is pretty great. With that being said, not having a backliner makes such a huge impact. It’s an honor to be the anchor of my teams 🫡
vSploosh main here. This put quite a bit into perspective for me! I can confidently say that I’m best off as a Utility player. I thought that Slayer would be a good role to describe my playstyle, but with how fluid this game is, this video helped expand my mind and shape how I more consciously play. Big thanks, Chief!
i main like 15+ weapons so this was incredibly helpful LMAO i'm always switching playstyles and its good to see i was already doing most of these things without knowing the proper terms for them :)
I didnt know anything about these roles until now and i realise ive been doing a good job as a utility player this whole time with Nzap 85, thx for ths boist in confidence 👍
7:09 This is why I call Z+E Charger a "Skirmisher enabler": meaning that if I get and hold position and there's a chance, I can quickly approach to give you my shield to use it while I'll still cover you on the long range.
Very nice explanation. I really love how Splatoon is super dynamic with play styles, that quality makes it so unique from other shooter games. I’d say my playstyle is a mainly a mix between a skirmisher and a slayer. I main the inkbrush and I’m often either distracting enemies or just straight up going for the kills.
Cookie, I've got beef. Your videos are the most helpful to me, yet you only have four. More videos, please. Your way of explaining things is really helpful.
a large part of why I love my two mains so much, the Splat Dualies and Custom Dualie Squelchers, is they can do Slayer/Skirmisher/Support all pretty well. I tend to play aggressive and v-dualies & CDS enable me to do that super well, but sometimes I just like to stay a little back and paint for Crab. or place Beakons and watch out for flankers man I love Splatoon
If anyone else plays big swig i would suggest being a utility due to the high paint ability and slow ink consumption then switch to skirmish when needed due to the long range vertical flick and ink vac!
ive never played splatoon in my life, but your guides are lovely to watch. you're a natural. you might be the thing that convinces me to pick up a copy, and dip my toes into console shooters.
I've learned so many new things! I've been following the scene since early 2018, even the japanese scene as I can speak the language, and this video was exceptionally great. I wanna play now!
As a S-Blast queen, I alternate between skirmish and anchor play styles. My brother is a brush main so my game revolves around attacking and supporting his kills.
Thanks for the advice, I will probably completely forget all of this but subconciously use some of this advice without realising. Or maybe thats just because i learn best by just doing the thing until i can do said thing effectively.
I’m a charger (Usually E-liters or Swiffers) main and I actually act like an anchor. I’ve done it no matter what. I always retreat if the team isn’t all together or dead. I do keep sniping though and I usually get super jump spot medal / badge for the round. I have a few multiplayer rounds where people always super jump to me. I usually run to a nearby team mate if I’m in trouble since they can usually take care of the guy on me. Would love to find people who are trying to reach a high rank that know what they’re doing! Half the time the team just rushes forward while I’m back.
Cjr main here! This video was suuuuper helpful! As I've been playing cjr, over noticed that I've been way to aggressive with it and this seriously helped!
I'm a tri-stringer main and trying to be an anchor with that weapon is hard, but not impossible. Out of all the other charger-like weapons it's better at covering ink, but it's range is shorter then a charger, so you'll usually be forced into closer fight. Because of this I usually play more like a utility player, mostly inking, throwing toxic mists etc. Obviously like you said you often need to change play styles with utility, which you're usually forced into due to the closer range fights.
I usually tend to flip back and forth between skirmisher/slayer on my own, and my teammates I regularly play with are good at helping boost that further, its really fun. ^-^
I'm a casual player who mains Ttek, and based on this, I believe I play utility most of the time, with me focusing on painting, doing the objective, throwing bombs and inkstrikes, and occasionally fighting. Even now that I'm trying out Nautilus a bit, I probably mostly play utility. Great video!
I play stamper so I'm a skirmisher/slayer mostly, I anchor when team fights go bad and I play really aggro because a lot of the time soloq slayers don't understand sticking together so I just do the work for them
ive only been playing spaltoon for like... 5ish months now, im slowly branching off into different wepon types so far my mains are 52 and carbon deco, i picked up dapple daulies nov and i love playing with them. this was probably the only video that helped me undersatnd the differnce between skim and slayer. i think i need to work on acting an anchor more when needed, i dont do this role (intentonally at least) because i suck at hanguing back and waiting as worry im not doing good for the team. i do hang around in ink and look to see whats going on and where is safe or wear to attack though. sorry for the mini paragaph lol. tldr you're video was very helpful!
Oftentimes you'll even swap between slayer and skirmisher during a single fight. As Gem from @SquidSchool put it, as soon as the enemy starts shooting at you, you become the skirmisher.
There's something I've been thinking about with this system, Roles are suppose to be fluid but since Anchor is the most important position what can they switch into? Sure you can position more aggressivly after a successful fight but you'd still remain the Anchor.
This is a really great question! The answer is that weapons that specialise in anchoring (chargers, splatlings, etc) are way less likely to shift *out* of the playstyle than other weapons are to shift *into* it. This doesn't make the Anchor playstyle any less fluid -- someone should be anchoring at all times, so teammates will shift into it when necessary -- but "anchor weapons" are called that for a reason. They're super insanely good at anchoring, but to a fault... they have trouble doing anything else. Some weapons like Ballpoint Splatling can actually skirmish and slay pretty well, which is one reason why it's very good competitively. But of course, no E-Liter is gonna push up and fish for fights. They'll anchor, and if they go down (which they should try not to), their teammates will cover them. Fluidity! (Ironically, this makes chargers some of the only weapons you *could* fit into a neat little box. But of course, everything's still situational. Sometimes you gotta help in a pivotal fight, or kill the Rainmaker before they get the lead in Overtime. You mostly play patient, but sometimes you gotta get desperate. Up to you to make that decision.) Thank you very much for your question!
Chargers are designed to be anchor weapons at their core, but some of them are ideal for hybrid roles. You won't find an E-liter pushing forward, but a squiffer has quick enough charge time that it can push (it also has to play forward more because it's shorter range). Goo tuber is actually a great weapon for painting with the tap shots, so it does support well. And bamboozlers... are great at... bamboozling? (I don't know what bamboozlers are good for...)
@@kylebayliff9360 I wouldn't call Squiffer and Goo Tuber Anchors but Bamboozler plays at medium to long ranges. It's a similar playstyle to Rapid Blaster and Stringer where you're playing midline rather than backline to hit a specific range, They lack reliable damage so need teamates to protect and combo with them but their positon allows control of any fight. They aren't able to defend on their own like a true Anchor, Stringer is able to stall for a while through explosions but otherwise isn't consistent at longer range.
I realized I normally play utility. And thats so cool i love ranking in those kills and then bomb spamming and inking to get people away. I secretly rush towards enemy base to get some ink in for advantages later in the game (mainly for towercontrol and clam blitz or just spawn killing in any mode) and yeah. I just love splatoon
I kinda do stealth where I just don't start inking anything until I get to the enemy teams base (in turf war). I the cover their base in ink and come back from behind as a surprise attack. 👍😁
The game mode I'm the best at id splat zones. I like to keep my distances and paint with a long range weapon. I often have an inkstorm so I might be more of a utility player
I honestly didn’t know that there were different play styles. After watching this, I think I’m both a slayer and a skirmisher as a tri slosher main. Which I feel like makes sence, not entirely sure.
This makes soo much sense. I main Dynamo roller, which would be utility? It feels like it does a bit of support and such. Also Flingza, and finally kraken roller which is definitely slayer for sure. This video was helpful, thx
Dynamo plays like an anchor that has support capability. It does paint well when the RNG favors it but it's a bit better at making sure at threatening any area it controls.
for various reasons I don't play Splatoon 3 anymore, but back in Splatoon 2 I was absolutely a Utility/Anchor most of the time, which is probably not considered ideal when I mained Kensa Splat Roller and Octobrush Nouveau, but I found a ton of success especially with the latter. Man I wish Octobrush Nouveau was in Splatoon 3, I could probably deal with my many issues with that game if it just had a comfy kit like that.
The new octobrush kit i feel like is pretty good for utility actually! It has squid beakon and ink storm, so u can get splatted team members into safer positions and take a little bit of control on the map remotely. Im trying to get 5 stars on it, its one of my favorite brushes
I'm an Aerospray main, and I definitely am a utility player. I have a kit that can use 2 fizzys at any time, Aerospray is one of the best painting weapons, and I certainly change roles often.
im trying to become better at the tri-stringer currently and its going well I'd say with being an anchor, only issue is im losing the slayer playstyle i had with my carbon, splattershot and tri-slosher rapidly 😭
Can you apply utility to the splattershot nova? I have noticed how easy it is give your team free kills by using point sensor and killer wail so can you count it?
I feel like Tenta brella is a safe like... Utility Skirmisher*. Corrected. I suppose yeah, I'm working alongside my team on objv and I'm not thriving on the super backline, with the midrange brella I use.
both of my mains fall under utility lol. guess that makes sense i do feel like i switch a lot what im focusing on, and mainly just run around helping where i can
had to come back and leave an update on this. playing splatoon with friends rn and. i feel like im playing so much smarter after watching this even though i feel like i was unconsciously already acting within this frame. i feel a lot more aware of my teammates and everything happening in the match. im consistently one of, if not the, highest player on the team and getting the mosr kills. thanks man !!!
As a Brush Main, I didn’t really see any Brushes on the list (At least I don’t think, might have skipped over it) For me, Brushes are a Skirmisher / Slayer Hybrid. Brushes are Fast, Fast Hitting, and Have Very Strong Killpower, with a drawback of Poor Range and So-So painting. I’ll be using Octobrush as an example here, since it’s what I play the most. Octobrushes have a good amount of Range, while not having a slow startup like Painbrush does. They can easily run in and get kills, and Brushes EXCEL at Sharking, as once your in a Brushes range, your basically already dead (Unless your a Roller) The problem with Brushes is that they aren’t good at surviving and keeping themselves safe. Brushes are offensive weapons, and their poor painting power makes it hard to make a getaway. Overall, if your a brush Player, PLAY AGGRO, but also GET AWAY when you can. You want to conserve your special and life as much as possible so you can get kills to help your team.
I'd like to think that splat roller is also a secure skirmisher that can easily swap roles with anyone
Tbh its kinda hard for splat roller to support or anchor... but ig?
@@Timbit901bubbler can be used as a support/anchor option, giving you and your team protection and a place to jump to
@@Timbit901 hmm not really. I play splat roller and I find myself in a support or anchor role quite frequently. It just looks different than other weapons that are usually in that role
I think yes it does but it's not a weapon i would want to rely on staying alive and it can't help weapons that don't paint at all, where as a weapon i would want as a support would make up for other weapons weaknesses. Tbh tho yeah sharking in a corner could be seen as a form of anchoring.
@@Timbit901as a day one roller main you are correct it does struggle staying alive, however when away from opponents it can work as a good jump spot and can be a quick reliable anchor depending on the situation. And actually pretty good at being utility in certain situations with bubble. Bubble allows for quick lead and checkpoint takes and it really helps getting your team in when not used selfishly plus not to mention roller is usually the weapon to confirm kills in fights or do damage for a teammate to confirm the kill it can be very good at supporting the team in numerous ways.
Hydra main here! I agree that the hardest part of the anchor playstyle is juggling safety vs attacking the enemy. If I position myself more aggressively, we'd be better able to beat back the enemy, but if things go wrong, we might wipe...
I'm also a hydra main! And I mostly play in solo queues and this video made me realise I mostly end up playing utility. If you ever end up having an e liter or other very much an anchor weapon, try to become a slayer, hydra is a deadly slayer if you do it right and it just feels great
Hail, fellow Hydra mains! And yes, I completely agree. Sometimes the best thing to do is to flank as a Hydra and watch the enemies get completely wiped out.
As someone that mostly plays skirmish/slayer weapons, I'm ALWAYS appreciative of a good anchor to hold the backline in matches. Thanks for this video, spot on explanation of each role 👍
I can say as a (not very good) E-Liter main, it gets very difficult to hold a line when the enemy is actually allowed to get close to me. A strong frontline stops your anchor from dying.
@@azareii Same definitely goes both ways. Keep practicing with the E-Liter tho because as much as I hate fighting them, they're extremely useful lol
Splatling main here. Always happy to hold the line for you.
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@@GacLosen6556 as a slayer, the first thing I look for in solo queue is do I have an effective backline weapon on my team because it can make my life so much easier
This video rocks! PKFuzzy said a lot about being fluid with roles in his interview with Chara and its great to hear other players/coaches sharing similar views. Its important to not hamstring yourself to a certain playstyle within a match or with your choice of weapon pool, especially within a team setting. The game state is always fluid and your role within each game will be as well.
~ FluuuuUUUuuuuUUUuuuid ~
Id like to add that meta heavily favors certain roles over others too, like with Eliter on Mahi Mahi Tower lol, Anchoring becomes so strong, that it pretty much invalidates every other Skirmisher or Slayer and at that point you have to rely on Utilities (like Rocket Spams) to get through by brute-forcing your way in, also in a fluid game like this, weapons that can reliably do well a number of different roles rather than very well just 1 specific role will get to shine even more, look at vRoller for example, kinda average slayer but terrible at everything else. 💀
The clip at 9:41 is such a great example of how to both skirmish and slay and a good demonstration of how fluid these roles are. It starts with the dualie squelchers distracting the enemy N-Zap, using their range and dodging for long enough to let the Vdualies roll in and finish them off. Then they switch rolls as they move on to their next target, the splattershot. Now the Vdualies is the one drawing fire to let the squelchers safely eliminate the enemy. The Vdualies died, but because they got two kills together it was still worth it.
What the team needs of you can change in the blink of an eye. Even if you're a dualie squelchers who prefers to skrimish, you'll sometimes have to slay simply because the enemy started shooting at your teammate first instead of you. Great video, Cookie!
I sometimes watch weapon role videos, just to remind myself of the basics. And I must say this is the best video I've seen so far. It's short, it has all the important key elements, you explain it in a way so everyone can understand (even beginners), and you have a clear pronunciation. Good job!
When I wake, I pray Coach Cookie has uploaded. When I sleep, it's because I've watched all Coach Cookie's videos. When Coach Cookie uploads, I thank the universe. For I was born too early to explore space, to late to explore earth, but just in time to explore Coach Cookie's youtube channel. Great vid as always mate.
This is the BEST video to explaining Weapon Roles. I really appreciate how you explained in detail on what to do if one of the roles went down. And I also love how you explained it as a team as well. Overall such an amazing video. You defiantly deserve all the likes and subs.
I was at S rank minus over 2000 and when I watched this video now I have 1716 after watching this video I’ve been winning games more constantly even making it through the series even though me being a player with low experience I might get to X rank One day
as someone who plays a lot of splatling (currently Hydra and Heavy Edit), i feel i fill the Anchor role quite nicely, and can be a support if needed because displacement and assisting the team are big things to have, especially as a solo queue
this is such a good video version of FLC’s guide. alot of videos about roles (not all) completely ignore FLC’s guide and end up teaching bad habits to players. FLC would be proud of this version
Went from being a 5star inkbrush main to 5star heavy splatling main. I’ve got 4 stars in several other weapons, but nothing even remotely compares to playing heavy splatling. I only ever solo queue (does playing with my bf every now and then even count as a group?) and it can be pretty difficult sometimes. I’ve learned to play pretty aggressive as one too, but being the last line of defense for my team is pretty great.
With that being said, not having a backliner makes such a huge impact. It’s an honor to be the anchor of my teams 🫡
im a five star inkbrush main... perhaps this is my calling.
vSploosh main here.
This put quite a bit into perspective for me! I can confidently say that I’m best off as a Utility player. I thought that Slayer would be a good role to describe my playstyle, but with how fluid this game is, this video helped expand my mind and shape how I more consciously play. Big thanks, Chief!
i main like 15+ weapons so this was incredibly helpful LMAO i'm always switching playstyles and its good to see i was already doing most of these things without knowing the proper terms for them :)
I didnt know anything about these roles until now and i realise ive been doing a good job as a utility player this whole time with Nzap 85, thx for ths boist in confidence 👍
7:09 This is why I call Z+E Charger a "Skirmisher enabler": meaning that if I get and hold position and there's a chance, I can quickly approach to give you my shield to use it while I'll still cover you on the long range.
Very nice explanation. I really love how Splatoon is super dynamic with play styles, that quality makes it so unique from other shooter games. I’d say my playstyle is a mainly a mix between a skirmisher and a slayer. I main the inkbrush and I’m often either distracting enemies or just straight up going for the kills.
Cookie, I've got beef. Your videos are the most helpful to me, yet you only have four. More videos, please. Your way of explaining things is really helpful.
playing bamboo in solo queue is a serious exercise in teammates demanding every role from you at every moment.
this should get way more attention
and there i am with my forge pro, killing everyone front and back, booyabomb spam and super jump spot gold medal every single game.
a large part of why I love my two mains so much, the Splat Dualies and Custom Dualie Squelchers, is they can do Slayer/Skirmisher/Support all pretty well. I tend to play aggressive and v-dualies & CDS enable me to do that super well, but sometimes I just like to stay a little back and paint for Crab. or place Beakons and watch out for flankers
man I love Splatoon
this honestly helped me understand my role with the hydra and annaki nova
alot more. thanks a bunch!
one of the best explanations of team roles. I really liked the positive vibe of the video :) thank you for sharing this.
If anyone else plays big swig i would suggest being a utility due to the high paint ability and slow ink consumption then switch to skirmish when needed due to the long range vertical flick and ink vac!
This helped soooo much with helping my new team understand their roles and priorites!
As someone who plays anchor/slayer(e-liter) I really appreciate the new e-liter that came out since it perfectly fits my playstyle😏
This video helped me realize that I've been playing as a skirmisher without realizing it. Thanks
This video was incredibly helpful and unnecessarily motivational. Thanks!
In additional reply thanks for making this video it’s worth mentioning in the roles of the game and how would players can adapt in every situation.
ive never played splatoon in my life, but your guides are lovely to watch. you're a natural. you might be the thing that convinces me to pick up a copy, and dip my toes into console shooters.
Good video cookie i now understand that even thow theres 4 main roles i understand that any of each roles can take in different ways 😊
I've learned so many new things!
I've been following the scene since early 2018, even the japanese scene as I can speak the language, and this video was exceptionally great. I wanna play now!
As a S-Blast queen, I alternate between skirmish and anchor play styles. My brother is a brush main so my game revolves around attacking and supporting his kills.
Thanks for the advice, I will probably completely forget all of this but subconciously use some of this advice without realising. Or maybe thats just because i learn best by just doing the thing until i can do said thing effectively.
So much good information here. Thank you for the video. 😊
The amount of time's I've been the anchor as a Sploosh in Turf War is concerning 😅 great video! I'll keep this in mind as I try new weapons!
I’m a charger (Usually E-liters or Swiffers) main and I actually act like an anchor. I’ve done it no matter what.
I always retreat if the team isn’t all together or dead. I do keep sniping though and I usually get super jump spot medal / badge for the round. I have a few multiplayer rounds where people always super jump to me. I usually run to a nearby team mate if I’m in trouble since they can usually take care of the guy on me. Would love to find people who are trying to reach a high rank that know what they’re doing! Half the time the team just rushes forward while I’m back.
Cjr main here! This video was suuuuper helpful! As I've been playing cjr, over noticed that I've been way to aggressive with it and this seriously helped!
another W tutorial by cookie!!!
I'm a tri-stringer main and trying to be an anchor with that weapon is hard, but not impossible. Out of all the other charger-like weapons it's better at covering ink, but it's range is shorter then a charger, so you'll usually be forced into closer fight. Because of this I usually play more like a utility player, mostly inking, throwing toxic mists etc. Obviously like you said you often need to change play styles with utility, which you're usually forced into due to the closer range fights.
Bro thank you so much for this video
I usually tend to flip back and forth between skirmisher/slayer on my own, and my teammates I regularly play with are good at helping boost that further, its really fun. ^-^
i main h3
my role is to slam 3 shots in a row into anything that moves
Great video :)
As a Dualie Squelcher main it’s a bit eye opening to see one playing so aggressively when I usually play more passive and anchor-ish
This helps a lot, as a Octobrush main, I guess I’d play Slayer, but I also play some Inkbrush, which *has* to play Slayer.
This video is so good for me
I'm a casual player who mains Ttek, and based on this, I believe I play utility most of the time, with me focusing on painting, doing the objective, throwing bombs and inkstrikes, and occasionally fighting. Even now that I'm trying out Nautilus a bit, I probably mostly play utility. Great video!
I play stamper so I'm a skirmisher/slayer mostly, I anchor when team fights go bad and I play really aggro because a lot of the time soloq slayers don't understand sticking together so I just do the work for them
ive only been playing spaltoon for like... 5ish months now, im slowly branching off into different wepon types so far my mains are 52 and carbon deco, i picked up dapple daulies nov and i love playing with them. this was probably the only video that helped me undersatnd the differnce between skim and slayer. i think i need to work on acting an anchor more when needed, i dont do this role (intentonally at least) because i suck at hanguing back and waiting as worry im not doing good for the team. i do hang around in ink and look to see whats going on and where is safe or wear to attack though.
sorry for the mini paragaph lol. tldr you're video was very helpful!
Oftentimes you'll even swap between slayer and skirmisher during a single fight. As Gem from @SquidSchool put it, as soon as the enemy starts shooting at you, you become the skirmisher.
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I’m a simple man: I play slayer weapons, I listen to rip and tear/the only thing they fear is you
There's something I've been thinking about with this system, Roles are suppose to be fluid but since Anchor is the most important position what can they switch into?
Sure you can position more aggressivly after a successful fight but you'd still remain the Anchor.
This is a really great question! The answer is that weapons that specialise in anchoring (chargers, splatlings, etc) are way less likely to shift *out* of the playstyle than other weapons are to shift *into* it. This doesn't make the Anchor playstyle any less fluid -- someone should be anchoring at all times, so teammates will shift into it when necessary -- but "anchor weapons" are called that for a reason. They're super insanely good at anchoring, but to a fault... they have trouble doing anything else.
Some weapons like Ballpoint Splatling can actually skirmish and slay pretty well, which is one reason why it's very good competitively. But of course, no E-Liter is gonna push up and fish for fights. They'll anchor, and if they go down (which they should try not to), their teammates will cover them. Fluidity!
(Ironically, this makes chargers some of the only weapons you *could* fit into a neat little box. But of course, everything's still situational. Sometimes you gotta help in a pivotal fight, or kill the Rainmaker before they get the lead in Overtime. You mostly play patient, but sometimes you gotta get desperate. Up to you to make that decision.)
Thank you very much for your question!
Chargers are designed to be anchor weapons at their core, but some of them are ideal for hybrid roles. You won't find an E-liter pushing forward, but a squiffer has quick enough charge time that it can push (it also has to play forward more because it's shorter range). Goo tuber is actually a great weapon for painting with the tap shots, so it does support well. And bamboozlers... are great at... bamboozling? (I don't know what bamboozlers are good for...)
@@kylebayliff9360 I wouldn't call Squiffer and Goo Tuber Anchors but Bamboozler plays at medium to long ranges.
It's a similar playstyle to Rapid Blaster and Stringer where you're playing midline rather than backline to hit a specific range, They lack reliable damage so need teamates to protect and combo with them but their positon allows control of any fight.
They aren't able to defend on their own like a true Anchor, Stringer is able to stall for a while through explosions but otherwise isn't consistent at longer range.
I realized I normally play utility. And thats so cool i love ranking in those kills and then bomb spamming and inking to get people away. I secretly rush towards enemy base to get some ink in for advantages later in the game (mainly for towercontrol and clam blitz or just spawn killing in any mode) and yeah. I just love splatoon
Oh cool, thanks for the tip.
I kinda do stealth where I just don't start inking anything until I get to the enemy teams base (in turf war). I the cover their base in ink and come back from behind as a surprise attack. 👍😁
The game mode I'm the best at id splat zones. I like to keep my distances and paint with a long range weapon. I often have an inkstorm so I might be more of a utility player
I think of myself as a utility/skirmish tent player. Just being there to protect teammates and keeping them in fights longer.
I’d love a video about roles on salmon run. Because I notice it best when I just go ham with some weapons instead of focusing on eggs
I fucking LOVE skirmishing as Nautilus.
"Good players win 1v1s, great players win 2v1s"
Me clutching a 3v1: *WHAT AM IIIIIII?!?!*
a mechanically strong player facing against stupid opponents, that’s what
or you’re a tetra that could happen too
@@asianclicks3368 I'm a splattershot pro
"Good players win 1v1s, great players win 2v1s."
"Amazing players win 3v1s, and 4v1 winners are ProChara."
me holding right trigger and walking forward with the splat roller
video went hard
13:02 heh "fluid" I get it
gotta use this advice to beat São Tomé next Crimcup eh
I mostly pkay skirmisher weapons like squeezer, splatana stamper/ wiper and tetras.
I honestly didn’t know that there were different play styles. After watching this, I think I’m both a slayer and a skirmisher as a tri slosher main. Which I feel like makes sence, not entirely sure.
This makes soo much sense. I main Dynamo roller, which would be utility? It feels like it does a bit of support and such. Also Flingza, and finally kraken roller which is definitely slayer for sure. This video was helpful, thx
Dynamo plays like an anchor that has support capability. It does paint well when the RNG favors it but it's a bit better at making sure at threatening any area it controls.
I miss seeing this content fr.
the aerosprays sound kind of perfect for the utility role
for various reasons I don't play Splatoon 3 anymore, but back in Splatoon 2 I was absolutely a Utility/Anchor most of the time, which is probably not considered ideal when I mained Kensa Splat Roller and Octobrush Nouveau, but I found a ton of success especially with the latter. Man I wish Octobrush Nouveau was in Splatoon 3, I could probably deal with my many issues with that game if it just had a comfy kit like that.
man do i have some good news for you LMAO (it's not the same kit though unfortunately)
The new octobrush kit i feel like is pretty good for utility actually! It has squid beakon and ink storm, so u can get splatted team members into safer positions and take a little bit of control on the map remotely. Im trying to get 5 stars on it, its one of my favorite brushes
@@abigailbaxter9082 yeah i love it too!! i just didn't want to get their hopes up about it being the same kit
I'm an Aerospray main, and I definitely am a utility player. I have a kit that can use 2 fizzys at any time, Aerospray is one of the best painting weapons, and I certainly change roles often.
Scottfalco would like to have a word with you.
As an newer inkbrush player, I agree we dont fall under any tier. Lol Maybe utility for vanilla kit bomb spam. And high paint
I never let go of my 4 star hero shot replica:)
I’m usually an anchor switch to slayer player sometimes
im trying to become better at the tri-stringer currently and its going well I'd say with being an anchor, only issue is im losing the slayer playstyle i had with my carbon, splattershot and tri-slosher rapidly 😭
I'm definitely a Skirmisher. I run in on the Front lines to keep the opponent back while still worrying about my own life.
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Your description of the utility role really makes me miss foil flingza roller as a support/roller main
Can you apply utility to the splattershot nova? I have noticed how easy it is give your team free kills by using point sensor and killer wail so can you count it?
2:06 lag kill LOL
I play explosher so I'm in the constantly being targeted and struggling to get kills role
Then you're a skirmisher
Yeah if I see an explosher on the other team I’m gunning for you lmfao
i nickname the splattershot as. “smash bros inkling role” since you’ll be aggressive and defensive half the time for every match
Oi, where bambo ;-;
great video
Local AND Aussie. Inkcredible.
im still not good at the game but this was a super useful vid despite that!
I feel like Tenta brella is a safe like... Utility Skirmisher*.
Corrected. I suppose yeah, I'm working alongside my team on objv and I'm not thriving on the super backline, with the midrange brella I use.
I put anything with tacticooler under support
So your saying:
Step one: Find friends
Step two: Get good
Step threee: Pick a role
Step ones kinda impossible tho
Huh, it feels like my usage of Inkbrush could fall more into Utility than it does pure Skirmisher or Slayer...I like that ^^
2:16 Xenoblade 3 Music, in my Splatoon video?
both of my mains fall under utility lol. guess that makes sense i do feel like i switch a lot what im focusing on, and mainly just run around helping where i can
had to come back and leave an update on this. playing splatoon with friends rn and. i feel like im playing so much smarter after watching this even though i feel like i was unconsciously already acting within this frame. i feel a lot more aware of my teammates and everything happening in the match. im consistently one of, if not the, highest player on the team and getting the mosr kills. thanks man !!!
I feel like the s blast is a slayer since it’s a powerful weapon or an ankhor since it’s range is UNHOLY
Don’t listen to what the hail I say I’m C- I play ranked casually for the modes,splat zones works great with charger
The only problem with skirmishes on tetras is tacticooler ruins it and it dies alot, it is a distraction to tue other team tho
As a Brush Main, I didn’t really see any Brushes on the list (At least I don’t think, might have skipped over it)
For me, Brushes are a Skirmisher / Slayer Hybrid. Brushes are Fast, Fast Hitting, and Have Very Strong Killpower, with a drawback of Poor Range and So-So painting.
I’ll be using Octobrush as an example here, since it’s what I play the most. Octobrushes have a good amount of Range, while not having a slow startup like Painbrush does. They can easily run in and get kills, and Brushes EXCEL at Sharking, as once your in a Brushes range, your basically already dead (Unless your a Roller)
The problem with Brushes is that they aren’t good at surviving and keeping themselves safe. Brushes are offensive weapons, and their poor painting power makes it hard to make a getaway.
Overall, if your a brush Player, PLAY AGGRO, but also GET AWAY when you can. You want to conserve your special and life as much as possible so you can get kills to help your team.
I play close range Splat Charger and no one can stop me
I switch between anchor and skirmisher. I try to slay, but I more often get deleted.
Hey should I buy this game now?
I never played ant splatoon game, but it looks good