5 NEW Weapon Kit Ideas With THE NEW SPECIALS! (Kraken Royale, Super Chump) // Splatoon 3

[@mrlag3886]

I'm gonna drop my opinion on these kits from a competitive player standpoint so 1. Explo beakon is really good and I would be ok with and kraken I see where you're going with it but to me personally (as a splatling/explo player) wouldn't be the best option for it due to kraken's terrible startup and end lag but if it does happen it'd be fine with it ig 7/10 2. Brella torpedo i guess wouldn't be terrible for it but as you said brella would need a lot of fixes first but idk about torp it's just weird to me and kraken is a similar reason to explo and that is its endlag 6/10 I dont really know what I feel abt this really 3. Squiffer and simply put no because it can lead to a very kraken spammy weapon and that isnt a good thing in my opinion considering it's invincible not to add fizzy can force some weapons to move and get picked by the squiff 3/10 4. Rapid pro this kit would be very good as you can wall to protect urself in chump and it would put immense pressure on everything but charger really but I can see people running 1.2 charge to try and kinda spam chump but the kit I would give an 8/10 its very good but could cause an annoying meta 5. Bow I can see chump being good on it but point sensor isnt very good and would lack alternative tools for pressure like a bomb and unless you run charge similar to rapid it wouldn't super spam chump 6.8/10 Apologies for the mountain of text

[@jacobcats_spl]

hey, im also a competitive player of about 2 years, would try to relate my experience but you didnt specify what div you’re in. i appreciate that you take the time to rate all my kits, but i have a few things id like to say in response 1: the point of kraken on explo is the survivability, the startup lag doesnt matter when explo can see you from so far away (ive played explo since the custom kit dropped btw) and because of kraken being invulnerable, it can drive the attacker away from it and allow for the explo’s teammates to get the kill before kraken runs out, which is feasible in a team environment 2: torp on brella would be great for it! i dont know if youve seen kunder fight but that thing can do a lot with torpedo. now imagine that with a much better main weapon+an invincibility special and you’ve got a really strong fighter 3: yeah i get what you mean but that was the entire point of the kit was having fizzy so that squiffer could paint much better as well as force people out of an area, and maybe in hindsight the kraken could be like 220p but it wouldnt be able to spam it as much as you think due to squiffer requiring a good deal of ink to fire and fizzy chunking it’s tank 4: the whole point of rpd was that it has crazy pressure with it’s kit+i dont think it could cause an annoying meta. rpd last game had the same kit but it had ink armor, which is probably way more annoying on rapid pro than super chump will 5: yeah this kit kinda sucks ill be real- couldnt think of anything to give it besides beakon or mist, and it already has mist. i figured itd be a strong location-heavy weapon that counters ns, but its not much different of a kit from the vanilla which is a mistake on my part its cool that you play comp, but it doesnt mean that whatever you say as a comp player is facts. i appreciate the ratings tho, just wanted to voice my opinion on your opinion lmao

[@mrlag3886]

@@jacobcats_spl yea yea i hadn't known so i figured i would drop my take on it and yea we arent always gonna say factual stuff ofc only only the 5th kit is very mid i wont lie and i see the point of all of them just play styles it what concerned me bc i dont want a end splatoon 2 2.0 lmao

[@jacobcats_spl]

@@mrlag3886 i dont think we’re gonna have another spl2 situation, but yeah i get what you mean. def gonna rethink that stringer kit

[@polygawn]

Imagine stamper with wall and kraken 😳😳😳😳

[@jacobcats_spl]

idk about wall but kraken would be pretty cool ngl

[@polygawn]

@@jacobcats_spl BUT WALL WOULD BE SICK THOUGH!!!!! just. Think about it. All the cool ways you can protect yourself.

[@jacobcats_spl]

@@polygawn i think wall would encourage a more midline playstyle with stamper, and i dont think that would be very fun or healthy for the game+stamper’s offenses are very reliant on combo damage, and wall+kraken kinda gets rid of all the combo potential that it could have from it’s sub and special

[@ohkoxar]

@@jacobcats_spl Wiper is probably the better pick of the splatana's to get kraken. Something like splat bomb and kraken would be the ideal kit for it

[@DiademAce]

@@ohkoxar my idea was fizzy instead of splat bomb for poking

[@sonicrunn3r895]

My newest dream is some form of dualies with kraken. I already have the dream of dualies getting trizooka, but I really want both of these real now, given being introduced in 2 means Dualies never had the chance to get anything like those specials. Brella kits being held back also leads me to believe that we'll see a brella get kraken too, which would be HYPE, especially if it was the regular or tent.

[@Valfalk24]

I think fizzy bomb with the tri-stringer could be really interesting. It provides better paint and a movement option, plus the tri-stringer would be a one shot if you got two arrows combined with one fizzy hit. Additionally I think wave breaker would be a very fun special to give it.

[@lucaroxav]

I play bow very often and I like the idea of super chump on it, it can help the bow lock down an area even more. I think the 2nd kit should have a bomb that can help it with the lock down aspect like suction or splat bomb. My ideal bow kit is torpedo and rain to capitalize on its chip damage! Awesome video, also love the explosher kit😊

[@hawaiian3578]

I think the normal kit already has enough lock down, and I think a more aggressive kit would be better for it. Suction is a bit too ink hungry for bow, and splat bomb is fine (though it takes a decent bit of ink but yk it's OP, it's a splat bomb). Utility subs are usually better for stringer, but I really like the idea of torp on it. Probably the best backline to get torp, good get off me tool, combos well with the weapon unlike having it with a charger, and helps counter chargers; one of bow's weaknesses.

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

I mean I'm a tri stringer main and I just want burst bomb on it. It'd probably make it the best backliner in the game, maybe excepting Zekkofin charger, but I think it wouldn't be unhealthy or broken because the main weapon itself requires such a high skill floor and has such a high skill ceiling for skill expression. For special, I don't think super chump would work amazingly for a second kit. Someone once described the current stringer hit as the "trapper" kit and I think super chump feels too similar to that. Obviously, I don't know anything about super chump from balance perspective yet, but just from a sense of differentiating the next few kits from the current one, super chump feels like similarly "trappy" and point sensor fulfills a very similar role to toxic mist, just does it slightly better with a few downsides. I'd love burst bomb inkstorm, that would easily be top tier, but I think bubbler or even zipcaster would all work well with it. Really, as long as it has burst bomb and a special that isn't rushdown like reefslider or ultra stamp, I think the weapon will be in a really good place

[@jacobcats_spl]

yeah everyone seems to share a similar sentiment. in hindsight i shouldnt have made a kit for a weapon i dont really have experience with. really appreciate your input though! will def be more cautious with my weapon kit ideas in the future for sure

[@Yogggi]

I really wanna see a brush kit with beacon and chump, the idea of playing more supportive/assassination style sounds fun to me

[@DarcyMH]

if super chump ends up being the healthier and better designed alternative to missiles that seems to be id love the new Grim Range Blaster to have it with burst bomb

[@jacobcats_spl]

ooh me too, itd be sick to see grim in this game now that it doesnt suck

[@nickdoesyt05]

I really like these kits! Love the ideas! Great video!

[@Pygs]

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS

[@jacobcats_spl]

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[@unebaguette9745]

I think zipcaster on squiffer would serve the same purpose, synergies better and overall make more sens. If we get a third kit for squiffer tho I would prefer to have 2 aggressive kits as I think it suits it better while gootuber would prefer supportive kits. Also inkjet should be kept for gootuber's aggressive kit (plz don't give two weapons with similar strength the same special again)

[@cyrus9346]

I want to see Heavy Splatling return its vanilla Splatoon 1 kit of Point Sensor and Kraken.

[@_sleep_sugar]

When the chumps turned out to be a defensive special

[@isaacmoon7093]

I just want squiffer to get zipcaster but kraken is cool too.

[@icyflame716]

As an explo main, please don’t give it kraken, it needs a good backline special.

[@RykerDotJPG]

these are pretty alright but as someone who plays the tri stringer the most i disagree with its kit a lot, it wouldnt be a great kit, i can work with it if it has the super chump special, but the point censor is... bad id prefer a burst bomb, it would make it good for chip damage aswell as more aggressive up close, as for the special i would honestly take anything thats not the ultra stamp, tenta missiles, tacticooler, zipcaster or reefslider also to answer your question, the tri stringer is not just a "sniper", it doesnt play like a sniper cuz its supposed to be a *supportive* sniper, theres a lot to the tri stringer but i wont be annoying with the details lol

[@jacobcats_spl]

yeah ill admit that kit kinda sucks, i just didnt want to give it a bomb considering how strong that would be also ive played a good bit of tri-stringer after releasing this video, and i understand what it’s about a lot more (i dont necessarily agree with “supportive charger” but i get what u mean) also point sensor is kinda slept on- have you seen the stuff that nautilus can do with it? running point in a comp can be really strong due to ninja squid still having a presence, combine that with tri’s strong chip and aggro positioning and you have a good ns counter

[@RykerDotJPG]

@@jacobcats_spl i get it if it somehow gets crab then point censor makes sense if it gets ink storm, burst bomb should be fine it depends on the combo for balance reasons and yeah i mean it more in the sense that you dont always have to look for one shots like eliters and splatchargers do, just a half charge supports and slows them down same with lob shots over walls and all that, its something snipers cant do

[@RykerDotJPG]

oh honestly i wouldnt mind a beacon either lol

[@GoldStorm07]

I'd nominate ink mine as one of tri-stringer's better sub options, it offers good chipping that kills off the damage from two arrows and still tracks targets like point sensor. Rounds out the weapon pretty well.

[@RykerDotJPG]

@@GoldStorm07 id still prefer burst bomb or beacon, but id take ink mine over the point censor yeah

[@JulesLeoDirect]

What would do if prompted with making a Rockenberg weapon?

[@jacobcats_spl]

i dont understand the question

[@JulesLeoDirect]

@@jacobcats_spl What weapon would you give a Rockenberg branded alternate kit to, and sub and special?

[@jacobcats_spl]

@@JulesLeoDirect thats a good question because i dont really know for sure. if anything id like to have the weapon take design inspiration from the Black Inky Rider clothing (glossy black), and if anything would look good with that color scheming id probably put it on squeezer. As for the kit, i have no idea. Splat Bomb would be cool to see on it again, and maybe wail or kraken would be cool to see. Squeezer would be stupid good with Splat Bomb+Kraken tho so idk

[@JulesLeoDirect]

@@jacobcats_spl Interesting, cause I also thought splat bomb and wail for it, but on blaster or heavy

[@RookieGoBoom]

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