Best Abilities for Sloshers [OUTDATED] - Splatoon 3

[@EverythingInMyBrain]

Bloblobber main here. I really wouldn’t consider blob to be a backline weapon. It has the slowest shot velocity in the game so it’s extremely easy to dodge at long range. If anything it’s best used as a semi-aggressive midline paint and chip damage support that can make use of uncommon positions and map geometry to harass back-liners.

[@GUSplatoon]

Thanks for sharing! It’s the weapon out of all the sloshers that I have the least competitive experience with, so good to know.

[@Rawrmuffin0]

It’s pretty flexible mid. It can skirmish and also backline support by lobbing tons of blobs to cover fire 💙

[@lw1391]

Easily the most underrated weapon in the game. Works from everywhere but close range. Lethal for chip damage

[@p.zansei3280]

Hi there! Bloblobber enthusiast since Splatoon3 launched. I found much of what you said quite interesting as a low-mid level, solo-queue slosher main. I tend to go more aggressive with my Blob, running LDE, Ninja Squid & Object Shredder on it (to answer crab tanks and 5gal walls), often employing strats like controlling choke points or front line skirmishing, or playing a decent-ish anchor if there is none one better for it in solo queue. It's quite fun and my flexible blobs demand respect in Mid. I view "#1 Popular Target" as high praise whether I win or lose, however.

[@GUSplatoon]

Hi there! Welcome to the community :) Out of curiosity, what do you mean by low-mid level solo-queue? Yes, LDE & ninja squid are always an option. I think OS is good on blob; I forgot to include it when re-reading my notes but I did include some builds form Isaac where they have OS on it. But, yes, you’re right. Blob is best at holding space which is similar to your comment on controlling choke points. That’s what the weapon excels at.

[@p.zansei3280]

@@GUSplatoon yes sorry that's pretty vague, I forgot that low and mid level mean something different >_> I'm not in any competitive ranking, (primarily turf-warring with a splash of Zones) but I consider myself comparatively strong and tenacious despite playing casually.

[@GUSplatoon]

@@p.zansei3280 oh gotcha! Sorry, when I hear those terms, I associate them with the competitive scene. So, I thought you were playing competitively and were also brand new to Splatoon 3. But that’s great! I definitely do recommend checking out Issac and NicoChico; arguably the best blob players in the western competitive scene. As you continue to play Splatoon 3, even if you don’t ever play competitive, it’s still a good idea to keep an eye on it to stay informed.

[@p.zansei3280]

@@GUSplatoon haha I should be so lucky! I'm not the kind of prodigy you lookin' for x) But I'll check them out@

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

slosh deco player here, personally i LOVE using drop roller to get out of zipcasting when someone tries to splat my spawn location. it helps me more than i expect honestly, also abilities like special power up/ink savor main allow zipcaster to get more swings and overall increase duration and it does come in handy for a weapon like deco

[@GUSplatoon]

Thanks for sharing! I think because it’s still new, the builds are still being tested/experimented. Your special power up/ink saver main sounds interesting. I should try that out.

[@damien8772]

What do you think about object shredder on it? Since HP-specials like crab and booyah bomb or wavebreaker and wall arr often played

[@damien8772]

Not to forget big bubbler in tower control

[@turtleyoutubeaccount]

@@damien8772slosher doesn’t have the fire rate for os

[@EpikkWin]

We LOVE a slosher focused splatuber 🙏 looking forward to more content! (Ive moved from slosher -> tri -> machine from s1, s2 to s3 lol)

[@GUSplatoon]

More to come! Thanks so much for your kind words!

[@Stroyoo_03]

I’m a VSlosh main and my build since 3 has been LDE, Swim Speed, and Special Charge Up, with some utility subs. My build isn’t set perfectly yet, I need to swap out a few subs and I would like some better looking gear, but I got what I need currently- and I enjoy playing the weapon the most out of everything else in 3!

[@GUSplatoon]

Nice! Interesting on the special charge up. Do you usually use it for particular modes? I bet it comes in handy on tower control.

[@Stroyoo_03]

@@GUSplatoon I made this build as a sort of.. all-around build 😂 I find the slosher is very versatile in what it can do- so I figured being able to move quickly, have extra ink to fight back (when losing battles with LDE), and SCU to help with Tri-Strike farming would ensure I’m able to stay alive and help displace my enemies while doing what I can for my team. I need to make more builds for my mains so I’m definitely gonna be re-watching this video and looking at Sendou for other abilities to use so I can switch it up- changing builds is one of the best things you can do to revitalize a weapon’s play style! I used to swap it up in 2, but losing all my gear progress with the change to 3 made me kinda fall back into using the same build. Time to change that :)

[@AvatarAang_]

LDE SSU SSU SSU SCU SS SS INKRES SJ SUBDEF INKRES QSJ That’s what I use. I also use a set with a pure QR shirt, triple QR on LDE hat, SJ, 2 subs of SSU and QSJ

[@FrankEShaw05]

Ive been using similar abilities but recently im considering replacing special charge up with something else like sub saver because is not very powerful right now and zipcaster is very situational so you really dont need to get it quickly

[@Stroyoo_03]

@@FrankEShaw05 I use this for Vanilla slosher not the Deco Kit

[@breanda]

Yo, I loved this video! I'm no Explo expert (dare I say Expl-ert?), but I find that Thermal Ink is awesome for the Explo even though it has point sensor since you can track an opponent from just a slosh instead of a sub use, which saves ink in a way. While Thermal Ink doesn't show their location to your teammates, it's still helpful from a personal standpoint and can aid in splatting or whittling down enemy health for your teammates to splat them easier. Also, it's always good to be able to see where enemies are through walls lol.

[@GUSplatoon]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🙌🏽. I’ve never tried thermal ink on explo, does it need to be a direct hit to activate? I’ll probably try it out. Thanks for sharing :)

[@quackinton]

Explo main here, thermal ink only activates with direct shots, but even with that downside it still isn’t a bad option :> personally i don’t run it but it’s not a bad option

[@Dpostel]

I have tried running Thermal Ink, but the annoying thing is that you need the direct hit, which means most often you already did 90 damage on them. Using the map, you can easily get a indirect hit on the second slosh in my opinion. Learning to shoot using the map as a guide helps a lot while hitting opponent behind cover. If you partner with someone, you hit them behind cover and your partner finished them off when they try to approach you. Or the other way around when they try to hide behind cover from your partner you finish them off

[@codeninja99]

I've been slosher main since splatoon 2 came out and I love blob lobber and slosher, and this advice is just what I've been looking for, thanks a lot!

[@GUSplatoon]

I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’m planning on doing more Slosher-focused videos, so stay tuned :)

[@key81885]

I’ve been feeling like I need more utility subs on most my gear compared to S2. I’ve been using mostly 2 subs of Qsj especially. Great vid keep it up

[@key81885]

I appreciate the links in the description also ty

[@GUSplatoon]

2 subs is still really good! Especially on certain weapons like tetras. And thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words.

[@Scratchy_Wolf]

My main gear I mainly built around Slosher has Comeback (because I'm dumb but also like more swim and run speed aswell as LDE isn't that useful in Turf War) and Drop Roller (Its a good counter to Splatana charge slash and sometimes chargers) and I have a Main and 3 subs of Ink Recovery 2 subs of Main Saver (Because Ink efficiency isn't a concept in a pinch) and 3 subs of Swim Speed (because without swim speed the game feels SUPER slow)

[@notandrew9012]

i used kmachine and soda a lot back in s2 but I haven't played s3 very much and I feel like I'm nowhere as good as I was in 2. especially because all my gear sucks. i hate how when you order gear you get the ability the gear comes in by default and not a changed ability.

[@GUSplatoon]

I love those weapons. I used to use them a lot too. S3 is definitely much faster compared to S2. I agree on the gear; it’s unfortunate.

[@notandrew9012]

@@GUSplatoon yes for sure. totally agree

[@GUSplatoon]

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[@BowlOSoup6661]

Thank you I'm basically just starting to do builds and this really helps. Also I'm pretty sure we've played in a ranked match a while back when 3 came out

[@GUSplatoon]

I am glad this helps! GGs to if we ever played :)

[@IcyGongoozle]

7:52 Would these Ability Recommendations also apply to the newer Tri-Slosher?? Obviously not the Special Charge or Up Part, but Comeback, Swim Speed and Quick Respawn??

[@GUSplatoon]

Hi, I’m still working through learning more about that weapon but for now, yeah, QR & Comeback seem like the best pick. No need to put special charge up since it’s 180. 1 sub of special power up does give you an extra second so that goods to consider

[@IcyGongoozle]

@@GUSplatoon Cool! Thanks!

[@cheesebslls6203]

I'm a slosher deco main and I use lde ninja squid and stealth jump with 5 subs of qr, 2 of quick super jump and special charge but I'm thinking of getting rid of 1 qsj and the special charge for swim speed

[@OneDisguisedFish]

As a slosher main, these are super helpful 🤠✌️

[@GUSplatoon]

Im glad! More Slosher videos to come.

[@normanred9212]

I think i huge thing I would love for them to add to Splatoon 3 is the ability to have more than 5 Fresh Fit slots and attack weapons to the gear sets, I also would love to be able to give a Favorite(star) next to specific weapons and gear so I can find and separate them easier

[@GUSplatoon]

100% agree. I think 5 is limiting & although you can get 10 with amiibo, I feel like it’s unfair if you don’t have one. Yes, I think the favorites is very weird because right now it lists them based on the order you played them. Maybe they could do “most turf” ordered?

[@jermm2183]

I always preferred machine over slosher in S2 but something about the weapon just FEELS better in S3 and I started preferring slosher (I think flicks feel a little more consistent or something like that.) As for kits I think it depends a lot on your play-style but I've personally come to really like running 2 subs of ink recovery and comeback. I have no problems with ink efficiency after those 20 seconds of comeback end and get all of those sweet comeback buffs alongside it. If you run LDE usually you need at least 3 subs swim speed and some amount of charge up/special saver in combination to make up for your inferior output compared to ttek/neo splash so comeback solves most of your problems in that front as well. Feel free to copy my build but I use this 1 main comeback 1 main 3 sub quick respawn 1 main stealth jump 2 sub swim speed up 2 sub ink recovery up 1 sub quick super jump 1 sub special saver With this build you can primarily play sweeper utilizing comeback buffs and still be able to fight after comeback as your swim speed and ink recovery help negate your primary weaknesses. Also drop roller > stealth jump on slosher deco

[@Batsquid93]

This got me wanting to try my hand at sloshers

[@GUSplatoon]

Do it and submit a clip for my montage lol

[@Batsquid93]

@@GUSplatoon bet!

[@Vytalics]

How do you have so much chunks? I'm struggling to get the chunks I need for my builds

[@GUSplatoon]

Good question! 1) I play every rotation of salmon run to where I get to around Executive VP 300-400. 2) I always use a drink ticket on my gear while I’m wearing 4-5 star gear to get faster chunks and passive chunks 3) I have the Sheldon drone & play gotcha machine every day. 4) Playing a lot of splatfest helps because it’s cheaper to scrub your shirt. Big run was also helpful with more capsules. I would be down to make a video if that is something people are interested in.

[@Vytalics]

@@GUSplatoon sheldon drone? What is that

[@GUSplatoon]

@@Vytalics after you 100% story mode. You get access to a drone where it’ll get random stuff for you each day for a payment. You know what. I’ll do a video.

[@Chris-yz1wj]

@@Vytalicscomplete every single story mode level with every single weapon, and clear out the green + dark gray areas on the maps. Once you cleared out a map you’ll get a green tag that says “surveyed”. Plus you’ll get map stickers of alterna, and you’d need to talk to Marie for it

[@Vytalics]

@@Chris-yz1wj how do I do the green and dark grey areas?

[@nathanblackburn1193]

So I have a question about abilities, are abilities like Sub Resistance, Special Saver, Ink Resistance and Quick Super Jump ever worth having as a main ability? Because from what I've seen most players rarely run more than 1 sub of those abilities

[@GUSplatoon]

Good question. For the most part, these abilities are not worth using as a main, mostly as subs because they provide more benefit in increments & it’s better to use other abilities as mains (swim speed, intensify, QR, etc.) However, there are rare & understandable exceptions when they are used as mains. Here are a few examples: - Some mini, heavy & Hydra players use 1 main on ink resistance because of how often they are strafing - Most recently, some high level players started wearing 1 main & 1 sub of sub resistance to help in countering burst bomb since high level comps often use things like splash and stamper. - Some e-liter player use 1 main of quick super jump because if you’re getting targeted, you want to get out of their as fast as possible. At the end of the day, run what you feel comfortable with.

[@meguchy_]

"My name is Gustavo Fring, but you can call me Gus" Sorry i have to do it

[@GUSplatoon]

Lmao Well, I “never make the same mistake twice” 🫢

[@meguchy_]

@@GUSplatoon bahaha x)

[@kristopherhayes1957]

Is there any other weapons that use thermal ink well? Blob lobber is the only one that I know.

[@GUSplatoon]

I know a couple of bow players use thermal ink.

[@Alchemyyyyyy]

I’m a tri slosher main and I found “tobyoby” or the 2nd persons build interesting, doesn’t ninja squid decrease your swim speed? also I don’t think you need to sneak on opponents because you only need two shots to kill ‘em, so I would ditch the ninja squid and opt for quick respawn or something,correct me if I’m wrong

[@GUSplatoon]

You’re not wrong, but I’d recommend looking at the meta time stamp because I explain there why ninja squid is being used mostly for every weapon. It’s not something unique to sloshers, it’s something unique to players using it because of weird map design in S3.

[@Alchemyyyyyy]

@@GUSplatoon yeah, I understand now, ty!

[@whe6372]

new to the game, played very little in splatoon 2. i was just wondering, how do you have so many chunks? making builds seems so hard to do if you get the wrong ability so i wanna use chunks to make it easier. awesome video though! thanks

[@GUSplatoon]

Woo! Glad you’re playing S3. And thanks for your comment on the video. I got asked by someone else in the comments about ability chunks as well. So, I’m working on a video this winter break to make sure I design an informed video so you all know the best ways to get chunks. I should be posting it in January! Just making sure I got all the information accurate.

[@whe6372]

oh cool! i’m looking forward to it. having lots of fun playing this game!

[@Cucumber_Sandwhich0]

How tf do y’all have like 500 ability chuncks

[@mamaluigisayshi]

What about tri slosher novica?

[@GUSplatoon]

I made an exclusive guide on Tri Slosher nouveau: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWHFcqitoNeJmNksi=UMiFfCpe4CBIyIxy

[@Chirstyy]

How do you have so much abilities ?

[@wiggaldachristbamdandla1543]

How did you get so many chunks!?

[@GUSplatoon]

I am working on a video! I should be posting in January. But a small preview, play with the splatfest tee right now. Make sure to use your tee to scrub gear with Murch. It’s cheaper!

[@w3v3z]

Gus 🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@GUSplatoon]

That’s me 🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@MintGreenFurry]

I've somehow managed to get my dad into playing splatoon and he's gone for the tri this was really helpful because i never played it before thanks!