The HARDEST Weapons in Splatoon 3

[@adrianleonce455]

(This is coming from a Tri-Stringer main) While i agree that Tri-Stringer can be difficult for casuals, i think the reason for that is different. I think the weapon is difficult because of how it's meant to be played. A misconception with it (and the class in genral) is that directs or simpe AOE spamming are the only way to play it. Tri-Stringer's true playstyle (imo) is to change HOW you use your arrows based on the situation. One moment, you could be in a situation where a direct is needed. But a couple seconds later, the situation changes to were spamming is needed. And then a couple seconds later, you need to try doing some directs again. Also, now that Tri-Stringer can paint lines with directs, you now have to consider situations where teaammates need a line to push forward a little ALSO, simple, brain-dead spamming won't work for this weapon/class. The spamming requires predicting where opponent are going to move. If you know where someone is moving to, you can spam shots around that area and get enough chips for a kill or for teammates to finish the job. . In conclusion, Tri-Stringer is a flexible weapon. It relies on the alternation of your shots, the prediction of opponents and how you use your spams/directs. But its because of this required flexibility that the weapon can be hard to use. But its because of this flexibility that i love it and the class soo much.

[@Platinum_XYZ]

fully agree with you here. I can find it uninteresting to do the same thing over and over during a match so I appreciate that frequently changing and adapting the way you use the tri stringer is a key part of the playstyle. using it has a very different feel compared to like any other weapon but I do enjoy playing this weapon a lot. it definitely gets more fun if you can get past the initially rough period of trying this weapon for the first time

[@Spacewizard9]

exactly, its about adapting.

[@p.zansei3280]

I ain't anywhere near top level, I transitioning to tri-stringer from Blob hasn't been too difficult. It took me less time to learn to aim with chargers. As for me I'd add Bamboozler to the honourable mentions

[@agentblackbird9435]

The “braindead” AOE spam reminds me a lot of how Explosher gets kills like that

[@Kookie_TV]

if you required 4 paragraphs to explain what the weapon does, it's complicated.

[@Mousalanche]

The fact that the Stamper is incredibly hard, but incredibly rewarding and fun to play when mastered is really great to think about

[@WaterFudge69]

Every weapon should be like this. Power should be directly linked to skill, which is unfortunately not the case since everything that's on this list or would be on this list (except for stamper) has bad power

[@GUSplatoon]

Where is Tri-Slosher on this list????? (I’ll submit footage for the easy video)

[@dreamy_sparks]

Hey Gus

[@balu0950]

I seem to remember you saying in another video that Tetras are one of the most difficult weapons to learn. I've been playing Tetras for 1 1/2 years now and I still find it hard to play well with it.

[@Chase247]

I still think it is, but I'd be lying if I said there weren't harder weapons haha

[@warmaniac989]

@@Chase247dousers is a good example

[@matthew1928]

Tetras on sticks with no paddles is definitely the hardest…😅

[@BigPro1123]

@@matthew1928I play sticks and tetras is impossible to use. I also just don’t like the playstyle of being aggressive frontline

[@Anubonek]

Idk if its cause i main the weapon myself, but i feel like bamboo maybe deserved a mention here. I definitely think its one of the hardest chargers to learn due to it needing to land 2 hits and also needing really good aim

[@unl3ash3d95]

it does definitely over tetras

[@_orangeonion]

What about an EASIEST weapon list🫠

[@Chase247]

Good idea!

[@Rubellite-jq2kg]

Imo clash and shot (splattershot)

[@_orangeonion]

@@Rubellite-jq2kg zap, splash, and jr. Most of the shooter are easy🫠

[@fireyocean8129]

52 gal and it's not even close. LMAO

[@pikagiuppy93]

​@@Rubellite-jq2kgidk about clash, i guess it's easy to learn but it's also really bad so it's technically hard to win with it

[@Maroony_Yt]

I think decavitator is definitely a decently hard weapon to play. While the big hitboxes and damage seem good, it’s speed is slow for a frontline, making it hard to work around. Which can just get you killed a lot. And its just more worth it to learn stamper instead in that case, since it’s way better.

[@micahdapelo7020]

@Maroony_Yt You must've been playing on maps with a lot of ramps and weren't running ninja squid.

[@harmless9336]

Pick charc -> run 3 pures of special charge, maybe some special power -> get 9 inkets in a game -> win but lose all your friends. I highly doubt this works in comp enough to fit for a list like this video but it actually is probably the best soloq way to play it unfortunately.

[@tombadil64]

But decav is fun, so absolutely worth learning.

[@The0fficialGigabyte]

as a decavitator main i agree but idc its cool asf to use

[@bnks306]

I found decavitators to be really annoying and I would not stop running into them for 3 weeks straight (wellstrings too) but then everyone collectively realized that the weapon isn’t really that good lol

[@meguchy_]

5 stars vstringer+ 5 stars every stampers here : Those are really hard weapons that require a lot of skill not just to be good, but to be consistent in every games you play. It's something that people often don't consider, but being consistently good in what you do in this game is very important, and those weapons (stringer and stamper) really REALLY need to be consistent to be strong.

[@unl3ash3d95]

you guys love to glaze your own weapons. How I see it is that if you have fully mastered a weapon like gootuber that should be considered one of the hardest weapons to learn because mastering it will only get you so far stamper is literally a top 5 weapon in the game if u get good with it it takes skill don't get me wrong but it feels like ppl only say its the hardest because chara said it in one of his videos when the charger class has stayed being the hardest class to learn since s1

[@meguchy_]

@@unl3ash3d95 I respect Prochara's opinion, but this is made by my own experience: stamper is a hard weapon bcz it isn't like any weapon. The beams are slow, meaning you have to take into account that your shots must have some kind of delay before it hits the enemy. Yes stamper is a top 5 weapon, but that doesn't mean it's not hard. And what about stringer then, it's a low tier weapon, and the only famous player playing it rn is Erito 😭. Saying that the charger class is the hardest class in the game is oversimplifying the argument: what type of charger do you play? You've been playing it since exactly when? Do you know how they work? Simplifying things by "it's the hardest weapon/class to master in this game" doesn't make sense. It depends on the player playing the weapon. I personally have difficulties playing shooters, even tho it's considered as the simplest class of the game, simply bcz I'm used to weapons like Slosher, stamper, machine, pencil, stringer. Moreover, pencil is one of the weapons dominating the meta rn, and it's a charger. Are people "glazing" it tho? Maybe. But I'm personally not the type of player to do that. Also, taking into account pro players opinion, people that play at the top level, that have experience since the very beginning of the franchise, makes sense no? They know a lot about the game, and ProChara does a great job bcz he actually knows a lot about the game. On an unrelated note I've been playing stamper since October 2022, before ProChara started talking about it.

[@WaterFudge69]

​@@unl3ash3d95I actually like this kind of opinion to an extent. People put so much effort into stamper only because of how powerful it is. Anybody could put the same amount of effort into something like h3, or roller, or tetras, but they don't because no matter what it's impossible to get to the power level of stamper. I seriously don't know why more people don't go to one trick this weapon, because I feel like it's been in almost every meta. If there is a reason, then idk it

[@meguchy_]

@@WaterFudge69 exactly. People invest time and practice on stampers because it's worth it.

[@lazycorvid7826]

I'm by no means a master of it but Tri-Stringer is one of those weapons that I instantly clicked with and always found a complete joy to play even if I can have an easier time picking up another weapon. Really noticed the spike in difficulty with it though when coolers became a common staple as Tri-Stringer really struggles to keep up at that pace. Honestly not sure what I'd call the hardest weapons for me but I tend to struggle with weapons that have end lag and slower movement even if it's one considered to be a high tier weapon.

[@BigPro1123]

I’d say tri stringer is the hardest weapon. It’s the only stringer I can’t do good with. I love watching tri stringer clips, it’s just so cool to see people who are good with it. Stick to what you enjoy even if it is not as good as other options. The weapon that I clicked with was big swig express even though it’s considered really bad on tier lists, but stuck with it because it was the most fun I’ve had with a weapon because it has what I want in a weapon

[@aleksijuhola7071]

@@BigPro1123 honestly I think Swig (the main weapon) is genuinely pretty solid at this point. It just has "Shit Kit Syndrome" for the most part, with INKSTORM being the most synergistic and viable part of any kit it has rn. Give this thing like, Torpedo and Splashdown/Cooler and its gonna go nuts

[@lazycorvid7826]

@@BigPro1123 Oh for sure that's been my history with Splatoon since the first game. I fall in love with a weapon that will never be meta and play it anyway because it feels so good to use it. I love big swig too and actually spent a fair amount of time with both kits. Like tri-stringer I just wish they'd allow it to have that one ideal kit instead of always holding it back one way or another.

[@inkie_zach]

As a squelcher main it makes me very sad it hasnt been changed at all since s2, it deserves it at this point

[@kowa7721]

Squelchers is one of my favourite weapons, it’s one of those weapons that’s better in comp with coms. I’ve been using it in tournaments were I can tell my teammates where I am skirmishing and basically give them free kills.

[@KuoAlston]

I am a casual dualie Squl for casual so they feel worst but I love this stupid weapon to I got to damn S rank 738 the only reason that haven’t got to S+ is because my membership ran out a teen getting to Srank with squal that must mean something I can’t play comp cause I have middle school

[@TRIBE111]

This style of video (the visual) is the best in the business . The gameplay looks sooo cool ! Idk how you do it , but it is badazz ! I could watch entire matches , like this , for hours ! I hope you continue to use this style ! You are prolly the best speaker ive heard in the splatoon yt realm ! Honestly , i wish you and your channel the best ! You deff deserve success with your channel !

[@Chase247]

@@TRIBE111 i appreciate the kind words!

[@icyflame716]

I’m proud to have my stringer praised for once haha. They really need to give it some love.

[@chindasasecas2461]

As a stringer enjoyer is indeed very hard to land a direct, but when it happens... Yo feel awesome

[@Micarix]

I think Squeezer is a honnerable mention as well! It requires pin-point accuracy while you have to be mashing ZR.

[@unl3ash3d95]

they'll never admit it cause pros are trying to get that thing nerfed to the ground rn

[@agentblackbird9435]

I’ve never really understood why people are fine with Stamper being so good yet skilled but not Squeezer. I do think Squeezer is less skilled but still

[@Micarix]

@@agentblackbird9435 agreed, I think stamper is harder than Squeezer.

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@Micarix I just realized I forgot to edit my comment to mention Squeezer is one of my mains

[@Micarix]

@@agentblackbird9435 ah alright lmao

[@TheLaXandro]

As an ancient H3 main, I can say that it's quite a bit easier than it looks. It looks intimidating, but in reality it's just Rapid Blaster that trades cover abuse for oneshots and inking, and should be played as such- not turtling, not aiming for oneshots every time, but using its high immediate damage and reach to be oppressive. A lot of players just stand and spam burst after burst, either pretending they are a splatling or a marksman at a firing range, but that's how you get ran over, you gotta stay mobile and seek opportunities to lay easy 80 damage on someone, with hitting 120 being a nice bonus. And if someone's too hard to hit, there's no shame in fanning the burst to channel that inner Rapid Blaster. You lose your ability to oneshot and reasonably even do a 80 outside of shenanigans, but near guranteed 40 damage is nothing to sneeze at. The fire rate is identical to Rapid's, and H3's inking when fanned is FAT so it's great at catching opponents to then aim them down with a straight shot- particularly at max range, but unlike Rapid putting its blast's inking in front of the opponent, the fan catch is still potent up close as it doesn't have to worry about shooting the ground or jumping in combat. Overall, it's still not trivial, but it's not nearly as hard, slow and vulnerable as people think. Especially if you pack Opening Gambit, stock H3's kit is by far the best at sustaining its boost between free assists with sub and special and an effectively chip damage main, and even if you run out you've got Tacticooler to top back up with that sweet free mobility. Try it sometime. The L3 is lowkey the final boss of shooters. It's a lot more honest and less intuitive, and its advantage states are nowhere near as strong in 3 as they used to be because midrange is overall a lot stronger, 99.9 is not a thing, and it still hasn't recovered from the nerfs it got back then- at least Dualie Squelchers kinda deserved them, being strong before MPU and still decent after MPU, not the case with L3. But it still can get things done. Also, shoutout to my man Bloblobber. It's a devious beast, it seems braindead at first but "naive" Bloblobber skills don't transfer to proper aggressive Bloblobber. Take H3 I described above as the base, reduce its effective range (as in, where you have agency, not the opponent dodging does) to the point where it being kinda slow actually matters, make its projectiles slow enough that your own movement massively influences their heading (on top of requiring prediction and precision to hit oneshots), and add the hardest and the most satisfying cover abuse in the game. It still won't make the top 5 hardest weapons list, largely because you can always revert to naive Blob and just spam it if all else fails, but it's deceptively deep, and as an end result you get a kinda-sorta Stamper sidegrade with less consistency, but more inking, more cover abuse, and Kraken instead of Zipcaster.

[@agentblackbird9435]

I have 5 starred both H3s and the L3D, currently working on vanilla L3 but I agree with this

[@kameronjohns6501]

3:45. 4 star h-3 here, I agree with every point of this. The point sensor is meh on it seeing how it doesnt do anything. And its really hard to hit one shots consistently, especially with how fast everything is in S rank. On a positive note though, if you know how to use the whole kit, it could be dangerous in the right players hands and with the right weapon comp. Have had a number of games where I easily get double digit assists. Greatly put. Enjoy your day and nice vid bro

[@BigPro1123]

I do enjoy playing H3 occasionally. It’s so satisfying when you get that one shot

[@SrVenstre]

honestly as a stringer main i agree with most of the things you said its bit weak i dont really use the weapon as a backliner but mostly like a midliner, you can afford moving behind your team spamming AOE so its worth running abilities like ninja squid or quick respawn, AND YEEZ NINTENDO ADD THE STUPID IN AIR CHARGING MECHANISM LIKE YOU GAVE TO THE REEF LUX

[@silikeez9641]

It took me nearly 2000 hours with tri stringer to become consistent with the fucking weapon, it genuinely is such a drag to learn how to play

[@balu0950]

Then I would like to introduce my top 5 that are difficult for me to play: 5. Range Blaster - the weapon feels too heavy and that makes my movement feel worse 4. Charger (affects the entire weapon class) - no matter what sensitivity I play with, I feel like I can't hit anything 3. Slosher - making these curved shots and hitting with them is difficult for me 2. Recycled Brella - the shield is too light and too fast that I can't keep up and then I'm defenseless 1. Splataner Stamper and Tetras - this may be confusing but I have problems with both. Stamper relies on precise mobility and that's difficult for me. With Tetras I have the problem that my aim seems to be too slow when I do dodge rolls and the 180 degree flicks are also difficult to learn

[@ElGing]

I played a bit rb, according to me it is an easy weapon because of the aoe

[@harmless9336]

Rb is hard when you are new to the game, misfiring and bad spacing can be a problem for it. Once you deal with those two things it's probably the easiest blaster in the game. One shot directs can completely negate its weakness' of getting rushed down and swarmed and the massive blast prevent it from being walled out and corner peeked. Hard to learn easy to master. Yes it is easier than clash when you learn it. Clash gets walled out and can't do anything about it, range can get walled out but can do things about that.

[@unl3ash3d95]

tip with tetras don't just spam the 4 dodge rolls when u don't really need to especially if you're fighting more than one guy space them out and only dodge when u need to to avoid being in the endlag too soon. once you learn this I promise tetras aren't that hard at all

[@WaterFudge69]

SPLATANER LMAO I'm sorry

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

So glad to see Stamper as #1. I cannot take someone seriously when they whine about wanting Stamper to be nerfed into the ground because it means they don't understand just how much time and dedication it takes to get good at it. Stamper deserves to be a great weapon because it demands so much from the user and can only shine if they're able to meet those demands.

[@unl3ash3d95]

literally any charger is harder than stamper (minus pencil)

[@oklol9851]

i play both chargers and stamper, stamper is harder bc you have to fight ppl instead of sitting back in safe positions

[@WaterFudge69]

​@@unl3ash3d95I dont get how people are trying to argue chargers are the hardest in splatoon 3. In splatoon 2, y'all had armor that took away your one shot and sting ray that targeted you. But instead you choose to argue this in splatoon 3 where chargers don't have to worry about flanks, and generally get away with camping in the back on these maps that favor backlines. In the history of this game, I can remember both liters, ZF, and most obviously pencil (the red one too) being viable in some meta. Which by the way, appears to have completely wiped out splatlings from being meta again, so I don't see how we could talk about how they have a lack of power such as weapons like h3 or squelchers. If you're talking about something like bamboo or goo, be more specific than just saying "all chargers". Squiffer has gotten its deserved credit. But I'm pretty sure you're not talking about these weapons tbh, but still correct me I'd I'm wrong But the point isn't that some chargers aren't hard, it's that it's not the hardEST, and the other point is I'm confused why anyone would decide to argue this now, when some chargers are kinda the easiest they have been

[@unl3ash3d95]

⁠@@oklol9851u can kind of get away camping in safe positions with stamper since it literally does 70 damage at jet squelcher range. It’s kind of like well string in a way u can play the passive role of spamming the AoE arrows and providing pressure that way or u can play more aggressively

[@unl3ash3d95]

@@WaterFudge69idk the take of stamper being the hardest felt disingenuous cause chara in one of his vids said it was one of the hardest weapons to learn when he literally mained it and bc of his influence in the community ppl would just start naturally agreeing with him. He even said range took skill cause only one person was consistently winning with it when range is probably top 10 easiest weapons to use. Like no one is winning with clash blaster so does that mean clash takes skill? It feels like people just want to say that whatever they main takes some effort bc obviously they want to be seen as good at the video game as opposed to the hardcore facts. I only have 4 stars on stamper and I’d say I got the hang of it when I was around 3 stars with it whereas chargers I have been using since s1 and every time I take a break using them it takes me at least 7 matches to finally get my aim down with them plus the added pressure of missing a shot on someone rushing you down would most likely result in your death

[@FloaterfriendPascal]

Seeing stamper at number 1 felt so good as i 5 starred it, but i was never really that good at it

[@RezIsReaI]

5 staring a weapon doesn’t mean your good at it lmao, it took me months to master stamper

[@FloaterfriendPascal]

@@RezIsReaI I agree, I suck but I pursued for ages anyways

[@unl3ash3d95]

stamper is hard but def not the hardest main weapon definitely has to go to some type of charger

[@RezIsReaI]

@@unl3ash3d95 thing abt chargers is that once you can aim, they’re not as hard. stamper requires combos and gs

[@unl3ash3d95]

@@RezIsReaI what’s so hard abt comboing tho? Someone else said this but the horizontal after the vertical slash isn’t hard to do neither is the burst bomb combo and zip combo. I guess it’s cause I’ve gotten use to stamper that’s why I personally don’t see the difficulty in learning the combos but what would u consider as having completely mastered stamper?

[@waltterikoponen8426]

It's kinda funny for me that i love playing with some of these weapons :D Recycled mk II, reeflux deco and inkline tri stringer etc. They're just so much fun! Also here are some of my "hard weapons": - goo tuber - its just so mediocre and it needs some good buffs/reworks, also the tap shots and shot velocity are an oddity. - explosher (vanilla to be precise) is a mixed opinion for me, it not that hard but sometimes it feels like enemies are moving too fast to keep track of etc. And close range combat without splashdown is not fun - squeezer is a strong weapon yes but you need laser aim + good mashing with the tap shots. And the ink consumption is alot but fair.

[@unl3ash3d95]

yeah squeezer is lowkey a pretty hard weapon to use but of course no one is gonna say that because they hate shooters with a burning passion and because its doing so well rn. the need to spam tap to activate the long range accurate mode makes it harder to aim bc the tapping can shake the controller and mess up your motion controls. In s2 I was obsessed with trying to learn squeezer because someone in X rank at the time destroyed me with it pretty bad and I literally would say I didn't fully master squeezer until this game so it took around 3 years for me to finally get the hang of it

[@waltterikoponen8426]

@@unl3ash3d95 true true, I loved squeezer day 1 of release in splatoon 2! And of course it's a shooter but atleast its not 52 or splattershot levels of easy

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@waltterikoponen8426Same here. Back in the day I always thought Squeezer was better Splattershot Pro and no one believed me then lmao. I’ve definitely played it more in 3 so I’ve gotten better at it, but I’m mainly an H3 user (5 starred both of them) and I 4 started both of the Recycled

[@_orangeonion]

3. Painbrush ->Easy to hit but hard to dodge 2. Glooga ->SLOW 1. Stamper-> Tried and gived up🫠 Others are fine for me🫠

[@daneleventsixti]

I remembered watching a video about Goo and I still think Goo is as comparable in difficulty with Squiffer, maybe a small nudge higher, since the weapon's gimmick is just strange and hard to transfer between charger, and the playstyle it requires is also a lot more punishing on miss than Squiffer

[@unl3ash3d95]

goo tuber imo is the hardest weapon in the game no matter how good you are with it, no matter how good of a kit they give it it,definitely wouldn't reap the benefits stamper does

[@adamp.8571]

Goo can kill with a half shot, it tap shots better than Squiffer. Also now easier to aim with since it has a bigger target for a full charged shot. It’s also slightly more mobile or lightweight than Squiffer. The store charge gimmick isn’t really needed for that weapon. Not seeing how Goo is harder or as difficult than Squiffer.

[@CapriGaming24]

Cool seeing the Reef Lux as an honorable mention. That thing was so fun to play with and I had a blast with it. Sad it isn’t the weapon I got into X with, though. But no weapon I play in this game feels as difficult as Squelchies, personally. I have 12 wins on the vanilla kit and 5 on custom. I just cannot do shit on that weapon and I feel so awkward when I run it. 😭

[@flufchin]

im happy that tri-stringer is in here because ive met a lot of tri-stringer mains in battle as a charger main and they are REALLY goated at using that weapon

[@jazzerjaw]

I think the Zip Squiffer is still the hardest weapon in the game, but I can 100% shake to Stamper as someone who mains it. Pretty funny how the best Zip weapons are also the hardest to use!

[@Typi]

As someone who 5 Starred the original Bambrella and am currently trying to 5 star the Mk2, the Bambrella is a weapon that punishes the user for not playing how Nintendo wants you to play it, and also punishes you for wanting to play it how Nintendo intends it to be played. Basically they want you to play it in a specific way, but that specific way is so hard to do because of how weak the stats are and how it doesn't have a kit that mitigates these issues. The Shield being so weak it CAN BREAK BEFORE YOU OPEN IT (The only brella to suffer from this issue) is abysmal. It's still one of my favorite weapons, but holy HELL they need to buff this thing in the next game, or at least give it the Glooga treatment and give it a good kit that works with the weapon.

[@NoieNoi]

as a Stringer main with 500h on stringers i agree with most of the Video

[@eethyl_1827]

The transition from S2 to 23 playing h-3 was rough lol. MPU was also a big part of playing h-3 in late S2 and helped with consistancy, and you also had the kit with armor and suction bomb giving you more tools in more situations. MPU is gone. Suction is replaced with point sensor which only feels like it has an impact when i'm playing against a decent roller player. And cooler probably benefits h-3 the least of any weapon in the game.

[@lanterns_glow]

When you get good with the Stamper, base stamper that is, you feel like a GOD for all of the one second you aren't fucking DEAD BECAUSE SOME CHEEKY FRESH INSTALL JUST FLATTENED YOU WITH A TRISLOSH THE FIFTH TIME IN A ROW

[@lemonquacklol]

I would put tent somewhere on this list. The shield seems really strong and while it is it’s also really easy to launch it in bad spots and overextend

[@CATLOAFMAN]

I personally think Sorella brella is one of the hardest in the game Jetpack is really good but also really hard especially against good players and the main weapon just requires so much of your brain power to keep track of everything like if playing a splattershot is playing mario kart with smart steering Brella is driving a actual car

[@ThePROTOBee]

Here's me, a very much casual player, spending the majority of my time in PVP since S3 came out with the Dark Tetras, having a Painbrush Nouveau phase, and now maining the Tri-Stringer. Guess I just like the non-conventional picks...

[@GSS19945]

I unfortunately have to disagree with your top pick. Stamper might be hard at first but I feel like it’s way easier once you pick it up and adapt to the play style(a lot of which requires using the range to your benefit). IMO well stringer is the hardest to learn right now. I feel like a lot of people are drawn to it due to the multiple arrows but once you cross the gap of facing people who AOE spam vs people who are timing each shot and adjusting to your position you notice it takes a lot of skill and tracking. You also have to remember to only use half shots when up close for the one shots because if your spread is too wide then you rely on chip damage which is so easy to do when you’re getting not in a good position. Definitely an easy to pick up but hard to master weapon. I would say it’s even harder than tri stringer because instead of pushing people away you’re constantly teetering between the idea of “should I push the enemy team or play offensive and get the kill” and making the wrong decision could make or break your backline due to its range where as tri stringers know to stay in the backline to survive. Oh and lets not forget neither kits give you any inking tools either(maybe stamp but not really 🤣)

[@Chase247]

Remember what I say in the video. It's true that in lower levels stamper isn't the hardest. But take it into a jp x rank match with a bunch of top 500 players. I promise that it will not be easy

[@GSS19945]

@@Chase247 I would say that’s only true for people who don’t know how to position. The weapon is a melee weapon so it’s encouraging you to play like a frontline but if you remember to bait people more with the range before picking fights then it becomes a lot easier. It can be hard because it’s counterintuitive to a melee weapon play style but if you’re used to weapons with range gimmicks then it’s not so bad.

[@Chase247]

@GSS19945 literal people who played at the world championships and used stamper say that it's the hardest weapon. I'm sorry but I'm going to be trusting their opinion haha

[@GSS19945]

@@Chase247 and they’re entitled to them but the top players don’t define the Splatoon meta. They’re merely the ones who get credit to them having the time and support which not everyone has. You encouraged others to give their opinion and I gave you mine 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Chase247]

@GSS19945 you're absolutely entitled to give your opinion, and I'm glad you did! But I'm allowed to give my thoughts on your opinion as well. I do see what you're saying, but I have to disagree with what you said about the top players. They do define the meta as they pave the road for others to follow. They know everything about this game from top to bottom, so it's very fair to trust their judgement on what's good and what's nit. You're right though, I did encourage people to give their opinion and should have been more understanding of yours even if I don't agree. My apologies for that!

[@Luc.kliii34]

A lot of weapons in the game that were nerfed in Splatoon 2 but worked okay with main power up now are generally hard to play efficiently in a competitive and casual scene and it's a little annoying, especially as I know that a lot feel that Splatoon 3 is better for competitive compared to Splatoon 2.

[@theclovercross]

got teamed up with a reflex player today and daaamn they were good! I checked the replay and not a shot against another player wasn't a kill. they really worked with heights and being mobile. I tried it myself after and was surprised to see how short it shoots as it seemed like they always had the reach they needed.

[@beanbag4982]

Surprised the wellstring didn’t make it over the tri-stringer, such an awkward bow to play. Now the reef-lux on the other hand, I have fallen in love with the aggressive play style of that bow

[@BobForeverIsAwesome]

For the Dualie Squelchers I started 4 starring them yesterday and I ran 1 main and 2 subs of Ink Saver Main, 1 sub of Ink Recovery Up, and 1 main of Ink Saver Sub and after running the weapon is still bad and very hard to play, It's still very ink hungry after running these, I wish that Main Power Up was in Splatoon 3 or the weapon reverted those nerfs it got in Splatoon 2. 😮‍💨

[@Suuup_w]

Wow I guess I play hard weapons even as a solo grinder. I already mained the splat dualies when I started watching chase so I decided to pick up tetras, after that I started to watch SourBraix and I picked up new squiffer, then I was watching a lot of stamp gameplay and I started playing stamp and stamp is now my secondary. I usually pick the easy top tiers in games so I guess this is an outlier to my other competitive experiences.

[@Grenze_Splatoon]

I actually had a somewhat easy time playing stringers and tetras. I can easily flex to them and get somewhat decent results. Especially tetras. This is why a lot of videos are for one person or generalized, everyone has trouble with different things. Either that or I’m just cracked at this game and need to get replaced with a robot. But then again there’s tri slosher for me. I really struggle on the nuevue kit. I seem to be really good with hard things and pretty bad with good things, now that I’m thinking about it.

[@SpaceCadet22]

It's funny, Tri-Stringer is my go-to pick when I'm having trouble using my main weapon or am off my game in certain modes - my main is Goo Tuber. Different play styles for sure, but I think the tough part with Tri-Stringer is aiming, and since I play Goober aggressively and sometimes too close, it's actually a lot easier for me to aim when I can take my time, comfortably sniping from further away and over walls/ledges. I was honestly kinda surprised seeing Goober on the thumbnail and not in the list.

[@Spookie_Dookie_Pookie]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the tenta brella. I main splatana stamper and sometimes that weapons feels harder to play. With the mix of very slow speed, very aggressive play, and the amount of awareness you need is baffling. It just might be hard for me, but I was surprised it didn't get an honorable mention. I decided just to stick to stamper, cause I didn't want to dedicate myself to what I thought was the hardest two weapons in the game lol.

[@maru_spl]

As a stamper AND tent main, I can confirm that both are insanely hard to learn and master. Stamper is a lot harder and more complex mechanically, and tent requires insane game awareness skills. The thing about tent is also that it doesnt only take skill in solo, but if you play competitive with a team, its like the entire team has to learn the weapon and how to play off of it effectively. Shouldve defo been a honorable mention at least

[@Spookie_Dookie_Pookie]

@@maru_spl True, I think one underrated factor of the weapon is that it plays aggressive but slow (because of it's movement speed). So the tent makes you have to have good discipline to play it well. If I played the game more, I'd definitely try to pick it up, but for now it just has to be one my fun weapons.

[@wesleytucher6332]

I love the reeflux And the midair charge buff feels so good Love the weapon and don’t find it that hard to play

[@FinnishArsonist]

I disgree with Rebrella, and it being harder than Tent (which I totally think should be on this list.) I think what gives rebrella significant bias here is how good is it is combined with how hard it is to master - you will have to play better to win with rebrella, but at an equal skill level, I do believe tent is much harder. Tent is extremely slow and commital - backing out of an engagement can cost upwards of 10 seconds (brutal in a teamfight). It also has a lot of bad matchups into it, so it has to be very wary of who it is going after, heavy move speed, and how many positions it *can* play at (keep in mind how commital it is) all togther mean that tent plays a brutally different gameplan to any weapon, where it wants as much information as possible. It is super easy to mess up. Not to mention a suprisingly difficult aim requitrement - top tent players will not uncommonly miss oneshots due to it's shotgun nature forcing you to hit at the centre of the reticle, plus how close it is meaning opponents will be moving more distance on your screen.

[@Chase247]

Yeah tent is definitely a contender

[@Tengu-Atlas]

I agree that tent is the hardest brella and I feel like everyone sleeps on it because of the lack of players that play the weapon. Keen made a really good tierlist for this concept. He plays stamper AND tent so his insights are really cool. I also want to add that stamper def has the hardest kit out of all the weapons in the game but imo just main weapon by itself tent is the hardest in the game

[@mythlessrwf]

I’d like to argue they’re equally difficult to play. The skill sets for Tent vs Rebrella are practically on polar opposite ends. While tent requires a more methodical, slow approach with huge emphasis on info gathering, rebrella requires you to rush in, disturb the peace, and create as much chaos as possible in the most creative ways you can think of in that moment You need to set up traps and create fake information with shield launches to even catch an enemy off guard. Almost every fight as a rebrella is do-or-die-you can’t sustain a drawn out battle unlike the other Brellas, you instead need to set up traps with your subs and play around the terrain to gain an equal or better the odds. It’s really hard to retain that momentum for how ink hungry it is and how weak its shield is

[@kendall1510]

I remember trying out stamper for the first time and thinking as a terrible weapon for me lol, after thinking a bit I thought it would be a good idea to learn at as a joke. I’m now entering S rank with Stamper. I still have a alot to learn though lol, if you’re up for the challenge learn Stamper! Very fun weapon to use.

[@noremfor]

I now suddenly feel more proud about my mastery of the Tri-Stringer thanks to this video

[@necrozmagaming6223]

i never have used a splatana before and when i used the deactivator, i loved it straight away (im good at it)

[@JarahKnuckey]

The main thing that makes the Stamper so much fun? Charged Slash into perfectly landed Burst Bomb. Instant satisfaction.

[@jackbob83]

Me being a squiffer, recycled Brella, H3, and a tri-stringer main:👀

[@Pikatwig16]

Speaking as a casual player, I can agree that the Tri-Stringer is a bit on the tricky side to master... but boy is it fun when you can nail it. It's currently my secondary weapon.

[@a-ramenartist9734]

I'm a brella player. I think that, aside from kit strength, splat brella is probably harder to learn than recycled brella. Yes you have to learn shield launches, but the weapon is set up to be rather forgiving in that sense, and the main fire lines up pretty well with other main weapons like slosher, since you don't often flare with recycled, which is where the difficulty of splat brella comes from. In addition, recycled is a much more selfish weapon. You're primarily playing for your openings to get in and get kills. Of course all weapons have to play around their team, but splat brella especially does, meanwhile recycled is a more typical feeding weapon, if a little more reliant on its special than most because of undertuning.

[@Tuwanina19]

Bucket deco is harder than stamper imo... but way more fresh. ❤❤❤ also bamboo bc i love bamboo

[@unl3ash3d95]

thats actually a good argument it literally has its kit but with a worse combo tool but I would say overall the stamper main weapon itself is harder than bucket

[@Tooli888]

I really think Dualie Squelchers should get buffed, like yeah in splatoon 2 they were overtuned with mpu but its so weird how they haven't been adressed in 3. Anyways great music choices.

[@MeloniestNeon]

For me, as much as I LOVE Brellas, I could never quite click with Tenta Brella. The sluggish movement (particularly the startup and endlag during a shot) and how long it takes to bring up your shield makes me lose all my muscle memory for Brella, and the damage falloff is so intense that I struggle to even kill because of how slow it fires. Edit: Ironically, I main Stamper, and it was my third main and still is one of my favorites, with my first main being Vdualies, and my second... was Dualie Squelchers

[@adamp.8571]

Stamper is challenging because it has a lot going on. Imo the hardest part about it to get the aim down with vertical slashes. Once that happens everything else falls into place.

[@kaichu9446]

i dont think stamper is the hardest weapon, not saying it is easy by any means, but harder than nuzzlenose reef and squiffer(new specificly) is a weird pick in my oppinion

[@unl3ash3d95]

harder than any charger is crazy to me imo

[@handsoaphighlands]

Great editing!

[@TheBoodercg]

5 starring the dualie squelch felt like training in a hyperbolic time chamber, I went Splat Dualie and feel untouchable.

[@sunnypianta2077]

5:14 that is me, I have only used reef for a day. Its pretty hard lol but im practicing it!

[@Smasher1]

THANK YOU for not having decavitator, while i’m not that high level i still cannot see how it requires a lot of skill (i’m already pretty good at it and i don’t even have 2* on it 💀) Also i’m very happy that you gave reeflux a honorable mention, once you see past the missile spam it’s a REALLY hard weapon. I’ve 4.5* it and i’m still not that good with it lol I’m also very happy that stamper got 1st! I have both the order and normal one to 4* and they are really hard! (i still think reeflux is harder lol( Great video!

[@unl3ash3d95]

yeah literally just use the other kit to see how hard reeflux really is I don't think special spam should be included in determining the difficulty of the MAIN weapons

[@phinehasmaximus]

I’m an asp,at a main so learning how to use it effectively (before the buffs it got) was horrible, the low damage, not inking well lord. Felt like a reward getting the buffs

[@daameep3525]

Tenta brella

[@agentblackbird9435]

Became an H3 main around 5 years ago, and yeah. S3 **murdered** this weapon. I’ve 5 starred both of them, and I’ve lost so many games just due to the fast speed or my teammates not having the push power that I’m lacking I do want to ask why Squeezer wasn’t in honorable mentions though, I’ve heard the same thing about it with Stamper: Possibly the best main weapon but very hard to play at top level

[@punkocto]

I genuinely thought Squeezer would be somewhere on this list, but what's on this list makes sense.

[@Chase247]

Yeah, I think squeezer is mainly hard just due to how it functions (mashing) but once you get that down, the weapon is extremely strong and has so many tools to work with to overpower other weapons. Extreme range, high damage, no rng, etc. Plus it has great kits like splash wall zooka

[@unl3ash3d95]

@@Chase247 can't that be argued for stamper then tho? great range, can hit for 70 damage at jet squelcher range, great mobility, decent paint but once you learn how to aim with it some would say its pretty overpowered too

[@Chase247]

@@unl3ash3d95 no because aiming and combo'ing with stamper's tools is a lot more difficult than just shooting straight at someone with squeezer. it is overpowered once youve mastered it, but mastering stamper takes must longer than squeezer

[@punkocto]

@@Chase247That makes sense. Taking in account to it's kits, I agree.

[@Sillyalt.]

I used to main squelchers, and I used them so easily, but then I started getting rusty with them, and now I can barely use it, and I made a switch to the nautilus 79

[@Kookie_TV]

Some other hard ones for me: - Douser Dualies - Decavitator - Every slosher - Dynamo Roller

[@guillotiniii]

4:58 thats me in a chase247 video omgomgomg tysm for choosing my new squiffer clip 🫶

[@storycartoons1013]

I tried the stamper first pre last season sucked then after playing both other swords got two star wiper four star mint, Stamper was pretty easy, just needs to be able to kill better❤.

[@lucrativelucas2655]

In my opinion Tetras aren’t that hard to learn but there isn’t much reason to use them in cooler meta, kinda like Wiper

[@HawaiianDragonX]

As a brella player who uses undercover mk is just horrendous cause it's like us but it can release it shield and require you to tap shot

[@BobForeverIsAwesome]

Glooga Dualies: Too slow when you are in your 3 shot kill/terrible RNG mode. S Blast: Has poor paint which means you not going to get your special that much, very slow, and you need eyes of a hawk or run some Intensify Action to kill someone. 96 Gal: It's pretty slow. Hydra Splatling: Pretty heavy and long charge time. Other heavy weapons like the Dynamo Roller.

[@unl3ash3d95]

gloogas are weird to me I find them so easy to punish but whenever I use them it feels like second nature probably because one of my mains is 52 gal

[@Buster830]

It took me 8-9 months to learn stamper lol and now I use it in comp and I was a tetra player before this as well

[@johnalexanderaylward]

Good Stamper players scare me but that's what makes watching Stamper gameplay so much fun

[@Helio343]

I’m still decently low level so my opinions are slightly different, but stringer wasn’t to hard and as a dualie main, I feel the hardest dualie is the douser dualie with its completely different play style compared to the other dualies

[@PiscesPlayz]

My top 10 hardest weapons as a stick player: 10. Dynamo Roller 9. S-BLAST 8. Ballpoint Splatling 7. All scoped chargers 6. Snipewriter 5. Bamboozler 4. Both Nozzlenoses and Squeezer 3. All Dualies 2. All Brellas 1. All Splatanas except decavitator

[@dynamorolleruser]

I think dynamo roller should’ve been an honorable mention. Even though I main it. The weapon can be very difficult to use and is VERY matchup reliant.

[@bnks306]

I’ve been thinking of playing stamper just to play a more aggro weapon, thanks for the warning chief 🙏 (also THANK YOU FOR VALIDATING US REEFLUX PLAYERS MAN ITS SQUIFFER BUT HARDER)

[@dreamy_sparks]

As a top 500 stamper I can tell you that stamper isn't even that aggressive. If you want a more aggressive weapon try Tetras, Duallies or Wiper! :)

[@joshuavick887]

IMO the only weapons that should be on this list are recycled brella, H-3, New Squiffer, and Reef-Lux. Dualie Squelchers really aren’t that bad. The hit detection when you aren’t rolling and the heavy ink consumption can be a pain at times but I think the range and the relatively quick time to recharge your roll makes up for it.

[@Chase247]

remember that this list is based on high level play. i agree that in casual and lower level play dualie squelchers are drop dead easy

[@Darius-sy1jy]

if i made this list it would be 1. goo tuber 2. snipewriter 3. squiffer 4. bamboozler 5. splat charger (my aim is questionable with unscoped chargers)

[@giganticmoon]

very very minor correction from a persona nerd: At the very start of the video when the music credit for “Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There” was shown, you put in P5R instead of P5. This barely matters at all but I mean uhh, now you know

[@Chase247]

I will let my editor know!!

[@Kenta_ink]

I got the song from the persona 5 royal game rip just saying…

[@giganticmoon]

@@Chase247 ok

[@giganticmoon]

@@Kenta_ink Now, it’s in both games, but the instrumental version used is only in Persona 5 vanilla, still, it barely matters lol

[@Squimpis]

So I use tri stringer and the best way to play is to same the half charge because remember tri stringer is a back line weapon

[@AstroOcto]

I’ve heard people say that Splatana Wiper Deco isn’t used very much in comp. I main it and it’s pretty difficult to use but not top 5 imo. I usually play utility or midline with it. (I’m S+0 btw so I’m probably not super reliable)

[@ro_3mpire0_o65]

Im suprise big swig isnt up here considering how hard it is to use competitivly. I would know.

[@6VaporX]

15 star ststamper main here: I'm still ass at it after nearly 2k games, but it's too fun to not play

[@Chaos-Kin]

Hmm… I actually can’t think of a weapon that’s harder to use than those five. (At least for me that is). I would just slightly change the placement of the weapons. 1. Tri-Stringer 2. Stamper 3. H-3 4. Dualie Squelchers 5. Recycled brella Yeah I just moved Tri-Stringer to the top. The reasons being: 1. As mentioned in the video it requires nearly perfect accuracy and the hit box being insanely unforgiving doesn’t help either. 2. This has also been mentioned in the video but the weapon NEEDS players who know what they are doing because there are some things that makes this weapon even harder. 3. The weapon combos really bad with its own shots. One arrow deals 35 damage and the explosion 30. Because of this even if you hit two shots and quickly follow up with the next one there is a high chance the enemy survives because he already healed enough. Same goes for the 30 damage explosion. It happens regularly that the enemy survives this too since it deals exactly 100 damage. This makes it one of the few weapons in the game that can’t follow up on itself. 4. No sub that deals damage. (yeah sprinkler deals damage but come on it’s not used for that) Having no sub that can combo basically makes you even more dependent on your team to finish the job for you. So in short you are incredibly inconsistent and lack combo tools of your own which causes you to depend on your teammates like a parasite on its host. (Huh that was a long ramble😅)

[@prestonandtom9337]

Top 5 Hardest Weapons to use in high level play: 5. Tenetek Splattershot 4. Octoshot Replica 3. Splattershot 2. Ordershot Replica 1. Heroshot Replica

[@J-Windu]

I think, that Stamper ist difficult but u have to keep in mind that u have to hit every single shot with weapons like Squiffer or Reeflux, if u want to get any kills. In the most cases u can’t miss a shot and after that hit another without dying. U must have perfect Aim for that and in the case of stamper u just have to hit on charge Slash and the throw a burst bomb.(Ik that there are so many other combos to use but this is straight up the easiest way to kill someone and it’s not that difficult. And the kit of V Stamper just fits perfect. So the weapon isn’t bad(It’s straight up one of the best weapons in the game right now), and when u master it u r so powerful. But if u master Squiffer u have to be concentrated the hole time or u just die. (If u didn’t notice, I’m a Squiffer Main🤣 So maybe my opinion is a little bit… I think u know what I mean…)Nice Vid btw xD

[@unl3ash3d95]

i know that feeling all too well Im doing a challenge right now where I have to try and get 20+ kills with every weapon and I had to stay locked tf in to finally get it done with new squiffer for 5 minutes straight

[@J-Windu]

@@unl3ash3d95 ye

[@Dino_Gamer_Lol]

might just be me but i feel stringer isnt that bad to play but i do see how it could seem daunting for newer players. I personally feel wellstring is just a ton worse for play due to the damage spread and kits.

[@joeydraper5934]

This is the first (and probably last) time that I am proud to own a 5 star V recycled badge lol

[@TON._.N]

It’s no easy switching from wiper to stamper

[@frigglefry_]

WHAT how is my favourite weapon number 1?!?! I'm proud to say I 5 starred both kits of it.

[@TheLastPot]

I wish all of the hardest weapons were meta, not just Stamper. As you said, there’s nothing more rewarding than getting good with a hard top tier. Anyway, I’d argue Goo Tuber for this list as well, but it seems more like a solid #6. Definitely difficult; not harder than the top 5, though.

[@Saberkun_KM]

Chase, you forgot to include inkbrush. 😏

[@StoroCakes]

It's kind of a bit sad, I used to main Dualie Squelchers a lot back in Splatoon 2. I was pretty good with that weapon. But in Splatoon 3 it felt harder to use because the game feels faster, it's difficult to aim at opponents.

[@thecrustyyoutuber]

The hardest weapon is tenta brella in my opinion

[@squidkid419]

I almost think I should get Twitter or X or whatever, just so I don’t miss out on these Splatoon polls, but I hear it sucks. But I’m happy that I have four stars on at least one kit for all the weapons on this list, that just made me want to go sit down and play

[@OMEGAGAMING812]

The hardest weapon is obviously bloblobber, only truly skilled players can win with this weapon

[@Nihonguy]

I find bamboozler to be one of the harder weapons in the game, its not the greatest at painting and if you dont have god tier aim you can just consider yourself dead in most situations, while both versions have good kits the weapon itself is the challenge, i can always respect a good bamboo player cause I know they put countless hours into using it