(NO Final Boss Spoiler) Ranking ALL SIDE ORDER Specials And Subs

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Side Order had subs and specials that function a little differently, especially with chips to influence them and unique enemies, in this environment what comes out on top compared to the base game? This ranking takes into account hackless runs as well.
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[@ProChara]

Small question to those here, I didn't just say no spoilers since Marina's hacks are shown, do you find this a big deal if not I can simplify the title, I also want to know for the review to know what point I move the spoiler free section?

[@samohanka]

I'd make it more prominent - if there's no final boss spoilers, people will generally assume that there are no spoilers at all

[@YoshiAteTooManyYoshiCookies]

​@@samohankain my opinion, that's their own fault. Why else do you think the video maker would SPECIFICALLY say no FINAL BOSS spoilers instead of, y'know, no spoilers without specification, which means no spoilers in general.

[@ProChara]

There are only 100 characters in a title I think using 4 words for it should be plenty clear for this@@samohanka

[@soulver7]

Tbh. If they’re clicking on a tier list for a thing they don’t wanna be spoiled on, that’s their own fault. Tier Lists are fundamentally gonna go in depth with it’s content

[@Sunray625]

you can't choose subs and specials until you get to that part so imo no spoilers is fine

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Here's the thing: Tri-Strikes have a MASSIVE advantage in that your Special Guage immediately reaches 0 after throwing the third flare. So if you have a Luck-centric build where Special Cans are EVERYWHERE, you have zero downtime between throwing flares and collecting more spare cans. Also yeah Sprinkler's sick in this mode. I LOVE Side Order.

[@jamieohjamie]

Strike with mobile special charge is speedrunning OP Strike one-cycles every single portal. Strike one-cycles the final boss's first phase. It needs slightly more damage for the second phase. And almost two-cycles the final phase. It also is versatile. You can throw one strike at the Tower Control thing, another at the sniper tower thing targeting you, and another at the hoard coming at you. It's way more dynamic than Crab, for example. Strikes can also one cycle the upside-down cake tower mini boss thing if you get your placement right, and one cycle certain phases of the Parallel Canon mini boss if you time it right with the spawns (since the Strikes can take them out before they land).

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

True, but it means you have no panic button if you get surrounded. That happens so often that I just don't think it deserves S tier, especially since you need to have a build around it for that to work.

[@jamieohjamie]

@@SuspiciousTemmie Tbh you shouldn't be in panic situations to begin with. By the time you are on floors above 25, your build and game skills should be enough. You also do NOT need a build around Strikes since it is so versatile and has insanely high damage output.

[@Otaku03494]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@SuspiciousTemmieOnce you’re familiar enough with the mode, being in panic situations don’t happen as often, if at all. At that point, I’d rather have a special with insane coverage, DPS, and spamability compared to one that will keep me alive.

[@radaf4429]

This is why Slider should be higher

[@Pit1620]

Ink mine is so slept on, genuinely one of the best get off me tools, easy to spam with the pearl drone, gets cracked with explosion damage, can guard the zone rather well

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Ferocious levels get sloppy-toppied by Mine for real

[@OlmiOP]

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIIIING

[@hattsoffthehatt3379]

The pearl drone argument doesn’t work tbh, cause it’s irrelevant to this tier list

[@JakoBpyroTech]

I lost track of how many times it bought enough time for me to get my armor back, just slapping it down while running away. The knockback is really good for clearing a perimeter around you as well.

[@Gardivanyth]

Personally I would much rather have Splat or Burst Bombs for my sub, but Mine is absolutely godlike on Pearl and so much better than I thought it would be.

[@Kai_Ri_]

Never thought we’d see the day where Sprinkler was S-Tier.

[@НикитаМишенин-э9ы]

You undervalued it.

[@raviolinoob4435]

The S stands for sprinkler

[@charismaticinsanity9576]

I still don't see it

[@AmethystLeslie]

It was S-tier in my heart since 2015.

[@Doceli-dg3cn]

Either u know how strong sprinkler or don't know how to use it and don't know how strong it is

[@Exl6243]

I would generally agree with this tier list except for one thing: when you run a build with lots of canned special drop. Specials like triple splashdown and reefslider immediately use all of the special gauge, which means you can immediately recharge the special gauge from all of the enemies you just blew up. Specials like ink storm and wave breaker slowly drain the charge, and if you pick up a special can, it will not make the special last longer. Canned specials would change how this tier list work

[@budling5921]

Canned specials can really make the difference for which special you can use. Being able to end the special quick/early is super nice, which is why I would rather have Slider than Kraken

[@celestialspark5697]

Even without special gauge considerations, the output of triple splashdown and reefslider is incredibly good for completing objectives and clearing hordes; they are always very very good in this mode. I like Triple Splashdown more because the base area is so large that scaling it makes it actually just hit the entire map. Zooka is substantially worse than either because the shots don't pierce through to objectives or do quite enough damage to them, and Kraken is pretty mediocre because of how poor the clearing is and its total inability to finish off portals. Tristrike is an easy S; the base output is incredible, the scaling is outright broken, and you can spam it to no end. Also, Ink Storm is really bad because it has a cooldown, which absolutely gimps your ink economy, and it doesn't do enough damage to actually accomplish much of anything; it's nowhere near as bad as Wave Breaker (which requires like four stacks of sonic damage to become as good as the base of any other special, against certain enemies only and still not able to hit portals), but it's really low-output and especially hurts if you find something like the movement for special points chips early in a run, which are normally a win condition.

[@mythical1721]

Completely agree. Triple splashdown + special charge comps absolutely carried me without hacks

[@notachainlinkfence480]

Canned special luck build + tri-zooka lets you wipe the screen in ridiculously short amounts of time and infinitely chain zookas

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

Triple Splashdown absolutely would've been in at least A for me. It's saved my life SO many times when I've been surrounded, the knockback it gives is so nice. It's probably the best "get off me" tool in the game

[@ebluegamer5397]

I found it great for ink hungry weapons since like strike it just does it's job instantly for you to start charging special again

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

@@ebluegamer5397 KZbin posted your reply twice :P

[@ebluegamer5397]

@@SuspiciousTemmie whoops, sorry about that

[@MaskMarilac]

Only for ground enemies, because my splashdown has been cancelled a lot of times while I was trying to use it as a panick button/"get off me" tool

[@OrangeDuster]

Got me my first clear. The explosion_festival floor killed my run before, but running triple splashdown let me clear it in 30 seconds compared to dying at 3 minutes

[@samohanka]

The only time we will ever see sprinkler above B tier.

[@alpha34098]

But in big part, Sprinkler is pretty good in Side Order due to the Level Design favoring it so much and most Jelleton''s AI Pathfinding (which is pretty dumb) making it easier for them to get into the Sprinkler's Range with no much of a compromise by you. Very same reason why Sprinkler is pretty good in Salmon Run (although not as good as in Side Order)

[@TheFrantastic]

​@@alpha34098 Sprinkler in salmon run?

[@fanboy3463]

@@alpha34098bro what version of Salmon Run do you play?

[@unl3ash3d95]

@@alpha34098 bro has the temu version of salmon run where u get sprinklers instead of splat bombs

[@nurfgal]

Imo, I'd put Triple Splashdown above Kraken for the singular reason that Strikes and Stamp can be really good: spamability. I think that, if you have special charge, lucky canned special drops, or drone canned special drops, the amount of times you can use it is insane. It's also a good ink refill and get-off-me tool that works incredibly if you're using low hacks or even low chips, which is how I first-tried 4-hack Octo Shot.

[@farbencut]

For killer wail, I find that it’s worth mentioning how well it does with any amount of Sound Damage up. It’s a very niche chip, but for that reason, the amount of damage boosting is really high. A single chip and it already does 150% more damage. Wail turns into a *killer* wail really quickly, if you have the chips.

[@Mioumi]

When I maxed out the sound damage chip randomly, i didn't find any sound based specials on my way 😂

[@trickygamer555]

The wave damage chip scales that fast because the vanilia stats of all wave based attacks in side order is absolutely miniscule.

[@yoshistrings]

It's pretty easy to get a set of chips that allow you to basically use Inkstrike as your main weapon, at which point the game doesn't have much to throw at you that will pose a challenge. Unlike Crab, 1 or 2 triple inkstrikes is usually enough to clear out an entire map within 7 seconds no matter where you're standing

[@celestialspark5697]

Agreed. Crab is very strong out of the box and carries the splatana run just fine, but tristrike is also strong out of the box but scales into an absolute monster with any special generation, plus the blast radius/damage chips (which are some of the best chips in general, so it's not like you only want them for tristrike).

[@bluekirby_64]

We are no longer confined to low tier hell, STAMP NATION RISE UP!

[@ChromaBiscuit]

LETS GO STAMP 🔥🔥🔥

[@TallulahBangkok]

I LOVE YOU HAMMER

[@stupidenby]

STAMP W RAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@Gardivanyth]

Worth noting with Stamp: Both the rush mode AND the throw mode are improved by Rush Attack chips. If you're stacking Rush Attack anyways, Ultra Stamp is by FAR the best special choice.

[@robert2german]

Even better, Stamp comes with the Brush palette out of the gate, which is biased towards Mobility chips, including the Rush ones, so it is very easy to build into.

[@Gardivanyth]

@@robert2german Yes! And with Mobile Special Gauge your stamp output is INSANE. You can make quick work of any portal objective using just Ultra Stamp once the chips start rolling in.

[@Slurp_Durp]

​@@GardivanythTHIS ^. I have done so much fast runs with stamp and it's always so fun just quickly finishing stuff.

[@squiddler7731]

3:17 Counterpoint: splash damage and splash radius can be applied to way more than just bomb sub weapons. They also boost most of the better specials, nearly every one of pearl drone's attacks, the lucky bombs granted by the lucky chain perk, and more. Once you realize how generous the game is with what's considered "splash damage," it becomes a perk that has a place in nearly any build, and having just one or two splash damage chips scales better than if you had 2-3x as many main damage ones so it's almost always worth picking up. And that's not even mentioning how good splash radius is (it's a radius buff so 30% bigger means a single bomb covers an area 1.69x as large, and it comes with better paint as well so it's like two perks in one vs other color chips where range and ink coverage are separate things). For this reason, I personally would rank all the bomb sub weapons a tier or two higher, if you're going for a strong build you'll almost always want chips to boost splash damage anyway. Except for fizzy, honestly I think that might be the worst bomb because charging it is too much of a hassle in this mode (and it gets even worse if you invest in sub saver since it can't be spammed)

[@celestialspark5697]

Fizzy also just doesn't do that much damage. Remember from multiplayer that fizzy does 35 damage on a chip hit and 50 on a direct, while other bombs do 30 on a chip hit and 180 on a direct. The damage ratios are similar in side order, so Fizzy often ends up doing less than a third of the damage that a splat or suction bomb would do. You also generally don't have much interest in a long, thin paint trail in this mode, as you're mostly dealing with winding paths, walls, and wanting to hold your ground with a wide field of your own ink to slow enemies.

[@squiddler7731]

​@@celestialspark5697 yeah, pretty much. I don't like burst bomb much either for similar reasons, but it's the only bomb that always explodes on impact so it still has its uses

[@WitherSnow]

Crab is SO GOOD at shredding portals, pushing tower, and dealing with the final boss. You just circle around the arena dodging it's attacks until you have it ready.

[@Vyloka]

Then the boss stingrays you and you die while crabbing

[@zoruasnivy]

​@@Vylokaif you do circles instead of a straight line to dodge stingray, it works much better

[@elisankar8567]

From playing side order, I think my favorite kit is probably Luna, Splatbomb, Splashdown. The stacking with explosion radius and splash damage is just so insane, especially with the spawner levels since broken spawners are also affected by the buffs. It’s just so satisfying

[@Dr_Nig]

Let's not forget feeding burst chips to Pearldrone for extra coverage!

[@celestialspark5697]

Is there a reason for Splat over Suction? They use the same amount of ink, both detonate instantly on portals, and suction has a bigger radius. I've not really found any spots where the fuse on splat bomb really mattered other than Intensifying Harmony.

[@freuner-merris]

I find that once you learn the optimal way to beat most or every stage there tend to be very few situations where you're in dire need of a panic button. Having something with crazy DPS, such as Strikes, is much preferable, and in regards to Strikes their vulnerability ain't much a problem once you know where you should be positioned to win each map. Also, Crab I've found to not be as good a panic button if you're surrounded or by an edge since you can be hit from behind or knocked off in ball form. And while I'm at it, I haven't found Booyah to be all that nice as a panic button since unlike in PvP or Salmon Run where you've got teammates for the enemy to focus on while you're in the air, in Side Order all the enemies just pool beneath you, so if you panic the special you're usually just forced to throw it at your feet. On another note, charging Booyah without a "Booyah!" button feels weird!

[@kit_t1e]

discovering that you could still get hit off the map in kraken form hurt

[@engineergaming3830]

Triple inkstrike is amazing for getting enemies off you/breaking portals/dealing huge damage to the finall boss and the tower one

[@bloxelcomix9937]

In defense of Ink mine, if you are running charger I find it invaluable early game when charger struggles with crowd control, and it serves you the late game with the many knockback and sub saver chips you’ll accumulate by the end. However, on faster weapons like splattershot, brush, dualies, etc, it is hard to get good use out of when your other options both early and late game are far greater.

[@cradicles2456]

As someone who speed runs Side Order its really funny to see all these ranked from a casual stand point, cus in speed runs things like sprinkler are basically completely worthless, and even specials like crab tank are way less preferable to like Ustamp and Tristrike when you’re trynna go fast.

[@CjJello]

Triple Splashdown was my go-to in side order mostly because I'm terrible at ink management. It takes so little to charge up, especially with special charge perks, so if I'm ever out of ink I just pop a splashdown, get everything off of me, and have a full ink tank to do whatever I want with (farm another splashdown). I think it provides a lot of value in a very easy-to-use package, all while not requiring much chip investment.

[@irtehmrepic]

I will say, curling bomb is great for the final boss, as a way to stay back while still dealing some damage. You can kite at the edge of the arena, cook it for like half a second, and it'll explode just after impacting the boss. Also can help you run away if you don't have a large dodging area for the sting ray attack.

[@filipmarkovic369]

I think Splashdown is a bit underrated since it's so quick to use, which means you can quickly start farming a new one.

[@bowsercastle]

crab goes crazy with explosion knockback. shooting a shot into a horde sends them all flying off the map.

[@exeledusprince9165]

Tri strike is easily the best special on every build besides rush damage where it is outclassed by stamp. It clears every objective instantly from range, resets instantly to make grabbing cans more effective, and kills every enemy in one hit while also protecting yourself by throwing it at your feet. If you invest in a reasonable amount of special charge and blast damage, it insta kills every overlorder phase as well as trivializing rondo/harmony. It is bar none the best special and it contributed massively to my no hacks runs for each weapon.

[@nsanity4624]

Gotta say, imo, Triple Splashdown is second to reef in terms of how good it is as a panic button. Personally I get surrounded a lot very quickly, and TripleSplash has helped immensely. I *think* the explosion chips help in terms of damage for it, and its knock-back alone already makes it a good get off me tool like Slider. S Tier for me.

[@MCisAwesome95]

I'd love to see you show this tierlist to comp players without providing any context

[@Beem_08]

7:38 Stamp shreds the final boss too

[@derpsdeluxe]

One thing you might want to take into account is that specials that can be cycled through quickly are significantly helped out by the Canned Special Drops (specifically Splashdown, Slider, and Inkstrike) since you can actually start chaining them very easily against fast-spawning hordes. Found that to be really helpful when I got the Splashdown weapon especially!

[@Liljinks]

Curling is honestly really good. Besides movement if you charge it becomes a really nice lane guarder. Pair it with Reed slider, or even better brella. And you can have the brella charge forward followed by an explosion, which is usually enough to kill. Genuinely whenever I see people struggle with it it’s either because they didn’t try to take use of its ability to pair with weapons. AKA: what a sub should do!

[@GuardedTrains0987]

2:00 Ink mine is a B-A tier for me, but only if it's used on pearl drone. What it is there is an instant detonate Suction bomb that spawns on your position, OR just an ink mine that can be placed multiple times. It's good late game, at least, if on pearl drone.

[@dummyducky1161]

Putting ink strike at only S is doing it a huge disservice. It has absolutely mouthwatering amounts of disservice. As you mentioned, having a special charge build for it is very good. I actually had a build like that, which used brush and the special charge while moving chip. It's survivability is great too, because anytime you're in danger, just throw it at your feet and you're safe. You can move while throwing it, so you won't immediately get mauled by enemies. Even if you lose your shield, there will be no more enemies around you to finish you off. Ink strike is the best special for side order in my opinion.

[@chibz1790]

i honestly feel like splashdown should be one of the top 3 with crab and stamp, it's the perfect 'get off me' tool against hordes especially if you're a charger or splatling, plus it kills everything around you so you can get out faster and easier without losing your main and sub weapon like crab does, plus since it isn't a special that drains over time, you can get it back almost instantly if you have the right chips, making you basically unkillable because nothing can get close without dying to splashdown

[@chibz1790]

just for comparison, booyah forces you to land on top of enemies if you don't throw it at your feet, in which case you just have a worse splashdown and can still die if you land without killing everything first. tri strikes also leaves you insanely vulnerable unless you spam them all when there isn't a billion gelatins on the stage, and barely work as a 'get off me' tool

[@durdleduc8520]

if yall are using splashdown, i'd super recommend you try out stacking up on luck chips & canned special drops. that special is INCREDIBLY fun when you can just splashdown a giant crowd of enemies which all die at once & immediately drop special recharges so you can go do it again. it's great if you're struggling with crowds.

[@lowercasestudios7473]

Bro WHAT triple splashdown is OP. It's good when you panic.

[@TotherKoala]

People often sleep on T-Splashdown because of how easy it is countered, but as long as you time it right it is actually an excellent panic button for taking out ground enemies

[@EmeraldUsakaze]

The devs refused to put everyone's favorite damage sub boi in the mode: Angle Shooter. We all know it's because it would be X+ tier.

[@powerfulaura78]

curling bomb massively slept on here unlike other bombs it can go straight through enemies you can gain immediate control over the objective if you're being walled out for free using its explosion knockback

[@oliveskitsune]

Splashdown is by far my favorite to use, since I always spec into high special charge. The DPS is actually REALLY good with just a few splash damage chips, and even though you don't have time to regen armor, 99% of the time it'll kill whatever is right next to you or at least knock them away. With the damage being what it is and how fast it is to use it makes for one of the best specials to spam every five seconds

[@alexmcnutt8375]

I think ranking all the chips would be a good idea

[@Atomic_Oven]

Honestly, Im glad Chara realized how powerful Sprinkler was off rip, i figured out how OP it was when I also started.

[@sebastienroth41]

I saw that with the rights colors chips, wave becomes incredible !

[@Su1_Sama3]

Sprinkler saved me plenty of times. X-Tier indeed.

[@Qaos]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on how the Order weapons would fair competitively if they had their base kits from the Tower!

[@aeronightflash7085]

I like to thing of weapon strategy in side order as sort of an expanded version of the kits you get for salmon run, in that you can combine main-sub-special in unique ways that wouldn't happen much in the normal gamemodes. I will say I think ink mine is super slept on, in my opinion it's a better emergency relief button than most of the specials like kraken or crab, it takes way less ink than a bomb, detonates basically immediately, knockbacks the fish, and with a couple buffs like splat ink recovery or splash radius, it provides basically a portable splashdown explosion for only part of your ink tank. This can free up the special gauge for less defensive specials like tri-strike or killerwail to focus on objectives, whete it's better to use the salmon run philosophy of using specials to contain the enemies and render them unable to threaten you, rather than save yourself in a situation already getting sour.

[@Zeldrake]

Ink Mine is basically a no-range splat bomb. You don't deploy it in advance: you use it as a panic button. Its knockback reliably keeps things off you and low ink consumption makes it very affordable. Wail is strong but INSANELY hard to aim. I wish it didn't lock onto the smallest of the small fish: so often I've wanted to aim for something and just targeted something else entirely

[@roxlyn1665]

Ink Mine + Triple Splashdown + Mobile Special Charge and Special Charge up (anything that allows you to get specials faster) = practically untouchable By the end of the run you can just move 2 feet and splashdown > It paints everything > by the time anything has the chance to come close you have another splashdown > if you approach, you have a splashdown. Inkmine is very good for this mode because by nature of the AI constantly approaching, they'll just walk into them which usually buys enough time to activate another one. Pearl Inkmine is especially busted because of how often she does it.

[@Pauchok08]

i dont care what anyone says but inkmine is my goat... i stayed in a corner for around 2 minutes spamming it for dear life and it carried me to victory so many times lmao. of course things like sprinkler and splat bomb are better but mine is def underrated in my eyes.

[@keithharth1219]

Honestly, triple splashdown is extremely nice for when you get swarmed by too many enemies. They all die or get pushed far away, giving breathing room again

[@PenguinXD4]

Triple Splashdown is soo good for a low hack run, Especially no hacks Octo shot having a get off me tool that goes up into the air is so nice

[@bitfish2155]

Tri strike is great for survivability. You press special and throw one strike to the floor it kills all the enemies. Then you get two more to do damage. Crab tank can kill enemies and survive well, but it’s one or the other.

[@davidkonevky7372]

Imagine they buffed the multiplayer vanilla sprinkler so it would be as good as this one, ugh I'd love it

[@nintendoderryan6458]

Bomb explosion size with suction bomb goes crazy

[@bennicoski3293]

My only argument so far is that Ink Mine is HUGE, not actually preemptively, but reactively; it has almost no arming time in Side Order, and you can drop it at your feet to give a lot of space when you're being surrounded.

[@Spacey75257]

ink mine top 3 fizzy bottom 3 burst bottom 5 mine is a good get off me tool like splat bomb, doesn't kill but it has good knockback and is relatively cheap. fizzy and burst don't do damage and there's almost no reason to use them over your main weapon, especially fizzy since burst at least has utility for chase stages.

[@nikokat]

mine is S tier for me lol, it’s extremely useful when you’re surrounded by enemies since it doesn’t consume a lot of your ink, and it gets REALLY powerful with splash knockback

[@retrostationgaming208]

Nah, if we're taking chips into consideration, TriStrike clears Crab (and arguably Stamp) thanks to Canned Special Drop. Crab has wind-up in order to get to prime shredding DPS, while Strike's max throwing range is virtually across the map, shreds better than Booyah, and with enough item procs, has the best uptime bar none

[@azuritekorello833]

I love Ink-mine when playing side order especially when playing Zones

[@Smenchevieve]

A couple explosion up chips and triple splashdown can one shot any phase of the final boss. Kinda nutty imo

[@katsoupman3218]

This is what Nintendo thinks the actual sub & special balance is like

[@nicktmwtp5412]

Finally! It’s sprinkler and stamps time to shine!

[@krissa9664]

Ink mine is good, its so good for getting rid of swarms, its a get off me tool that explodes faster than splatbomb and has better knockback, you dont place them in places youre waiting to trap jelltons on, you place them when theyre about to get on you, when the inkmine is going to explode instantly

[@pastaman7278]

I feel the best weapons are the blaster and the charger, they have good kits, but become insane with investment in the fire rate and charge up chips respectively, and with damage up chips you make the game so easy

[@asterthehedgehog6861]

Pearl Bot leaving the Ink Mines down helped me when I had the bucket/gatling/splatana

[@Iinneus]

That's so crazy, I think Ink Mine is probably the best sub in the game-- I never use it in its vanilla PvP style "place them down and wait for them as a trap", but rather aggressive "I will click this button every time enemies approach". It's got more immediate and useful power in that regard than any of the other bombs; I don't have to wait for the bomb timer, I press R and the enemies blow up and scatter, and the whole "place it in a chokepoint" is an added bonus! And my big issue with Sprinkler is that you just can't spec into it or boost it in any way! I want to do a Sprinkler build and it just doesn't exist.

[@DiegoG2004]

Burst Bomb is awesome if you get a Rush Attack chip, you can aggresively squid roll into the enemy, then Burst Bomb your landing spot to go all over again. And the damage on said Rush Attack is really good considering squid roll has firmly placed itself into the available movement options. Wall can protect you against shots and... that's it. It can give the Splatling it starts on some time to charge but by doing that you've consumed half your ink tank already. If you pickup a Nautilus or Ballpoint Style chip then throwing a wall is just less time you're up shooting things.

[@pedroanillo9668]

I'd swap Kraken and slider position. Kraken doesn´t paint, has trouble dealing with targets off the ground, you can get pushed off the stage and has a lot of endlag so enemies can swarm you. Reefslider stacks with both explosion and rush chips, can be spammable with the special cans and it's a really fast movement tool. My gripe with it is that it doesn't start when you're in the air, so enemies can hit you when you land

[@jamesmcclure90]

And now for all the Color Chips ranked!

[@micaiuslucian]

Ink mine actually seems pretty nice as a "get off me" tool, it blows enemies back pretty nice and is good for closer range fights where enemies surround you, being that it's not super expensive and it explodes quickly if it's instantly triggered. I do agree with splash wall, I struggle to find a use for it. It might've been decent if it had it's splatoon 1 damage or something.

[@kylemsguy_]

I was skeptical of Triple Splashdown at first, but after doing many no-hack runs with the weapon that comes with it by default, I kinda got stockholm syndromed into liking it. It compensates for the low DPS of the main weapon at the beginning, and is a useful enough panic button when the stages get difficult. I did swap it out for Tristrike at one point, and that worked to some extent, but Triple Splashdown is a lot better than I originally thought.

[@schazz3929]

about Ink mine. I think it's actually quite solid, at least I've had very interesting runs with it. If you can get 1 ink saver saver sub upgrade, then you can hold ground for really long amount of time by spamming mine thanks to the knockback (paired with squid roll attack you can just survive forever in the middle of enemies, as mine puts down paint to allow you to squid roll more reliably)

[@owencunningham5816]

You should totally do some runs where you make a build around your bombs, or even do bombs-only!

[@MattisticStatistic]

"Kraken's survivability is the worst one of all." uses kraken to clear the tower the first time with several panic buttons okay then

[@Splatoonspyro]

Tip for crap: if you are trying to spam it's explosions, I think you can use it's main shot during the cool down, helping just the little bit more

[@MizunoKetsuban]

Honestly, I used to think wall was as bad as you're saying, until I realized I was being an idiot by trying to throw it between me and the enemies. How you're *supposed* to use it is to turn _away_ from the enemies, throw the wall away from them, and move behind the wall. This creates a large amount of distance between you and them that they couldn't cross if they tried. It also just massively closes the distance that you need to approach the wall from overall. Fizzy on the other hand, yeah no that thing feels miserable to try and get anything out of. Lots of setup for very little payoff and the movement aspect is done better by other subs.

[@em-diamond9769]

i feel like wall is a little underrated, you forget how great it can be in the early waves due to the high knockback and its incredible on that one map with where you shoot the box things (i forget their name) and you can build a massive wall to funnel everything to 1 spot, putting a wall/sprinkler there is so funny. but yea point is wall is great for early floors, especially zones and chasing the running fish nerds (also forgot their name)

[@Octav2000]

I found splash down to be the best special as when you use it everything around you is usually gone with minimal investment and the fact that it’s really quick also allows you to spam it

[@vertical6866]

imo tristrike is better than crab, the dps is insane and you can delete objectives like portals with no sweat, other than that, i think the tier list is spot on

[@roykooper902]

I love triple splashdown but I did get sniped out of it by the charger enemy in a no hack risky rewards run and that was depressing.

[@menialbee]

ultra stamps damage can actually be buffed by rush attack chips, making it deal 10k damage at max

[@DeltaTried]

My opinion on this matter is that bombs are better when invested into, and “fast” specials are better since there are _MANY_ ways to spam special. Also I learned that all forms of stamp get increased with rush attack dmg so.

[@darkmario66]

That's crazy that triple splash down isn't x tier or at least s tier. The octoshot is god tier just for having that special alone.

[@violetthornton5574]

If you get ink saver sun chips and explosive dames chips you can spam ink mine if your in pinch. Actually can solo whole floors if you get the right chips

[@ebluegamer5397]

Zooka knockback can save you when enemies are attacking you from one general direction

[@Bucketnetta]

I cant wait for the color chip ranking😍

[@calisorbit]

Used sprinkler with brella and wanted to replace it asap, but then I realized it was SO BROKEN. Thank god they didn't give me the option to switch

[@penguinflames707]

Maybe hot take, but reef is better than kraken and maybe even Tsplashdown. For a panic option, it’s the 2nd fastest only beat out by a certain hack that’s really useful. For damage, it’s a 2 hit with the charge being a rush attack for things like rush attack and rush knockback chips, and the explosion counts for splash damage and splash radius. There are a lot of ways to buff its damage, and even if the explosion doesn’t kill something, it will deal a heavy amount of knockback to enemies, and can even send them off the map. It’s really good at destroying portals, zones cheese on it still exists, and it clears a huge clump of enemies with ease. It’s not on the tier of stamp and strikes obviously Kraken on the other hand, takes a full second to activate for a panic button, so it needs to be used preemptively to save your armor. In addition, what buffs kraken? I guess rush attack/knockback, but that’s it I think. Combined with the fact that you have to get up close to get value out of it and it doesn’t knock back enemies too well. So if your kraken ends and you are stuck in a clump of enemies, you are losing your armor quickly. I just find it hard to get good value out of it. Damage wise, it’s not that bad, but it’s terrible at hitting portals and many other options out DPS it for bosses

[@A-Dasher]

One day Stringer will be good in comp just you wait(I’m still waiting)

[@BadContentCreator193]

1:10 Suction bomb rush in splatoon 3 side order!? 😱😱😱

[@Exerlin]

Curling bomb is pretty solid imo, much more-so than suction and splat bomb. The knockback from the moving bomb itself is super useful, and it destroys the little guys on its path (at least with damage hacks/chips). Given how useful a straight line of ink can be in this mode (movement, enemy slowdown/damage) and the fact that all the map edges are walled off (less fallen curling bombs), I'd place it at the top of S tier.

[@celestialspark5697]

I disagree. Moving in a straight line is pretty minimally useful in Side Order. Much of your movement is going to be up and down walls, around corners, over uninkables, or especially circling around objectives. The paint is also too thin to properly get the friendly ink effects on enemies. Splat and Suction bomb have immediate powerful utility from floor 1 because you can toss them at portals for huge burst damage and knockback on everything that just spawned from them, chunk and finish off portals with them, disrupt hordes much more reliably than curling, use them for damage over ledges, and manipulate/trap the fleeing fish objectives with them. Curling also doesn't really get better with scaling to nearly the extent of these two; it's very likely the player gets significantly better at painting over a run, only hurting curling, while blast radius is one of the best chips in the game and really brings out the potential of these other bombs. They are also good enough to solo the game with 5x sub saver and splat/movement ink recovery, which is not the case with curling.

[@Exerlin]

​@@celestialspark5697 I mean sure, if you're going to have a large portion of your palette set to help your subs, curling probably isn't the best option. The curling bomb's path is wide enough to slow down the fleeing wheeled fish, and it is useful for going around corners as most of the ledges in this mode are walled off enough for the curling bombs to bounce off them. The trail and explosion radius increase in size the longer you cook it, so you still get to decide where it goes off. Explosion knockback with it is kinda funny too. I mainly like it for the utility

[@andrewtheprimarino]

Another upside to Wail is that you can still use it while gliding. I forget whether you can activate it while in the air, but at the very least if you activate it and one way or another you find yourself in the air you can still target enemies while recovering shield if needed. Crab is still my favorite for Side Order tho

[@YoutubeCommonman_Totas]

Ink mine is completely invalidated by a single specific drone chip

[@retro_rst]

Your using ink mine wrong 😭 that thing saving my life

[@Garde0ir]

Curling should be counted as a rush attack

[@mileven3ggo3njoyer]

Whenever I enter a floor, I always throw out sprinklers on sides of the map cause the painting capabilities are amazing and especially starting out with weaker weapons as far as damage and painting, sprinkler's painting is very much appreciated. Its like my go to sub for side order.

[@gamesrules1223]

Honestly the only sub I use in side order is curling bomb. I just never use my sub weapon since I only upgrade my weapon and pearl, the only time I need help is to run away and curling does that

[@gametugboat3985]

triple inkstrike makes any and all portal levels an insta win because it can oneshot portals

[@RobsTheMemer]

So glad sprinkler is in X Teir, idk why, but I always knew that it was insane ever since I found out about the insane dmg output to anyone directly on top of it.

[@Zeldrake]

sometimes it breaks and idk whyyyyy D:

[@pastaman7278]

Specials without cooldown> specials with cooldowns

[@bracken8782]

I wouldn't say splashdown is worse than Booyah Bomb, since Bomb can have its shield broken pretty easily. Splash can be cancelled, yes, but it's much faster than Bomb to activate, so it's a much better crowd-clearing tool.