How to Get Top 500 in Splatoon 2 - Bravous Splat Strats

[@SquidSchool]

Shoot, more than 500 people have seen it now. Y'all are gonna have to take turns :/

[@jellycore1316]

XD Yess

[@nuna1446]

what music did you use in the video?

[@SquidSchool]

@@nuna1446 It's all listed in order in the video description!

[@badchef7531]

There are only 23k, we’ll be fine

[@Flounder4688]

Mom said it’s my turn in the top 500!

[@ProChara]

Thanks for having me on, great work as always

[@SquidSchool]

High praise from one of the precious few top level players making content to get the rest of us up to speed. Everyone should go check this man's KZbin out in the video description if you somehow don't know him already!

[@copyrightstrike6949]

Both your and Bravous Esports have helped me so much!

[@yorwie7]

This was a fun collab. Thanks for inviting me!

[@SquidSchool]

Thanks for always being willing to answer questions!

[@Shy3k]

Thanks for having me! This was really fun to work on :)

[@SquidSchool]

They were great conversations! I'm glad we brought together the team that we did!

[@hamrum1176]

Great video, thanks for putting this together, and having me as a part of it.

[@SquidSchool]

Thank you Ham! Your perspective was really valuable both for me as a player and for the video itself.

[@cy_torrent]

20:00 I trained myself to focus on visuals by doing solo and turf on mute. This makes it so noise can’t be relied on and so you have to look at your screen and focus clearly on the situation. It helped really well and totally recommend doing “mute rotes” as they help train yourself to be more visual

[@SquidSchool]

I like creative training regimens like this, isolating skills you need to learn. I'd have to try it for myself to see whether I like this or not but it's a cool idea!

[@gio_frank6622]

Nice tip

[@AvatarAang_]

I almost always play this game on mute while listening to music, I don't always do it exclusively because I do love the sounds in the game. Specials and swim sounds and superjump sound are my favorite.

[@d0ubl3d]

@@AvatarAang_yeah same, but for practice wise it may also distract us

[@Andresini-ey5uv]

I was NOT expecting this to come out right now (well an hour ago) at all. Recently got into X rank and while I'm probably not getting top 500 anytime soon I will definitely give this a watch.

[@SquidSchool]

Most people spend some time bouncing back and forth between S+9 and X rank at first, so don't feel bad if that happens. But I find most advice is useful at any skill level!

[@Andresini-ey5uv]

@@SquidSchool Yeah I alredy got demoted once lol. School just ended for me and I'm probably gonna grind a decent amount so I can atleast keep like 2100 consistently lol.

[@woomynation]

@@Andresini-ey5uv well it's pretty much the same for me, just got X rank last month and got demoted once the month ended but school is only a quarter of the way done, so I only have weekends to grind (I grinded from S+5 to X rank for splat zones in 5 weeks with school by getting 1 rank a week with less than 2 hours every weekend). This video is just what I need to improve my X rank gameplay.

[@tyandjtz3571]

@@SquidSchool yeah I’ve bounced back and fourth like 4 times now it definitely doesn’t feel good but thanks for letting us know it’s normal I appreciate it

[@SquidSchool]

@@tyandjtz3571 If you keep at it, you'll start to feel like you're speedrunning through S+ and figuring out what the X rank players are doing better (and getting mad at the S+ players for not being the teammates you have in X lol but try to contain that). Then at some point you'll just manage to stay there.

[@oregano2771]

So glad they're adding the training room while you queue for Splat 3.

[@DumoPlays]

Rough thinking about how many ppl need the mentality portion of the video but will ignore it. The mentality at the start and the line at the end about playing to improve and results will come are by far the most important things said. Thanks for the video. Great job on the entire series.

[@SquidSchool]

It's one of the hardest parts of playing the game, but also one of the parts that applies most to other aspects of life. Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@animalmace]

So glad that people still make splatoon content

[@Zacherias17]

Yes! I have been waiting for this video for so long!

[@SquidSchool]

SAME

[@FelineDeskFan13]

One trick I have when I’m tilted is going into Turf War and to just try to fool around (because of house rules, if I stop playing, I can’t get back on again, so this is an alternative that works for me. Hopefully it’ll work for other people if they choose to do the same). One of my favourite things to do to improve my mood is taking the gold aerospay RG, slapping a bunch of charge up on it, and spamming the everloving crap out of baller.

[@SquidSchool]

That's a great idea, taking your mind off it with something lower stress!

[@animalmace]

8:55 the key to succes

[@SquidSchool]

"Who run the world? NERDS" -Beyonce (at least I think that's what she was saying maybe I missed something)

[@galacticsalt7336]

The video that was greatly anticipated, better than I ever expected it would be, great job

[@daeDuality]

I needed this got to X rank on 2 different modes recently and ranked downed immediately, I'm at s+9 on all modes currently.

[@SquidSchool]

Most players will go back and forth between S+9 and X, so don't feel too bad if that keeps happening for a while. What will happen is you'll start to learn what X rank players are doing better and bring that into the S+ matches and get out faster and faster until you finally just stay put in X. Good luck! Practice smarter, not harder!

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

This is why we need deranking in Splatoon 3.

[@shawu9118]

Dude fr thank you for this whole series went from b+ to x2200 in 4months

[@SquidSchool]

That's pretty impressive, how many hours do you have on the game in that time?

[@shawu9118]

@@SquidSchool went from 300 hours last time i checked to 680

[@shawu9118]

When i was 300 hours in i was in A i think

[@SquidSchool]

@@shawu9118 That's not bad, you're playing pretty focused to level up that far in that amount of time. Way to go!

[@sanahirosplatoon6459]

Thanks Bravous! Because of you I reached a 2589 power in clams and now part of the top 500 elite! I owe you a million for helping me finish my ranked adventure on a high note!

[@sanahirosplatoon6459]

Maybe soon I’ll be in one of these Vog reviews 😏

[@SquidSchool]

@@sanahirosplatoon6459 LET'S GO that's a super respectable peak. Top players generally don't even play for higher than 2600 or so because the game is so different that they might develop bad habits. Do you play for a team?

[@sanahirosplatoon6459]

@@SquidSchool I do actually! We’re not that competitive and not one of the high ups. We were made for a small tournament but we’re still a good team!

[@gritilazz_3478]

OMG I JUST GOT X RANK AND TOP 200 AFTER CALCS THANK YOU SO MUCH I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU VIDEOS FOR A LONG TIME NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@gritilazz_3478]

cant wait to see if i can hold top 500 for the whole month

[@SquidSchool]

POG! Don't be too disappointed if people start catching up; a lot of people probably haven't finished their placements yet and a lot of times you can see your placement go down even game by game. But that's still a phenomenal placement!

[@gritilazz_3478]

@@SquidSchool yeah im aware, but i'll do my best to stay as high as posible, it's still a nice feeling that i've been in top 500 once even if it was easy from being so early

[@SNTHawkn]

Thank you soooooo much Ive improved a lot. My problem was that i stayed behind a lot and never pushed up. helped me a lot during rainmaker matches . your a real life saver!!!

[@SquidSchool]

Glad to hear it!

[@patnostar5276]

This was really informative and well constructed💯 Thank you for making this!

[@SquidSchool]

Thank you so much!

[@silver8086]

All of these vids made me rank up to s+3 to s+6 super useful especially the painting part i was always having trouble with map control that helped me alot

[@SquidSchool]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@LilaLychi]

This is one of the best channels for splatoon I've ever found!

[@SquidSchool]

Thank you so much! Glad you find it helpful :)

[@Evixyn]

These great insights to help improve in the title. I slowly learned these on my own by playing with teams, scrimmages, and solo rank play. I would had enjoyed it more if the other three modes was covered, as rain maker is the most straight forward game mode in my opinion. Then again maybe some other time in the future we will receive some insight of the other three modes.

[@SquidSchool]

I do still recommend flc's fundamentals videos; they are still the best analysis of how each game mode works I've seen on the internet. Link to the page with all of them is in the video description

[@Evixyn]

@@SquidSchool yes, I love his videos and he recently came back with a new in detail view of splatoon three second trailer 0/

[@GrizzDemon]

This serious was really good. thanks for pointing me towards it. Defiantly gonna try the tips when we meet up and check out the glossary video:)

[@supersylveonplushgaming]

this is the one I've been waiting for

[@SquidSchool]

It was in the works months before the S+ video came out, such a relief to have it out finally!

[@scarlemagne7622]

I watched how to get to x rank I stoped yelling and learned how to learn from my mistakes and now I watched this video and I almost hit rope 500 but I’ll keep trying thank you for the help

[@SquidSchool]

You're very welcome!

[@LilaLychi]

Omg please tiers of who would win in fights for each weapon would be super helpful

[@SquidSchool]

I totally agree. To be clear, I would value that information most coming from someone who is a top level expert at the one individual weapon. Me making a matchup chart would be rough enough even on my main weapon, as I'm not at the very highest level of play, but it would get exponentially worse the less familiar I was with the weapon I was making the chart for. That's why I ask the top 500 players if they know of anyone else who's making that kind of content.

[@remon.yo2]

Also agreeing in that paint part. Thats exactly why I prefer weapons with more paint but weapons with less paint *fire rate* are also fine if theres a decent sub that could save you.

[@sellosqueez6278]

I thought it was really funny when you brought up hand injuries haha. I got carpal tunnel syndrome a few years ago from grinding this game. So yeah, that's actually a serious issue that you gotta look out for.

[@SquidSchool]

Gotta keep the kids safe; a lot of people aren't thinking enough about the potential for overuse injuries in esports in general, especially since Splat esports aren't so established that orgs have pro physical therapists on board to help the top players. If I only get to pick one thing that happens because of this video, it may just be that we prevent another team like Siege from disbanding because of injuries.

[@ProChara]

yea really dont forget to stretch, I have a wrist brace since I didnt as much in the past

[@sellosqueez6278]

@@ProChara fun fact, the way I fixed my carpal tunnel syndrome was with wrist stretches multiple times a day. Stretches are quintessential for serious splatoon players, injured or not lol

[@sellosqueez6278]

@@SquidSchool thanks for that reminder about hand injuries btw. I one-trick Foil Squeezer so I need to remember to do wrist stretches before i play.

[@rockyx588]

Top 500 only in January and thing is is that I now know why my wrist hurts when I play prolonged periods of time(sniper/midline player). Top 500 was pretty luck based for me bc I hit it by constantly getting JP lobbies and destroying them to get it. Good video.👍

[@SquidSchool]

Thanks Rocky!

[@MrMalix]

Heck yeah. This is the stuff that would really help me get further in X rank, since I usually get to around 2170ish because I don't want to grind. If I can get better at the mental game, then I should he able to get higher up without having to grind it out.

[@SquidSchool]

It's definitely valid not to want to play a lot of solo queue, but you've gotta be playing the game somehow if you want to keep improving. If not solo then be finding some scrims and serious league, maybe find a team.

[@JDragon272]

I’m also considering getting Gamer Gloves/Compression Gloves, to see if that can help too in controller handling or button spamming. My best friend actually uses a pair of them when gaming.

[@SquidSchool]

As a cross country runner, I know some runners who swear by those compression socks but I personally never thought they did much for me. The stretches are definitely more of a sure thing for injury prevention

[@taysonbucket]

to be honest these vids realy help me improve my gameplay

[@SquidSchool]

That's great to hear! Thank you!

[@pineapple8873]

This is an amazing vid it helped me out a ton in splatoon 2

[@SquidSchool]

Glad we could help!

[@smidge742]

“Huge nerd to learn a lot from the video game” Me who is a nerd that been doing my splatoon research: “Say no more”. I been avoiding rank/solo cause I’m more worried about disappointing my teammates cause I play splatterscope so to me it feels like a lot of pressure is being placed on me especially if I’m playing tower control or rain maker which causes me to miss important shots that could’ve saved us the lead. But this video was truly helpful and informative hopefully I can man up and get back into playing rank instead of spending most of my time in the training room or playing Salmon run.

[@SquidSchool]

If there are people who are willing to play aerospray in ranked, you should never feel sorry for picking a weapon that actually works sometimes ;)

[@smidge742]

@@SquidSchool Ah I can not argue with that people who have the balls to bring Aerospray into rank will have all my respect. But that does make sense if they can bring an Aerospray into rank then I can bring a charger even tho Aerospray has the worst accuracy.

[@JDragon272]

I’m also avoiding Rank - at a losing streak - thinking it’s me being a man OctBrush line User overall

[@SquidSchool]

@@JDragon272 Chara is an Octobrush player, this is the wrong video to be downplaying how good that weapon is ;)

[@gymdilettante8407]

Everyone messes up in ranked matches... that's no reason to not play if you want to

[@sanahirosplatoon6459]

This is gonna be super helpful!

[@SquidSchool]

Awesome, glad to hear it!

[@sanahirosplatoon6459]

@@SquidSchool Yeah man, I’m gonna grind for top 500 with my Kshot and Octoshot now!

[@ChunwunB]

11:30 Gotta let your teammates be bait for the double or triple kills in solo

[@SquidSchool]

The way of the slayer

[@gio_frank6622]

It's FINALLY here!

[@britbongtankie]

While playing Splatoon, I once hurt my thumb so badly that I couldn't play any video game for 4 days

[@javiermilancontreras1445]

Fun fact: I got to 629 position raging like tyler01 on everysingle game. Could have gone up to 500 if I trained my aim but I was lazy and had to study xd

[@pillmonster101]

I now have the Splatoon 2 gamer knowledge 😳

[@SquidSchool]

Your knowledge of gaming is powerful indeed

[@SoupChickn]

I've been scared into doing wrist stretches, my hands hurt just hearing about it

[@itmightbe]

How to get out of 500: use the aerospray

[@SquidSchool]

A cephalopod after my own heart

[@R8Spike]

Ehh the silver one has a niche in rm, you can keep it on if you use it in rm. But the other ones GTFO

[@SquidSchool]

@@R8Spike I personally would argue that Starburst's choice to use the weapon in the finals of Riptide doesn't mean 1. that it played a major role in them winning those games or 2. that the weapon is meta or better than other options for the role it was playing but we're getting into opinion territory here and I don't want my anti-aerospray meme to be taken 100% seriously (only like 95%).

[@The21stGamer]

@@SquidSchool Starburst used silver aero in a major tourney?! What else have I missed by only getting into Splatoon on the third game...

[@TGCPhilip]

I never knew I was gonna be this addicted to funni cephalopod game

[@SquidSchool]

One of these days we need to take back "squid game." We'll march on Netflix and demand the phrase back.

[@Cool-Vest]

7:50 well if you want to get technical Soccer is actually old British slang from way farther back.

[@Mysticuffs]

Will you continue this series in Splatoon 3?

[@SquidSchool]

That's a good question, by which I mean I don't have a good answer. We'll definitely be making Splatoon 3 content, but it's hard to say which ideas we'll decide to run with until we have the game in front of us.

[@gimme_eliter4k720]

this series is over now :( i enjoyed it tho

[@lightytf2]

Me watching this knowing damn well I'm struggling in c-

[@arandomdogecoin]

Me struggling to rank up to b- watching this also.

[@GDCytosine]

0:56 BUT A FEATURE FILM FROM YOU WOULD BE AWESOME

[@SquidSchool]

Did you catch the very next sentence of the video? It does exist

[@GDCytosine]

@@SquidSchool I did catch it, albeit after I had posted this comment. Once I'm home from work I plan on putting it on and clawing my way out of S-Rank ^-^

[@momsaccount4033]

This is very poggers

[@SquidSchool]

NO YOU'RE VERY POGGERS

[@momsaccount4033]

@@SquidSchool YOU ARE MORE POGGERS THAN ME

[@SquidSchool]

@@momsaccount4033 AGREE TO DISAGREE

[@momsaccount4033]

@@SquidSchool B-BAKA

[@Galiaverse]

FINALLY!!! ...Okay, watching now. :P

[@SquidSchool]

FINALLY!!1!

[@remon.yo2]

Oh yes- the pain of your wrists or fingers when u play too much. I think I really should do those stretches bc it worsens 0-0

[@SquidSchool]

If there's one thing you take from this video it's that. Don't give yourself an overuse injury!

[@PitXRoxas]

You’re gonna save my life!

[@CyborusYT]

7:52 actually iirc the name "soccer" is from the french

[@SquidSchool]

Etymologically, sure, yet the words in the acronym "FIFA" are in French and include "Football" so my assumption is that they'd know it by Football if they also spoke English

[@Nico-kx5cd]

I'm getting X rank rainmaker, I will prob give it a shot!

[@SquidSchool]

Good luck!

[@The_so_called_femboy]

Hey Gem I have some videos to request you to review them

[@gianlucamele-e5u]

Painting is very important yes. Supports should not be the only one painting the map and when they are. 9/10 you lose the game and the support could paint like 1700 in a match or higher, but there teammates dont paint.

[@The_so_called_femboy]

Okay cool now I have a reason to go to sleep

[@internetguy7319]

Banger!!!

[@fyyyyyynnn447]

How to get Top 500 in Splatoon 2: K52

[@Dark-xv9iz]

Does this also apply to the first game to?

[@SquidSchool]

I've played Splatoon 1 for 2 hours total, so I'm not exactly an authority on the subject; it did have a very different metagame with different, more powerful specials and generally more powerful weapon kits. As a general rule, the fundamental concepts will probably carry over, but specific stuff like 'the junior's role is armor spam' obviously won't carry over

[@Dark-xv9iz]

@@SquidSchool so yes or no?

[@SquidSchool]

@@Dark-xv9iz some of it does, some of it doesn't

[@spriteart0]

Why do I watch this, I don’t have Nintendo Switch Online anymore

[@SquidSchool]

I mean, I could probably come up with some reasons if you wanted me to but I'll just say thanks for watching and commenting :>

[@spriteart0]

@@SquidSchool I already have some resons: I love Splatoon I’ll probably renew nso I suck at splat2 lol Also, why wouldn’t I watch a high quality content video? You don’t find those everywhere.

[@SquidSchool]

@@spriteart0 well thank you :)

[@doodleacat]

Wait is that what that crown meant? I had that crown in the splatfest demo-

[@budgieinahoodie5661]

There’s a big difference between the crown you get from being Top 500 in X rank and the crowns you get from winning a 100x or 333x Splatfest battle.

[@internetguy7319]

B A N G E R

[@modernbits9531]

MAKE ONE FOR GETTING TOP 10 IN LEAGUE

[@SquidSchool]

At that point we're talking about coordinated competitive play, so all of that advice would be the same as advice for team-building and tournament play. We have a video on building a team on the channel. We haven't really tackled communication and team coordination yet; that's not an area I consider myself an especial expert in, but I could probably shed some light on it at least for newer competitive teams, if that's a topic people want to see covered.

[@kaniko680]

C Rank player here LMAOOO

[@SquidSchool]

Not for long

[@reesetit]

hi, i'm shy '-'

[@SquidSchool]

Ironically the player with the loudest mic of the bunch

[@AvatarAang_]

If you lose a lot then stop playing for a bit.... I disagree with that, unless your whole reason for playing is winning... Let's not forget Splatoon is amazing and a fun game, so sometimes it's nice to play for the fun, for the weapons, subs and specials... Not just to win. :)

[@SquidSchool]

The reason isn't exactly to prevent you from not winning; it's more to check yourself to make sure you're not playing on tilt. It will definitely have a direct impact on whether you win or lose, but it's more about making sure you're still playing with a healthy mindset.

[@StampMan1023]

It's not that hard to get top 500, just get RM kelp dome at the very start of the season and cheese your 10 placements and cause there's not that many people at the start of the season, boom, top 500

[@SquidSchool]

It's a little harder to keep it though ;) I remember playing ranked on day 2 and winning a game but seeing my estimate lower than it was when I started the game

[@ItsToadTime_Wiiu]

No hacks???

[@SquidSchool]

Hacking is a pretty lame way to get a higher ranking. Like maybe the comp sci part of it is an interesting puzzle but seeing your name on the leaderboard is a lot more lame if all you did was type on a keyboard for a few days to get there.

[@ItsToadTime_Wiiu]

I'm in x rank I was top 99 with my duos team for 8 days, in x rank I tried for top 500 but I couldn't and it's rare to find hackers anyway

[@ItsToadTime_Wiiu]

And u make great videos!

[@SquidSchool]

@@ItsToadTime_Wiiu Thank you :>