What Am I Doing? Part 2: Tower Control

[@GalaxysEnda]

dude splatoon 3 has been crazy for your channel you were at like 6k before it congrats on the growth dude!

[@SquidSchool]

Thank you! I'm very happy with how far it's come

[@ruccsacc]

​@@SquidSchoolI've been loving your vids I've always been wanting to play more intelligently and cooperatively

[@HomanTheAbominable]

Hearing that the matchmaking usually makes both teams get similarly awkward comps makes me feel like you and I are playing totally different games.

[@ScentedPineForest]

I was once on a team of two Splattershots, a Splash-o-matic, and an Octobrush against two E-liters, a Splat Charger, and a 96-gal. Was not fun.

[@beems9617]

got two undercover umbrellas, one splattershot(me) and one octobrush. The other team had 1 hydra, 1 e liter and 1 splash o matic and 1 sloshing machine who only spammed booyah bomb. they were incredibly good and it was a miracle that we won by KO.

[@OnlyAngelsMayFly]

This only works in series, if you play open, you will get matched against premade teams a lot.

[@CommandantLennon]

On my b+ to a- ticket I played against 2 double blob comps.

[@Thomas48484]

Me: Winning 3 A+ -> S rank up matches in a row with 3 snipers, as the only slayer (tri-slosher).

[@undercvrwtch]

Give this person 100k already. We’re being fed success at this point.

[@luckyg8]

can’t wait to here you talk about the other three modes, this was interesting! I didn’t know the team pushing the tower has improved special charge

[@Ilandria.]

Semi related: I think Triple Inkstrike is an underrated special on this mode. One strike will remove a Bubbler on tower, and then you have two more to force enemies to move. It also functions pretty well as a counter to other specials (Inc Vac can't stop it, Crab Tank has to move or die, 1 strike pops Wave Breaker, 1 strike breaks Booyah armour, etc.)

[@joshk147]

We just need Tristrike to be on a better weapon (or to have slosher be more comparable to machine) and it'll certainly rise quickly in usage amongst top teams. I'm a big fan of the special being high risk/high reward and I'm excited to see how the meta carries it throughout the games lifespan

[@mattyb.5628]

@@joshk147 I know the Brella isn't everyone's favourite weapon, but as a mid riding the tower the Triple Inkstrike is good for displacing the anchor pestering you. Helps you punch through the checkpoints.

[@meptune0335]

this is actually pretty helpful because i can try avoid these problems. Thanks!

[@RickTS]

But I'm pretty ink vac can stop it? Or did it get removed? Since technixaly the Tri-Strike is a projectile

[@robloxletsplay6617]

gem i beg of you release part three, i need my mode specific tips and tricks 😭

[@jaycriae5963]

"The only time there's ever a point in having two players on the tower is when you push through a checkpoint" There's also a point if someone is just going to be on the tower for a second. Typically this is to pop a special, but it could also be to place a sub in some cases. For example, maybe the Hydra is building up a charge on the tower, but then the roller goes up, sticks their Big Bubbler on the tower, and leaves again. Or a Splattershot might need a little extra height to make their Trizooka shots and the tower is the most convenient option. Also, in situations where it's down to the last couple seconds of the game or OT and you're about to get lead, the same logic about sticking on it in a dangerous situation can sometimes apply, particularly in solo. If an enemy with a better weapon at close range jumps onto the tower, sometimes the rider will retreat, which in OT costs the game. If you have two people on, and one flees from an enemy, you don't lose the game instantly, the tower pauses until one player is gone/splatted.

[@shopnil4]

I think one of the main thing people need to know is when to do a tactical retreat and that sometimes giving the opponents the tower might be the best option.

[@dizzyhungry]

Yess! New video! EDIT: One minor criticism, I think the music could be a little quieter, or less "energetic". It's a bit distracting from your voice. I didn't mind the Alterna music you used in the latter half.

[@sporerria6451]

Its weezer

[@SquidSchool]

I've heard this a couple of times before. I'll try to keep that in mind for future uploads. Thanks for speaking up!

[@connorjacobs1]

Thank you so much for all the concise information you pack into your videos! As a new player, I wouldn’t have a good mindset without your videos

[@dewroot5176]

2:16 _honk_ 2:18 _honk_ 25:47 "Finally, I'm on TikTok! That app frightens me."

[@Tiquono]

It's nice to have a straightforward strategy guide for this mode... I've always found it a bit frustrating, but knowing how the Tower works was already a huge step in the right direction, let alone the rest of the info! Many thanks as always, Gem!

[@keilstar222]

I can't wait for the moment you insert Robbie Rotten screaming "what are you doing?!" instead of the regular voiced intro

[@Squirtle1208]

I always call jumping on the Tower for one sec to stop it from retreating a “Love Tap”. Idk where it came from but I just started calling it that

[@_hret]

Was wondering if you would ever continue this series? I've found it incredibly useful to understand how to properly play in each mode

[@chosospigtails]

I have not yet played ranked so I appreciate videos like this that go in detail on what to do in each mode!

[@nightpool42]

I had no idea about the grey version of the checkpoints! wow, that's a great detail to know about

[@nug_real]

the intro felt so wrong without the lively music

[@noodel3374]

What do you mean? Chirpy Chips went wild on their new song "Squiddy holly"

[@StarmenRock]

@@noodel3374 they sound very similar to a dial up modem charging a spirit bomb

[@haleyfromstardewvalley6003]

I think you mean "Squiddy Squady"

[@heartofthefluft8541]

I still found it funny 😂😂 it is good to hear the painting splashing intro once in a while

[@DiegoG2004]

If your team is blessed with a Jr. and other Big Bubbler weapons for this mode, you can quite easily chain shields your way to at the very least past the first checkpoint. It's so incredibly dumb, but I love it. -I still get to use a Blaster as well-

[@m4rcyonstation93]

i love memeing with friends and going like 2x jr or even 3x jr if a rando comes with jr too

[@DiegoG2004]

@@m4rcyonstation93 I started using regular blaster and got a team of Jr. , Splat Roller and Clash Blaster. In anarchy series as well. It was incredibly fun. Definitely made up for the "Nintendo online" moments the previous two series ended up in.

[@BeeThompson]

I had an enemy team that was 3 jrs and a blaster, and they chained special so much the tower never even stopped. It was hilarious in hindsight

[@DiegoG2004]

@@BeeThompson Yee

[@m4rcyonstation93]

@@BeeThompson that might have been us…what rank/region are you in

[@Mijzelffan]

Since reaching A+ rank (I'm S now) I've been avoiding tower control and clam blitz, they're way harder to instinctively understand how to play them properly. Even though this video helps explain a lot of stuff I'm still worried my teammates will not know any of this even at these ranks.

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

Clam Blitz is either the most fun and intense mode in the game or the absolute WORST mode in the game, depending on how well your team meshes together. Last night, I got lucky and was paired with a BOMB team and we all understood what each other was doing, and nobody was looking for selfish kills. Needless to say, that was a flawless series win! But then there are other times where the team acts like absolute idiots and they just operate as every squid for themselves and they just go for kills, which leads to a loss almost every single time. That's the only flaw with Clam Blitz: it requires team work, but too many people don't realize that Splatoon is a TEAM shooter, so the mode suffers for it!

[@kay.7473]

I’m S and as a backliner I’ve seen my team immediately rush the tower and immediately die putting us at disadvantage too many times

[@Super_Suchi]

Lowering the big clam quota from 10 to 8 makes clam blitz much more enjoyable. It’s such a small change fundamentally but it makes everything much faster. Also love the organ jingles that play when you break a basket.

[@Thomas48484]

I tend to excel at rainmaker and especially tower control, but do worse in the other 2 modes.

[@choking1668]

0:26 “this is not family friendly” “Sir, this is a family friendly game.”

[@CyborusYT]

0:52 if you do that, you can hold right to drift onto the ramp

[@glowyrm_]

thank you for making this series, it's really helpful :)!

[@nelliael]

I'm thankful KZbin algorithm recommended me videos from your channel because your content is so informative, especially for the fairly new player I am (I've been playing since Splatoon 3's launch, but didn't get to play the two previous games). I especially like this series of vids because being new to the game, the veterans SCARE me to no end and I get stuck playing Turf War because I'm too afraid to try Anarchy Battles (especially since there's no proper tutorial in game for the different modes and the game is just like "WELP, play and figure it out yourself !" while you're getting splatted over and over by people with much more experience than you). Of course, nothing beats practice, but it's giving me a bit more confidence to know what exactly is going on in those modes (that seem much more fun that Turf War, let's be real) and I might start playing more Anarchy Battles in the future. So I want to thank you for the work you put in these vids, can't wait for the next part of this series !

[@Vecezede]

Waiting for 3rd episode on that playlist

[@brooks6651]

This video should be the in game tutorial for tower control

[@fernavliz1]

Really informative video. Well done!. You are really pro and unbeatable in something: teaching. You are a great teacher. You showed the small details and everything was completely understandable and the information was precise and to the point. And pertinent where it needed to be. This video will be really useful for so many players, new and veterans alike. But if the viewers are considered students in your squidschool, I will be a bad one lol. Now if you excuse me, I will go grab the tower control at the start of a match, me as a sploosh main just for the lols, to then throw a curling bomb on top of it when I bail it out as a valid tactic to catch other shortrange weapon players retaking the tower lol XD.

[@copperredpanda]

This really helps on the huge mistakes and terrible tactics i was doing, thanks man

[@beheadedlurker]

20:58 oh hey, it's the clip from the youtube short you made

[@FuchsiaDial]

Wonderful video! I've been looking forward to it and I'm happy to be learning from it now that it's out. I really feel like I am better able to analyze the game state thanks to your lessons. However, for someone like me, who has auditory processing issues, the choice of music and pacing for the first several segments of the video made it harder to comprehend. I had to pause and replay the part about overtime several times to be able to process information spoken to me. I assume it's because of the extra lyrics or the guitar solo in the song. The chaotic Salmon Run music also created a sense of urgency in the video that made it harder to absorb information at that particular part. But this isn't something that occurs often in your videos at all, you are still my favorite content creator for Splatoon education, because you pace and explain information in a way that is almost unusually understandable to me on account of my issues. In fact, later in the video when you had faster Deep Cut songs on the background, I had a sense of vigor and inspiration instead or urgency and discombobulation. I'm not skilled enough to explain how that was different from earlier, but maybe because you took more pauses in your reading to let my mind collect itself? Regardless of all that, thank you so much for making videos. No other content creator that I know of manages to talk about the game in a way even a beginner could understand like you do, while at the same time not being "cringe" or a person of dubious morality. It's a breath of fresh air for me, coming from Fortnite community where the majority of content is clickbait, disrespect of lower skill players or other types of discrimination. You are a great help to the community, please continue bringing goodness and acceptance to the world and I hope that your career path is stable and successful. 🍀

[@JessavGamer]

This video is awesome. I saw it a few weeks ago when I started playing Splatoon 3 with the objective of becoming a better player. Now that I'm stuck in A+ I rewatched it and understood many things that I need to consider and that I was doing wrong. I'm a fan of Squid School!

[@resonantfield]

I really hope the rest of this series comes asap! (Please, i'm begging you)

[@droughtender4831]

I've always struggled with this mode, thank you for making this video!

[@soridosuneku]

Just wanna say I've been enjoying your videos any time I get a chance to watch 'em. Thanks!

[@SquidSchool]

Thank you for saying so! Glad you're liking them!

[@perfectlyillustrated3518]

zonetower blitzmaker, there is a clam basket on the tower that you must have open, while holding the rainmaker and have the tower covered in your ink all to push the tower forward.

[@tomohawk2177]

Even after watching this I’ll still have no clue what I’m doing

[@cnayluck1798]

All I know is to not get splatted

[@beheadedlurker]

@@milodiin he wrote the comment in future tense

[@milodiin]

@@beheadedlurker my bad

[@PhantomOfficial07]

@@milodiin Why did you delete your comment

[@Bransbow]

That’s how I felt watching “How To Get Out of S Rank” when I was in B. By the end of Splatoon 2, I was in S+. You’ll get there. 👍

[@x-ray3431]

13:21 thought that was me in the match but i remember awhile back someone told me that XRay saw my name and decided to use it lol fake XRay 😂

[@PikaveeT]

THE INKLING BUDDY HOLLY AT THE BEGINNING IS SENDING ME

[@videogamemusic2962]

Can’t wait for Splat Zones, got to a higher rank by mostly playing Tower and Rainmaker (on accident, I just always happened to be playing during those rotations), and now I have no idea what I’m doing in Splat Zones against good opponents!

[@SquidSchool]

I'm thinking I'll probably do that one next since I want to be able to talk about the concepts I'll introduce in Splat Zones in the Clam Blitz video.

[@urmom976]

​@@SquidSchool its been 7 months where is it?

[@celebismyspace]

This is just FOOTBALL

[@jammasterjon]

These videos are awesome! Looking forward to future ones. Despite not being able to communicate in solo anarchy battles it’s definitely helped me pick better weapons for my play style and subsequently get more wins.

[@oneupplus_]

Thanks so much for these series! I ranked up to S for the first time at the end of Splatoon 2, and I've been sweeping more matches than usual all the way up to S+0! Now that I actually understand how to play the game, it makes it a lot easier (who knew?)

[@WhitetailMusic]

Oh my god its squiddy holly

[@nahnah390]

Tower control feels like the only mode I have any skill on, everything else just makes me feel like some kind of idiot who gets shot in the back with teammates that are all allergic to squid jumping.

[@RosenshineRewby]

I love the use of John Sandwiches animation “new player”

[@It_sSophiaUwU]

my main for tower control is octobrush, not only because of good mobility and damage, but also because of suction bombs. I highly suggest any weapon that has a method of keeping opponents off of the tower for long periods of time, such as targeting specials to force opponents to move, such as tenta missiles, and specials that can get in the towers path to force opponents to move, such as triple inkstrike. however, my favorite is bombs, especially suction bombs. they're more accessible than specials, they have a large blast radius to cover at least most of the tower space, they have a long arm time to force opponents off of the tower for longer than other bombs, and they're great for throwing down when you think you're about to die. I've gotten many kills on this one sub on this one mode, so my greatest suggestion for objective pushers is to run any weapon with suction bombs on tower control

[@KazShiro]

Autoblmbs are also viable for even scaring them off

[@delta_power3049]

At 0:53 you can move left right forward and back while superjumping out of spawn. If you have held right you would have landed on the ramp.

[@SquidSchool]

I'm doing that in the clip, I'm well aware of it. I just missed

[@andrewjett5293]

the splatoon buddy holly gave me whiplash when i heard that lmao

[@papermario2006]

"The anchor and support player will discuss who will take the tower on comms." Solo-queue: Allow me to introduce myself >:)

[@avoidthevo1d]

Btw, your videos on modes like Clam Blitz did help me to improve faster and i got S rank today because i was able to keep the basket open instead of just throwing all the clams instantly. Thanks, Your fellow charger main

[@MooCowMali]

Squiddy Holly in the intro 💯💯💯

[@SquidSchool]

Correct

[@zeatehkcasualaccount]

tower control is my favourite mode, one of the strengths of tri-stringer is that it is able to hit the tower rider from anywhere on the tower. love sniping people off the tower ❤❤

[@jorgeabaezp9365]

This is so.good! Hope you kee this series coming

[@Yoyodolo]

Lol, the pause after he said riding

[@midgedragon]

love the music in the beginning! 😊

[@SquidSchool]

Link in the description, it's made by @MoolaMixtape on Twitter

[@Blobicycake]

At the start where it said “pain” you couldve just moved the left stigh right to move right a little during flight

[@romajimamulo]

Excited to see the rest of this

[@spooky-helix217]

Omg 1:32 how did I not know this

[@penguinflames707]

Not sure how much this applies in competitive, but in solo queue, it feels like you don’t want to push tower when the enemy blaster player (if they have 1) is alive and near the tower, as depending on the blaster, it can be very hard to escape them when they begin blasting at whoever is on the tower. I played both blaster and range blaster to 4 star on TC mostly and it’s practically free kills on who’s blindly rushing pushing tower

[@brysonskaar3070]

Great video, looking forward to the next! Keep it up man!

[@katmorrison9974]

Followed the channel specifically to keep up with this series! I've stopped trying to get out of A rank until I improve on my fundamentals lol

[@supernovero]

CHIRPY CHIPS BUDDY HOLLY NOOOO

[@misctopia6408]

@1:08, what do you mean by "the salt sprayer problem"? I'm new to the series with three so even if it's something obvious I don't quite get what you're referring to. If someone could clarify, I'd appreciate it! (sorry)

[@SquidSchool]

Saltspray Rig was a Splatoon 1 map with the wrong kind of map symmetry, giving one side right side peek advantage based on what side of the map they spawned on.

[@daphatmidnight]

Hearing Squiddy Holly in the opening of the vid made me so excited!

[@lee430]

this is a super helpful vid thank you gem!!

[@ele9178]

Great job! Very easy to swallow and useful for new players(and not so new alike)!

[@Swaggerpede]

I won’t lie I couldn’t even focus on the video cause if that SICK ASS REMIX in the intro

[@fairywingtastic]

Ohhhh my gosh, I somehow didn't know checkpoints reset if you don't fully clear them. Thanks for that! Been playing for years and never noticed that detail.

[@bobbykii]

I can't wait for a clam blitz video. Our non existent team work could use some help fr

[@EmeraldKeys]

What's with these inklings dissin' my role

[@brain_cell]

0:50 pain

[@pogchamp9669]

Are we gonna ignore the fucking chirpy chips buddy holly cover

[@indiehollow]

thank you for starting the video with squiddy holly

[@benji5098]

You should link to part 1 in the description! If you can talk around the algo then you can work around it too ;)

[@judfps]

the song at the very start of the video caught me off guard

[@SquidSchool]

Massive improvement on the original, I know!

[@The_so_called_femboy]

What am I doing I don't know I wasn't watching this video I was playing the tower control oh I actually listen to this video it was keep up the great and awesome work and remember when your channel was pretty small and now it's really big keep up the great work

[@Oswerb]

How do you super jump without opening the map at 5:20.

[@chen4734]

That was just a replay you can’t see someone opening a map in replay

[@catbreath62]

No way bro used the chirpy chirps buddy holly at the beginning 💀

[@PickPig]

lmao the squiddy holly cover yltsi

[@alfredc.7777]

I main Explosher- and i usually spam point sensor onto to the tower and it really helps rush down enemies who go onto to the tower but have fled due to being tracked. Just another tip for a sub with this mode.

[@ninjahotdog9036]

After watching this I realize what I’ve been doing wrong. I ride the tower using dualie weapons.

[@Zakaarus]

1:08 i have no idea what he's saying and the closed captions are hearing it the same as me, and i still dont get it

[@drydenarsenault7439]

SINCE WHEN WAS THERE SUCH THING AS A SPLATOON VERSON OF BUDDY HOLLY!? DONT THINK I DIDNT SEE HEAR THAT IM THE INTRO

[@UnderscoreAqua]

i once got a team with 2 E-Liters a Hydra splatling and me; a Splattershot JR. We lost, we got like 17 points and then immediately died to their splat dualies and double .52 gals.

[@cardboardbox6759]

For people that play solo can you talk about when to leave/stick with a random team in series battles

[@ciberkid22]

Putz12: "Ride the tower. Take it or leave it"

[@Ranixo286]

Okay but what is that Chirpy Chips Buddy Holly you had playing in the beginning?

[@MidX4]

Man maybe after watching this people will realize that I am not the person to ride the tower they are

[@ilovepie990]

I need to buy a notebook and start taking notes.

[@martinmtambo8775]

Hey gem are you ever gonna finish this series I’m having a lot of trouble with other mode

[@skypiea616]

I can’t believe this video just weezer’ed me

[@niccario1966]

because of these videos I’m really understanding the. Game as an A+ player who can read a lot I’m realizing I just don’t know what I’m talking about

[@goododarco2785]

I heard friggin buddy holly in the intro and cried

[@jcplays5831]

How to do good in tower control: Step 1: grab range blaster Step 2: shoot at tower when other team is on it Step 3: profit

[@ssnivy8090]

Dang I'll be honest I'm S and I didn't realize you could speed up checkpoints with more players.

[@EmeraldKeys]

That tower control game at the end makes me upset because that's how most of my tower control games go And I'm in A-rank

[@peter7596]

Excellent video as usual! If i can make one suggestion, please either turn the background music down a little or maybe just use the Alterna hub area songs because the battle music is a little distracting 😅

[@SquidSchool]

Thanks for speaking up about it, I've seen a few other comments to that effect and I'm going to try and adjust for future uploads

[@GeebzGBZ]

Is that... Buddy Holly as a splatoon song!?

[@SquidSchool]

Squiddy Holly, yes. Link in the description

[@GeebzGBZ]

@@SquidSchool Based beyond belief, hats off for using it lol

[@xavierkohler1178]

Step 1: Russian music Step 2: heavy splatling Step 3: stand on tower Step 4: win

[@CyborusYT]

9:16 I have gotten a triple-kill in one charge shot cause of this, don't do this