What Should a Good Tri-Stringer Build Look Like? | Splatoon 3

[@NBound]

it has actually still only been 2 weeks since i posted the last gear video and not 3. i have lost all sense of time

[@djcooler5086]

Woah that’s me getting farmed by NBound!

[@NightmareFueler]

If they buffed Tri-Stringer so the arrow explosions activated Thermal Ink, I would use it without question. But since they don't and I'm able to get my fair share of kills with or without directs--and can usually avoid death--I'm going to stick with Respawn Punisher for now. Although you can never ignore the benefits of LDE, let's be real.

[@wraithradio]

FINALLY! I haven’t seen anyone give the tri-stringer any love and its so unfair cause its such a fun weapon! Also, those were some clean arc shots

[@CeaseTick1]

I've really liked Tenacity on the Tri-Stringer. Wail is really good on it, and Tenacity lets you Wail more often without having to rely on the Tri-Stringer's lackluster painting.

[@twilighttiger2368]

I actually REALLY love the Tri-Stringer and found my new main, it fits my personal playstyle to a tee and it's SOOO satisfying when I sometimes get an unintentional splat with a stray arrow's afterblast. It's like a fusion between a charger and a blaster, with just a dash of the slosher's playstyle with the arc shots you can land over walls and behind obstacles.

[@Shrewdilus]

Thermal ink could be a really cool ability, except it doesn’t work on the weapons that could benefit from it the most

[@hawaiian3578]

Alright, here we go again. (Thank God I farmed Salmon run so I have a lot of chunks) Here's my thoughts on the new stringer build (Mainly the important removals/additions): LDE: Didn't expect to see it here but yeah I do think it'll be really nice to have to spam more arrow bombs. LDE's value that it has on supports is that it allows them to spam bombs, and since Tri-String can spam bombs via normal shots, it makes sense why you'd use it Main saver: Really nice addition since it'll help you spam bombs more as opposed to having the sub saver from the last build Thermal Ink v Respawn Punisher: I agree, it depends on the playstyle. Been running respawn punisher for a while and yes it does bring good value at times, bow isn't really consistent at one shots. Thermal imo seems to bring more value when it comes to the main playstyle of bow since, if you're running respawn punisher and can get kills easily, why not just run a charger? Of course, run what you want, both work really well in spite of this Special Charge Up: The removal of this is fine (Especially since it's replaced by main saver) Whale is really good but not needed. However, it could end up being better if they buffed bow's paint a bit. The only issue I could see about removing it is that your special output would be even lower than it was, and it might be hard to push in with your team. If you're playing with your team, you may need to make a comp that has more displacement Overall, I think this new build is much better than the first (oh god we're entering a LDE meta again). Makes much more sense than the last especially with the removal of sub saver and such. This gear us gonna be a pain to grind for (because the LDE hat I have has all subs of special charge up-) Anywho, great video as always, and it's good that you made a follow up video on this to help more ppl (Also since I've been writing so much idk if this is still the first comment but....hey it might be?) TLDR: LDE is a great addition since it helps bow spam bombs much like a support, Main Saver is better than sub, thermal ink is in my opinion better than punisher, Special Charge up's removal is fine but might harm your special output and ability to push in with your team. The new build is definitely better than the last

[@NBound]

really enjoyed reading this take, glad to see you approve of it!

[@CATLOAFMAN]

How on gods green earth do you only have 630 subs you need way more, your content is very useful and high quality

[@NBound]

appreciate the kind words!

[@sorish7098]

I know this video is a year old, but wanting to main Tri-Stringer as they are insanely fun and satisfying to kill with (those one shots man..) this is probably one of the most helpful videos related to the weapon I've found, so thank you!

[@illkeyLive]

so glad I checked for update videos, i almost left a 🤓 comment on your old vid about ink saver sub vs ink saver main ty for all these vids, theyre still helpful and inspiring even 5 months later

[@theo99011]

So hard to find Tri-Stringer content on youtube... want to learn the weapon and your videos are definitely helping, thanks!

[@richardkluin6124]

these videos are very well made and I was surprised you didn't have way more subs. you're doing great man 👍

[@DePariah]

I like this style of video and hope to see more of them around. I like seeing other people’s logic behind their builds. All in all, good work and good video

[@punyaweetangkaravakoon826]

Congratulations for 1K sub👍 love your channel ❤

[@aes2621]

Wanna point out that Tenacity is a great headgear. Great way to charge specials and not have to worry about ink coverage

[@seabas_09]

Tysm! I've been getting into Tri Stringer lately! This helps a lot!

[@AccuracyDown]

I picked up tri-stringer today because of this video and it helped a lot! Still lost a lot, but S+ is a bit brutal when learning new weapons. Keep up the great videos!

[@elisulley1534]

This video was super helpful! I’m new to Splatoon, and have no idea of what to do with the ability chunks. I was surprised u didn’t have at least 10k subs, this was a very well made video :D

[@TheAmorpheus]

Great analysis! I just finished what I thought would be a good first tri-stringer build last night, based on your original video and other insights of your's/others, and it's worked out great so far! I haven't messed with respawn punisher yet, but imagine that would be excellent if you're not getting splatted much (though it's effects might be less quantifiable than thermal ink), but I LOVE thermal ink! Here's my current build (just looking to build up more chunks to make this setup on my favourite gear, but have some place holder gear for now): Headgear - Main Ink Saver - ink resist (✓) - ink recover (✓) - run up (✓) Clothing - Thermal Ink (✓) - ink resist (✓) - ink recover (✓) - intensify action (✓) Footwear - Swim Up (✓) - quick super jump (✓) - run up (✓) - sub resist (✓)

[@Juanmi-st7xo]

I love how you teach how to use the Stringer and some recommendations for it, definitely loving your content!

[@Tempest193]

Really useful content, keep up the good work and I'm sure your chanel will grow to match the quality of your videos

[@ProfessorGoogly]

I started playing 3 days ago, and I've already racked up around 5 hrs in matches playing tri-stringer. I love the weapon but am still majorly struggling to keep up in low lvl matches, one day I know I will but for now imma keep grinding it out. Thank you for all the tips!

[@bludcri]

Replace savers with last ditch, it takes one main and is really good, and mean you can focus other slots to other ability points like run speed or fsj

[@babywizard9027]

Yeah, unless you are using a weapon with awful ink efficiency that cant live without Main Saver, like Dynamo or Painbrush, you should just use LDE and be fine.

[@rainbowyoshi9894]

It's a great overall improvement. I can definatley see 2 different ways to build this weapon. A more supportive set and a more aggressive set. If you're really good at getting kills then respawn punnisher would be great. If you are more support focused and not great at hitting every shot then thermal ink would work wonders to tag a target and have that information handy, I could also see tenacity helping to build up your special for when you may need it. If your more geared toward support you will most of the time have a buffer from you and enemy players, meaning when your teammates die you'll benefit from tenacity just by doing your job as a support. Overall, I think tri stringer has alot of potential for gear builds depending on how you play it, it's really flexible that way

[@NBound]

i've been realizing that too, my build is definitely more supportive but i might experiment with aggressive builds in the future

[@rainbowyoshi9894]

@@NBound goodluck with finding your optimal build, I've definatley been using your videos as a baseline and taking from there. Currently I have 1 main tenacity, 2 mains run speed up, and 1 sub of each of the 3 that are always helpful, this video definatley makes me consider changing my shirt ability to thermal ink and adding some subs of run speed though. Hope to see more content in the future

[@Stiiizz]

I actually was testing out the try stringer before realizing you made a second video about it and I did realize main power actually has a use for this weapon I never really used it in splatoon 2 and I'm happy I'm able to use it

[@Xneocake]

Stringer is super fun, I don’t play it too often but this’ll help when I play it. I’m so sending this to my stringer friends~

[@ShinyNumber1]

I LOVE YOU NBOUND YOURE MY FAVORITE KZbinR UP AND COMING

[@sal_8]

Yooo, this build looks really nice, and I notice how powerful is the Tri-Stringer

[@blanketray6050]

Object shredder. It doesn’t really NEED it, but dropping wavebreakers in 1 shot is really satisfying.

[@Golditale]

I'd actually heavily recommend object shredder for tri-stringer! The three bomb-arrows can absolutely shred objects and specials in mere seconds when you use object shredder, I tear down splash walls, Big Bubblers and Crab Tanks like it's nobody's business.

[@brendandefrancisco5817]

It tried running LDE for awhile on my build, but it just seems really infrequent that the enemy team has 50 points or less remaining. Enemy teams seem to either make little progress or snowball so fast that LDE triggers for just the last few seconds. I'm only S rank so it's possible that lower ranks have trouble playing defense, particularly for a game mode like SZ.

[@aoyoshin5831]

I'm gonna be clear : i'm sooo mad. I was farming chunks and gears to get a really good bow gear that i can also fit with other weapons (like splatlings that i want to be better with), and managed to get a mask with full run speed (don't ask how i got it. Even myself can't understand how much drink tickets increases the odds of an ability). And now i see that the last stretch is certainly better. I never ran this becasue i never understood the interest. Now i see and it looks really good. Since i'm oftenly playing either on stomp games from my team (and myself ofc) or far behind, this can help me trying to open a window for my team to comeback. However, when i climbed to S (rn i'm too lazy to play anarchy to S+), i NEVER played with run speed. Even tho it can really help. I don't know if i'm gonna run a main of this one, but i think 3 subs on headgear would be enough for me, since my thermal ink jacket have some main savers (and oh boy i love that ability). Last but not least : Special charge up. in my experience, it feels like a need. Having that ability to support your team while also zoning the opponent by yourself with KW5.1 can be really clutch. So having that is helpful (i run 1 main, and i'm trying to get sub saver on it with 1 quick jump). To conclude, this is my personnal thoughts of a SUPPORT bow player that works like a moving turret that shoots whatever appears on its sight and if gets closer, mist it to force him to go back or spamming 1 level charges to splat him. It worked for me, but if might not work for more aggressive bows. Anyway, very instructive as usual, and until next time, stay fresh.

[@blue-flare7060]

With the new well string being added next month, honestly think thermal ink can work wonders and with last ditch effort, since it shoots five bullets instead of three. Tho custom I feel respawn puncher for it can work since custom well has locator and wave breaker.

[@PK-qh7uw]

There's one thing I like about ink recovery up, and that's the human form recovery speed at higher AP making it incredibly easy to recharge on uninkable platforms like haggle tent

[@lazycorvid7826]

Up until a coupler days ago I had actually been running 3 mains of run speed on it though I've now decided that I personally like 1 main and 2 subs paired with 3 subs of swim speed to get the best spacing without too much investment. Haven't used thermal ink in a while since I've been struggling to fit it but should probably go back and give it some more use before deciding on a finalized build. I've actually been liking a main of special charge though have been thinking I might be better off just swapping in a single sub of special saver instead since normally I'll go down at least a couple times per match so saving almost 10% each is pretty decent. Think the only time I personally like the idea of respawn punisher is on tower control where tri-stringer really feels like a splatting god. Other then that I've just been going with the old 1 sub of ink recovery or sometimes 2 but I can also see the argument for having more firing time before recharge over quicker recovery time. Anyway I find Tri-Stringer to be quite flexible build wise which makes an indecisive person like me unable to fully decide on what they want to work towards with it. Thankfully I'm also a casual player so I don't need to worry about optimization as much so I can just hold onto my chunks for now opting to play around with approximant sets and skip on needing to use more chunks multiple times as new discoveries are made.

[@Bolta0997]

I like the new build a lot. Thank you for the tips. 👍

[@trimp9939]

As a fellow bow believer, you deserve my sub

[@sonofacar4230]

If I'm being completely honest, I don't like running either Punisher or Thermal on my bow. Punisher kinda forces me to play it more safe when I'd rather have the versatility available to me for playing pretty much any role that is needed in the moment. Thermal doesn't really help me much either since I am for some reason just unfathomably good at predictions and mindgames for where enemies move behind cover. Another thing I like to run is sub power up, which furthers the stringer's ability to switch to any position as needed. It allows the toxic mist to slow enemies more and drain ink faster, making enemies more vulnerable. It can be used as an escape tool when you know you can't take a fight and need to back off. It can wall off opponents better and further, more accurate prediction potential. It evens the playing field when you fight in close range. I could keep going on about this. Something else I should mention is that I honestly prefer using more ink recovery over more ink saver main, but this is up to preference. This helps me to use my sub more without using sub saver and I usually have time inbetween interactions to refill my ink very quickly. Just my take on tri stringer from a fellow user so take it with a grain of salt. I just don't understand the hate towards toxic mist tbh.

[@9Sleepyhead5]

i love the lobby song 9 you use at 10:10, but i think it was to loud for being a song with "vocals". so i hade some Trubel listen to you. about the build. i run Object shredder since the beginning of the game and it's awesome! almost one shot wave, two shots for bubbler. and that is a bit wired... but without it sprinkler can be soooo annoying... anyway, very good Video

[@TreeeQueen]

I personally run respawn punisher even though I play it more as an explo (my S2 main) because to hit an arc direct you need to generally know where an enemy is and you can already tell if you hit them by the sound of a direct or an explosion and if you play prediction based weapons enough you can tell basically where they are headed and so seeing them doesn’t matter quite as much. Idk tho maybe I just spent too long on camp zones.

[@owenhaney632]

Personally I would switch bomb defense with intensify action . The squid roll is very useful if you get good at doing it at all angles. It's armor is way stronger then 10p of BD.

[@valantus_]

As a Tri-String main, I had the same thoughts on the abilities as you did. Tri-String mains think alike lol

[@zeatehkcasualaccount]

well, looks like lde is gonna get on my hat now, i planned to just have an ink saver as the main one. thanks for more advice for this weapon! absolutely one of my favourites to play out of all the games :D

[@jermm2183]

just gonna share my opinion here. Great gear-set but imo can be modified. I would keep what you have and take out those 2 run speed subs and bomb defense sub for 2 swim speed subs and 1 ink resistance sub. This will make escaping from enemies infinitely easier and improve your survivability in disadvantage as your gear set is entirely focused on advantage

[@icefireruby3245]

i like the build, but i personally like having one sub of ink recovery cause (while not classified as a value sub anymore) it is still extremely valuable with 1 sub when it comes to being ready to shoot again

[@repeetable]

I'm a big fan of the tri stringer. My build has sub power up though! I find it can be really handy to get mist in to displace the ubiquitous hydra

[@H47Ronin]

One of the bow's weaknesses is that it needs chip synergy. If it lacks that synergy in a random solo match, it needs to rabbit. 2 subs of swim speed has saved me soooo many times its not funny. A must have. Honorable mention: Tenacity with at least 3 subs of special saver. The bow needs to trigger its special at the right time, and tenacity passively adds to our special, which is charging when we jump out + the objective special bonus. This means we can get back our ink tank and displace our enemies in the clutch, period.

[@whirlpooltunes]

Very well made n helpful vid :]

[@thefmaster9833]

you really need to post more stringer gameplay, I can't see anyone that play it, you can play both version, I'll watch it all !!

[@mooj.]

personally I'm running some ssu and more res to help escape from advanced positions (though I am also running 1s qsj as well of course) and outside of zones I haven't felt the need to run lde yet and it activates much less in other modes anyway I find. otherwise I like this new build a lot

[@tyresr]

damn this weapon looks hard. aiming at a random spot in the sky and hoping that the arrows arc down at the right spot doesn’t seem fun

[@NBound]

it's not random, it requires you to get a feel for it though. its very much possible to aim arc shots with consistency, i have some other videos that explain how to do so

[@neverpluto]

Good video bro keep it up 👍🏽👍🏽

[@antonhall8878]

I don't run TI or RP at all, I just don't think it's usefull. Like you pointed out, it probably depends on your playstyle, but the value of a different main just outweighs it imo. Especially if your running LDE thats inactive for a big part of the match. I don't think consistency should be undervalued as a backliner. Such a valuable video! The knowledge on Tri still seems a bit thin, and I haven't found a good tri-channel before. Subscribed for sure, really look forward to your content!

[@exart8409]

Hey ive been running thermal ink, main ink saver, and fast walk speed and it works rlly well i always get around 10 splats a game

[@savo.ray777]

in my opinion Tri Stringer is OP af if u practice enough with it,like,it slaps-

[@smidge742]

Whelp time to grind for some more chunks until I’m super positive about my aim I’m just going to run Thermal ink. Also nice flex with the kills lol

[@amanwithnoname4657]

I'd swap main saver for ink recovery up, I find myself recovering ink more often then actually shooting with tri

[@langstonhuley5669]

My tri-stringer build consists of 1 main of swim speed 3 subs of ink recovery up 1 main and 1 sub of sub power up 4 subs of ink saver main And 1 main and sub of sub saver I found myself liking toxic mist on this weapon. I can slow down the enemy team's advance for direct hits. I'm currently at my rank up battle to S+ because of the tri-stringer.

[@n_y_x_i]

Would Special Charge Up and Special Saver be good abilities? Killer Whale 2.0 is a pretty good special combined with Toxic Mist. You’d be surprised how many kills I’ve gotten/ you can get with the two. I only ask bc I don’t know what to add for abilities. For my head gear I have Last Ditch Effort with Ink Resistance Up, Clothes have Respawn Punisher and Ink Saver (Main) and I think Special Saver and Special Charge up would be good, right?

[@Timbit901]

I think that having a seperate shirt you can swap out to have respawn punisher for more open maps would be a good idea

[@misomie]

This is what I plan to be doing. One is gunna be rp the other thernal with both having the sane subs. In 2 I had several gears leveled up just for minor adjustments if I felt I was playing off

[@noxioushazard]

Holy shit, you have 3.9 K subs now

[@tetra_kirby5691]

Ninja Squid might also be good, right? The ability to reposition undetectably is excellent.

[@misomie]

It could be but the tri stringer likes to hang out farther back so it's not as useful to it as something like the lux or other closer range weapons. It definitely could work but the other two shirt abilities are just too good to pass up imo

[@tetra_kirby5691]

@@misomie ah okay, I haven't been using it it was just a thought, and that makes sense

[@rangerbizmuth9189]

I used to have ninja squid and staked with swim speed. Do you think that's good for the bow? Because that was my original plan

[@RyanSprinkle]

Has anyone tested the efficacy of Object Shredder on Tri-Stringer? It’s a popular choice but I’ve seen some debate about it’s effectiveness on Tri-Stringer due to its rate of fire.

[@CobiaCrossink]

Sir NBound, it does not seem there much data on the ability Haunt yet. As an ability with the properties of both Thermal Ink & Respawn Punisher (assuming Nintendo ported this ability over intact), what do you think of having this ability equipped in place of RP or TI? Would you want to make a dedicated video on it?

[@crazyshark1016]

Haunt isn't exactly a TI+RP combo but I don't think it'd be good on a bow (Or most backliners in general.) Haunt requires you to die before any of its effects trigger. Considering its range and playstyle, the bow isn't dying a lot meaning that ability isn't getting a lot of value for the majority of the match. If you are getting a lot of Haunt value from the Tri-Stringer, chances are you're not doing so well. RP is, in essence, the opposite. It favours weapons that don't die much, hence why the bow can use it well. And TI can be applied to more targets without dying as well.

[@CobiaCrossink]

@@crazyshark1016 Ah, I forgot you had to have the ability activate if you die. It might be useful if you are trying the weapon at first, but not if you are getting more skilled.

[@Its_specter]

Thank you s much for this vid

[@pawpi9397]

What about using tenacity along with special charge up?

[@aes2621]

We need a update for the current meta

[@MegaTheman25]

I notice you never you never use horizontal shots or mist for zoning, why?

[@NBound]

i do use horizontal shots sometimes i just dont usually have recorded gameplay of it. i dont favor using mist when i'm not actively trying to take space or run away because it's a big investment of the ink tank compared to being able to spam one charges. to be fully honest though i could use it in more situations than i do rn

[@-butterfly-594]

@@NBound Yeah, I think I'll still stick with ink saver sub just so I can get more use out of toxic mist. A lot of people underestimate how well it combos with Wail and the main shot, and I've seen people try to just go right through it which leads to some easy picks. Tri-Stringer spam is already ridiculously strong for taking up space, but adding toxic mist onto what's basically an active bomb rush completely locks down an area.

[@Tori_Nushi]

I just use run speed on my shirt cuz i cannot hit arc shots for the life of me and I only get assists😅

[@ianw.7897]

Do the bow bombs activate thermal ink by any chance?

[@NBound]

they do not, only direct hits do

[@klarasweeney848]

So the enchanted gear is S tier

[@テẵ尺]

honestly if you keep using it you can improve a little

[@PrincessNicEssus]

Loved your content, thank you! Could you please talk a little slower? For those of us hoh/deaf it's sometimes hard to understand what you're saying; the captions can't seem to keep up with you. Thank you!!

[@NBound]

got it, i'll keep that in mind

[@scott_yyz]

I’ll slap that sub button

[@mourning_sun_]

does this gear set still apply?

[@NBound]

this video is also kind of outdated, i wouldnt really recommend rp or ti anymore as they have somewhat inconsistent value on bow. rsu is still good, ssu is useful as well. i run 2 subs of scu to get wail down to 180p, and i use os since the object dmg is high

[@redpipola]

Subbed

[@NBound]

thanks!

[@redpipola]

@@NBound was looking desperately for tri stringer videos, don’t know why there isn’t more but yours is really helpful, plus the editing is top notch

[@moist5741]

Please make an octobrush video and a splatana stamper video 🫶🫶

[@posh8156]

A good tri stringer kit should not have tenta missiles

[@bayonsn8378]

if i really have to rely on builds to be succesful on a weapon on day i want my family to stop me from playing video games. It shouldnt be that way around...

[@Bloomkyaaa]

God Bless Fizzy Bomb Nerf!

[@Ace-cv1xd]

TLDR: the wrong ability is the one you cant use to its fullest potential. thats it. there's literally nothing more to that. every meta build only works if you know how to use it to its maximum potential *cough* LDE *cough* so stop focusing so much on the build but your own skills to use said weapon.

[@brain_cell]

NerthBound

[@brain_cell]

Im sorry

[@SilentVinyl]

nice

[@bup489]

yoink

[@bup489]

I don’t have enough chunks :(

[@master-akc]

What are your thoughts on the Reef-Lux

[@NBound]

i don't really like it, it's annoying to fight against, and the fun way to play it is the unoptimal way to play it.

[@GeoDash7u7]

I feel really mixed about it. Its range is much shorter than your average Aerospray, but it inks really well and does moderate damage. But I also find it annoying because of Tenta-Missile spamming cowards

[@judah4744]

😍 ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ

[@franciszekbalcerowski1814]

I don’t get the appeal of 3 subs of main saver AND LDE. It really just seems excessive at this point. You can see my builds on sendou under Dr Mug#6636 if you want my take on the best bow builds