There is one thing that makes me Incredibly pissed off about people’s opinions for the undercover brella. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WORST WEAPON. It may be the HARDEST TO PLAY weapon but that doesn’t make it bad. If you can’t get any kills or keep dying with it that’s just a skill issue and you have no one (or nothing) to blame but yourself.
@@LynR.M.1378 i mean true enough but if something is hard to play but also doesnt really reward you as much as other difficult weapons do for learning them then that time could be better spent elsewhere so itd be more efficient to learn something that gives you more power for the same amount of effort
Enemies will ignore you because the weapon sucks at being a weapon. Pop that special when you get the chance and remind them ignoring you was a mistake.
Wouldn’t the E-Liter 8k have less range? In Splatoon 1 we had the 3k which had more range than the 4k, but could only fire 3 shots instead of 4, so the 8k would in theory have significantly less range but able to fire 8 shots
@@tomatoblate2170 I'm going to be completely honest I've never played Splatoon 1 so I had no idea that a longer range e-liter was a thing we already had, I adjusted the number upwards because I had no idea what the 4k meant.
It has the highest DPS in the game, leading to a satisfying sound when used on big grey targets in the lobby. Also its unironically okay at paint control on some maps where you can get it up high in weird places, or up and behind walls... it dies off too hard and too fast in output, but it can hold a patch of ground in front of you while you engage an enemy or act as a distraction for sharking... still not the best sub at either but, meh?
50:37 The alternative interpretation is that hitmen/assassins exist in the Splatoon universe, and that one weapon used by them is now freely available to all. This also provides a potential in-universe explanation for why they decided to make it suck: When bringing it to the masses they were worried it would be to easy to kill people so they toned it back... Sheldon has simply forgotten about this and the fact that murder is illegal and is currently attempting to sell you an assassin weapon
I love how Gem can be the IRL Sheldon, as seen by how Gem teaches people Splatoon. But unlike Sheldon, Gem is someone people can listen to even with the long time for the explanations.
It would be interesting to see how well the Japanese descriptions represent these weapons. We all know that the English version likes to take some creative liberties at the expense of accuracy (if the Twitter account is anything to go by).
The Dualie Squelchers description is horribly translated, literally every part of it has botched Grammer & it says the *JET* Squelcher has a dodge roll & *now* you have *2 of them*. How did that seriously get past testing, that description is clearly an early/corrupted version of what they meant to put there.
@@aronspiker72 The duallie squelchers are supposed to be a dual-wielded variant of the jet squelcher though. They may play differently, but describing their design as "a jet squelcher, but you have two and they have a dodge roll" isn't a translation mistake.
@@LTPrototype they were not saying it's like you have 2 jets as well as a dodge roll, they were describing jet as DS but then saying you have two of what they just described jet as actually having
@@LTPrototype the description also say the jet Squelcher get increased accuracy after a roll and this is supposed to a reference to the "sliding" mechanic that's completely unique to the Dualie Squelchers even compared to other Dualies
good video, fantastic concept im surprised no one thought of this sooner lol fyi gem, "stick and move" is a boxing term for being able to fight but also then being able to stay mobile and make yourself hard to hit (stick being like 'stick it to em') and i argue vds does that pretty well lol
@@TatoGato He used to take straight us cash, now probably cut a deal with the Turf War Association (or something) where each ticket is worth some amount of coins..?
I think the reason most of these explanations "suck" is because they're telling you how to use them in turf war. It's kind of obvious that Anarchy is an after-thought. Covering turf is what separates splatoon from other shooters, so they're gonna focus on that, so they explain how to use it in the mode where covering turf matters the most.
The thing you notice with this is that he does really well on the best weapons and I think that just shows that nintendo designs this game as if every weapon is top tier, which I think works decently because not competitively, but casually, every weapon _is_ very good in the right hands
On the dualie squelchers: I actually really like calling its playstyle "stick and move". That phrase refers to motion in things like boxing where you are trying to simultaneously land hits while remaining evasive and dodging any counterattacks. It's not dead on, but that somewhat fits the weapon's vibe of using dodge rolls to both kite the enemy and be in your more lethal firing mode imo.
it doesn't only happen when you've unlocked all the weapons, it actually happens regardless if you tell him to hurry it up. he'll just keep going, and keep going.
I like how the good weapons also have good descriptions, and the bad ones don't. It's like they know why the good weapons are good, but they don't know why the bad weapons are bad.
Giving weapons descriptions lile "this one sucks don't use it" is a really bad idea for obvious reasons though. They don't want to have to rewrite any of these in case of patch changes that actually makes stuff good so they should always just describe it like it already was
I think with "Jr" and "Pro", Sheldon's more talking about the skill floor than the ceiling. Like, a Jr in Turf War can just happily spew ink everywhere without having to worry about silly things like "ink management" or "aim". And I think the sub and special are easier to get value out of, especially compared to the vPro's kit. Not really a factor in comp play of course, but I can see why they start Level 1 players with the Jr.
I’ve noticed that when Sheldon blinks, he doesn’t use his eyelids. (Unless he’s doing his narrow eyed animation thing.) When he blinks, he blinks with his _pupils,_ and now you also see that. You’re welcome
Fun fact about elevators: for a lot of elevators, maybe even most elevators though I'm not sure if I can say all, the close door button actually doesn't do anything to the door! It exists to make an impatient person feel like they have control in the situation but the door closes at the exact same normal time regardless of if/when it's pressed. Which is what Sheldon is referencing here. Edit: so looking into things closer this is mostly a US thing. If you live outside of the US or in NYC you probably have a working close door button. It was also a result of disability legislation which requires the door be open for a minimum of 3 seconds which prompted elevator manufacturers to disable the button as a button that circumvents the 3 second rule would violate the law.
I've used plenty of American elevators where the close door button made it close significantly faster. I had it timed on the one to my grandparents' apartment. Guess it's just an experience I haven't had personally
My main grievance with the Splattershot Pros is how ink-hungry the weapons are. Once you throw a sub, you have only a dozen or so shots in the tank before you run out, which is bad in the heat of a fight. So it’s not exactly the most “beginner friendly” as you say it is.
Gonna second this. I play casually and the Pro is way harder due to having a higher aiming requirement and the limited ink tank. Stuff like that is a hurdle for newer players. With the regular Splattershot I can afford to panic and wave it around and I'll usually get enough shots in to splat an opponent in a casual match. At least for me it's one of the shooters I find hardest to use. You can't waste shots with it.
the flingza's explanation of it changing shape when flicking it horizontally vs vertically IS something more specific to the flingza roller's design the roller (the part that touches the ground when rolling) has an extendible sort of "cap" (like a two-segment telescopic tube) that's only extended in horizontal mode, making the rolling cylinder resemble that of other roller weapons. when held in the vertical position, this cap is retracted to expose the fountain pen inside other rollers don't really have this form change and only pivot the whole rolling part of the weapon
I think the Splat Dualies description was just acknowledging “Ayo, this weapon used to have Burst Bombs but now it has Suction Bomb which you can’t really pull out in the middle of a fight. That’s ok though because we also have it Crab Tank”
After watching this video, I think a lot of the kits that don’t make sense are a result of nintendo believing that certain subs/specials serve a different purpose than what their actual use case is, the biggest example i see coming up multiple times is the sprinkler. As Gem says in the video, nintendo seems to think it’s a zoning tool and there are a few kits that I think would make a lot of sense if the sprinkler was actually able to do what sheldon is saying it does.
Curling bombs also fall into this trap. Nintendo seems to think that people actually use them as a lethal bomb, instead of almost exclusively being a tool for movement.
This is such a great idea! Thank you so much for taking all this time to make content for us and teach us things :) I'm going to chip away at it over the span of a few days. Maybe it'll help me to finally find a main.
About the Gold Aerospray "This is for people who think different. Most people who play a competitive PvP game think 'How do I win the game?' that's not exactly what a Aerospray player is thinking." I only ever pick up Gold Aerospray for when I need a fuck load of Cash immediately and I'm not feeling confident in Ranked, so yeah, I'm not thinking about winning lol
You could've said that the Undercover Brella was a fundamental misunderstanding of how the weapon plays just by looking at how they reworked the vanilla kit instead of the Kensa kit.
The Luna one is very true. A lot of the playstyle is looking at where your opponents are going to go in respect to the geometry of the stage and then using your shots tactfully to splat them safely.
What I think the distinction for "pro/experienced players" regarding the splattershots is cone firing radius. The wider cone of the jr makes painting much easier and pinpoint accuracy in combat more difficult. You can spray areas a little more comfortably but also don't need to be as accurate with your shots to kill as long as your enemy isn't returning fire with equal or better accuracy. On the flipside, the poorer ink efficiency but better range and accuracy when going from jr to splattershot to pro makes it a poorer painting tool but better dualing weapon. I believe the devs are saying beginners should find more comfort in painting primarilly while pros can compensate for worse painting abilities through splatting. I believe this is also reflected in the difference of priorities painting vs splatting has in turf vs ranked modes (not that splatting is deprioritized, but painting has much heavier nessecity in turf and the objectives are much less confrontationally oriented). If my guess is correct the connotation simply just means better dualist and worse painting makes it easier for experienced hands to pick it up, though as you had said as far as dualist focused weapons the pros are fundimentally more basic and a good starting place. Jumping straight into other dual-oriented guns like .52gal or squeezer may leave newer players frustrated with less mobility options for escaping or navigating ontop of poorer ground paint covering.
I get the sense that Sheldon ended up making a mistake when he was buying sprinklers. Like he added a couple extra 0's to the amount he was ordering, and now he is desperately trying to get rid of the useless things.
In the next game, they should probably just give the player a dialogue option, which you can let Sheldon nerd out about a single weapon upon request. As someone who is in sales, you wanna give your customers all the information they need without overbearing or overwhelming them.
They should make it so that he does his regular nerd out session when you first get to buy it but later on you can choose to have a voluntary extended nerd out session with him where he goes into much, much more depth about the weapon not only in playstyle and kit synergy but also in pure stats.
Watching this is now it’s hilarious seeing some of this. Example: 39:50 “The issue is the kit” 1 year later *Snipewriter is top weapon because good weapon and special* I also love how much credit Sheldon is given and how much you’re trying to make him look like he wants to help but is being held at gunpoint to sell the weapon. I mean I guess he could be, it is a weapon shop, but still it’s funny.
"Sheldon may have a captive audience of literally everyone who plays Splatoon 3 and will therefore always have more clout then me..." - Gem 2023 Don't worry Gem, you have tons of clout, and everyone finds that crab annoying.
I think the slosher deco line is about ink as the actual sloshing projectiles. So it rains down ink with it's pretty decent fall damage shots. I think there's a few more references to 'ink' in the same way and that is how they've worded some patch notes like the 2.0 splatana wiper hitbox buff. L-3 curling bomb line is potentially hinting at contact damage + 3 tap combo. Mentions of Damage/Power are almost always per shot/hit. The sprinkler lines are mind boggling though I think the Aero MG is the only time it's even vaguely accurate.
"Stick and move" from the dualie squelchers is a boxing term. They plant their foot down for a moment to release a powerful strike (One dodge roll for the focused shots) And then use that foot to pivot out of the way or counter (So the other roll)
38:06 So I looked at this, thought "no way *this* is what Sheldon could be referring to..." and then tested it. I am warning you, some truly cursed knowledge is up ahead. The 3 shots from an L-3 burst combos with the bump from curling bomb. Maybe this whole video is us not being able to understand how good Sheldon truly is at Splatoon. Maybe all of us laughing at him overselling the Sprinkler don't know how truly effective it is at controlling turf.
1:04:33 "Almost" every other charger because The "E-Liter 4k Scope" doesn't out-range the distinctly different "E-Liter 4k". They're different weapons, therefore, like any true nerd, Sheldon has to be TECHNICALLY correct. Even if the two should be the same weapon with a toggle for scope or no. I'm still convinced that he just wants an excuse to make you spend more at his shop, so he makes you buy chargers twice.
@@SquidSchool Wait, it actually does? I thought they were literally the same gun, but one had a scope! Today, I learned! I might have to go out into the training room and compare ranges so I can better estimate the range of threat on the scoped one.
@@aronspiker72 Some people need the zoom in. Not everyone's good at the game, and the game, like most Nintendo games, feels like it wasn't designed with a top play-first mentality. I figured the scope might just be training wheels? It actually having more range is neat. I like that.
@@flusterfluff I thought the scope was generally more difficult for beginners and is only easier for people who play scoped snipers in other shooters specifically, as using a version that limits your vision of what is already the most polarizing weapon class feels just as unwelcoming when I first got Splatoon 1 on launch day in 2015 as it feels right now.
That is just straight up a glitched description, read the part where the DS description mentions Jet Squelcher very carefully and you'll see that it is literally a corrupted text file.
25:25 when Sheldon says "stick and move" I don't think he literally means you get stuck. He means you can "stick and move" like a boxer. As in, you can move around a lot with rolls and shoot far range. lol
I know it's mostly alien to us Splatoon fans, but "Stick and move" is a boxing term for staying on your toes while counterattacking, to put it simply. That is what Sheldon meant and it is proper English in that context
I really wonder what the devs see the sprinkler as. Through sheldon its like they have the sprinkler going absolutely haywire like an IRL sprinkler on the highest setting, but its not and its easy to get rid of and does barely any damage. I would love to see the dev vision of sprinkler cause obviously what it is ain't it lmao.
I played the story mode first, worst level was the one focused on the angle subweapon. I avoided it like the plague from then on, and so did the rest of the story mode lol
I feel like expecting meta-relevant commentary on a weapons' overall performance is a bit unrealistic. I don't think Nintendo is specifically designing weapons to be good or bad, presumably they want everything to work and think everything does. They're not gonna call a weapon trash in the description meant to draw people to use it, and when they wrote the description they probably didn't think it was bad anyway. I think the context they're using "power" for most of these is damage per shot, ,and somewhat relative to the weapon class. Not overall DPS. The stat bars that come with the weapons also seem to reflect that.
45:44 if I had to guess, this is probably the way Nintendo intended this one to be used, and the it’s just used differently by players. Based on the wide size at least. So I’d give him some slack here, since this one might be on the player-base.
It really seems Sheldon gets rollers the least, since most of the descriptions say things about how great they are at painting, and as such the only high-ranked roller description is Big Swig because that's really the only painting/support roller besides Flingza (sort of)
The thumbnail makes me want to see NPCs play in turf battles. .also lol the Sprinkler and the heavy splatting lol I love the weapon and hate the sub but I get how the quickness of a burst bomb or so doesn't couple with the slowness of a splatling.
I think you put a little too much merit in how strong a weapon is competitively. The Sploosh o Matic description was 100% accurate, but you gave it a lower score just because the weapon itself is weak. No weapon is designed to be bad, and of course they're not gonna say "this weapons sux lol"
The weapons and Specials are treated in more serious context in the splatoon world. Competive is just "high knowledge of the game mechanics", and nothing more. In the world of splatoon, its more like if a weapon can splat or at least assist then it's useful on the battlefield.
Is that spot on the tier list not accurate? Accurate to what the weapon wants to do but he's giving you the hard sell on how effective it actually is at doing it? That's part of what puts his praise of the splash or machine in top tier, they are actually as effective as he describes.
@@SquidSchool But then when they get nerfed to the ground? Are those descriptions still accurate? It's an interesting thought, but besides synergy I don't see why power would be a factor in this ranking system.
I like how Sheldon literally quotes Marvel (spiderman theme but "slosher can" instead of "spider can") then the Bible ("your bucket runeth over" instead of "your cup runeth over") then Gem literally marked him off for that. Also, right now people only use the reeflux for missiles, but I think the weapon itself has potential. It can play like a squiffer, inkbrush, or kind of like an octobrush/slosher in that it can quickly snipe at medium range, can kill quickly at close range (given great aim and vertical shots are used to their full potential), and apply some pressure over ledges (30-45 random damage is nothing to scoff at). Curling bomb is great for it, and I have found a niche use case for the 20 damage from hit. If you throw a properly fused curling bomb at someone, it can be used as pressure, it could hit them and reduce a four tap to a three tap (or a three tap to a two tap if you use one 45 damage shot), or it can be used to get close to someone, but generally close range is used for when you sneak up on someone, similar to how inkbrush plays. Missiles is nice, but I think wail would be useful and zipcaster would be fun, given that it can zip right next to someone and two tap them (potentially one tap with arm explosion and triple tap hit). Also, with a different special people might have tried the weapon as a weapon, not a disposable tool only used to get missiles. For a second kit, fizzy would obviously be good, but burst or splat are probably the best choices for its playstyle. Applying pressure with splat and sometimes hitting them with the 30 damage from the edge of the explosion is really helpful and the 30-60 damage of burst would be really good, seeing as hitting them with a partial charge (I think half of first charge) then a burst would kill (kind of like carbon deco, but a little weaker).
Stick and move is boxing terminology referring to the act of putting out a hard shot then moving to make the opponent miss when they return fire... essentially kiting
Can you really say Sheldon misinform the player when he is literaly the maker of the weapons, not the one using them ? He made the weapon with a specific function in his mind that does what he says it's intended to do but we just found better way to use them.
It's crazy, "power" seems to be used simultaneously for damage, time to splat, synergy, and viability. Like, the Rapid Blaster does less damage than the other Blasters and has a slower time to splat, so lower "power". N-Zap is towards the lower end of Shooter damage, so less "power". Splat Dualies and Suction Bombs are, uhhh... I guess _they_ think this is a bad combo or a weak kit? Which is funny when you think of all the weapons with a lack of tools that WISH they had a Suction Bomb. Though in general, I'm baffled SO OFTEN by how Sheldon sets up his transitions! Rapid Blaster has Ink Mine, so his setup is "well this weapon is low in power, _but_ you have ink mine for that" Like... No "The Rapid Blaster's shots already keep the enemies away from you, so you've got Ink Mines for the ones that get too close" or anything like that? The Ink Mine "makes up" for the "lack in power"? what are you talking about
The e-liter scope won't be longer range than e-liter scope variants. So maybe they're trying to be precise. It doesn't necessarily mean there will be a longer range charger.
Sprinkler is *situationally* useful on the heavy, because you can fish for certain people during turf wars and splatfest because the people will often remove it. It's nice bait.
i think "power" is judged in comparison to its weapon class like 70 and 85 aren't small numbers, but when most rollers and blasters do over 100 a shot the Big swig and Rapid blaster are definitely lower "power" in comparison
Someone might've already explained it, but "stick and move" typically means to stop to take a few quick but accurate shots, before then quickly repositioning so your opponent doesn't know where you'll shoot from next
The Undercover Brella is a stealth splatting weapon because nobody will ever see you splatting anyone with it
LMAOOO
True
There is one thing that makes me Incredibly pissed off about people’s opinions for the undercover brella. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WORST WEAPON. It may be the HARDEST TO PLAY weapon but that doesn’t make it bad. If you can’t get any kills or keep dying with it that’s just a skill issue and you have no one (or nothing) to blame but yourself.
@@LynR.M.1378 I have been playing the Undercover recently and enjoying it for the most part, but I couldn't pass up a good joke lol
@@LynR.M.1378 i mean true enough but if something is hard to play but also doesnt really reward you as much as other difficult weapons do for learning them then that time could be better spent elsewhere so itd be more efficient to learn something that gives you more power for the same amount of effort
This year, believe in yourself as much as the Splatoon devs believe in the sprinkler
AMEN
What if I am a sprinkler?
The splat dualies description was literally just “this kit sucks but we gave it crab tank”
This kit bad but crab tank, go use it's good
-nintendo
Enemies will ignore you because the weapon sucks at being a weapon. Pop that special when you get the chance and remind them ignoring you was a mistake.
@@ShadowSkyX how does that splat dualités suck
@@ShadowSkyX splat dualies don’t suck, what?????
@@osiohanu8166 Sheldon says that. It isn’t represent what it actually is.
Can’t believe sheldon leaked the plan for the e-liter 8k by calling 4k scope “almost” outranging every other charger
Wouldn’t the E-Liter 8k have less range? In Splatoon 1 we had the 3k which had more range than the 4k, but could only fire 3 shots instead of 4, so the 8k would in theory have significantly less range but able to fire 8 shots
@@tomatoblate2170 the fabled eliter 2k
it gets burst bombs and they ported kraken over specifically for this weapon
@@tomatoblate2170 I'm going to be completely honest I've never played Splatoon 1 so I had no idea that a longer range e-liter was a thing we already had, I adjusted the number upwards because I had no idea what the 4k meant.
@@poisonedmaple6874 oh no
@@sizix6 i suddenly feel a touch old
Sheldon overselling the Sprinkler will never stop being funny.
No it’s not I get payed for every sell so really I’m rich
Died to a sprinkler gang where you at?
It has the highest DPS in the game, leading to a satisfying sound when used on big grey targets in the lobby.
Also its unironically okay at paint control on some maps where you can get it up high in weird places, or up and behind walls... it dies off too hard and too fast in output, but it can hold a patch of ground in front of you while you engage an enemy or act as a distraction for sharking... still not the best sub at either but, meh?
They put it on _six different weapons_ for some reason, so he has to sell them somehow lol.
@Squiddler he meant to order only 100 but somehow got stuck with 1,000 and is now desperately trying to sell them
“All hail Crab Tank” couldn’t be more true of a statement by Sheldon.
i straight up choked on my drink at "here's a pro strategy - deploy the angle shooter!"
50:37 The alternative interpretation is that hitmen/assassins exist in the Splatoon universe, and that one weapon used by them is now freely available to all. This also provides a potential in-universe explanation for why they decided to make it suck: When bringing it to the masses they were worried it would be to easy to kill people so they toned it back... Sheldon has simply forgotten about this and the fact that murder is illegal and is currently attempting to sell you an assassin weapon
That is a hilarious interpretation and I am going to now steal it.
The intro is priceless
Nah, it’s worth like 20.000.000.000$
@@RookieGoBoom the dollar sign goes before the number.
@@Roxleton not American, didn’t know
@@Roxleton why
@@doodooheadpeepeedoo3577 because it does???
I love how Gem can be the IRL Sheldon, as seen by how Gem teaches people Splatoon. But unlike Sheldon, Gem is someone people can listen to even with the long time for the explanations.
No I’m the real Sheldon
@@splatoonsheldon226 no you are patrick
@@HamburgerPenguinz no YOU are Patrick if you don’t appreciate,y weapons don’t buy them
it's cus his advice isn't skewed by capitalist greed 💖
It would be interesting to see how well the Japanese descriptions represent these weapons. We all know that the English version likes to take some creative liberties at the expense of accuracy (if the Twitter account is anything to go by).
That'd be interesting to see! Might check with some translators on that
The Dualie Squelchers description is horribly translated, literally every part of it has botched Grammer & it says the *JET* Squelcher has a dodge roll & *now* you have *2 of them*. How did that seriously get past testing, that description is clearly an early/corrupted version of what they meant to put there.
@@aronspiker72 The duallie squelchers are supposed to be a dual-wielded variant of the jet squelcher though. They may play differently, but describing their design as "a jet squelcher, but you have two and they have a dodge roll" isn't a translation mistake.
@@LTPrototype they were not saying it's like you have 2 jets as well as a dodge roll, they were describing jet as DS but then saying you have two of what they just described jet as actually having
@@LTPrototype the description also say the jet Squelcher get increased accuracy after a roll and this is supposed to a reference to the "sliding" mechanic that's completely unique to the Dualie Squelchers even compared to other Dualies
good video, fantastic concept im surprised no one thought of this sooner lol
fyi gem, "stick and move" is a boxing term for being able to fight but also then being able to stay mobile and make yourself hard to hit (stick being like 'stick it to em') and i argue vds does that pretty well lol
Welp guess that one's closer to accurate than I thought
sheldon is VERY good at making bad weapon kits look good and despite me being a big fan of the little dude, he sure does love lying lmao
sheldon when he deliberately spreads misinformation in his weapon shop
He’s also a merchant, so he needs to sell you them guns to keep the lights on…
@@malcovich_games ok, but you're not paying money. how is he monetizing his gun sales
@@TatoGato He used to take straight us cash, now probably cut a deal with the Turf War Association (or something) where each ticket is worth some amount of coins..?
I think the reason most of these explanations "suck" is because they're telling you how to use them in turf war. It's kind of obvious that Anarchy is an after-thought. Covering turf is what separates splatoon from other shooters, so they're gonna focus on that, so they explain how to use it in the mode where covering turf matters the most.
The thing you notice with this is that he does really well on the best weapons and I think that just shows that nintendo designs this game as if every weapon is top tier, which I think works decently because not competitively, but casually, every weapon _is_ very good in the right hands
On the dualie squelchers: I actually really like calling its playstyle "stick and move". That phrase refers to motion in things like boxing where you are trying to simultaneously land hits while remaining evasive and dodging any counterattacks. It's not dead on, but that somewhat fits the weapon's vibe of using dodge rolls to both kite the enemy and be in your more lethal firing mode imo.
Learned that phrase from the comments section of this video lol
@@SquidSchool Which tier would you put it in now that you have that knowledge?
@@SuspiciousTemmie a better one
@@SuspiciousTemmie Maybe one tier up
it doesn't only happen when you've unlocked all the weapons, it actually happens regardless if you tell him to hurry it up. he'll just keep going, and keep going.
I like how the good weapons also have good descriptions, and the bad ones don't. It's like they know why the good weapons are good, but they don't know why the bad weapons are bad.
Sheldon having to spin bad weapon in a positive light 🤔
Giving weapons descriptions lile "this one sucks don't use it" is a really bad idea for obvious reasons though. They don't want to have to rewrite any of these in case of patch changes that actually makes stuff good so they should always just describe it like it already was
I think with "Jr" and "Pro", Sheldon's more talking about the skill floor than the ceiling. Like, a Jr in Turf War can just happily spew ink everywhere without having to worry about silly things like "ink management" or "aim". And I think the sub and special are easier to get value out of, especially compared to the vPro's kit. Not really a factor in comp play of course, but I can see why they start Level 1 players with the Jr.
I’ve noticed that when Sheldon blinks, he doesn’t use his eyelids. (Unless he’s doing his narrow eyed animation thing.) When he blinks, he blinks with his _pupils,_ and now you also see that. You’re welcome
I always thought his eyes were really small and his goggles blocked sunlight so he has super bad tan lines
Little buddy does this too
do I have places to be in 2 hours? yes. am I going to spend half of that time watching a video on sheldon? also yes
i never noticed the "almost" in the e-liter scope dialogue and as a splatling i now fear for my life even more than before somehow ❤️
Man, listening to Sheldon makes me wonder: what if the suction bomb stuck to players
Fun fact about elevators: for a lot of elevators, maybe even most elevators though I'm not sure if I can say all, the close door button actually doesn't do anything to the door! It exists to make an impatient person feel like they have control in the situation but the door closes at the exact same normal time regardless of if/when it's pressed. Which is what Sheldon is referencing here.
Edit: so looking into things closer this is mostly a US thing. If you live outside of the US or in NYC you probably have a working close door button. It was also a result of disability legislation which requires the door be open for a minimum of 3 seconds which prompted elevator manufacturers to disable the button as a button that circumvents the 3 second rule would violate the law.
I've used plenty of American elevators where the close door button made it close significantly faster. I had it timed on the one to my grandparents' apartment. Guess it's just an experience I haven't had personally
you have no idea how long i've been waiting for a splatoon 3 version of a sheldon advice video
If you add "ldon" onto Gem (Gemldon) and then change the G to S, E to H, and M to E... You get Sheldon! Crazy, I know.
if you turn gem into 1995 toyota corrola and replace the 1995 with s and replace toyota corrola with heldon you get sheldon
crazy i know
no way…
Maybe the scoped 4K isn't the longest range charger because the Eliter 3K still canonically exists even though it's no longer used by Inklings?
My main grievance with the Splattershot Pros is how ink-hungry the weapons are. Once you throw a sub, you have only a dozen or so shots in the tank before you run out, which is bad in the heat of a fight. So it’s not exactly the most “beginner friendly” as you say it is.
Gonna second this. I play casually and the Pro is way harder due to having a higher aiming requirement and the limited ink tank. Stuff like that is a hurdle for newer players. With the regular Splattershot I can afford to panic and wave it around and I'll usually get enough shots in to splat an opponent in a casual match.
At least for me it's one of the shooters I find hardest to use. You can't waste shots with it.
the flingza's explanation of it changing shape when flicking it horizontally vs vertically IS something more specific to the flingza roller's design
the roller (the part that touches the ground when rolling) has an extendible sort of "cap" (like a two-segment telescopic tube) that's only extended in horizontal mode, making the rolling cylinder resemble that of other roller weapons. when held in the vertical position, this cap is retracted to expose the fountain pen inside
other rollers don't really have this form change and only pivot the whole rolling part of the weapon
I think the Splat Dualies description was just acknowledging “Ayo, this weapon used to have Burst Bombs but now it has Suction Bomb which you can’t really pull out in the middle of a fight. That’s ok though because we also have it Crab Tank”
After watching this video, I think a lot of the kits that don’t make sense are a result of nintendo believing that certain subs/specials serve a different purpose than what their actual use case is, the biggest example i see coming up multiple times is the sprinkler. As Gem says in the video, nintendo seems to think it’s a zoning tool and there are a few kits that I think would make a lot of sense if the sprinkler was actually able to do what sheldon is saying it does.
Maybe they need to buff sprinkler?
Curling bombs also fall into this trap. Nintendo seems to think that people actually use them as a lethal bomb, instead of almost exclusively being a tool for movement.
Maybe if they changed sprinklers to function like little turrets that shoot at un/enemy-inked turf and enemy players, it would live up to the hype.
This is such a great idea! Thank you so much for taking all this time to make content for us and teach us things :) I'm going to chip away at it over the span of a few days. Maybe it'll help me to finally find a main.
About the Gold Aerospray
"This is for people who think different. Most people who play a competitive PvP game think 'How do I win the game?' that's not exactly what a Aerospray player is thinking."
I only ever pick up Gold Aerospray for when I need a fuck load of Cash immediately and I'm not feeling confident in Ranked, so yeah, I'm not thinking about winning lol
I find it funny that they gave squeezer splash wall while LITERALLY POINTING OUT IT DOESN'T NEED SPLASH WALL
Bro made a 1 hour video on sheldon☠️
You could've said that the Undercover Brella was a fundamental misunderstanding of how the weapon plays just by looking at how they reworked the vanilla kit instead of the Kensa kit.
27:00 If I remember correctly from Splatoon 1, Sheldon specifically mentioned the ink efficiency as the thing that made it "for pros."
All hail crab tank is such an accurate line it puts it in top tier
I love that his description of the undercover brella is only accurate if your opponents think you’re carrying a regular umbrella.
Too bad you didn’t press the R stick in at the beginning so that each weapon was being held by your Inkling as you talked about it.
The Luna one is very true. A lot of the playstyle is looking at where your opponents are going to go in respect to the geometry of the stage and then using your shots tactfully to splat them safely.
What I think the distinction for "pro/experienced players" regarding the splattershots is cone firing radius. The wider cone of the jr makes painting much easier and pinpoint accuracy in combat more difficult. You can spray areas a little more comfortably but also don't need to be as accurate with your shots to kill as long as your enemy isn't returning fire with equal or better accuracy. On the flipside, the poorer ink efficiency but better range and accuracy when going from jr to splattershot to pro makes it a poorer painting tool but better dualing weapon. I believe the devs are saying beginners should find more comfort in painting primarilly while pros can compensate for worse painting abilities through splatting. I believe this is also reflected in the difference of priorities painting vs splatting has in turf vs ranked modes (not that splatting is deprioritized, but painting has much heavier nessecity in turf and the objectives are much less confrontationally oriented). If my guess is correct the connotation simply just means better dualist and worse painting makes it easier for experienced hands to pick it up, though as you had said as far as dualist focused weapons the pros are fundimentally more basic and a good starting place. Jumping straight into other dual-oriented guns like .52gal or squeezer may leave newer players frustrated with less mobility options for escaping or navigating ontop of poorer ground paint covering.
LOL the Nova explanation. this is the hardest I've laughed in a while
I get the sense that Sheldon ended up making a mistake when he was buying sprinklers. Like he added a couple extra 0's to the amount he was ordering, and now he is desperately trying to get rid of the useless things.
So THAT'S why it's on so many random kits
This is secretly a rundown on how to play every weapon in the game, their strengths and weaknesses, and what niche they fill in the meta. Nice!
In the next game, they should probably just give the player a dialogue option, which you can let Sheldon nerd out about a single weapon upon request. As someone who is in sales, you wanna give your customers all the information they need without overbearing or overwhelming them.
They should make it so that he does his regular nerd out session when you first get to buy it but later on you can choose to have a voluntary extended nerd out session with him where he goes into much, much more depth about the weapon not only in playstyle and kit synergy but also in pure stats.
Undercover brella should be colored like enemy ink on one side if they REALLY want it to be a stealthing weapon
Watching this is now it’s hilarious seeing some of this.
Example: 39:50 “The issue is the kit”
1 year later
*Snipewriter is top weapon because good weapon and special*
I also love how much credit Sheldon is given and how much you’re trying to make him look like he wants to help but is being held at gunpoint to sell the weapon.
I mean I guess he could be, it is a weapon shop, but still it’s funny.
"Stick and move" is a boxing turn of phrase. It means attack quickly and dodge immediately, which does fit into the sqiffer's kiting playstyle.
"Sheldon may have a captive audience of literally everyone who plays Splatoon 3 and will therefore always have more clout then me..." - Gem 2023
Don't worry Gem, you have tons of clout, and everyone finds that crab annoying.
I think the reason some of the descriptions are a bit off is because they’re talking about how they work in turf rather than anarchy
Might be a good idea to make a part 2 and part 3 for the 1 and 2 year anniversaries of the game respectively.
I think the slosher deco line is about ink as the actual sloshing projectiles. So it rains down ink with it's pretty decent fall damage shots. I think there's a few more references to 'ink' in the same way and that is how they've worded some patch notes like the 2.0 splatana wiper hitbox buff.
L-3 curling bomb line is potentially hinting at contact damage + 3 tap combo.
Mentions of Damage/Power are almost always per shot/hit.
The sprinkler lines are mind boggling though I think the Aero MG is the only time it's even vaguely accurate.
39:45 this has aged like fine milk
It was really funny seeing Sheldon try to make the Vrapid, a kit with zero synergy try to look good
"Stick and move" from the dualie squelchers is a boxing term. They plant their foot down for a moment to release a powerful strike (One dodge roll for the focused shots) And then use that foot to pivot out of the way or counter (So the other roll)
"Stick and move" is a boxing term where you strike and adjust your position at the same time, more or less.
Funny how mashing A through Sheldon’s weapon descriptions is still faster than the “Hurry it Up!” feature
38:06 So I looked at this, thought "no way *this* is what Sheldon could be referring to..." and then tested it. I am warning you, some truly cursed knowledge is up ahead.
The 3 shots from an L-3 burst combos with the bump from curling bomb.
Maybe this whole video is us not being able to understand how good Sheldon truly is at Splatoon. Maybe all of us laughing at him overselling the Sprinkler don't know how truly effective it is at controlling turf.
Thanks to the ADA in America, unless you're a fireman or elevator technician, the close door button actually does nothing due to accessibility reasons
1:04:33 "Almost" every other charger because The "E-Liter 4k Scope" doesn't out-range the distinctly different "E-Liter 4k". They're different weapons, therefore, like any true nerd, Sheldon has to be TECHNICALLY correct. Even if the two should be the same weapon with a toggle for scope or no. I'm still convinced that he just wants an excuse to make you spend more at his shop, so he makes you buy chargers twice.
The scoped e-liter does outrange the unscoped one though. That's part of the advantage of a scoped charger
@@SquidSchool Wait, it actually does? I thought they were literally the same gun, but one had a scope!
Today, I learned!
I might have to go out into the training room and compare ranges so I can better estimate the range of threat on the scoped one.
@@flusterfluff if it didn't have extra range then it would be objectively a nerf due to lacking charge hold and having less vision
@@aronspiker72 Some people need the zoom in. Not everyone's good at the game, and the game, like most Nintendo games, feels like it wasn't designed with a top play-first mentality. I figured the scope might just be training wheels?
It actually having more range is neat. I like that.
@@flusterfluff I thought the scope was generally more difficult for beginners and is only easier for people who play scoped snipers in other shooters specifically, as using a version that limits your vision of what is already the most polarizing weapon class feels just as unwelcoming when I first got Splatoon 1 on launch day in 2015 as it feels right now.
Perhaps stick and move could mean it is heavily based around staying still but isn’t afraid of moving
That is just straight up a glitched description, read the part where the DS description mentions Jet Squelcher very carefully and you'll see that it is literally a corrupted text file.
25:25 when Sheldon says "stick and move" I don't think he literally means you get stuck. He means you can "stick and move" like a boxer. As in, you can move around a lot with rolls and shoot far range. lol
My pitch for a undercover brella buff is giving it a x2 damage multiplier on the first shot fired right after coming out of being submerged in ink
Knowing Nintendo they'd probably increase the damage by 1.5x and make shots fired from behind the brellas do half damage
I know it's mostly alien to us Splatoon fans, but "Stick and move" is a boxing term for staying on your toes while counterattacking, to put it simply. That is what Sheldon meant and it is proper English in that context
Yeah, I learned that from some other commenters who brought it up. Improves the score slightly
@@SquidSchool Oops, didn't know someone beat me to the punch. My apologies
I really wonder what the devs see the sprinkler as. Through sheldon its like they have the sprinkler going absolutely haywire like an IRL sprinkler on the highest setting, but its not and its easy to get rid of and does barely any damage. I would love to see the dev vision of sprinkler cause obviously what it is ain't it lmao.
I played the story mode first, worst level was the one focused on the angle subweapon. I avoided it like the plague from then on, and so did the rest of the story mode lol
I feel like expecting meta-relevant commentary on a weapons' overall performance is a bit unrealistic. I don't think Nintendo is specifically designing weapons to be good or bad, presumably they want everything to work and think everything does. They're not gonna call a weapon trash in the description meant to draw people to use it, and when they wrote the description they probably didn't think it was bad anyway.
I think the context they're using "power" for most of these is damage per shot, ,and somewhat relative to the weapon class. Not overall DPS. The stat bars that come with the weapons also seem to reflect that.
45:44 if I had to guess, this is probably the way Nintendo intended this one to be used, and the it’s just used differently by players. Based on the wide size at least. So I’d give him some slack here, since this one might be on the player-base.
It really seems Sheldon gets rollers the least, since most of the descriptions say things about how great they are at painting, and as such the only high-ranked roller description is Big Swig because that's really the only painting/support roller besides Flingza (sort of)
39:40 this aged like fine milk
I love watching sheldon desperately try to sell the terrible sub weapons like sprinkler.
Also I love the dig at the aerospray apologists
I believe when Sheldon refers to power he is only comparing it to other weapons of that same class, shooters, blasters etc
Squid school: I'd probably put it on a inkbrush
Me: DONT YOU DARE
The thumbnail makes me want to see NPCs play in turf battles.
.also lol the Sprinkler and the heavy splatting lol I love the weapon and hate the sub but I get how the quickness of a burst bomb or so doesn't couple with the slowness of a splatling.
I think you put a little too much merit in how strong a weapon is competitively. The Sploosh o Matic description was 100% accurate, but you gave it a lower score just because the weapon itself is weak. No weapon is designed to be bad, and of course they're not gonna say "this weapons sux lol"
The weapons and Specials are treated in more serious context in the splatoon world. Competive is just "high knowledge of the game mechanics", and nothing more. In the world of splatoon, its more like if a weapon can splat or at least assist then it's useful on the battlefield.
Is that spot on the tier list not accurate? Accurate to what the weapon wants to do but he's giving you the hard sell on how effective it actually is at doing it? That's part of what puts his praise of the splash or machine in top tier, they are actually as effective as he describes.
@@SquidSchool But then when they get nerfed to the ground? Are those descriptions still accurate? It's an interesting thought, but besides synergy I don't see why power would be a factor in this ranking system.
For the dualies he is probably referring to the lower damage per bullet compared to other weapons. My guess
lol Sheldon is a menace
Fantastic, I was actually thinking of suggesting this exact video idea!
Calling the Tacticooler on the Snipewriter 5H a liability is absolutely wild with hindsight.
Sheldon knew. He tried to warn us.
We didn't listen.
I like how Sheldon literally quotes Marvel (spiderman theme but "slosher can" instead of "spider can") then the Bible ("your bucket runeth over" instead of "your cup runeth over") then Gem literally marked him off for that.
Also, right now people only use the reeflux for missiles, but I think the weapon itself has potential.
It can play like a squiffer, inkbrush, or kind of like an octobrush/slosher in that it can quickly snipe at medium range, can kill quickly at close range (given great aim and vertical shots are used to their full potential), and apply some pressure over ledges (30-45 random damage is nothing to scoff at).
Curling bomb is great for it, and I have found a niche use case for the 20 damage from hit. If you throw a properly fused curling bomb at someone, it can be used as pressure, it could hit them and reduce a four tap to a three tap (or a three tap to a two tap if you use one 45 damage shot), or it can be used to get close to someone, but generally close range is used for when you sneak up on someone, similar to how inkbrush plays.
Missiles is nice, but I think wail would be useful and zipcaster would be fun, given that it can zip right next to someone and two tap them (potentially one tap with arm explosion and triple tap hit). Also, with a different special people might have tried the weapon as a weapon, not a disposable tool only used to get missiles.
For a second kit, fizzy would obviously be good, but burst or splat are probably the best choices for its playstyle. Applying pressure with splat and sometimes hitting them with the 30 damage from the edge of the explosion is really helpful and the 30-60 damage of burst would be really good, seeing as hitting them with a partial charge (I think half of first charge) then a burst would kill (kind of like carbon deco, but a little weaker).
I can’t stop staring at the moving squid arrow
It seems like Sheldon is using power as a replacement for range in his explanations. Swapping that out makes a lot more sense.
34:57 I think he talking about throwing ink on top of enemies, not inking turf.
25:39 He also didn't mention that Dualie Squelchers are able to move right after a dodge roll.
In the nova's defense, I have GONE OFF with it before. Point sensor really helped but I got like 11 splats in one game with it once
Stick and move is boxing terminology referring to the act of putting out a hard shot then moving to make the opponent miss when they return fire... essentially kiting
Can you really say Sheldon misinform the player when he is literaly the maker of the weapons, not the one using them ?
He made the weapon with a specific function in his mind that does what he says it's intended to do but we just found better way to use them.
It's crazy, "power" seems to be used simultaneously for damage, time to splat, synergy, and viability.
Like, the Rapid Blaster does less damage than the other Blasters and has a slower time to splat, so lower "power". N-Zap is towards the lower end of Shooter damage, so less "power". Splat Dualies and Suction Bombs are, uhhh... I guess _they_ think this is a bad combo or a weak kit? Which is funny when you think of all the weapons with a lack of tools that WISH they had a Suction Bomb.
Though in general, I'm baffled SO OFTEN by how Sheldon sets up his transitions! Rapid Blaster has Ink Mine, so his setup is "well this weapon is low in power, _but_ you have ink mine for that"
Like... No "The Rapid Blaster's shots already keep the enemies away from you, so you've got Ink Mines for the ones that get too close" or anything like that? The Ink Mine "makes up" for the "lack in power"?
what are you talking about
Idk he’s pretty consistent when he says power he means damage output
The e-liter scope won't be longer range than e-liter scope variants. So maybe they're trying to be precise. It doesn't necessarily mean there will be a longer range charger.
Sprinkler is *situationally* useful on the heavy, because you can fish for certain people during turf wars and splatfest because the people will often remove it. It's nice bait.
Turf war isn't exactly the most competitive mode though, if it's only situational in turf than it probably leaves no impact at all on competitive play
i think "power" is judged in comparison to its weapon class
like 70 and 85 aren't small numbers, but when most rollers and blasters do over 100 a shot
the Big swig and Rapid blaster are definitely lower "power" in comparison
That intro was incredibly creative
Someone might've already explained it, but "stick and move" typically means to stop to take a few quick but accurate shots, before then quickly repositioning so your opponent doesn't know where you'll shoot from next
Bro the intro deserves a like alone
Maybe he just means DPS with power
I think the "dare to dream" part for the pro meant like, how the pro is an entry tool for harder to use weapons, maybe?
50:02 open and flat? So…like most of the the new maps introduced in Splatoon 3?