funny how tacticooler was theorized to be top tier before the game came out, actually turned out to be low tier on launch, and then a year later is finally the top tier it was always meant to be
It takes time to practice, learn new skills, and master them. We had the theory before we just needed the execution. Who knows, maybe some of the low tier weapons are actually underrated and just need more time to shine in the meta.
@@mexicanhonoka Yeah! When you really think about it, every weapon in the game has a counter pick that’s meant to be able to beat it. Just some ones I’ve thought up include Splash gets countered by vtent Heavy Deco gets countered by Light Tetras Slosher Deco counters E-Liter Starting at splash anyway, it could be imagined as one giant chain of countering one another. At least on paper- since some weapon’s functions don’t play out how the devs expect them to, patches are meant to fix up those weapons so that the chain can reassemble itself. If one link is broken, the prior weapon essentially becomes meta since there’s no hard counter pick. If that makes any sense
Snipewriter’s glow up has been really cool to see; especially for a weapon with such cool design! A pencil charger that has five shots and is based around mobility… really great stuff!
@@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 Well, considering the fact that most chargers other than squiffer and maybe bamboozler are very immobile while charged, I'd consider snipewriter mobility-based
I was one of the people that got scared upon seeing Snipewriter's reveal. I fully expected a charger that fires at the speed of a Bamboozler but with the range of a Splatterscope to become a dominance that would haunt the dreams of many. I turned out to be wrong, but a few months later I turned out to be wrong about being wrong.
When it dropped, I thought the main was pretty good but just needed another kit. When it got the buffs to the main and sub/special, I was still curious where its useage was. Little did I know that it was lurking in the shadows
Honestly not much changed about the weapon aside from a slight damage buff and a tacticooler buff, I think it was just the change in the playerbase and meta and Snipewriter got caught in the middle of it.
One of the reasons I like Cooler Meta far more than Crab Meta is that while playing Crab Meta optimally meant having at least 2 different crabs on your team, with Cooler you only ever need 1 on your team, making team composition much more interesting as you have 3 different slots to use for whatever weapons you want, not to mention there being several cooler options as opposed to Crab requiring Splash and that kinda being it.
Hold on, I've never seen that animation of an inkling counting their fingers before (1:25). Whether the animation is unused or completely fanmade, it's incredible someone went this far just to make a five second clip for a UA-cam video. That's some insane dedication right there. Edit: Apparently it's an animation that plays for characters near the tableturf desk, but my point still stands that I'm impressed someone must have modded the game in order for this animation to play in the center of Splatsville, where it would usually never play.
I always knew from the start the kit was good for snipe writer, just bcs cooler was a bad special at the time didnt mean it was a bad kit for snipewriter. I remember people saying like this is the most trash kit ever, but i got hooked on it right at the start, and i still love to use it today
In a game like this, the goal is always to make every weapon a viable option, as well as to fit as many playstyles as possible. Splatoon 3 is slowly getting there.
I tried it out since it came out, painted really good but not until did i really ran it in ranked did i see how really fun it was to be the one person keeping the team at mid
i remember when i was playing the snipewriter, my friend was angry i was using it bc it was bad and i said "just you wait this things going to be top tier one day"
Something I think went way too unnoticed about this video is how Chara calls it "pencil" the whole video until the very last sentence where he finally rewards it by calling it its actual name, Snipewriter, and it feels kinda triumphant in a way like you had to see the video the very end to hear it referred to proper and I feel like he knew the whole time.
I always loved Snipewriter and was really disappointed by how bad it was in the beginning. I love how it's risen and perhaps we can see something very interesting with the Snipewriter 5H Nouveau (I think that's what it will be called).
@@lemonquacklolIf they made it possible for snipewriter to throw subs while holding a charge then I can totally see this being amazing, but honestly it doesn’t REALLY need that sub in general just because it’s not useful from how far it plays. It can be good in close encounters tho, but from my months of experience with it you’re better off just tap shotting if ur good enough at it than using a sub.
@@appleant1083 I’d much rather want something like burst, but that might be a tad bit broken. Otherwise maybe Suction (since, correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t think it’s on any charger yet)?
I think that the discovery/popularization of snipewriter's zone cheese at around the same time the cooler meta was beginning its theory crafting was a really important coincidence for the weapon. It didn't effect how the weapon worked, but it did make people try it, to prove it can work, which is always something really important for large meta shifts like this. Glad to see balance done so well and read so quickly by top players!
Dude, I truly can't put into words how insane time has passed. The metagame has never been so fun! I may remember the splatoon scene from the cursed days of GQ... But it's amazing to see you and other players thriving. I hope the community remains as a place for positive interactions.
Splatoon 3 is peak Balancing because, instead of overnerfing something good, they buff things that counter it, making not only a healthy meta but more weapons viable as time goes on. S3 could be peak Splatoon too, but we need better matchmaking, connection and kits. I'm glad maps and balancing are gladly improving over time, I'm sure this and Side Order being near it's finishing stage are correlated in some way or another. Things will get better from now onwards, I'm calling it.
my question is, if a different more standard charger would get tacticooler and a synergistic sub, wouldn't it be better or downright replace snipewriter? I feel like snipewriter still fails to punish a lot of stuff like other chargers can
Now pencil is really good but they could make it even better if they merge it with goo tuber, perhaps they’d have to reduce the range to slightly less than unscoped charger but it would be literally perfect for both weapons, this would be goo’s saving grace and also making pencil even better
The editing and display of information has gotten so incredibly good! You really need to pat that person on the back (and / or give them a raise). I also love how the ad featured Splatoon images that fit perfectly and made me smile.
This is the video I needed that I never knew I was gonna get. seeing your vids lately & hearing how amazing this weapon became, I felt like I woke up in an alternative universe where it was agreed upon this weapon is just... good now, I guess.
i think its important to add that better strafe speed also helps it take more aggressive positions, because its better able to move away from threats and react
The Thumbnail is Funny because it sounds Like Pencil was a Slump, Broke Begging For Buffs, now it’s King of the Meta and Backlines are the ones Begging for Buffs 🤣
Hoping it becomes our next Crab weapon 🙏 would be such an amazing fit for the weapon but I’m afraid that since it’s meta now that the devs would be too scared to give it crab
Not a thought on Pencil, but I wonder if that interaction with Respawn Punisher and Tacticooler should be looked at again. With all the buffs Tacticooler has seen it kinda seems odd to me that its only real counterplay has been removed. I realize Cooler is somewhat of a bandage fix to the game's hallway maps, but maybe if we see more reworks opening maps up a bit we can see Tacticooler tweaked to not be a mandatory staple on teams. Obviously Zooka needs to be tuned down a bit too just like S1 Zooka and current Pack. With the map design (and Zooka to a lesser extent) as is, Cooler is mandatory since it makes things other than chargers and Zookas playable. I feel like if Nintendo really doesn't want to change the maps, they may as well just change base game values so it's like everyone has cooler's effects at all times (since that's what the game needs to function) and then remove Cooler to open up more space for team comp design. I'd prefer they just fix the maps, Zooka, and put Cooler counterplay back in though.
I really enjoy Sinpewriter as a main weapon, though personally I find that the base kit is a little....*too* min-maxed for competitive? So as a casual player, it ends up feeling not really as fun. So I'm happy with where the weapon is, but I'd be happier if we got a 2nd kit that could be a little more casual friendly. Idk, auto bomb and ink storm or something like that, I'm not an expert theorycrafter.
A pencil dealing with a ton of hate because of the old meta, to a pencil which everyone loves because of the new meta and cooler Truly a certified Splatoon moment OF ALL TIME👏👏👏
Is actually something really cool seeing bad weapons getting use. I still can not believe this weapon is now meta but I am happy with that. Is imo a very hard weapon and I am waiting for more kits. NEXT IS UNDERCOVER, NINTENDO
Brother how have you entirely missed the fact that it was already good conceptually and top players downplayed it’s potential and discovered that they’d done so after a number of buffs
This weapon is probably the most weardest way this weapon got into meta i mean a weapon that was absolute garbage turned into a meta weapon CAUSE how good it actually was.
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I found the ad section really interesting and funny. Really love Logi's style of making ads combined with Splatoon backgrounds.
I was thinking at a meme team made only by players using weapons with tacticooler and sprinkler as specials and make something like a sentry nest
Ay Chara got sponsored!!
I don't know who your editor is but needs a raise because godDAMN this is some beatiful editing.
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Amazingly well done Logi
I swear i could hear the yoda death scream in my head when sprinkler shot cooler out of existence
Pencil going from Z to X tier is truely a Splatoon moment of all time
It’s not, the splatoon moment of all time is “ A communication error has occurred.”
truly* 🤓
@@zenferns no one cares
@@Witherboss2491no one cares.* 🤓
funny how tacticooler was theorized to be top tier before the game came out, actually turned out to be low tier on launch, and then a year later is finally the top tier it was always meant to be
And the EXACT same thing happened to Snipewriter 😂
It takes time to practice, learn new skills, and master them.
We had the theory before we just needed the execution.
Who knows, maybe some of the low tier weapons are actually underrated and just need more time to shine in the meta.
@@mexicanhonoka Yeah! When you really think about it, every weapon in the game has a counter pick that’s meant to be able to beat it. Just some ones I’ve thought up include
Splash gets countered by vtent
Heavy Deco gets countered by Light Tetras
Slosher Deco counters E-Liter
Starting at splash anyway, it could be imagined as one giant chain of countering one another. At least on paper- since some weapon’s functions don’t play out how the devs expect them to, patches are meant to fix up those weapons so that the chain can reassemble itself. If one link is broken, the prior weapon essentially becomes meta since there’s no hard counter pick. If that makes any sense
@@mexicanhonokaThe Special Power Up effectiveness buffs and the rise of Inkjet were what really made it shine
Snipewriter’s glow up has been really cool to see; especially for a weapon with such cool design! A pencil charger that has five shots and is based around mobility… really great stuff!
It’s the M38 Mosin of splatoon.
It's kinda based around mobility in some ways, but there's also the fact that it can't store charges when swimming.
@@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 Well, considering the fact that most chargers other than squiffer and maybe bamboozler are very immobile while charged, I'd consider snipewriter mobility-based
@@desmondruhling Again, they're immobile unless you consider charge storage. Charge storage doesn't mean everything, sure, but it's worth considering.
I was one of the people that got scared upon seeing Snipewriter's reveal. I fully expected a charger that fires at the speed of a Bamboozler but with the range of a Splatterscope to become a dominance that would haunt the dreams of many.
I turned out to be wrong, but a few months later I turned out to be wrong about being wrong.
Exactly my reaction
It was definitely scary on release seeing like 3 of them at once it was like laser tag of doom man
during the reveal i genuinely thought it had bamboo range somehow. was very confused when the patch finally dropped
When it dropped, I thought the main was pretty good but just needed another kit. When it got the buffs to the main and sub/special, I was still curious where its useage was. Little did I know that it was lurking in the shadows
Pencil is a good example of "careful who you call ugly in squid-school".
True never bully that awkward kid
@@Style_224uh oh…
One could say the pencil got sharpened.
pencil rubber erasing its past 💀
Bro what😂!
Flip damn it 😂
i was actually so confused when i found out it was suddenly really good 😭😭 this is really helpful
3:43 I'm glad they buffed Luna so that it can paint a wall better
It's gonna be SO useful in a game with zero inkable walls
TRUE
Chara you better be paying your editors well, they deserve it for how incredibly high-quality their work is
Honestly not much changed about the weapon aside from a slight damage buff and a tacticooler buff, I think it was just the change in the playerbase and meta and Snipewriter got caught in the middle of it.
One of the reasons I like Cooler Meta far more than Crab Meta is that while playing Crab Meta optimally meant having at least 2 different crabs on your team, with Cooler you only ever need 1 on your team, making team composition much more interesting as you have 3 different slots to use for whatever weapons you want, not to mention there being several cooler options as opposed to Crab requiring Splash and that kinda being it.
Hold on, I've never seen that animation of an inkling counting their fingers before (1:25). Whether the animation is unused or completely fanmade, it's incredible someone went this far just to make a five second clip for a UA-cam video. That's some insane dedication right there.
Edit: Apparently it's an animation that plays for characters near the tableturf desk, but my point still stands that I'm impressed someone must have modded the game in order for this animation to play in the center of Splatsville, where it would usually never play.
i think its an animation seen in the plaza near table turf areas
Chara happy for the pencil buff:😊
Chara after five months of pencil meta:💀
2:54 the goofy ahh Spider-Man 🤣
I always knew from the start the kit was good for snipe writer, just bcs cooler was a bad special at the time didnt mean it was a bad kit for snipewriter. I remember people saying like this is the most trash kit ever, but i got hooked on it right at the start, and i still love to use it today
I wasn’t expecting to see Spoderman in a ProChara video. I am pleasantly surprised.
How it went from bottom tier to absolute dominant and hated in the community
Chara has the best thumbnails in the Splatoon 3 community
Personally, im more partial to Ted.
In a game like this, the goal is always to make every weapon a viable option, as well as to fit as many playstyles as possible. Splatoon 3 is slowly getting there.
I tried it out since it came out, painted really good but not until did i really ran it in ranked did i see how really fun it was to be the one person keeping the team at mid
i remember when i was playing the snipewriter, my friend was angry i was using it bc it was bad and i said "just you wait this things going to be top tier one day"
Something I think went way too unnoticed about this video is how Chara calls it "pencil" the whole video until the very last sentence where he finally rewards it by calling it its actual name, Snipewriter, and it feels kinda triumphant in a way like you had to see the video the very end to hear it referred to proper and I feel like he knew the whole time.
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Using MakoMart footage for the food sponsor is a really cute detail!
I always loved Snipewriter and was really disappointed by how bad it was in the beginning. I love how it's risen and perhaps we can see something very interesting with the Snipewriter 5H Nouveau (I think that's what it will be called).
I’m hoping for Mist/Zooka on it. Mist would (on paper) make it easier to land shots some pretty precise shots and zooka would combo very nicely
@@lemonquacklolIf they made it possible for snipewriter to throw subs while holding a charge then I can totally see this being amazing, but honestly it doesn’t REALLY need that sub in general just because it’s not useful from how far it plays. It can be good in close encounters tho, but from my months of experience with it you’re better off just tap shotting if ur good enough at it than using a sub.
@@lemonquacklol I don’t see why not to make them better. They’re also some of my favorite weapons in the sub and special departments.
@@appleant1083 I’d much rather want something like burst, but that might be a tad bit broken. Otherwise maybe Suction (since, correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t think it’s on any charger yet)?
I don't wanna see anyone complain abt "now everyone's gonna play pencil" like last time lmao
Crazy how it was pretty much a joke pick, and now it’s just one of the best options
This just goes to show just because it garbage now dosent mean it can become stronger later on
why did they give weapons that could be really good mother fucking sprinkler?
I think that the discovery/popularization of snipewriter's zone cheese at around the same time the cooler meta was beginning its theory crafting was a really important coincidence for the weapon. It didn't effect how the weapon worked, but it did make people try it, to prove it can work, which is always something really important for large meta shifts like this. Glad to see balance done so well and read so quickly by top players!
Dude, I truly can't put into words how insane time has passed. The metagame has never been so fun! I may remember the splatoon scene from the cursed days of GQ... But it's amazing to see you and other players thriving. I hope the community remains as a place for positive interactions.
somehow dynamo gets into every video on how a weapon should “not do this certain thing” (uptime)
Splatoon 3 is peak Balancing because, instead of overnerfing something good, they buff things that counter it, making not only a healthy meta but more weapons viable as time goes on.
S3 could be peak Splatoon too, but we need better matchmaking, connection and kits. I'm glad maps and balancing are gladly improving over time, I'm sure this and Side Order being near it's finishing stage are correlated in some way or another. Things will get better from now onwards, I'm calling it.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE META AND WONDERED HOW PENC8L GOT SO HIGH SO FAST
Can we get much higher?
my question is, if a different more standard charger would get tacticooler and a synergistic sub, wouldn't it be better or downright replace snipewriter? I feel like snipewriter still fails to punish a lot of stuff like other chargers can
WHOEVER EDITED THIS IS SO GOOD
True logitech moment
If they nerf trislosher, half the weapons in the game will become playable
Based
@@happypika3 Not as based as splash players.
@@PrincePoison What an odd way to spell Goo Tuber
@@happypika3lmao
Me about to use a VPN so that the factor delivery man brings the meal to Mexico
Bro really thought he could put spooderman in and we wouldn’t notice
Snipewriter goes from bottom to top tier
Splattershot Nova mains: "so you're saying there's hope....."
You could say people started capitalizing on its main... Draws.
The editing on that factor ad segment was actually really convincing lmao
Now pencil is really good but they could make it even better if they merge it with goo tuber, perhaps they’d have to reduce the range to slightly less than unscoped charger but it would be literally perfect for both weapons, this would be goo’s saving grace and also making pencil even better
Also great video, as always❤
The editing and display of information has gotten so incredibly good! You really need to pat that person on the back (and / or give them a raise). I also love how the ad featured Splatoon images that fit perfectly and made me smile.
The spooder man for the chainsaw special 😂
Yay we finally see a meme weapon become a top tier
how tristringer speedran from top to bottom tier
👍✌️🤌👍👌❤🔥🗿 2:54
Incredible freeze frame
I was in love with this weapon from Day 1! I'm so happy it's finally a top tier!
Yo chara sponsorship let’s goooooo
Finally, the video that answers my question: “Why the hell is pencil top tier now?”
nice video prochara
more analytical vids pls
Devs, please send Brella some love
At first I really didn’t like pencil but I wanted to because I love the design and now that it’s basically meta! I’m excited
Spooder man time
I love to see a sniper actually being good
We do not talk about splatoon 2
This is the video I needed that I never knew I was gonna get. seeing your vids lately & hearing how amazing this weapon became, I felt like I woke up in an alternative universe where it was agreed upon this weapon is just... good now, I guess.
SCREEN IS FIXED YALLLL
i think its important to add that better strafe speed also helps it take more aggressive positions, because its better able to move away from threats and react
I need a heart prochara
i eat the pencil
I've started playing pencil in turf war and anarchy battles and absolutely sweeping. Love this thing, and I don't usually play chargers.
Pencil is on a different level 🗿🗿🗿
The quality of these vids continues to improve, keep it up man 😄
I should add, Even a solo queue for Snipewriter is very viable. That's a huge impact.
ah yes the nerf for a weapon
*sprinkler kit*
The Thumbnail is Funny because it sounds Like Pencil was a Slump, Broke Begging For Buffs, now it’s King of the Meta and Backlines are the ones Begging for Buffs 🤣
I am very curious what the second kit will be.
Hoping it becomes our next Crab weapon 🙏 would be such an amazing fit for the weapon but I’m afraid that since it’s meta now that the devs would be too scared to give it crab
Not a thought on Pencil, but I wonder if that interaction with Respawn Punisher and Tacticooler should be looked at again. With all the buffs Tacticooler has seen it kinda seems odd to me that its only real counterplay has been removed.
I realize Cooler is somewhat of a bandage fix to the game's hallway maps, but maybe if we see more reworks opening maps up a bit we can see Tacticooler tweaked to not be a mandatory staple on teams. Obviously Zooka needs to be tuned down a bit too just like S1 Zooka and current Pack.
With the map design (and Zooka to a lesser extent) as is, Cooler is mandatory since it makes things other than chargers and Zookas playable. I feel like if Nintendo really doesn't want to change the maps, they may as well just change base game values so it's like everyone has cooler's effects at all times (since that's what the game needs to function) and then remove Cooler to open up more space for team comp design.
I'd prefer they just fix the maps, Zooka, and put Cooler counterplay back in though.
I really enjoy Sinpewriter as a main weapon, though personally I find that the base kit is a little....*too* min-maxed for competitive? So as a casual player, it ends up feeling not really as fun. So I'm happy with where the weapon is, but I'd be happier if we got a 2nd kit that could be a little more casual friendly. Idk, auto bomb and ink storm or something like that, I'm not an expert theorycrafter.
A pencil dealing with a ton of hate because of the old meta, to a pencil which everyone loves because of the new meta and cooler
Truly a certified Splatoon moment OF ALL TIME👏👏👏
2:54 spooder-man?
I just want Squiffer to get a new kit :(
Ikr
Bamboo with burst bomb could be good too with thermal ink
are you happy now
@@HeDronHeDronHedron Incredibly so
Why is everyone talking about “snipewriter”? Is that some leaked weapon for the future? Please keep your comments about pencil, the splatoon weapon
They told me I was crazy for saying it was good, they called me a mad man, WHO'S LAUGHING NOW
Is actually something really cool seeing bad weapons getting use.
I still can not believe this weapon is now meta but I am happy with that. Is imo a very hard weapon and I am waiting for more kits.
NEXT IS UNDERCOVER, NINTENDO
"Press R Stick to Die"
"F"
Meanwhile me who's at least 4 starred every Reefslider weapon except one:
people need to stop calling this weapon pencil. snipewriter is straight up THE MOST creative name they’ve come up with
Video 204 of commenting on Chara videos till undercover gets fixed
Ur gonna be here a while
Comment 21 of replying to magic3734’s comments until a new stringer gets added [not a new kit but a new main weapon]
I took a 6 month break from the game to play tears of the kingdom then cult of the lamb then apex legends and now this weapon becomes GOD’S DOG
Pencil feels terrible as a casual player, cuz if feels like you’re killing someone with tap shots, which never feels good
Man i would have never thought this weapon would ever get the time of day. Im going to have to pick it back up again. Next kit better have burst bomb.
I love pencil’s mechanic. I’m glad to see it flourishing.
I never could've imagined a weapon that's simultaneously one of the best in competitive and one of the worst in salmon run.
buff explo nintendo pls thx
Won’t happen but would be nice.
Brother how have you entirely missed the fact that it was already good conceptually and top players downplayed it’s potential and discovered that they’d done so after a number of buffs
Alright Nintendo, I see what you’ve done with the Snipewriter, now do the same to the Undercover.
Pencil speedran from bottom to top tier, whereas pen just speedran to top
This weapon is probably the most weardest way this weapon got into meta i mean a weapon that was absolute garbage turned into a meta weapon CAUSE how good it actually was.
Wait, how did you get the inkling to hold the pencil with an animation only used by shooters/blasters? Is it a mod, and if so, where did you get it?
Pencil is cool, but my aim is so bad that I can only use splatterscope or splat charger.
I can slightly use E liter but its slower than I prefer
Fun fact about Tacticooler: You can use it as bodyblock for you and your friends in every mode! 👋 Bye!
Me to Pencil after calling it trash, and seeing it perform well in the Splatoon meta months later: *_”Perhaps I’ve treated you too harshly…”_*
can’t wait for reefslider to get crazy ass buffs and see team comps of tetras, s blast, and dread wringer (totally not coping)
I'm glad this weapon got buffed, but I haven't seen it too much during solo queue
I loved pencil before it was cool grr (i'm happy its seeing the love it deserves!!)
The sprinkler buff saved this weapon. It's just too op now.