All About WEAPON ROLES in Splatoon 3! 

Tbh its kinda hard for splat roller to support or anchor... but ig?

@@Timbit901bubbler can be used as a support/anchor option, giving you and your team protection and a place to jump to

@@Timbit901 hmm not really. I play splat roller and I find myself in a support or anchor role quite frequently. It just looks different than other weapons that are usually in that role

I think yes it does but it's not a weapon i would want to rely on staying alive and it can't help weapons that don't paint at all, where as a weapon i would want as a support would make up for other weapons weaknesses. Tbh tho yeah sharking in a corner could be seen as a form of anchoring.

​@@Timbit901as a day one roller main you are correct it does struggle staying alive, however when away from opponents it can work as a good jump spot and can be a quick reliable anchor depending on the situation. And actually pretty good at being utility in certain situations with bubble. Bubble allows for quick lead and checkpoint takes and it really helps getting your team in when not used selfishly plus not to mention roller is usually the weapon to confirm kills in fights or do damage for a teammate to confirm the kill it can be very good at supporting the team in numerous ways.

I'm also a hydra main! And I mostly play in solo queues and this video made me realise I mostly end up playing utility. If you ever end up having an e liter or other very much an anchor weapon, try to become a slayer, hydra is a deadly slayer if you do it right and it just feels great

Hail, fellow Hydra mains! And yes, I completely agree. Sometimes the best thing to do is to flank as a Hydra and watch the enemies get completely wiped out.

I can say as a (not very good) E-Liter main, it gets very difficult to hold a line when the enemy is actually allowed to get close to me. A strong frontline stops your anchor from dying.

@@azareii Same definitely goes both ways. Keep practicing with the E-Liter tho because as much as I hate fighting them, they're extremely useful lol

Splatling main here. Always happy to hold the line for you.

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@@GacLosen6556 as a slayer, the first thing I look for in solo queue is do I have an effective backline weapon on my team because it can make my life so much easier

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Id like to add that meta heavily favors certain roles over others too, like with Eliter on Mahi Mahi Tower lol, Anchoring becomes so strong, that it pretty much invalidates every other Skirmisher or Slayer and at that point you have to rely on Utilities (like Rocket Spams) to get through by brute-forcing your way in, also in a fluid game like this, weapons that can reliably do well a number of different roles rather than very well just 1 specific role will get to shine even more, look at vRoller for example, kinda average slayer but terrible at everything else. 💀

I was at S rank minus over 2000 and when I watched this video now I have 1716 after watching this video I’ve been winning games more constantly even making it through the series even though me being a player with low experience I might get to X rank One day

im a five star inkbrush main... perhaps this is my calling.

a mechanically strong player facing against stupid opponents, that’s what or you’re a tetra that could happen too

@@asianclicks3368 I'm a splattershot pro

"Good players win 1v1s, great players win 2v1s." "Amazing players win 3v1s, and 4v1 winners are ProChara."

Dynamo plays like an anchor that has support capability. It does paint well when the RNG favors it but it's a bit better at making sure at threatening any area it controls.

This is a really great question! The answer is that weapons that specialise in anchoring (chargers, splatlings, etc) are way less likely to shift *out* of the playstyle than other weapons are to shift *into* it. This doesn't make the Anchor playstyle any less fluid -- someone should be anchoring at all times, so teammates will shift into it when necessary -- but "anchor weapons" are called that for a reason. They're super insanely good at anchoring, but to a fault... they have trouble doing anything else. Some weapons like Ballpoint Splatling can actually skirmish and slay pretty well, which is one reason why it's very good competitively. But of course, no E-Liter is gonna push up and fish for fights. They'll anchor, and if they go down (which they should try not to), their teammates will cover them. Fluidity! (Ironically, this makes chargers some of the only weapons you *could* fit into a neat little box. But of course, everything's still situational. Sometimes you gotta help in a pivotal fight, or kill the Rainmaker before they get the lead in Overtime. You mostly play patient, but sometimes you gotta get desperate. Up to you to make that decision.) Thank you very much for your question!

Chargers are designed to be anchor weapons at their core, but some of them are ideal for hybrid roles. You won't find an E-liter pushing forward, but a squiffer has quick enough charge time that it can push (it also has to play forward more because it's shorter range). Goo tuber is actually a great weapon for painting with the tap shots, so it does support well. And bamboozlers... are great at... bamboozling? (I don't know what bamboozlers are good for...)

@@kylebayliff9360 I wouldn't call Squiffer and Goo Tuber Anchors but Bamboozler plays at medium to long ranges. It's a similar playstyle to Rapid Blaster and Stringer where you're playing midline rather than backline to hit a specific range, They lack reliable damage so need teamates to protect and combo with them but their positon allows control of any fight. They aren't able to defend on their own like a true Anchor, Stringer is able to stall for a while through explosions but otherwise isn't consistent at longer range.

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man do i have some good news for you LMAO (it's not the same kit though unfortunately)

The new octobrush kit i feel like is pretty good for utility actually! It has squid beakon and ink storm, so u can get splatted team members into safer positions and take a little bit of control on the map remotely. Im trying to get 5 stars on it, its one of my favorite brushes

@@abigailbaxter9082 yeah i love it too!! i just didn't want to get their hopes up about it being the same kit

Step ones kinda impossible tho

Then you're a skirmisher

Yeah if I see an explosher on the other team I’m gunning for you lmfao

They definitely do!