BAN Eliter? Bring INK ARMOR BACK? 

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In regards to Big Man's role in Deep Cut's music, he does do just about everything else that isn't singing. His singing roles are so minimal because he does the song composition, lyric writing, and iirc even the live choreography.

"You haved freed us from the OHKO meta!" Ink armor: "Oh I wouldn't say freed. More like... under new management"

"Big Bubbler doesn't aid a push at all" is the craziest thing I've ever heard when I am CONSTANTLY trying to get the damn things off the towers, CB mounds, zones, and RM checkpoints.

I got chills going up my spine when I heard that ink armor hot take

I loved ink armor in 2, all my mains used it, and even I don't want it back. The mere fact that it invalidated an entire weapon class is enough for me to want it gone, seeing blasters' resurgence in 3 has been great

Fun little meta update: Japan has started to run more splash and crab, because having a hydra explo hybrid with baller protection at will for nine seconds is a ridiculous amount of pressure and splash is also very good for paint, fights, and its burst bombs and follow up on unfinished crab kills. Charger in general is falling out more because of it and I think it's now being experimented with here in the west as well. Missiles is also picking up more in usage in place of an actual anchor so faster team compositions can play against chargers better and also because with double splash, you can do what people did in Splatoon 2 with mini and burst people that are low from missile chip damage. Armour would do absolutely nothing to fix this and it just makes weapons that are already falling out of the meta practically unusable.

Yeah, as a e-liter main, I don’t want to see it removed. I want better maps, so it’s more fair. I won’t stop using it, but I hope the maps are made more fair for others.

Personally they should mix ink cloud and point sensor into one sub. It probably wouldnt make the best sub but it would make some weapons with those subs better and also make have its nische.

I wish zipcaster had a lil bit more going for it, its one of the most fun when it works but then theres just times where it feels impossible to use (due to bad map layouts once again)

Splatoon 2 felt like you were stranded on a deserted island until you got your special except if you had the the wrong special, in which case you had to wait for your team to make an opening so you got to play the game, I'm so glad armor didn't came back

As a longtime casual inkbrush main, the lack of flank routes hurts. It feels so much harder to actually get in and do something because I’m forced to take a specific route where I can be easily seen, shot at and killed. It’s especially bad on zones (double whammy because zones is my favourite mode) and clams and I’m finding myself relying a lot on my teammates creating an opening for me, which means I’m spending a good portion of the match spamming bombs if my teammates cant do that. It feels even worse on the maps returning from splat1, because I remember playing on those maps and having ways around the previously mentioned issues. It sucks because inkbrush is a weapon I genuinely enjoy playing a lot and it’s not fun when it feels like I can barely do anything.

With the ban e liter take, I do agree that e liter can be annoying, but it's not a flawless weapon or anything, for example; it is VERY immobile, which sucks in a game like Splatoon. Yes it did get indirectly buffed since there are less displacement, and hp specials. If e liter was arguably broken, the hp special that they could MAYBE bring back is something like bubbler,(though I highly doubt that they would bring it back), and like you said outright banning a weapon, would be problematic for obvious reasons

"Ink armor should return" Me: "I just want to talk to him" * Pulls out trizooka * "I just want to talk to him"

Personally, I would like to see some win animations that utilize the inkling/octoling's squid/octo form in the future. Whether it be them going through the animation in their squid form entirely or them switching back and forth from squid to kid while doing some cool gun-trick acrobatics and striking a final pose as one or the other. I can kinda see why we haven't got any yet and it's not a big deal, but still think it would be nice to have. I don't think this is necessarily a hot take since I know I'm not the only one who feels this way, despite me not seeing much talk about this.

Tentacooler should get an icon on the map. would really help jumping in to the right location

As a casual who enjoys the simpler to use weapons in Splatoon that if I'm using I know exactly how it works and don't have to worry about what firing mode or how to change between them and back when they were playing S2 - had ink armor on about half of the weapons I either played or was attempted to learn, I'm so glad to see the back of it. Yes, I get that it's broken at high level but worse still IMO it was _boring_ to use. The similarly simple-to-use support specials in S3 - Big Bubbler and Tacticooler - are so much more fun because where you place them matters. Plus Tacticooler has a jingle. That gives it better game feel.

You are absolutely right about e liter. It was fine in splatoon 1, and it was a different beast there. Too soon to determine it needs nerfs.

Here's my hot take: BRING BACK LOSE ANIMATION. I rather see myself losing than watching others winning.

An idea I have for a sub weapon that would have similar function to disruptor is a throwable version of a flipper flopper's ring that traps players in ink. It essentially does the same thing as a disruptor as it denies an area but also actually inks the ground. Even though it doesn't do direct damage, the fact that it paints means that you can gain special from it, force players to re-ink the ground and because it makes ink it would actually do damage to things like big bubbler and rainmaker shields giving it more options.

The one change I really want to see is e litres not 1 shotting through squid roll armour. Parrying is cool but e litre can just negate it

I think this would be a hot take: Even if Main Power Up did not give increased damage to any weapon, I would still not want it back in Splatoon 3. The ability ended up being so poorly balanced that weapons like E-Liter required it while on weapons like brushes it was a waste of slots, and I see no reason that would be different if it returned.

I say the zipcaster is typically situational in most cases and does require a lot of practice to utilize it to its fullest. In most instances its used mainly to break through a formation and try to take out a backline. You need to recon maps to get ideas as to find the best spots to jump to and consider hard on ink consumption since the special ends pretty fast. I like it overall but I do fell like it should last a bit longer. At best you can do 2 zips while being able to do anything with darting around the map.

This is my first splatoon game and even I can tell that liter, machine and lack of armor aren’t the issues, it’s the game’s poor map design that directly benefits long range and high damage weapons. I’m coming from other tactical shooters that suffer from the same issue where the characters and weapons are actually fairly well balanced. But there are so many choke points, so much open space and not enough cover or alternate routes. Hopefully they will fix this as the game moves forward in it’s lifespan.

Not related but I just ate a pineapple

Could you please make an entire video, where you’re talking about the maps, their issues and how to fix them?

Big man is actually amazing, he writes all of deep cut's songs and brought brazilian types of music in and I love him and he's so cool

I think the best way to buff toxic mist and point sensor, arguably two of the worst subs in the game, is to simply combine them so that Toxic Mist Deluxe would also apply the location debuff on enemies They even have a similar AOE already

I hate the fact that they unironically went out of their way to increase the map design problem. One thing is making new stages that have those problems, but a very different one is taking maps that didn’t have those problems and adding them. Mahi Mahi and Hammerhead NEED to go back to what they were, or at least bring back part of what made them top tier maps in the first game.

My dream buff to Mist, and to Point Sensor due to their similarities, is to make them CSGO smokes. Deliberately make them obscure vision for both sides, while keeping their already existing perks. This would serve to hamper pushes with info denial, help ease rotations, and still slow opponents/recon locations for those inside the smokes. I'm not sure how balanced/healthy (mostly healthy) they would be in the context of splatoon's meta/engine (vision obscurement is not a part of Splatoon, outside of Booyah Bomb/Tri-strike for about 2 seconds), but kits with those subs like Explo, H3, Tri-stringer and Tri-Slosher would gain more depth in their subs without said subs needing a massive rework

A charger should get zipcaster. This would be a fairly situational loadout but it COULD be really good since the charger could take a more aggresive position temporarily and create more pressure while being relatively safe with the ejector button thing that zipcaster does. Also zipcaster should be cancelable by pressing the special button again you should be able to just eject from the special, which would waste the remaining duration in return for your safety, idk maybe add an extra cost, like even though you can no longer use it you still have to wait out the timer before you can charge another or maybe an ink cost so if your landing isn't safe you get punished?

I think it'd be interesting if they made Toxic Mist do damage over time akin to standing in enemy ink or an Ink Storm. I mean, it's literally a cloud of toxic gas, you'd think that'd do damage.

Bring back InkArmor solely for the Zipcaster, even if its just protection from oneshots. as an octo brush main Ive been killed and oneshoted in Zipcaster way too many times!

No, Salmon Run absolutely needs more checkpoints. It's an unreasonable grind to reach max hazard level within a single rotation in Freelance, where you'll constantly be pulled back down by bad random teammates. Also, the Switch can't even handle high rank Salmon Run without dropping FPS. So that's really cool.

I just wanna add that Big Man represents Brazillian culture, but I do hope he has more to do in the future. Though the fact that the male idol has a more animalistic design when the female ones are more humanoid is a bit of a problem in video game design.

I love eliter so much. More than any other weapon, it makes me feel like I genuinely want to get better at it (not that I'm that bad, I'm just not good yet but when my eliter goes off it's the most fun I've had with this game). It's the same feeling I got the first time I played dragonball fighterz!

The solution for E-Liter and other far-range weapons isn't to ban them or to introduce game breaking specials, it's for Nintendo to stop making stages where those weapons can hide and not be touched, like Inkblot in Tower Control. Also would be nice if they had a team-building algorithm to casual Turf War so I'm not stuck against a team of Reefs

big man feels really shoe horned in, he feels more like a guest on deep cut's podcast than an actual member of the squad

7:50 Ink Armor is already in Splatoon 3, albeit only after a respawn or during a Squid Roll. If Ink Armor ever makes a return as a special weapon, it would require major reworks, namely no global range and only one recipient - either its user or a teammate they target. To compensate, Ink Armor would last longer and provide twice the extra HP as before. However, an Ink Armor user will suffer a much greater special gauge penalty - 100% instead of 50% - when splatted. Passing Ink Armor to a teammate will prompt the user's character to shout, "Schnell! Go get zem! Raus, raus!"

Hot Take: Ink Mines are slept on, and are invaluable to Splat3's choke-heavy maps. When we see more mines on more weapons OR we see a buff to Undercover Ink Mine complainers will spike among the population

Honestly man, thank you so much for your work Thanks to your videos, I became more aware of my playstyle, I got two rank ups from B to S in a little more than a week, I discovered how nice some weapons are and even though I've always loved splatoon I feel like I love playing splatoon 3 way more than I've ever loved 1 or 2, thanks man, I really really apreaciate all your work, good luck

I have a few: 1. Zipcaster should have the effects of Ink Armor when you're no zipcasting, but when it's broken your ink tank is equal to the amount of special you had at the time of break. 2. Seeker should come back, not just because it leaves a longer ink trail, but because it was the only other sub to deal damage on contact, 3. Carbon Deco should have Burst Bombs and Wavebreaker/Ink Storm.

Imagine if they mixed mist and marker throws in a straight line and bounces off walls and floor, but at the end of it’s lifespan it explodes into mist it’d be harder to aim onto a chokepoint, but gives more utility to the two word subs in the game

6:12 What about Squid Roll and Squid Surge, and also the fact that opponents who are stuck in it can't recover their own ink? It basically invalidates weapons who need Squid Roll like Dynamo, Octo Brush, Dualies, and more that you haven't already mentioned. Also, if an opponent can't recover their own ink while inside of it, then they will need to preserve their ink tank more or the spot where the Toxic Mist is covering is basically lost for a few couple of seconds. It's basically like an instant inked spot where no one can ink over it.

Even thinking of bringing Ink Armour back is crazy

Hot take: I think that it would be great if Splatoon was a 5v5 or 6v6 that way fights would be more chaotic, it would make it less likely that your entire team gets killed of, and allow more synergy between teams. I could see why a 4v4 is fine, because 6 people snarling spawn would be awful and potentially make games more snowball based, but I would definitely like the idea of adding more people per team.

crab tank can literally counter booyah bomb- quite crazy to me (you can turn into a ball and just live through the booyah bomb, your tank will break but it can help you stay in for longer without dying)

Angle Shooter should become THE Point Sensor replacement. It'll function like regular Angle Shooter, but instead of just marking someone only when the marker hits, it'll spawn Point Sensor & Toxic Mist sphere at the end of its path that lasts for slightly longer than a Point Sensor. If it doesn't hit a wall by then, it'll take a short downwards curve towards the ground, slightly extending its range. And BAM, Angle Shooter is more useful, you don't need to hit someone directly to have an effect on them, and it also makes Point Sensor & Toxic Mist obsolete.

Mist can lock out chock points but correct me if im wrong bombs can do the same thing right?

my only takes are about tenta missiles, but its such a horribly designed special i doubt any takes would be considered "hot"

I hate going up against e liters in turf as much as the next guy, but banning them outright is outrageous. They have their place in ranked and Salmon Run (they just seem annoying in turf tbh, but I'm a casual so what do I know) my hot take is that people should stop the whole trapping the other team in base. From someone who's been on teams on both sides , getting stuck in base is just frustrating and trapping people in base gets boring halfway through because aside from kills there's nothing to do. If I'm on a trapping team I kinda hope that someone breaks through because then there's an actual threat and actual fun gameplay. And what's worse is that most maps don't seem to let you break out of the base trapping. The only one I'm able to do it consistently is Mako Mart. If I try on Mahi or Mincemeat I just get splatted. Again, I'm just a casual player so I don't know if my complaints are legit or not 😅

I think that toxic mist should paint a cicle on its outer edge. just a Thin line which makes it impossible for players to swim through.

As someone who will more-or-less always be a casual player of this series, some of these hot takes made even me laugh. Especially when comes to these "weapon balance" comments/suggestions. I personally love listening to discussions about the state of the game from other people, and especially from pro players who are more keen on the smaller details, trends, and skills needed to succeed. Definitely been feeling the pinch in Salmon Run, but I think it being more ramped-up and hectic makes it more fun when the right weapon rotations are involved. Hoping it will get better when more maps and the eventual Big Run event.

Hmm, you know I don't really think about balancing. Atleast recently I haven't. I been approaching everything in the games I play as "this is a puzzle I need to solve as it currently is, and a puzzle I may need to resolve if things change later" as a splatling main, chargers and especially e-liter scare me,but I use them as an excuse to figure out how to play around their range and still do the best I can. But if you want me to do a joke balance patch idea. Give the hydra the reflux charge speed, and also double its range so it can fight everything at a super safe distance.

4:23 shoutouts to that autobomb experiencing dial-up internet

Seeing a pro's take on the game is really enlightening and helpful. Keep up the good work!

i think the stage rotation and rank system are both great. i like the fact that you can do an open series and not lose too many points. and the fact that there’s two rank modes available makes the rotation even better, you got two to choose from. i personally don’t think stage voting would be enjoyable for me, dunno why but yea

Here's son random thoughts i had: -maps currently are build this way due to alot of long ranged specials (like crab tank trizooka killerwail and inkjet[?]) -buff toxic mists slow down effect and ammo drain so its more severe to be inside it but can be weakend by sub resist and sub power up increases the AoE of the toxic mist And just cuz im a Sprinkler enjoyer -remove the slowing down of the sprinklers paint speed and keep it at max speed

As some who got into Splatoon 2 LATE AF, Splatoon 3 definitely feels VERY GOOD in Balance. I think I can see how some weapon are perceived as strong, but overall, I personally do not have an issue with any individual weapon, nor a team of a specific selection. There is definitely options and/or counterplay against things. One just needs to understand what is available to them. (I personally love using Parry on single-hits or sudden Ults like Reefslider) **Should probably note, this opinion is from someone who plays without motion, currently. I'm too used to other game(s) I've played in which I have the muscle impulse to move my camera constantly to look around. Motion not letting me look up/down REALLY messes with me. (I know it's not AS GOOD as motion, but I do have the Stick Sensitivity maxed regardless, for whatever optimization I can get outta this)

I don't understand the hammerhead bridge hate. Yeah it's very open with low cover but compared to the other maps like that, back lines need to expose themselves a lot more making them more vulnerable

Honestly, I think we got a bit spoiled with S3’s launch. Compared to a lot of other Triple-A game launches recently such as OW2, Splatoon 3 was incredibly polished. Sure, not perfect, but with OW2, console players would get completely kicked out of the game when they got an achievement, having to wait again in the several-hours-long queue. S3 had few major bugs outside of the Tent one and server/netcode issues, so I think we should be grateful for what we got.

MY hot take is that the new rule where it end the game early FUCKING SUCKS! I was in a RANK UP BATTLE trying to get to s+ and we had had control of the zone for the entire game down to 18 points and then someone on the opposing team DCed and ended the game early. We were like 99% gonna win that game and I then proceeded to go 2 and 3 and not rank up. I am still livid because that wouldn’t have happened in splat2 because you would still be awarded the win. Im so fucking livid to this day.

Has it only been a little over a month? I feel like I've been playing this for ages. Loving it.

4:31 I believe if toxic mist was change like so it'd be much better: Make it a smoke screen, have it be mostly translucent for teammates but be more obscure for enemies. And lastly: Give yourself and allies a single chunk effect benefit of Tank Refill while in it's effect radius. This buffs it as a disruption tool that can let you move forward, forcing opponents to either keep an eye on it to make sure nobodies hiding, toss subs to weed anyone out, and block line of sight in some capacity. As a user you can toss it on teammates to let them escape, get more ink, or push forward. Tossing on opponents means they are slowed and can't get back ink but can still squid roll out or other things. I think this makes it more fun to fight with and play against because now it has many more but still reasonable uses.

Hot take here: E-Liter isn't overpowered and it's not impossible to fight it

6:21 The western Smash competitive scene is quaking 😂

another way of buffing mist: make it possible to throw several on 1 tank. I'd love to watch the mist storms that happen then

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This is a really strange take but I think they should buff a little bit the new weapon types to make people play them more. Splatanas and stringers are really fun to use but they are kinda difficult and don't give that much reward so I don't see people use them at mid ranks (Splatana wiper meta would be funny cmon)

I never really understood why people like Big Man so much. He's just kinda, there, doing stuff. I like his character, but I don't get the hype that he gets. It's probably just me. Although your battle with him in the main story got me to laugh super hard at the reference when I first saw it. That was great.

Hot take: We should be able to choose between Point Sensor and Angle Shooter on which sub we want to use for any of the point sensor/angle Shooter weapons. Since they function a bit similar(and both are a bit trash), we can choose whether to have better tracking or better “damage” combos.

Hot take: They need to bring back Baller. It would be great for infiltrating the other team's base, but I'm just a casual player, so I'm not sure if this would actually help.

My hot take is I want the losing animations back with the sad song. I don’t care that the other team won, I care that I lost. I wanna see my inkling sad with the depressing music

Toxic Mist has 2 big problems, duration and cost. For the current cost it needs to last at least 50% longer than it does, ideally at least twice as long. I could also see combining it with either point sensor or sprinkler.

As someone who's pretty new to Splatoon as a whole, your videos have been really helpful for learning about the game! While I don't think I'm gonna get into competitive, I really like learning about it and spectating a lot, and I agree a lot with the problems with the maps in this game. I despise going against e-liter, but I don't like the idea of outright banning it because of the map design. From my POV, I think a lot of the maps are too narrow, and the ones especially designed to be less cramped need more paths to help make them more dynamic instead of being fully straight forward.

I agree a lot with your takes on toxic mist. Another nice way to buff it would be decreasing the ink consumption so even if its an ok sub you at least can use it more and having two mist active in the field

wow i dont actually play this game but the manta boss battle being a 1 to 1 reference to mario sunshine down to the ink color and everything is really cool

"Brand new editor" as logi's tag is great

respect the B-roll gameplay coinciding with what Chara's talking about really accurately rare to see and it's great

I use the Rapid Blaster Pro and I have a love-hate relationship with Mist. I like using it to support my teammates, making it easier to splat enemies going for objective, but I really feel the lack of something more immediately impactful, like one of the three meta bombs or even something weird like a splash wall. Oh well, the main is still fun.

If this video was made by someone else - I likely wouldn't understand a thing. Your videos are very detailed! Great video, keep it up!

I use the rapid pro casually and have never figured out how to use the Toxic Mist well. It locks down chokes worse than point sensor and in a fight it just seems like a waste of ink for how little it does. Sure it denies area, but every lethal bomb can do that better and inks as well.

Ok my hot take is that the bloblobber's damage should be nerfed just a little. (Like make it take 4 hits to kill instead of 3.) And this has nothing to do with competitive matches - this is purely because in low-level casual matches the lag can sometimes be unbearable and the bloblobber can just randomly kill you despite missing completely.

for the reefslider: ...yea its to (forcefully) reposition yourself in areas but what it also does is forcing enemy players to move away which can be helpfull although once started you cant control it (only explode it sooner) For elitters (or chargers in general): its sort of the main thing that chargers can do OHKO in exchange for not turfing that well as other weapons yes they have the most reach of the game...BUT they often lack speed which is a good balance between good and bad things about the chargers For shoters: Shoters are meant to be a al-round weapon class...they usealy dont have much drawbacks but also isnt the best in what other weapons class can do Sure you have shoters tuned to quickly kill (Gal's) or to quickly turf (arrowspray) but there are usealy other weapon class which can get the job done better but with more risks related to there class For the Inkarmor and OHKO: by adding something which becomes the whole match is not the best way to fix the OHKO's Getting a One hit is Hard and often needs some skill (or luck)...even more if your trying to hit someone who is faster then you for exemple with the Sploosh-o-matic you need to get so close onto someone to splat them where if a charger shots...and misses they will reveal themself and often need a short time to recharge for me OHKO's are a High Risk but High gain thing By returning inkarmor you will bring something in that all the teams must use in order to actuely make a chance against a team who does use it...frequently... for me the Cooler does this job very well...as it buffs players for a short time and insta-respawns them Once when the buff is active(removing the buff when respawning)...but not in a way that makes it a Pain to play against

if they are to bring back a special or two from Splat2, i would bring back the Splashdown and Baller. Splashdown was good for crowd control and clearing out congested areas such as the splat zones or the tower, and breaking the rainmaker shield. Best part was, you could super jump over the rainmaker shield, and splashdown it, killing everyone, and allowing your team to get the rainmaker, that is if you weren’f killed in the process.

Baller should be able to be pushed to aid in a push

big man feels like they added him at the last second to have a mascot

I think big man is the dj of the music because in a recent tweet about one of the deep cut songs it had said something about how big man made the song because of how proud shiver was to be a bandit

I remember watching this live, the chat when the ink armour hot take appeared was a sight to behold.

Something I wanted was for them to remove toxic mist and point sensor, and combine it into line marker. Line marker will have it’s usually sensor line, but if an opponent is hit directly, will take slight damage and will have the effects of toxic mist attached to them

Maybe a way to deal with making most better could be a lock down. If you land it on someone they can’t leave the most without jumping (and sub power up decreases jump speed or duration, or both, give it a reason to be run) and then you could almost remove it’s slow down because it would be a really good way to stop pushes. I’d still let players shoot out so that it’s not an instant win card for engagements. I think though that an actual lock down in a specific area would be a boon to weapons with it on their kit such as tri-stringer and blaster.

As a casual who made it to A/S rank In splatoon 2 I had absolutely no idea ink armor was so hated because in my experience it never seemed to do much for me or my opponents. Looking back though, I can see how a coordinated team might get some mileage out of effectively doubling their health. I understand why it had to go but I’ll always love my glorified ink refill.

As an E-Liter main who has basically no idea of the meta these are... interesting :")

That last one had me dead 💀

Big Man does backing vocals in the songs. You gotta listen closely for him, but he's there. He even has a beatbox solo in Anarchy Rainbow.

For the first one, Big Man is canonically the brains of the group. He wrote anarchy rainbow

I know this comparison is a little bit weird but the e liter sorta reminds me of the situation that happened with fortnite's heavy sniper rifle because in that game the heavy sniper rifle was incredibly overpowered with intense range and could one shot with ease

I like seeing other people's hot takes, makes me feel better about my lousy opinion on that seeker should return. I just don't like how they were split in half between curling bomb & autobomb, I was never competitive, I just played for the fun of it & I always had fun with seekers. I remember one time playing the Carbon Roller Deco on Walleye & the entire enemy team was on the ground when I got my special & launching all those seekers, I took out the entire apposing team like what the heck were you guys doing?

Oh we opened with planet wisp act 3 this is a good video already

Hot take: the Tristringer is slightly underpowered. We’re talking really small buff. Maybe a collective +5 points when all 3 hits land or maybe add a lil something to toxic mist.