Splatoon 2 - How To Use EVERY Charger (EXTREME SNIPER "GUIDE") 

"I'm applying pressure on the other team" I'm crying at the fact that mis- This is the exuse for every sniper main

I’m not missing the shots, I’m just fully charged inking the ground

after more than three years of having this game i just realized that e-liter is a pun

*calls the firefin the worst charger* Literally every comp player: bruh

hi there it is i, victoria villon, sniper bait I am glad to have "contributed" to this video!!!

Charger rules: 1. Stay calm. This is probably one of the most important ones. Staying calm allows you to hit more shots. Trust me, if you get too nervous, take a second and get relaxed. 2. Go into the training room with the charger you want. Learn your range and practice hitting shots e.g. side flicks, up and down flicks, jump shots, stored shots. 3. Get good gear that works for you. I'm a splat charger main and I use a pure of main saver, one main of ink resistance, 3 subs of special up, 1 main of run speed and 3 subs of swim speed. Probably not the best, but it works for me. Edit: One year later I look at this and say this gear isn't very good. Now I vary based on mode. In rainmaker I use a pure of main saver, one main of sub saver, 3 subs of special charge saver, and object shredder with qsj, ink res, and bomb defense. 4. Find a good spot on the map. 5. Try not to die. You are your team's beacon. Usually when I die, the rest of my team dies. Idk why. 6. Don't get too aggressive. This is really important too. Sometime I'll get too aggressive trying to kill a player and get picked off by another teammate, die some other way or super jump back to spawn, wasting the time I spent chasing a person. Those are my most valuable tips. If you read this far, thank you! I hope you'll be a charger main like me!

Thank you so much for doing a video on chargers! I do want to note one thing on flicking however. While it can be good practice in training room, when it comes to the games itself you want to flick as little as possible. If you can hit difficult shots that's good, but if you can set yourself up to just get easy shots in the first place you will have an overall better time with charger. This goes for any weapon, but especially for Charger what matters is consistency. As such practicing things in training room like tracking targets or being able to reliably drag your crosshair towards your opponent are more useful than reliably hitting flicks are. Getting easy shots is mostly done through proper positioning, like Barry nicely mentioned, and also being comfortable at these consistent motions through training room.

barry: "and don't forget about that goo tuber" me: nah im gonna forget about that goo tuber

Charger tip when fighting dualies : Dualie players often roll twice before shooting you, so charge up and wait until they roll and get stuck on the end lag, and claim that fre- tactical kill 😎

Small comment to anyone looking to pickup charger firefin is not the worst one its the most common at higher levels of play, veliter as well being good on splat zones. Pretty sure any dedicated charger player would recommend learning it.

vicvillon got DESTROYED this video why did she die every single clip

FINALLY! Charger mains, our time has come!

The enemy team may think it's a easy sweep when I play charger, but jokes on them... I slept 9 hours last night!

in my opinion, the best way to practice with chargers, especially on this game where the maps are mostly bad for it, is to play outside of your normal charger comfort zone. When you sit in the back the whole game you don’t get a whole lot of experience killing players who are trying to kill you back, and you won’t be very helpful to your team on the offense, but when you push up further and put yourself in a situation where the other player has a better chance of killing you, once you learn how to win in those situations every other kill will become easier and you can beat other players in situations where they think they have the upper hand. It’s kind of complicated but the idea is to get practice playing with the charger in scenarios where you are at a disadvantage. Once you get to a point where you can win in those situations, all other kills will be easier.

Dying 4 seconds after landing a superjump

Scuffed mini squif guide from competitive squiffer main: ~Overview~ Squiffer is mid ranged aggro supportish weapon with decent paint and good kits. Classic is the most supportive with a low armor cost + point sensors allowing you entry into assist city New is also fairly supportive, but you have the safety net of baller to keep you alive and autobombs for bomb pressure Fresh is the hardest to use, but can be very versatile. Between suction bombs and the low cost for inkjet, you'll be getting a lot of inkjets, and inkjet has more range than a splatterscope, so you can pretend to be this pathetic little squiffer with no range, then suddenly snipe the enemy backline from across the map. ~Abilities~ MPU: use it. It gives you better paint, but more importantly, more range. 1m+2s is the minimum, this allows you to have similar range to the nautilus. 2m 4s is max, this bring your range back to Splatoon 1 status (Range got nerfed by 7% from splat1 to splat2, 2m4s brings it up by 6.95, so similar enough). Wear whatever amount makes you happy Swim speed: very nice for quick positioning, and strengthening up the hold charge Ink resistance: It's nice to run more than 1 sub of inkres, since you'll likely run into a lot of enemy paint during fights. Run speed: not as strong on squif as it was in splat 1, but still useful on grate heavy maps like Albacore, Arowana, etc. It's also nice on fresh squiffer, since when you hold down Zr while using inkjet, it will match your weapon's strafing speed, allowing you to have a faster inkjet (you should try this trick with octobrush *winks*) Special charge up: Kind of a necessity on classic since you want to spam armor, not really too important on the others Quick respawn: it's squiffer, you're likely to die without killing anyone, this negates the effects of dying ~Jump charging~ With squif, you're able to charge at full speed no matter whether you're grounded or in the air. This is useful in 2 situations: #1: Close range encounters If you're within range of an enemy, start jumping around to make yourself hard to hit, simple. #2: Ledge peeking You know how rollers can flick over ledges to get kills from a position you can't do much about. Well squiffer can do the same thing, but with a lot more range! The timing for this can be a bit tricky, and pretty difficult depending on the height of the ledge, but once you get the timing down, it's muscle memory. You want to jump at the correct time to get max jump height while your charge reaches full at the apex of your jump. So basically you start charging, and a split second after that, press and hold jump. This is extremely useful to know, since you can get some insane angles and cheesy kills on people. I might make a video myself showing off a bunch of these, but i'll leave you with this one example: You know those short, red walls in the middle of Wahoo World? You can shoot over those into the center circle. That's it goodbye

Astro when did u got that much better with charger I’m not ready-

Thanks for Watching! And don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! Follow The Bary On Twitch, he's very very VERY good at this game: www.twitch.tv/thebarry I've also been informed that Firefin Splat Charger and Vanilla E-Liter are good, actually. Comment any more advanced tips you have below for any chargers that you play! And remember to drink water! Also this is important, follow me on Twitter for more Dog Pics: twitter.com/CptAstro

Am I the only one who noticed that he forgot a gootuber gimmick? You can actually weaponstrive with the goo

Advice: high perches are your friends. Find a high place where it’s difficult for the opponents to flank you, but with enough space and field of view to land your shots. Advice number Dos (2): use a hat with tenacity. Snipers, especially E-Liter/E-Litre mains will be on backlines and not as involved in the turmoil. This means that you will likely spend the least amount of time dead and it not only allows teammates a beacon to jump back in quickly, but if all your teammates are splatted, your special gauge will fill gradually til they respawn. Advice 3 shot-lead. Shoot where they’re going to be rather than where they’re currently positioned. You can even shoot near them to scare them into doing something dumb on their part, and follow it up with another shot to the opposite side, making them a sitting duck. Advice 4. Use your sub weapon when you can. Pack some ink saver (sub) so that you use them more frequently. Advice 5: be ready to retreat when necessary. Once sniping is no longer needed or your about to get flanked by an enemy Inkling/Octoling, super jump back to spawn or to a teammate who’s on the sidelines covering turf. Have a route already set in case you need to flee, and if you have splat bombs, don’t forget to use them. Advice 6. Change position after a few kills. Natural, players are going to catch on to your location and will find a way to take you out. Don’t be predictable! Find another safe area or support a teammate from behind. This will keep anyone from ganging up on them as they’ll already be near half health, so they’ll be easier for your teammate to pick them off, and it’ll keep you from getting targeted while they’re in front. Just be mindful of ambush attempts from behind and from the sides.

I’ve been playing this game for 2 years and I’ve always been terrified when I’d see a charger on the other team lol

Oh boy! 11 pm upload! Just in time for this Splatfest!

hey! actual good charger tip that keeps me on my feet! stay calm and play in the back (unless you're playing squiffer, then stay mid, thats your job) BUT STAY CALM!!! try not to engage at close range, most weapons have high fire rates and can kill you faster then you can realize that your dead!! stying calm keeps your hands steady, if you stress out (at least, for me) my hands get all shakey

Helpful, and funny as hell as always! Great job. Always enjoyable to watch.

ANOTHER gimmick to add to the gootuber: you can go back in the ink WAY faster than other chargers, so allows for lots of mobility, and when you can make extremely fast turns coming out of the ink and instantly back in again, even faster than bomb strafing

Great editing style and comedic pacing in this video, great job on those! I will say that Firefin is probably the strongest charger because wall is such a good positioning tool and suction bomb rush is so versatile, unlike ray which is good for specific objectives and baller which is really just "the fun option". Also, the regular Eliter 4K is great because rain is generally a better special for the weapon, and mines let you keep a lot more overall map/enemy control than with beakons. And finally, resident bamboo expert here: Beginners will greatly benefit from MPU, but as your aim improves you will need MPU less and less, and in my opinion, the best way to improve your aim is to force yourself to hit more shots, i.e. don't use MPU. Without MPU, you can stack other abilities like swim speed, ink res, main saver, last ditch effort, whatever you want, which can liberate you in tons of ways. Also, BARRY COLLAB LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

I just stumbled upon this. Haven't watched it yet but I know it will be good/

I haven’t watched this yet but I’m already anticipating the TF2 references. I am hyped.

I got Fire Emblem on the GBA a few days ago because of you, despite them being the opposite of what I normally play, and... I really like it! So thanks for that.

Awesome video, as always. That big-explosion-in-slow-mo-movie-scene with the bubbles was hilarious.

This seems like its gonna be a very exciting video! Keep up the good work!

As a charger main... *Best weapon in the game*

As a charger main my advice is: shoot at things that look like they just moved 😃👍

I haven’t even seen the whole video and i know this is gonna be helpful. Especially for someone like me who cant play good with a charger to save my life XD

4:19 this is my new ringtone

Gotta love how well DMCV OST fits the chargers. Especially the E-Liter and Squiffer (maybe just because I like Subhuman and LOVE Bury the Light)

woah I felt a tingle in my mind and suddenly decided to check on this channel for the first time in like 4 months and boom a new weapon guide

I like coming back to this video to remind me to follow these tips often. I been playing sniper weapons since Splatoon 1 and continued in Splatoon 2, but I don't use motion controls... I mean I used them in the first game but stopped using them in Splatoon 2 cause I have a crappy joycons and don't wanna buy a new controller. But still I like the chargers and this video is really helpful for the tips.

As a charger, the best thinv Ive recently started doing is move around. Yea its nice to have that high perch but then the enemy team constantly has an idea of where you are. Be sure to move locations all throughout the game. Remember, your covering your teams ass, not racking up kills. If you notice your team have all been splatted Id suggest super jumping back to spawn to regrouo with them.

u are soo helpful! I am gonna test out all of these methods when I get to playing!

Thanks for this new video, been feeling like shit today, so this made my day better

This is probably my favorite channel of 2020

This is the best charger guide I have ever found on RU-vid!

YES! Thank you, Captain Astronaut, for posting in January and giving me something to watch. Most Ytubers see that their revenue isnt good this time of year and just *Dips*. I use aquifer cause I like to be a team player with point sensor without reeeaaaally being a team player

I’ve been waiting for gootuber! Thanks.

Wow you actually have a proper outro!

Wow. I was awful at charger and didn’t understand at ALL how they worked. I watched the first TWO minutes of this video and it just CLICKED. I played so well and got ten kills, which wasn’t bad for a turf war. Thanks!

If it's a roller: dodge and tap shot If it's another charger: it's a duel If it's literally any other weapon: swim out of reach with tap shots and then snipe them.

ugh gosh this just makes me so happy, i love chargers and my friend never understands why, i sent this to her and she responded with, “.......i get it now.”

That 360 was amazing 🤩, I’m not much of a sniper person but thanks for the advice

Oh my gosh thank you so much, I had been trying to get better at the charger Baudelaire it ALLWAYS looks so intimidating when people are good at it and now I can land flick shots AND I trick people by hiding my laser behind walls, once again, THANK YOUU🙏 !

"Snoipin's a good job, mate!"

Ah, astro, you've come to the right person. I am a great charger main and the key is to keep getting quik super jump and jump whenever u shoot. you won't miss that way!

I use e-liter a lot, and I learned something, It’s to aim in front of the opponent, charge again, and aim for their retreat, works pretty well.

i just got back into splatoon 2 and this video is exactly what i need

I love your videos, make me laugh and wanting to play more splatoon

✨astronaut is back✨ as a charger main I’m happy you tried out chargerssss

ill be honest, i became a charger main after playing other weapons (mainly N-Zap) for a long time. at some point i had aim that was good enough to try and play charger. i generally prefer splatterscope and i have used it the most out of all chargers, because of the higher range compared to the splat charger while still letting me participate in fights on the frontline due to the 1 second charge time. it also has a kind of feedback with the zoom thats more comfortable to me personally. different people play snipers differently. for example one might find themselves comfortable playing sniper like its guitar hero, placing your crosshair where you think an enemy is going to go and shooting when theyre there. some people rather play with flicks only, as they struggle with keeping calm and tracking, under which i fall. the range of the splatterscope is very insignificant, unless youre using it with MPU. the chargers all up until the range of the splatterscope are able to employ a strategy close to the squiffer, with slight differences as charge times are different. with the splatterscope, i do not recommend holding your charge for any longer than 3 seconds, as splatoon is a fast game and 3 seconds is a lot of time, time with which somebody could flank you from anywhere.

Really helpful. I play new squiffer without motion controls for some reason, I'll be sure to turn those on and try out the gootoober

As a charger main I can confirm this is a 100% accurate

This was really cool thanks!

ik im pretty late, but some squiffer tips for yall as a recently discovered squif main -STACK MPU, it extends your short range to something more viable -dont be afraid to get up close -jump, jump, jump, jump -USE YOUR SUB WEAPON. PLEEEEASE -very long range opponents are death, avoid em -new squiffer has the best kit, use that one

I know this’ll be a treat to watch.

I have been waiting for a charger guide.

This video is very good for new charger mains and it will help a lot of people. (i knew all of this already so ye but it's still a great video and no i don't flex my skills right now)

I SAW THAT INTELEON YOU DIDN'T SHOW ME HOW TO USE IT I- THE AUDACITY HOW COULD YOU BLUE BALL ME LIKE THIS, but this was honestly one of your best weapon guides, its cool to see how far you've come Astronaut, keep it up!

I haven't clicked so fast before. Finally, someone makes a how to charger video. Nice!

I wanna a bit of knowledge as an E-liter main if that's okay =P The default e-liter's mines is SUPER helpful as it not only tacks on some damage,but it also notifies you of flankers,and if someone get's hit by 2 mines,all it takes is a tap to splat them. Ink storm can also fill the same purpose as bubbles,since no one wants their parade to get rained on!

1:06 that’s so badass i love this channel

Honestly this should just be a 5 second video where an inkling just yeets all the chargers into the path of a hammer special.

i really love the new squiffer. thats all, no tips from me or anything lol great vid like usual Capt

When you charge on to the field, watch out for Chargers. As there charge can prevent a charge before you can even charge towards them. Chargers will flick, point, land, turf, splat, and pierce anyone who is not on there side. Something I've always wondered... if you have a fully charged scoped charger, does it still give off the laser that the other team can see? Just cerous that's all. Splatacular gameplay Captain Astronaut! You have really made this video out of this world!!! I guess we can all see why your the Captain of Astronauts. You have a freshtastic day!

1:04 aot music, makes me feel epic

My new fav youtuber

I use the E liter for my sniping because I like the range. It comes in handy for me a lot because I tend to over estimate the range of each weapon so I end up missing because I didn't have the range I thought I did.

Flicking is also really good because it makes sure the enemy can’t react to the laser pointer. If you aim the crosshair at them while it’s charging up, they’ll have time to dodge or get away from your shot. So flick to basically jumpscare the enemy

Thanks for another vid Astro! Just in time for my Birthday! I also suck at chargers (who isnt?!?)

Took me a month to get half decent range and this man has it figured out in less than a week.

Snipin's a good job mate. But i have a horrid disease called lack of skill and chargers make me wish for the sweet release of death... So they're all right, my least used weapon class other than the Bamboozler but still fun. Splatlings are better though.

4:36 Japanese 4Squid E-Litre Squad: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

Great video! Didn't know you were a musician, too!

OK tell me how has this man not talked about the nozzlenoises like please name one person that mains that weapon

**me using heavy splatlings** Chargers: i'm gonna ruin this man's whole career

Squiffer:I have the shortest range out of all snipers! Bambozzler:I want you to take that back right now.

Great video!! I've been wanting to be a charger main since the release of splatoon 1 but my aim is horrid lol, think you could do heavy splatlings next? As a deco main it'd be cool to get someone elses opinion, also i haven't played in like 6 months so i'm VERY rusty lol

Thank youuu I became kinda good with chargers ^^

Woah, another new video!

Needed this! :)

What the heck?!?! I never thought you’d never do it!

I like how Marie is a fellow charger main.

Another cool thing about goo tuber is that you can squidbag while holding a charge!

Capt with the sick bass guitar tho

I main bamboo now. Thank you for the knowledge now instead of seeing it as a piece of trash instead of a broken beast at close and far range

Small suggestion from a seasoned charger player, instead of thinking about it as “snapping” think of it more as “tracking”. You wanna move the reticle closer to the target so you aren’t trying to guess wildly about where they are, still move fast but don’t sacrifice accuracy for flashy snaps. Also a good strat while using the E-Liter a good strat is to point your laser at a target, wait for them to react, the you punish which way they go. It’s all about the 4D chess. Incredible vid as always Captain 😌

As I charger main I enjoy watching this video I was just playing I’m watching this to get a better understanding of Charger I use the Hero Charger cause it looks cool I want to help out my teammates when they are in trouble.

Watching this because I saw the bow in splatoon3 trailer and now I wanna be good at charger type weapons

so this vid came out over a year ago and most people have already discussed the main issues but ig I'll contribute. so when it comes to splat chargers, the kensa has better alternatives and basically don't pick it up. the VCharge is good but playing a backline for stingray can be done better by the CJet, and also, the Firefin exceeds the other splat chargers by a MILE, like it is by far the best when it comes to confirming a kill, painting for teammates, and controlling objective and pressure (also the scope is far better... like wayyyyy better). for Eliters, make sure to play the V over the custom, it's difficult to make good use of bubbles with the eliter, and with the V, you can easily press people out of areas to help with objective and ink mine is amazing for retreating and defence. and finally, for squiffs, the New squiffer is honestly the worst, the auto bomb isn't terrible bc it can still poke for chip damage, but because chargers only care about killing in one hit, chip damage doesn't matter at all, and when you explode your baller, you're left in the open and have a bit of end lag before you can get out. LOVE YOUR VIDS CAPTAIN!!!

It's always your videos that make me pick up splatoon 2 again, then get eaten on ranked.

As a fellow charger main, I always use the e-liter. But I didn’t always use it since I used to use 1.regular splat charger 2.the scope 3.e-liter The e-liter yes can be hard to use due to the long ass charge time but I think it’s best depending on ur gear (+ they can easily kill splashdowns) I’ll list my most recommended abilities 1. USE QUICK SUPER JUMP THINGY It’s extremely useful and make sure you have a lot of it like a full gear ability of it 2. Maybe some swim speed up and run speed up I use this because ur gonna need to run from people, run like ur life depends on it. 3. Definitely mpu (main power up) like it said in the vid it can really bump up all the charger into another level Now with using chargers take your time! It took me almost a year to get used to using chargers, and some people might take longer some people might take shorter time. Just as long as you take your time and enjoy the ride you should be fine! Hope this helps👍

Love ur videos😍