I guess it depends on how this weapon is played. For the normal Sploosh-o-Matic, Cold-Blooded is seriously useful, because that is a very sneaky type with its Squid Beakons and Killer Wail. But its Neo variant, given its loadout, is much more offensive and pushing-based, so Cold-Blooded probably is not quite as useful as it is on the normal SoOM.
Yes, especially coupled with Quick Super Jump and Swim Speed Up. If ones plays this weapon to where getting back in the offensive fray is essential, definitely equip Comeback.
When you have a hard time splattling people because of the range, Defense Up and Run Speed Up are the things to stack. Ninja Squid wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Might be stronger on the vanilla Sploosh to take advantage of the Beakons.
Comeback reduces Sub Ink Tank Consumption? I should research that ability more...
Not just because it makes the Beakons cheaper to drop, but because Beakons let you take better advantage of Comeback. Comeback only lasts 20 seconds - Beakons let you abuse that ability best by getting you right into the fray.
Point Sensors should be used to prevent sneaky rushdowns. Often, such adversaries will use Ninja Squid to pop out of enemy ink unexpectedly as you rush in at the front of the fray, taking you out. Therefore, throw a Point Sensor or two into enemy ink before pushing, so that doesn't occur. If you catch one trying to rush you down, see if you can find a route to go around and flank him/her. Point Sensors are also great for support, as you said. Voice chat situations would be optimal for such things.Alright, I've put in ~10,000p's worth of Turf War, here's my initial impressions. Got 6-8 kills surprisingly often, managed to get 9 at one point.
Overall I like the Neo, but I really don't like the Point Sensor. I guess it can be nice for checking enemy ink and/or corners, instead of having to rely purely on your own wit like you would with the normal Sploosh, but meh. I'll probably pick it up alongside my regular Sploosh and hop back and forth between the two to suit the current map+mode.
- I retain my stance that Point Sensors are so anti-stealth it hurts. They feel much more helpful in securing my teammates's kills than my own. Bomb Range Up doesn't seem like a bad choice, but it doesn't seem like something I could recommend, either.
- High mobility build is as good as ever, probably better in fact, since Swim Speed Up affects the Kraken as well. I was outswimming opponents with my Kraken who did not have Swim Speed Up themselves. It was fun in an evil sort of way.
- The Kraken makes me feel safer. Big open maps like the new Museum are a grating experience with the normal Sploosh, now I don't feel like I'm dead the moment I step foot onto an open battlefield. Similarly, while there's nothing wrong with using Cold-Blooded on the Neo, the Kraken makes it feel less important. With the normal Sploosh you'd basically be benched for ~10 seconds anytime you got tracked without Cold-Blooded; there was nothing of worth you could really do.
- A lot of the time I could make do without the Wail, but there was one particular match where I really found myself missing it.
There was a Charger positioned firmly on that grate there and my team just could not seem to do anything about them. I really wanted to help, but we couldn't push far enough for me to go aaaaaaaaaaaall the way around just to get them. This is what I was talking about in the other thread. I'm a solo queue player and in solo queue, the more things you can do by yourself, the better. Holding off that Charger for even just a few seconds is not something I can do with the Neo Sploosh.- Regarding the third bullet point, I think the Kraken gives the Neo better comeback potential. If your team loses the initial confrontation on certain maps, the normal Sploosh can't do ****. Farming up a Kraken with the Neo at least allows me to go in and get a kill or something. It's more helpful than the Wail in situations like this (assuming that my team is the blue):
(Also this is totally becoming the new Krak-On Roller already. At least in the sense that people are using it just because it lets them build up EZ Krakens, instead of trying to actually make full use of the weapon.)
Well if you haven't already looked it up, comeback boosts Ink Saver (Main and Sub), Ink Recovery, Run Speed, and Swim Speed for 20 seconds after respawning. It's personally my favorite ability just for the run and swim speed boosts. If you've already got some swim/run or both speeds on your gear, then after respawning not only does it make you feel really fast, but you can get back into the fray quicker (when jumping isn't an option). And it lasts for 20 seconds, which I've found in a lot of situations is longer than i need it to.
Best on the smaller maps for sure. I should consider running some on WW TC.
Hmmm. That looks good, except I'd recommend, if you have a lot of snails and/or coins, to reroll that Hero Jacket for 2X Swim Speed Ups or 2X Special Charge Ups. Just me though.So I've been using the neo sploosh for a few weeks now and I just love the play style of this weapon. This is the weapon that brought me into S rank but I have one question is this a good set to run on the neo sploosh?
I want to put comeback on this but I really like having special duration up as well. I don't want to get rid of my swim speed up since it really helps out the kraken a lot.
Thanks, I'll have to try to get a good roll on the jacket once I get some snails from the next splatfest. I've been trying to get something decent on it for a while now but rng just doesn't like me.
