This guide is ment for beginners who want to 'git gud' fast. Also I suggest you do these things in regular battles as a form of training but if you want use 'm in ranked more power to you :p
The following weapons aren't necessarily good (though some are). In fact some of them might even be kinda bad. However I do believe that they have something valuable to teach you. That way YOU will become good and you won't have to rely on that .96 all the time :p
Also I suggest that you use gear that does NOT complement these weapons so that you really have a challenge. No nice crutches for you i'm afraid...(Also, use motion controls they are good to learn as well.)
(vanilla splash-o matic) Ink coverage.
This weapon will teach you how to properly ink and how to get special fast. I suggest that you aim high and in a zig-zag pattern (but the point of this guide is to discover those things yourself :p). The reason I pick this over the aerospray is that it requires accuracy to use well, (and it's good to learn accuracy)ink doesn't fly all over the place so you really have learn to turf to get the most out of it. There are other reasons why this is better then the aerospray but I leave those for you to discover.
It is quite weak however and has poor range so you need to learn to plan ahead and entrap your opponents with suction bombs and other tricks. Patience is a virtue.
(Any E-liter 3k) Good aim
Don't use damage up. It is a crutch and we are trying to learn to splat our fellow inkling in one shot from a distance. This weapon is great to learn the different sensitivities and see which one works for you. (Or maybe you like different sensitivities for different weapon? Well that's good to know to) Also learning where all the good charger spots are is handy even if you decide that chargers aren't for you.
(Jet squelchers) Good aim
These weapons also require good aim but in a different way then chargers. Why don't you go try them out to find out what I mean?
(Range blaster) jumping? wut?
Only blasters can teach about blasters and I think this one is quite hard to learn (but you might think different.) because of it slow fire rate. This weapon will also teach you when to jump around and more importantly, when not to jump around. Which is a nice skill to have. Using splat bombs well in combination with this blaster is also good to learn.
(L-3 Nozzlenoze D) Everything
This weapon requires good aim. good mastery of your sub weapons, good positioning and basically requires you to know what you're doing allround. If you take everything that you've learned from the above weapons and apply it to this one you will do well I think. Time to splat with this weapon is stupidly fast over quite some range but requires real skill to pull of. (Burst bomb first then the 3 shots, all have to hit quite well) Also because of it weird way of firing you really need to know how to cover turf efficiently.
This is a great weapon to learn the game with.
(Bamboozler 14 mkIII) Seriously everything
Same as the L3D but harder, but also more powerful. I truelly believe this is the most powerful weapon in the game if you have the skill to use it properly. It only asks for absolute perfection. How hard can it be?
WEAPONS TO AVOID IF YOU WANT TO LEARN.
Yes basically any roller
Rollers require very little aim, in fact that I've found that if I use a roller for a bit of time my accuracy with other weapons goes down (Might be different for you)
They will teach you how to sneak though which is nice but the splash-o-matic does that as well.
Basically use rollers if you want to learn rollers and not much else.
These weapons are really good. I fact they don't really have any great weaknesses
Which is why they won't teach you much in ways of compensating for that weakness
But like I said they are good...
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I really hope this guide will help some people get better. The point is to deliberately pick weapons that are not easy to use to learn new techniques. For instance when I've played with the nozzlenose for a time and then I switch to a .96 It really felt like a surprise how quick the .96 can splat. Which will then boost your confidence and in turn will make you a better player.....maybe :p
The following weapons aren't necessarily good (though some are). In fact some of them might even be kinda bad. However I do believe that they have something valuable to teach you. That way YOU will become good and you won't have to rely on that .96 all the time :p
Also I suggest that you use gear that does NOT complement these weapons so that you really have a challenge. No nice crutches for you i'm afraid...(Also, use motion controls they are good to learn as well.)
(vanilla splash-o matic) Ink coverage.This weapon will teach you how to properly ink and how to get special fast. I suggest that you aim high and in a zig-zag pattern (but the point of this guide is to discover those things yourself :p). The reason I pick this over the aerospray is that it requires accuracy to use well, (and it's good to learn accuracy)ink doesn't fly all over the place so you really have learn to turf to get the most out of it. There are other reasons why this is better then the aerospray but I leave those for you to discover.
It is quite weak however and has poor range so you need to learn to plan ahead and entrap your opponents with suction bombs and other tricks. Patience is a virtue.
(Any E-liter 3k) Good aimDon't use damage up. It is a crutch and we are trying to learn to splat our fellow inkling in one shot from a distance. This weapon is great to learn the different sensitivities and see which one works for you. (Or maybe you like different sensitivities for different weapon? Well that's good to know to) Also learning where all the good charger spots are is handy even if you decide that chargers aren't for you.
(Jet squelchers) Good aimThese weapons also require good aim but in a different way then chargers. Why don't you go try them out to find out what I mean?
(Range blaster) jumping? wut?Only blasters can teach about blasters and I think this one is quite hard to learn (but you might think different.) because of it slow fire rate. This weapon will also teach you when to jump around and more importantly, when not to jump around. Which is a nice skill to have. Using splat bombs well in combination with this blaster is also good to learn.
(L-3 Nozzlenoze D) EverythingThis weapon requires good aim. good mastery of your sub weapons, good positioning and basically requires you to know what you're doing allround. If you take everything that you've learned from the above weapons and apply it to this one you will do well I think. Time to splat with this weapon is stupidly fast over quite some range but requires real skill to pull of. (Burst bomb first then the 3 shots, all have to hit quite well) Also because of it weird way of firing you really need to know how to cover turf efficiently.
This is a great weapon to learn the game with.
(Bamboozler 14 mkIII) Seriously everythingSame as the L3D but harder, but also more powerful. I truelly believe this is the most powerful weapon in the game if you have the skill to use it properly. It only asks for absolute perfection. How hard can it be?
WEAPONS TO AVOID IF YOU WANT TO LEARN.
Yes basically any roller
Rollers require very little aim, in fact that I've found that if I use a roller for a bit of time my accuracy with other weapons goes down (Might be different for you)
They will teach you how to sneak though which is nice but the splash-o-matic does that as well.
Basically use rollers if you want to learn rollers and not much else.
These weapons are really good. I fact they don't really have any great weaknesses
Which is why they won't teach you much in ways of compensating for that weakness
But like I said they are good...
***
I really hope this guide will help some people get better. The point is to deliberately pick weapons that are not easy to use to learn new techniques. For instance when I've played with the nozzlenose for a time and then I switch to a .96 It really felt like a surprise how quick the .96 can splat. Which will then boost your confidence and in turn will make you a better player.....maybe :p
