OnePotWonder
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I'm going to be concise with this one; brellas are best class in the game from a design standpoint. In my objectively correct opinion, the entire brella class deserves to be viable at all levels of play (possibly excluding Undercover). As such, I'm suggesting some buffs for all of them.
I will go over all of the changes first, then describe my thought processes behind them.
Splat Brella
Damage increased from 16.2 per pellet and 81 maximum to 17 per pellet and 85 maximum.
Ink coverage from shots increased by about 20%.
Time taken for the shield to open after firing decreased by 2 frames.
New kit: Fizzy Bomb and Tacticooler
Tenta Brella
Damage increased from 17 per pellet and 119 maximum to 18 per pellet and 126 maximum.
Time taken for the shield to open after firing decreased by 4 frames.
Undercover Brella
Damage while shield is not open increased to 14 per pellet and 56 maximum.
Damage while shield is open increased to 14 per pellet and 42 maximum.
New kit: Splat Bomb and Kraken Royale
Recycled Brella 24
Shield HP increased from 100 to 150.
Range increased by about 15%.
Time taken for the shield to open after firing decreased by 2 frames.
New kit: Burst Bomb and Crab Tank
First off, Splat Brella. The only way I could find to buff its damage without any issues was to give it Tenta Brella's pellet damage. I gave it a decent paint buff to help the weapon lean into a more supportive role, and then gave it a decent support kit. Tri Nouveau's to be exact. Additionally, I increased the shield activation speed of all brellas (except Undercover) to help compensate for netcode/tickrate jank.
Tenta Brella is already in a decent spot and just needs a bit of a nudge to fully reenter the meta. As such, I've given it a shove; a significantly larger shield speed buff than the other brellas, and a bit of extra damage (the latter mostly there to avoid overlap with buffed Splat Brella). Tenta Brella is the only brella that I think doesn't need a new kit. Considering every other brella has a vanilla kit that's pretty much completely useless, omitting it feels fair.
Undercover Brella is the most interesting weapon on the list due to its nature as a bottom tier. I've heavily reworked its damage such that three pellets do slightly more than its current maximum damage, but it only gets the damage from its fourth pellet if its shield isn't open. Nintendo supposedly wants the weapon to have a stealthy, sharking playstyle. Well, now it can two-shot. The new kit references Splatoon 2's Undercover Sorella, and is fun. Custom Range players will testify.
Finally, Recycled Brella. This is the only brella whose damage is already good and doesn't need changing. The shield, however, needs to be a bit sturdier than a sheet of paper for it to effectively do brella things. Alongside a 50% durability buff, I've given it more range such that it isn't just playing at the same distance as Splat Brella. The new kit is built to turn the weapon into an unstoppable powerhouse. This is fair because Recycled is innately a very difficult weapon and fully deserves it. Unlike a certain shooter...
Feel free to discuss brellas below, or my ideas for buffing them if you so desire.
Thanks for reading to the end, and have a wonderful day.
I will go over all of the changes first, then describe my thought processes behind them.
Splat Brella
Damage increased from 16.2 per pellet and 81 maximum to 17 per pellet and 85 maximum.
Ink coverage from shots increased by about 20%.
Time taken for the shield to open after firing decreased by 2 frames.
New kit: Fizzy Bomb and Tacticooler
Tenta Brella
Damage increased from 17 per pellet and 119 maximum to 18 per pellet and 126 maximum.
Time taken for the shield to open after firing decreased by 4 frames.
Undercover Brella
Damage while shield is not open increased to 14 per pellet and 56 maximum.
Damage while shield is open increased to 14 per pellet and 42 maximum.
New kit: Splat Bomb and Kraken Royale
Recycled Brella 24
Shield HP increased from 100 to 150.
Range increased by about 15%.
Time taken for the shield to open after firing decreased by 2 frames.
New kit: Burst Bomb and Crab Tank
First off, Splat Brella. The only way I could find to buff its damage without any issues was to give it Tenta Brella's pellet damage. I gave it a decent paint buff to help the weapon lean into a more supportive role, and then gave it a decent support kit. Tri Nouveau's to be exact. Additionally, I increased the shield activation speed of all brellas (except Undercover) to help compensate for netcode/tickrate jank.
Tenta Brella is already in a decent spot and just needs a bit of a nudge to fully reenter the meta. As such, I've given it a shove; a significantly larger shield speed buff than the other brellas, and a bit of extra damage (the latter mostly there to avoid overlap with buffed Splat Brella). Tenta Brella is the only brella that I think doesn't need a new kit. Considering every other brella has a vanilla kit that's pretty much completely useless, omitting it feels fair.
Undercover Brella is the most interesting weapon on the list due to its nature as a bottom tier. I've heavily reworked its damage such that three pellets do slightly more than its current maximum damage, but it only gets the damage from its fourth pellet if its shield isn't open. Nintendo supposedly wants the weapon to have a stealthy, sharking playstyle. Well, now it can two-shot. The new kit references Splatoon 2's Undercover Sorella, and is fun. Custom Range players will testify.
Finally, Recycled Brella. This is the only brella whose damage is already good and doesn't need changing. The shield, however, needs to be a bit sturdier than a sheet of paper for it to effectively do brella things. Alongside a 50% durability buff, I've given it more range such that it isn't just playing at the same distance as Splat Brella. The new kit is built to turn the weapon into an unstoppable powerhouse. This is fair because Recycled is innately a very difficult weapon and fully deserves it. Unlike a certain shooter...
Feel free to discuss brellas below, or my ideas for buffing them if you so desire.
Thanks for reading to the end, and have a wonderful day.