I think people aren't necessarily saying that the ink brush is bad, just that there are better options available.
But they are. That's my entire issue. There's a difference between Low Tier and Just Don't Tier
For the things it's good at, I wouldn't say there are better things. Can the Carbon Roller play stealth and control turf like it? Yeah. Could a shooter type weapon throw sprinklers around, infiltrate the enemy base, flank? Yeah. But I'd say that's where the speed of the Inkbrush comes in: it provides you a means of escape. And if you're going to go deep with a weapon, potentially ending up alone, you're going to want to be able to retreat if you find too many problems. Say you're in the middle of the Splat Zone trying to keep control, but the enemy takes it from you anyway. You are now surrounded with enemy ink and fire. If you're a Carbon Roller, you're probably dead at this point. Even with a shooter, a charger or other shooter could likely get to you faster than you can run. The Inkbrush is the best weapon for escaping dire situations, able to outrun snipers IN KID FORM and weave around its own path to safety. It has options if plan A fails.
Wow, you make me want to try it out again!
I have a Tenacity/Ninja Squid/Ink Resistance Up set right now. Ink Resistance Up could be swapped for Stealth Jump and Tenacity could be swapped for something like Ink Saver Sub or Ink Recovery Up, but yeah, Ninja Squid definitely required. Cold Blooded would be useful if you could run them both at once, but since that's impossible, Ninja Squid wins out as you'll be making use of it practically every moment of every match.
That definitely should have been the thing you led with in the first post. Would have saved you a lot of headache in debating since "good" is relative/subjective term and the explanation of "effort/skill vs. payoff" defines "good" and puts the conversation in more concrete and definable terms.
Why don't you guys start your own Splatoon forum with only A+ players then? These forums are open to everyone to post in. Even a C- player who is the bottom of ALL their matches has just as much importance.
Players who are stuck on the lowest level of the game, are there for a reason. I should have said stuck, instead of are. But those players, who are stuck in that place, can't blame the system. This is because they lack skill and game knowledge. Both of these are needed to hold a meaningful discussion, for competitive play. If you lack both of these traits, the topic at hand, has no place for you.
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Just because you are captain of a squad doesn't mean you should be able to judge how much a person can judge a certain weapon in game. What do you know about their Splatoon backstory? How do you know they don't just play turf war all day? Not everbody will play ranked just for it being ranked. And they can glean just as much weapon insight from it, too. Honestly, you try and act like your opinion is so important, but the only thing to show for it is your title. Stop acting like everyone should bow down to whatever you say and that your word is law, because it isn't.
I would agree that players who are too busy blaming other players for their losses and not climbing ranks does not make for good discussion for competitive play. But on that note neither does an A+ player who is too busy saying "git gud" rather than discussing tactics and trying to actually hold an articulate conversation.
Umm... excuse me. Can you please stay on topic next time.
Obviously a lot of the opinions of players in C rank about the splat zone metagame will not be correct when compared to somebody in A rank. But that does not mean you shouldn't take them into consideration and give them a proper response. Instead of saying they are wrong because "lol you are C rank" actually explain in detail how they are misunderstanding the meta.
Please enlighten me on the part of your post I did not respond to.
