Splatoon 2 Possible 50/50s with sprinklers?

[Smychavo]

I'm fairly certain that this sort of thing was present in Splatoon for the Wii U, but either way, I thought it was interesting enough to merit its own thread here. During one-on-one gunfights, if you were to throw a sprinkler, (assuming your weapon kit carries one), you could trick opposing players out of cover for a moment, possibly giving you enough time to splat them while they're distracted by the sprinkler. A tactic like this could be extremely valuable to a player such as a splatling, since you could bait them out from cover so that they would run into a stage one or stage two charge to easily splat them. Or you could have someone else pick them off while you recover. I've been having quite a bit of success using this sort of trick, but I'd like to know what other sort of tactics you use to trick your opponent into being splatted.

 

[vanille987]

Yup, Pretty sure this was a common trick in splat 1 and yes, it was very effective.
Though now in splat 2, outside heavy splattling (not so popular), there isn't a weapon yet in splat 2 that can readily use this trick. (96 gal maybe)
Whereas in splat 1, you had a charger with a sprinkler etc. so...

Its still useful but in splat 2 its not going to be really popular/effective due what weapons have sprinkler.
Probably change in the future though.

 

[Smychavo]

Yup, Pretty sure this was a common trick in splat 1 and yes, it was very effective.
Though now in splat 2, outside heavy splattling (not so popular), there isn't a weapon yet in splat 2 that can readily use this trick. (96 gal maybe)
Whereas in splat 1, you had a charger with a sprinkler etc. so...

Its still useful but in splat 2 its not going to be really popular/effective due what weapons have sprinkler.
Probably change in the future though.

I think the fact that it isn't as popular due to the weapons it's paired with could lend the tactic some more practicality since they wouldn't be as familiar with fighting a splatling or .96 as they would be compared to say, a ttek or a SSP. Since they aren't as well-versed with their strategy, they would unknowingly fall for the trick and take out the sprinkler only to be splatted almost immediately.

 

[Francisco]

I've used this tactic for a long time, ever since Splatoon 1. I always use it with the .96 Gal. However, it can be risky to use against opponents that out-range you, since they can destroy the Sprinkler, while they are out of your main weapon's range.