@Lonely_Dolphin
The big problem imo for the tent is the huge delay between shots, it can hinder the brella at times a long with the weird hit box (for me) that makes hard to use.
@Flopps
Quick question what does a pro brella use in terms of abilities, and how does one approach while using a brella
Honestly I really would love to see some other weapons classes fused with the duelies class, for example duelie bambis or Duelie brushes anyone?
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I'm glad somebody mentioned the hitbox. I noticed it was REALLY wonky. Like carbon roller level wonky. It's supposed to have the ohko, which sounds ideal for me, but I'd say I got ohko 25% of attempts, while the rest would clearly connect, they'd be covered in my ink, but it hit "just off-center" and managed not to kill them. Since you can't try again right away like carbon roller, and can't move (at all) for quick escape, you're pretty much dead when that happens. Which happens a lot. Maybe in LAN matches this thing is fine but with net lag, I can't see that hitbox not proving disastrous. I ALMOST like the weapon.....(figures I would :P ) But I actually loathe it. The unreliability of hits makes it kind of useless.
Tenta Brella is finally here! The thing spreads ink uber well surprisingly! The max damage range is actually a lot shorter than the ink spread would indicate however. Has about 3 test room lines worth of range, same as the regular Slosher. The damage at max range is pretty poor though, same as the regular Brella, and it's quite a lot slower. It's ohko range is pretty modest at 1.5 lines atleast.
EDIT: So after using it in some matches, yeah this thing is way too slow with how weak it is. Atleast the shield is pretty durable, but I don't think that justifys all the cons. It just isn't fun or satisfying to use for me. I still have faith that the Compact Brella will finally be a Brella I really enjoy!
The kit's not really all that bad. Bubbles pop in 2 hits. I swear I got more bubble kills than ohkos with it. The main gun is the real issue with it :P
Before people get too worked up, it looks like this is a Europe only theme (who would have guessed? Europe NEVER gets bad themes). I see no mention of it on America's Twitter or Tumblr accounts for Splatoon 2 so they'll probably have a Halloween preperation theme the following week or something. There's only one human answer, which will most likely lose to overwhelming popularity. As for a positive, at least the ink colours are nice? (Really clutching straws here).
After mayo and pineapple pizza, it was time to talk about the TP....... ;)
After tackling the Tenta-Brella i fear this is becoming yet another one of the many, many high-risk low-reward weapons in the game. It can readily join the likes of Goo Tuber, E-Liter, every single roller and the regular Brella in that regard. It's a bit too early to say and i hope there will be discoveries that will give it some potential, but so far i have yet to see anyone do well with it.
Somewhat unique to the weapon is that it has both a significant start-up time and a cooldown time with each shot. Not only does this mean you have to lead the target to a ludicrous degree, you are also incredibly vulnerable while you are doing it. You are practically a target-practise dummy while firing, but the slow suffering does not end there either: It's 10% slower speed makes it also much more sluggish to use outside of combat which is pretty bad for a close-ranged weapon. Combined with a terrible set (have fun sniping those bubbles!), a sluggish ttk, a disastrous ink consumption and weak turf coverage and you have a weapon that doesn't look like it'll have a bright future anywhere near soon.
I really think this weapon would've done so much better with burst bombs. Score a direct and suddenly you can get a lethal shot from a much further range. It wouldn't make it an amazing weapon by any means, but it'll help.
After testing it out i think the .96 is way better in just about every regard. Higher mobility, higher firerate (resulting in a much faster ttk), no speed penalty, more range, way better set and i bet it inks better too. It's accuracy is it's the only shortcoming, but when you compare that to the Tenta-Brella it still feels like a better choice to me.
oh yeah eu splatfest something something gimmie my shirt for chunks and snails plz
Haha, that's quite the scathing review. I kind of giggled along with it because it's so true.....the weapon is better than you give it credit for....but not by much. Though I agree it share's E-Liter and carbon's high risk low reward play, I think the plain rollers are pretty solid, and Goo Tuber is much much lower risk, higher reward than eliter. It has the same charge time, sure, but unlike eliter that you have to charge in public to take the shot (making yourself a useless sitting duck) the tuber should fall back and charge away from everyone, and approach only with one in the chamber, thus giving it the fastest ttk in the game on actual approach, outclassing even luna blaster if you don't miss. And if you do miss it has incredible mobility for houdini escapes. Tuber doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Eliter deserves more hate, however. :P Tuber can actually help push....eliter....not so much. Carbon, not so much. A lot of the new weapons are kind of meh, but tuber and flingza I think are underrated (for now) because they actually CAN be used around their limitations with the right playstyle. Tentabrella, on the other hand...with a wonky hitbox, bad lag interraction, and actual freeze-in-place mechanics, there's just no saving that thing. Great players can no doubt find a great way to use it effectively, but other than the short duration shield, it doesn't really do anything that can't be done with other weapons. Wheres tuber can roam the map with a stored charge and flingza can be both a close range roller and ink/pressure far...something no other weapons do....tuber is just a medium-long range shooter with low damage at range, and really slow firing mechanics, and carbon's hitbox borrowed just to land the final blow.
It's kind of official. I love the "bad" weapons.....if *I* think the bad weapon is bad...it's REALLY bad... :P
Maybe brellas are huge in Japan. Although, I'm pretty sure, based on the Japanese people I've faced, rollers are the big thing over there.
Faced a tenta brella who was almost good yesterday in pairs league. He'd shield for his splattling partner, which was most effective when the partner was using the sting ray.
This wouldn't have worked nearly as well if our partners didn't fall for brella tricks so hard, but at least it shows that, with some moxie and voice chat coordination, a tenta brella can be not useless.
I'd be surprised of breallas weren't popular there given the cultural identity have in japan (even Marie is given a parasol and kimono this time... :P )
But I do think rollers are the big deal in Japan. On the rare (but increasingly less rare) occasions I get Japanese players, I see a lot of rollers....and they tend to be played a lot better than here. I managed to get a friend request from an incredibly amazing splat roller I presume to be Japanese (given the name and the Mii....and roller skill...) while I was playing Flingza one day. That was a proud moment and the only randoms friend request I actually accepted :)
I'm hoping the reason we haven't had our Splatfest announced yet is because it's gonna be held the weekend before Halloween, with a theme matching the holiday. We could also just not have a Splatfest lel.
Also, I always found the Baller fun even back before the buffs when it wasn't very effective, so now that it is strong, it's my new favorite special. Sheesh I've gone from Tentamissles to Inkjet to Baller, I'm so unloyal! I think I'll stick to it this time though, especially once the Slosher Deco arrives in 3 months.
Yeah, I'm sure it's Halloween themed....it was in S1, and that's a bigger holiday here than most places. The toilet paper theme is just.....even Reggie's group can't sink THAT low.
I will never be satisfied until we get Off the Hook vs. Squid Sisters.
There is only one acceptable choice, so 100% popularity should clinch it. ;)
