Of Moose & Men
Inkling Fleet Admiral
Disregard, for the most part it's pretty close to the set already submitted. I'll do Custom Range Blaster instead.
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Well, there are a couple of responses to this I suppose. 1) It doesn't HAVE to be "in touch" with ranked/squad, although that is not a bad thing. I've gotten to A+, but I prefer Turf War, so most of the builds I make are good for Turf War. 2) I'm really hoping that members of the community will help shore up any weaknesses in the list and add variety.This isn't a bad idea for a thread, I'll grant you that. However, I feel like it's a bit out of touch with what people are actually using in Ranked and Squad battles. Now, granted, if you just limit yourself to what's popular, you're not going to have a list with many options (it would probably consist for the most part of stacking Damage Up, Swim Speed Up, or Run Speed Up on top of Cold Blooded, depending on the weapon), but I don't think it's right to just ignore them, either. (There has to be a reason that such things are popular, after all.)
You'll notice that I've only included ninja squid on three weapons: Aerospray MG and RG and as an alternate set to the Tentatek. All of them stack swim speed to counter the speed nerf. Obviously, everyone's own experiences color the way they approach abilities. I've had very good success with ninja squid as people do tend to fire at the last place they saw you unless they see you swim away and this allows you to easily reposition and flank. I like cold-blooded, but I think it is more of a niche ability. I've been in plenty of lobbies, ranked or otherwise, where the only person running echolocator was me. That said, I'm am absolutely not opposed to including cold-blooded builds (see Of Moose and Men's Hyrda Splatling).I strongly disagree with your recommendation of Ninja Squid on short-/mid-range shooters. The first reason for that is that Ninja Squid lowers your swim speed, which is the opposite of what you want on weapons like these. The second reason is that Ninja Squid is utterly useless if you get tagged by a tracking attack. (My third reason is that I just haven't seen Ninja Squid have that much of an effect, since you generally have to make educated guesses about the locations and movements of enemies anyway, but I acknowledge that that is just my personal experience.) Thus, instead of Ninja Squid, I would recommend Cold Blooded for stealth, since it doesn't penalize you in swim speed and it makes it so you don't have to waste nearly as much time hanging back whenever someone pops an Echolocator.
I will include your build with the .52. Getting that legendary cap though would be most difficult. I also struggled with what to do about how much damage up to include. For the sake of simplicity I just kept perfect rolls or one main. Maybe not the best solution, so I'll put a note explaining how things work on the .52 (I'll probably just quote you though).Regarding the .52 Gal, I don't think that exactly 1 main or 3 subs of Damage Up is an ideal amount. If you just want insurance against 1 main or so of Defense Up, you only need 1 or 2 subs of Damage Up to retain your 2HKO. If, on the other hand, you want insurance against 3 or more Defense Up (which is what most people who actually run Defense Up will be using), you'll need 1 main and 3 subs of Damage Up at the very least to retain the 2HKO (and possibly more). So, for instance, you might try a build that looks something like this:
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That's exactly what I meant. For a refined description:I'll probably use this as the gear set:
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I'm working on the Rapid Blaster Pro, however, it will likely end up being suited for the Deco as I feel it is the superior of the two. The Vanilla would likely enjoy swim speed up, other than that, I really don't know, likely ink recovery up and Ink saver sub. I'll dabble a bit and come back and report my findings and see what everyone thinks.So, I finished the blasters and sloshers. If you main one of those (or at least play it a lot) please take a look at them and give some feedback. I still need builds for the H-3 Nozzlenoses and the Rapid Blaster Pro.
I will be working on the brushes and rollers now, so if you've submitted a build, thanks for your patience.
Thanks everyone!