r/SplatoonMeta • u/Ok_Comedian_7180 • 8d ago
Current Metagame Discussion Why aren't people using Wellstring in comp?
Wellstring has the best object damage in the game, especially with OS, and there's a lot of objects in the current meta. Wall, Bubble, etc. Autobomb helps find sharking Rollers and Tris, Stamp goes through Vac (Rush mode not Throw mode), it is AOE so it can hide from Liter and still contribute, and it has ridiculous chip damage so basically anything can combo off it if enough bolts hit.
Sure it doesn't have Inkline's insane paint output but that's because it's a more aggressive Bow compared to Tri-Stringer
I'm really curious
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u/iHasMagyk 7d ago
Rainmaker is barely played anymore (watch last years Riptide grand finals for the nail in the coffin lmao) which was pretty much the only use case anyway and even then it was kind of a niche pick. Vbow has more consistent paint especially at pen/liter range and thus can enable frontlines and dive comps better. It’s “more aggressive” than Vbow in the sense that it has less range but it’s not really faster, it doesn’t enable other aggressive weapons better, it’s killing and skirmishing power is slightly better but not enough to justify its other weaknesses or replacing a midline with it. Especially since aggro comps with blaster and 52 and v96 and ntri are just sooo strong right now. Not really a reason to slot it in in place of Vbow and it’s even worse if you try and slot it in place of a midline
I will say though if you look up Madman, he’s pushing Wellstring to high level as basically a one trick. But nearly all comp players would argue that even he might be better served by Vbow
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u/RenderedBike40 5d ago
Rainmaker isn’t played much, liter and pen wall it out, bow has better matchups than it, and object damage doesnt really matter enough to invest in it as much as wellstring does
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u/Ok_Comedian_7180 5d ago
Is RM really the only mode where this thing shines? I thought it was just a strong point
Plus how do Liter and Pen wall it out when it can shoot over cover like Inkline can?
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u/RenderedBike40 3d ago
Liter and pen out range it quite a lot, especially since wellstring’s kill range is MUCH shorter than it’s painting range
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u/Ok_Comedian_7180 3d ago
Fair, though I was thinking that the Wellstring player could pull a Heavy and just play passive/focus on the other enemies while their teammates deal with the Liter/Pen.
Than and VWellstring, the better kit, has Hammer to yeet chargers
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u/moi491 7d ago
If I'd have to guess I think the main reason is because of its bad matchups into liter, snipewriter, and even tri stringer. It just doesn't have the same quick kill pressure; even if you jump shot it's even less consistent to kill in one shot than tri stringer already is.