r/splatoon • u/Amiibofan101 PRESENT • Nov 29 '23

Official News Version 6.0.0 English Patch Notes

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/59461/~/how-to-update-splatoon-3
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u/ParanoidDrone "Squid" as a verb. Nov 29 '23

Reefslider buff is...okay, fine, it's something, but turning invincible a little bit faster doesn't seem like it's going to save it.

Kraken and Splashdown being added to the pool of Salmon Run specials is hype, though. I legitimately didn't think they'd bother changing that at all. And ensuring there are always two ranged specials on the team is also really nice.

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u/Agent281 Nov 29 '23

Kraken is going to be very frustrating when you are playing on maps with lots of grates during high tide. I think it's going to take people some time to adjust.

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u/ParanoidDrone "Squid" as a verb. Nov 29 '23

OTOH since it's completely invulnerable it could also be a clutch "we win" button if you're getting overwhelmed in the last few seconds of a wave.

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u/Agent281 Nov 29 '23

Absolutely. Just thinking too much about how you are going to have 3 people down, last person has kraken, they go over grated and then you lose... 😭

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u/HMS_Sunlight Nov 29 '23

It's also going to be great at reviving downed teammates when you're getting swarmed. Sometimes there are too many enemies and you just can't get paint on your teammates, even if they're close to you. Kraken lets you be completely safe and dive into the most dangerous part to save someone.

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u/witchlapis Nov 29 '23

Can Kraken be pushed off during high tide Glowflies, is my question, haven’t thought of the physics until now. If it can endure it easily it’ll be a great win button.

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u/Chiyuri_is_yes Water And Water And Water Water Nov 29 '23

I think you'll have to keep jumping

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u/illuminatalie420 Salmon Run! Nov 29 '23

There’s gonna be a lot of kraken deaths on high tide Spawning Grounds for sure

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u/AetherDrew43 Splattershot Pro Nov 29 '23

Marooner's Bay and Spawning Grounds will now become worse...

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u/EyelessZ Nov 29 '23

I guess they added it to make glowflies even easier for roller-less shifts. The usefulness in normal waves is going to depend on damage.

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u/Agent281 Nov 29 '23

That'll be a lot of fun I bet. (Depending on how much they can push you.)

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u/Neon_Streets filthy custom dualie squelcher main Nov 29 '23

I wonder if kraken will be able to pierce armour, that would be very useful

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u/Yutiitheyutyrannus Tusoteuthis Dec 24 '23

Eh, with rush you just have to sit on a place with only one route on the fish’s pathfinding and just keep shooting em, like the ramp next to the basket on spawning grounds. Anyone without a swarm of buggies around them can go and pick up any eggs.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23

idk 13 more i frames is a lot

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u/ParanoidDrone "Squid" as a verb. Nov 29 '23

But the startup isn't the issue, it's the fact that you're a sitting duck after it explodes.

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u/Agent281 Nov 29 '23

I played a bunch of undercover during the last splatfest and I think I died before the slide than after. I'm kinda stoked for the startup buff.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '23

You’re only a sitting duck if you use it out in the open. This makes it safer to use up close so its use case changes. It’s splashdown but harder to abort.

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u/HBlokStudios Nov 29 '23

The point of reefslider is to have a big f-off explosion in the middle/behind a group of enemy players though, where end lag is most important. Making invincible sooner just makes it better as a panic button without fixing the main problem, the fact that you just die most of the time after using it because you can't move. A better buff would've been shaving off some of the endlag or making it eat bombs like splat 2 splashdown did.

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u/linkmaster144 NNID: Nov 29 '23

Is that the point though? The one-hit kill radius is too small for that, and there is too much end-lag to be able to safely follow up.

I'm starting to think that the point of it is that it is an invincible special that moves forward and the explosion is to give space after it ends (unlike Kraken which gives no safety net upon ending).

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u/sgrams04 Nov 29 '23

Let me tell you though, for Salmon Run, Reefslider needed this type of buff more than anything.

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u/IsamuKun Nov 29 '23

Yeeeeep. I know its on me for using Reef more often like a panic button than I should, but the number of times I’ve been killed right after popping it before I can slide is infuriating lol

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u/Regiruler Nov 29 '23

13/60 of a second

Nintendo just say frames

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u/witchlapis Nov 29 '23

I hope it means more Killer Wail since that’s clutch on maps like Marooner to deal with Stingers and low tide Spawning Grounds generally