While this is a really great video, I’d like to point out that the #2 was so high because it created a three-tri meta, but Splatoon 3’s Splash, which made a quad splash meta, did not make the list. But overall, really great video
the reason tri slosher had a triple meta was because the main weapon was really stupid broken. The reason we had a triple splash meta was because the special was really stupid broken like with the jet squelches. But I would argue that s2 missile and sting ray were worse to fight than a crab tank. But thanks for the support!
just a couple of things i want to add. first off i don't know how you missed s1 elitre. that thing could shoot from another country not to mention one of the sets had burst bombs which were compatible with damage up in that game so fending off enemy's at close range wasn't a problem either. second i would say beta rollers were way more overpowered that blasters since the entire hitbox was a one shot but almost nobody knew how to use it at the time.
If I were to add a 11th weapon then it would’ve been s1 e-liter. The reason why is because while yes it is pretty insane what it could do with damage up, you could still fight against the weapon with good positioning and flanking while a lot of the weapons on the list didn’t have any counter play. We picked blasters over rollers just because of how more mobile they are compared to a roller, remember that curling bomb didn’t exist yet.
For splash, the main weapon wasn’t broken, the special was. If splash got zipcaster or something we still would’ve been in a crab meta just because of how good the special is, now that we’ve seen some crab nerds, splash ha fallen out of the meta. We didn’t add s1 e-literally because at least there was some actual counter play by having good positioning and flanking the sniper. Which the average player back then didn’t know how to do.
As another tri slosher main, I can kinda? See why ppl hate it because it's decently easy to use with a low skill floor but it's not that bad from a unbiased and objectives standpoint and totally not another slosher player
good to see more people making videos on the history of this game! as a top 10 list this is kinda wacky, but its really hard to determine how overpowered a splatoon weapon is compared to another in a different iteration, so good job 👍 (also love the very similar phrasing to what i used in my own videos, makes me feel good ab myself lmao)
Man s1 was wild With blasters, rollers, slosher, and e-liter all being broken Oh yah there was also disruptor and burst bombs used to be 25% Oh yah and invincibility specials existed as well as zooka being busted Oh yah and damage up, defense up, and quick respawn were all broken Oh yah and some of the games maps were just horrible. Like worse the S3 maps But man with all that being said splatoon 1 is still so much fun to come back to from time to time. It’s the broken shit that truly makes it special
I'd say Squeezer in both 2 and 3 definitely deserves to be here. It's by far the best shooter main with literally every quality you might want from one, being baisically a Splash-o-Matic with double the range and no downsides. And the kits are all top-grade too- in 3 it's wall zooka, very strong and synergetic, and in 2 Foil had the coveted bomb+bubble blower, the strongest kit in the series full stop. Stock S2 Squeez was no pushover either, Stingray was controversial but it had wall and just enough range to use it aggressively, and it was also 180p with better paint than Jet so it could theoretically spam it more too. And just a sub of MPU also made its tapshots combo into auto mode, so you didn't even need to tap all the time- if the enemy is close, just use it like a regular shooter, as long as you hit the first shot you'll splat just as fast as Zap.
I think if k52 is here, foil squeezer should be too since they directly competed with each other for the no. 1 slot when they became meta Also I think jet squelcher shouldnt be here at all, it was good but it was never quite the best weapon in the game, and theres multiple choices id put above it that werent on the list
let me just talk about the editing at the start real quick... so you're telling me this man used Wii Sports Resort sound effects with Mario & Sonic 2010 Olympics music within the first 10 secs of a Splatoon video? you just hit me specifically with a whiplash of nostalgia, just for that imma give you a sub 👍 oh yeah and good list
personally i think the most broken weapons are blasters and octo brushes (normal brush is ok) because i feel like anyone can play them and still dominate since you barely have to aim
blasters are easily one of the most aim and movement intensive weapons. The minute you get close to them they either need a direct or a teammate to save them and octobrush is one of the hardest weapons to play against good players, has a difficult special, and is overall just an insanely high skill ceiling weapon (and yet still has a weird as middle hitbox sometimes)
@@HeDronHeDronHedron yeah i get that in competitive those weapons are probably not that good but i mostly play casual i might have a skill issue but i like get blinded whenever someone swings with the octobrush HELP and with the blaster i understand but if you have really good aim your only enemies are probably snipers
U didn't mention that dynamo was also good bcs it used to beable to start flicking its show while it was still in the air from a stealth jump super jump, so dynamos would rain down and u would have point blank to react to a dynamo that came out on no where and killed u with its massive hit box. This was so broken that they made it if u ran stealth jump in splatoon 1, for all main weapons couldn't start shooting until they actually landed
I actually kinda wish the disruptor and cherry H-3 nozzlenose came back. Toxic mist, while better for covering area, is rather mediocre, and I wish it had similar effects that it had for disruptor in splatoon. Plus, most of the disruptor weapons were mediocre besides zink mini splatling, which struggled a lot at long ranges. Also, H-3 is a high skill weapon that didn't paint well, which made it not get that many of players.
@TheStoneTH-cam fair enough. What about H-3 nozzlenose, dynamo rollers, and blasters? How should all these weapons (and disruptor) be buffed? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
@@kristopherhayes1957 H-3 just needs to be more consistent with its damage whether that be with a damage buff or making the shots faster. Dynamo needs to make the hitbox actually work like it did in splatoon 2. Blasters are in a good spot right now with alot of good options, it really depends on the meta to decide whether blasters are good or not. Disrupter should never be added back to a splatoon game ever.
Trislosher splat 1 was definitely the most broken weapon in Splatoon's history. because it wasn't just part of serious meta play, everyone felt it's effects.
Do you mean splatoon 2 because if you’re talking about S2 then yeah it’s very close between that and S1 launch blasters. But Trislosher in S1 was not broken at all lol!
I could swear it was Splat 1 but It is possible it was splat 2. I just remember playing Splat 1 more seriously than I did 2, so I feel to remember how oppressive it was must mean it was splat 1. but I could be wrong. @@_EthanStone
umm not to be on the offence but last time i thought the splat 1 dynamo was really good w/ qr and it was one of the frontliners for the very begining of the qr meta
I'll be 100 percent honest, Splatoon 3 has broken weapons left and right with some entire weapon classes being overpowered. Now we can all agree that much of this frustration could be lifted with better maps but even then the amount of broken overpowered weapons in Splatoon 3 is literally killing the game. Specials aren't AS bad but even then many specials in Splatoon 3 need either higher points needed or adjustments. Hel I would bet you adjustments to hitboxes would fix so much but as it stands hitboxes on projectiles is a nightmare. In Splatoon 3 your skill means nothing, all that matters is your internet connection and which op weapon you picked
The weapon balance in the game right now is in one of its best places its ever been. Nothing seriously needs nerfs except for small things like zooka startup or something. What are the "broken" weapons that you're talking about im really interested
we didn’t include them mainly because with how Splatoon 1’s maps were, if you had good positioning you could flank the e-liter. But high most people myself included DIDNT know when playing Splatoon 1 because we were worse at the game. If they put S1 elites into S3 then it would 100% be on the list
All 3 of them are broken in their own right. I just chose sting ray because of the zero coubterplay when you could use it in your base, it’s like being in bubbler.
weapon isn’t too good tbh. Crab was just broken as shit and even then splat2 jets were similar with the special being broken but sting ray and missiles are way more broken then crab
there were way better weapons that had baller and could also fight by themselves like slosher deco, l3 and inkbrush nouveau. Baller was more overturned then overpowered so that’s why it didn’t make the list
Playing Gold Dynamo in this game is a huge hit or miss. Some maps and modes are unplayable with the Dynamos, but others are perfect for it (unless you face against like a Hydra and Charger bc then... :/ yeah) and you can dominate the game. Humpback Pump Track for example is great for Dynamos.
@@_EthanStone insert image of marge simpson covering the side of her face and looking away but yeah no, also one of the new maps is also good imo, the uh. the one.. without the grate bridges. that one. the whiter colored one.
@TheStoneTH-cam probably I'm just too lazy to look stuff up sometimes XD tbh with dynamos also the vertical flick sucks and I hate it, I'd disable it if I could. it comes in handy like once every 10 games but it messes me up more than it helps me, you know? I know how to horizontal flick and jump, but sometimes I don't hit the buttons right :/ I wish I could use ink brush also, but my fingers literally - and I mean LITERALLY - cannot click the button that fast. dyspraxia or something. I can only press the button as fast as an octobrush
S3 Splash was good because crab tank is good sorta like the jet squelchers. But in comparison, S2 Tenta Missiles and Sting Ray are way more broken than Crab Tank ever was so that's why it didn't make the list
Why isn’t s2 foil squeezer here? That thing is broken, it has: the best main weapon EVER in the series, one of the best bombs but the real thing is bubble blower, you can’t react to a well set up bubble combo and it just destroys everything nearby. Great video but it feels weird that this one’s missing
splash was mainly good because crab was good and it’s not like jet squelches where the special it has is one of the best in the entire series. Like Missiles and sting ray are way better than crab tank ever was and it wasn’t even a question. But machine had the broken hitbox and had its dream kit. It’s close but I still think that peak machine is better than splash
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While this is a really great video, I’d like to point out that the #2 was so high because it created a three-tri meta, but Splatoon 3’s Splash, which made a quad splash meta, did not make the list. But overall, really great video
the reason tri slosher had a triple meta was because the main weapon was really stupid broken. The reason we had a triple splash meta was because the special was really stupid broken like with the jet squelches. But I would argue that s2 missile and sting ray were worse to fight than a crab tank. But thanks for the support!
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Quad splash was literally never a thing what are you talking about
have you seen its range on release
@@mashedspudyeah facts. The most i would ever run is 2
just a couple of things i want to add. first off i don't know how you missed s1 elitre. that thing could shoot from another country not to mention one of the sets had burst bombs which were compatible with damage up in that game so fending off enemy's at close range wasn't a problem either.
second i would say beta rollers were way more overpowered that blasters since the entire hitbox was a one shot but almost nobody knew how to use it at the time.
If I were to add a 11th weapon then it would’ve been s1 e-liter. The reason why is because while yes it is pretty insane what it could do with damage up, you could still fight against the weapon with good positioning and flanking while a lot of the weapons on the list didn’t have any counter play.
We picked blasters over rollers just because of how more mobile they are compared to a roller, remember that curling bomb didn’t exist yet.
and it got 5 burst bombs + echo for a full ink tank refill
I'm surprised that S3 Splash didn't make the cut, while Machine did... also where's S1 E-liter? either way, I loved the video!
For splash, the main weapon wasn’t broken, the special was. If splash got zipcaster or something we still would’ve been in a crab meta just because of how good the special is, now that we’ve seen some crab nerds, splash ha fallen out of the meta.
We didn’t add s1 e-literally because at least there was some actual counter play by having good positioning and flanking the sniper. Which the average player back then didn’t know how to do.
OHHH, that makes sense. alright, awesome job you 2!
@@_EthanStonealso there was no charge hold in s1 so that nerfs chargers by a lot considering the fast pace battles
Never forget: No aim, no brain, must be a Tri-Slosher main.
don’t say that to my man Gus splatoon, he would get really sad ☹️
As another tri slosher main, I can kinda? See why ppl hate it because it's decently easy to use with a low skill floor but it's not that bad from a unbiased and objectives standpoint and totally not another slosher player
Oh man. Now I feel bad. Come on guys, I'm kinda just trying to meme.
good to see more people making videos on the history of this game! as a top 10 list this is kinda wacky, but its really hard to determine how overpowered a splatoon weapon is compared to another in a different iteration, so good job 👍
(also love the very similar phrasing to what i used in my own videos, makes me feel good ab myself lmao)
To make you feel even better, your content is really good! :D
thanks Jacob! I binged the dynamo video just to make sure all my info was correct.
Man s1 was wild
With blasters, rollers, slosher, and e-liter all being broken
Oh yah there was also disruptor and burst bombs used to be 25%
Oh yah and invincibility specials existed as well as zooka being busted
Oh yah and damage up, defense up, and quick respawn were all broken
Oh yah and some of the games maps were just horrible. Like worse the S3 maps
But man with all that being said splatoon 1 is still so much fun to come back to from time to time. It’s the broken shit that truly makes it special
splatoon 1 was crazy, so sad its being shut down.
#GetPretendo
I'd say Squeezer in both 2 and 3 definitely deserves to be here. It's by far the best shooter main with literally every quality you might want from one, being baisically a Splash-o-Matic with double the range and no downsides. And the kits are all top-grade too- in 3 it's wall zooka, very strong and synergetic, and in 2 Foil had the coveted bomb+bubble blower, the strongest kit in the series full stop. Stock S2 Squeez was no pushover either, Stingray was controversial but it had wall and just enough range to use it aggressively, and it was also 180p with better paint than Jet so it could theoretically spam it more too. And just a sub of MPU also made its tapshots combo into auto mode, so you didn't even need to tap all the time- if the enemy is close, just use it like a regular shooter, as long as you hit the first shot you'll splat just as fast as Zap.
my hands are so messed up from squeezer that i didnt want to think about it ever again 😭
I think if k52 is here, foil squeezer should be too since they directly competed with each other for the no. 1 slot when they became meta
Also I think jet squelcher shouldnt be here at all, it was good but it was never quite the best weapon in the game, and theres multiple choices id put above it that werent on the list
"Heavy edit left the chat" Butt i know not that broken butt i think its so STRONG good video💪
thanks for the support 💪
Pls tell me you are misspelling but on purpose…
@@Darbyyyyyyyy bro i thought you were talking to me with the way i spelt support butt idk though
@@_EthanStone lol nah you fine
@@Darbyyyyyyyy im German
Love the fire emblem music and persona sounds effects!
THIS GUY GETS IT! LOVE PERSONA
Im a sucker for insanely well edited videos and this one hits the spot
LETS GOOO!
0:36 I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS SPLASHDOWN SLANDER!
my bad
Will you at least accept its like middle tier? Still amazing.
let me just talk about the editing at the start real quick...
so you're telling me this man used Wii Sports Resort sound effects with Mario & Sonic 2010 Olympics music within the first 10 secs of a Splatoon video?
you just hit me specifically with a whiplash of nostalgia, just for that imma give you a sub 👍
oh yeah and good list
we love resort sfx in this house
personally i think the most broken weapons are blasters and octo brushes (normal brush is ok) because i feel like anyone can play them and still dominate since you barely have to aim
blasters are easily one of the most aim and movement intensive weapons. The minute you get close to them they either need a direct or a teammate to save them
and octobrush is one of the hardest weapons to play against good players, has a difficult special, and is overall just an insanely high skill ceiling weapon
(and yet still has a weird as middle hitbox sometimes)
@@HeDronHeDronHedron yeah i get that in competitive those weapons are probably not that good but i mostly play casual i might have a skill issue but i like get blinded whenever someone swings with the octobrush HELP
and with the blaster i understand but if you have really good aim your only enemies are probably snipers
13:16 what is that headgear ability?
that is the old icon for opening gambit, imo good thing they changed it the new one looks so much better
old icon for open gambit
U didn't mention that dynamo was also good bcs it used to beable to start flicking its show while it was still in the air from a stealth jump super jump, so dynamos would rain down and u would have point blank to react to a dynamo that came out on no where and killed u with its massive hit box. This was so broken that they made it if u ran stealth jump in splatoon 1, for all main weapons couldn't start shooting until they actually landed
i completely forgot that was a thing lmao 💀
I play Carbon Roller Deco in Splatoon 3 with Inkzooka and Burst Bomb and people always say it’s a broken weapon
it is really good but isnt broken, just keep a safe distance away from it and you'll be fine
I actually kinda wish the disruptor and cherry H-3 nozzlenose came back. Toxic mist, while better for covering area, is rather mediocre, and I wish it had similar effects that it had for disruptor in splatoon. Plus, most of the disruptor weapons were mediocre besides zink mini splatling, which struggled a lot at long ranges. Also, H-3 is a high skill weapon that didn't paint well, which made it not get that many of players.
I’m fine with them buffing toxic mist but please don’t bring back disrupter that thing was stupid I don’t want to deal with that ☹️
@TheStoneTH-cam fair enough. What about H-3 nozzlenose, dynamo rollers, and blasters? How should all these weapons (and disruptor) be buffed? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
@@kristopherhayes1957 H-3 just needs to be more consistent with its damage whether that be with a damage buff or making the shots faster. Dynamo needs to make the hitbox actually work like it did in splatoon 2. Blasters are in a good spot right now with alot of good options, it really depends on the meta to decide whether blasters are good or not. Disrupter should never be added back to a splatoon game ever.
I think they should buff toxic mist by making it slow down everything that comes into contact with it. Like kraken, reefslider, curling bomb, etc
@TerrariaLuvr that seems a bit too much. Not even disruptor from splatoon 1 ever did that!
Trislosher splat 1 was definitely the most broken weapon in Splatoon's history. because it wasn't just part of serious meta play, everyone felt it's effects.
Do you mean splatoon 2 because if you’re talking about S2 then yeah it’s very close between that and S1 launch blasters. But Trislosher in S1 was not broken at all lol!
I could swear it was Splat 1 but It is possible it was splat 2. I just remember playing Splat 1 more seriously than I did 2, so I feel to remember how oppressive it was must mean it was splat 1. but I could be wrong. @@_EthanStone
did you see number 2 on the list@@11thDC
Shout-out to triple Splash and its creation of Crab Meta
shoutout to the worst meta in splatoon 3, i hate crab meta :(
@@_EthanStonehonestly i’d consider crab meta to be the worst in the franchise, at least s2 quad shooter revolved around more than a single weapon
@@v0idvice640 no
4:24 moment of silence for lil bro (im saying lil bro cause its splat 1 squid)
you didnt see anything
@@_EthanStone LMFAO 🤣
umm not to be on the offence but last time i thought the splat 1 dynamo was really good w/ qr and it was one of the frontliners for the very begining of the qr meta
i’m surprised s2 ballpoint nouveau isn’t on this list
i do mention it having a cool niche as beakon weapon after bp got nerfed, still a fun weapon.
also nice kasumi pfp
@@_EthanStonelol i didn’t see that. also thank you
That was a very interesting concept
yay!
Song list?
thanks for reminding me, its now been added to the description!
I'll be 100 percent honest, Splatoon 3 has broken weapons left and right with some entire weapon classes being overpowered. Now we can all agree that much of this frustration could be lifted with better maps but even then the amount of broken overpowered weapons in Splatoon 3 is literally killing the game. Specials aren't AS bad but even then many specials in Splatoon 3 need either higher points needed or adjustments. Hel I would bet you adjustments to hitboxes would fix so much but as it stands hitboxes on projectiles is a nightmare. In Splatoon 3 your skill means nothing, all that matters is your internet connection and which op weapon you picked
The weapon balance in the game right now is in one of its best places its ever been. Nothing seriously needs nerfs except for small things like zooka startup or something.
What are the "broken" weapons that you're talking about im really interested
Heavy edit splatling needs to get nerfed, immediately!
@@lw1391disagree
ultimate skill issue comment
LETS GO JACOBCATS SPEAK TO THEM 🗣🗣🗣
shame to not see splat 1 eliter both kits being super strong with one with a panick button kraken and other with eco locater and burst bomb
we didn’t include them mainly because with how Splatoon 1’s maps were, if you had good positioning you could flank the e-liter. But high most people myself included DIDNT know when playing Splatoon 1 because we were worse at the game.
If they put S1 elites into S3 then it would 100% be on the list
Stingray wasn’t the most broken special ever but the output jet had was (stingray is nothing compared with beta s1 kraken w no knockback or bubbler)
All 3 of them are broken in their own right. I just chose sting ray because of the zero coubterplay when you could use it in your base, it’s like being in bubbler.
surprised kshot didnt make it. i wonder if it was #11
kshot and jet sorta fill the same role, just that there is more to talk about with jet because both its kits had crazy broken specials
How is S3 splash not there
weapon isn’t too good tbh. Crab was just broken as shit and even then splat2 jets were similar with the special being broken but sting ray and missiles are way more broken then crab
GOLDEN AROSPRAY IN SPLATOON 2 WAS BROKEN BECAUSE THERE WAS A EXTREME BALLER BUFF HOW IS IT NOT IN THE LIST
there were way better weapons that had baller and could also fight by themselves like slosher deco, l3 and inkbrush nouveau. Baller was more overturned then overpowered so that’s why it didn’t make the list
Playing Gold Dynamo in this game is a huge hit or miss. Some maps and modes are unplayable with the Dynamos, but others are perfect for it (unless you face against like a Hydra and Charger bc then... :/ yeah) and you can dominate the game. Humpback Pump Track for example is great for Dynamos.
funny how humpback is the only map where i see dynamos
@@_EthanStone insert image of marge simpson covering the side of her face and looking away
but yeah no, also one of the new maps is also good imo, the uh. the one.. without the grate bridges. that one. the whiter colored one.
@@Star_Rattler shipshape cargo co.?
@TheStoneTH-cam probably I'm just too lazy to look stuff up sometimes XD
tbh with dynamos also the vertical flick sucks and I hate it, I'd disable it if I could. it comes in handy like once every 10 games but it messes me up more than it helps me, you know? I know how to horizontal flick and jump, but sometimes I don't hit the buttons right :/
I wish I could use ink brush also, but my fingers literally - and I mean LITERALLY - cannot click the button that fast. dyspraxia or something. I can only press the button as fast as an octobrush
If triple tri happens again I’m quitting the game
but then my man gus Splatoon would be so sad would you do that to my man :(
F I F T E E N / T E N
bro i love those numbers
"Top 10" names 15 weapons
my apolocheese
No S3 splash?
S3 Splash was good because crab tank is good sorta like the jet squelchers. But in comparison, S2 Tenta Missiles and Sting Ray are way more broken than Crab Tank ever was so that's why it didn't make the list
Ahh yes killed by nintendo
Does anyone remember s2 bloblobber?
you mean paintbot42
basically, but it was kinda broken
@@_EthanStone
I thought Kgal was higher tbo
I love kgal (I’m biased)
@@_EthanStone kgal was fun, atleast for the gal. Just a bit to meta breaking.
Homd up i disagree with splashdown-
Why isn’t s2 foil squeezer here? That thing is broken, it has: the best main weapon EVER in the series, one of the best bombs but the real thing is bubble blower, you can’t react to a well set up bubble combo and it just destroys everything nearby. Great video but it feels weird that this one’s missing
i didnt want to think that garbage ever again, and i dont think gus wanted to either lmao
@@_EthanStone damn, you're right, those terrifying memories...
Splashdown was the number one special I always died to in splatoon 2 lol
(For context I use the sploosh 7)
I’m so pretty sure you could still barely hit it if you jumped with sploosh but I might be wrong that weapon has the range of a toy water pistol
So the trend is too much paint or too many specials or too many subs
wehr expr
idk
First
ok
S3 splash at its peak was way better than s3 machine at its peak
Also the sounds for the subs and specials are amazing
splash was mainly good because crab was good and it’s not like jet squelches where the special it has is one of the best in the entire series. Like Missiles and sting ray are way better than crab tank ever was and it wasn’t even a question. But machine had the broken hitbox and had its dream kit. It’s close but I still think that peak machine is better than splash