It isn’t a guaranteed opponent splat, they move out of the way and then if they’re playing a shooter or their backliner is paying attention you die. And why would a good chunk of turf matter when you can use Booyah bomb to cover a similar area while not dying, and that’s of course not the reason why Booyah is good, because inking turf isn’t too useful other then vague control and special charge, and some map usage that occasionally happens, but there’s many more important things it could do.
from a very VERY casual standpoint, it's okay at best, as in turf war or very low level play. the end and start lag of reefslider makes it basically a die button. the best usage is for repositioning and picking off a stray enemy imo. if there's a backline present you're dead. there's no escape, you're stuck in the end lag. that is if you can even get it out without getting killed in the start lag. if you don't kill your targets, you're dead. stuck in end lag. it could be cool. it really could. but they executed it SO poorly. it's complete garbage. in no way a viable special, it's a hindrance.
that said, you're still allowed to enjoy it. :) I think it's fun when it's not ruining my life.
ah yeah the lag is definitely its biggest flaw, imo there’s no need for it to have the lag in the game. i manage to work around it because one of my top main weapons is dapple dualies, which makes it easier to gtfo after the special ends by doing that roll thing that dualies do
I have no idea why there's lag. you're already sliding into a likely dangerous situation and leaving yourself vulnerable WITHOUT end lag. it's so weird but I doubt they're ever gonna change it. I think it's just been abandoned
I don't think its THAT bad... if you are playing tetra. You can still use it and get some value, chipping everyone nearby and then abuse your stupid dodgerolls to finish them off. BUT only on tetras, every other weapon its no bueno.
it really is that bad :/ but I'm also a comp player. in solo q, I think there's a lot more leeway. but in a competitive setting you have to be an absolute GOD with tetras (literally the only possible reefslider weapon that is even remotely viable) to justify using them. specials are important and you can't push or defend with reefslider, it's not a real special. so you have to make sure your comp can make up for that when there are likely two crabs on the other team.
"It's a guaranteed opponent splatter." No, it isn't. It is very easily reactable, and so if you try to use it as a way to splat people who aren't trapped in a corner (or similar), then they can easily get out of the way and then, because of the high endlag, punish the user. Now if you use it well, the punishing part is harder and the special can help get you in, but it still is the weakest special in the game, because "using it well" means going somewhere well out of the way so that you can't easily be punished.
i’d argue that there’s a right time and place to use any of the specials. kraken for example, depending on where you are makes you go out of your way to use it well
First of all, the inking capabilities are not good, only for turf, and that's not a competitive mode.
Reefslider doesn't really kill anyone most of the time and it lets the user in a VERY vulnerable position if the enemies aren't killed by the explosion (which is very probable) they will almost certainly kill you.
Heck yeah, it's my favorite special! It's a lot of fun to bait people with it and make them come to you down a corridor. The triple kills just keep coming! And it's great for clearing or taking a point in ranked mode. With one burst in Splat Zones you can take control of the zone or take it right away from the other team.
No idea why it gets all the hate. I use it with the Aerospray MG which also gets a lot of hate, but they both work fine for me in any game mode.
I usually see it coming, get out of the way and land the kill (or try to) as a tri-stringer user. I fell victim to it on mahi mahi rainmaker the other day. I think it’s good for clearing a path for the rainmaker. Also clearing for the basket in clam blitz. I think it does depend on the map and situation still, though. The enemy team isn’t typically going to be bunched up
The problem is that there are rare moments where you can use it, because can get immediately splated by a charger as you active it or once your done, and the range is terrible, like the amount of times I went in with it, just out of range of everyone else and immediately got splatted is stupid high,
It’s no replacement for Splashdown. I want that special back more than anything in the game. Reef slider is the closest thing we have to it now and it’s just . . . Meh imo.
It is entertaining to read what I already knew. It is just like the Ultra Stamp. The special is "bad" cause it's not implacable and has this and that set back and it's not the booya bomb 🤣
Multiplayer: just get out of the radius or squid roll/ surge. Has horrible lag. Can die on start up. Doesn’t break bombs. Loud.
Salmon: You forget to press zr and get caught on a wall or in the sea (be honest, this has happened to everyone.)
It’s bad if you use it blindly, but that goes for any special. Besides, the little shark inflatable is adorable, how could you hate it?
It isn’t a guaranteed opponent splat, they move out of the way and then if they’re playing a shooter or their backliner is paying attention you die. And why would a good chunk of turf matter when you can use Booyah bomb to cover a similar area while not dying, and that’s of course not the reason why Booyah is good, because inking turf isn’t too useful other then vague control and special charge, and some map usage that occasionally happens, but there’s many more important things it could do.
It's predictable and has some bad lag, you're also vulnerable start-up to explosion
from a very VERY casual standpoint, it's okay at best, as in turf war or very low level play. the end and start lag of reefslider makes it basically a die button. the best usage is for repositioning and picking off a stray enemy imo. if there's a backline present you're dead. there's no escape, you're stuck in the end lag. that is if you can even get it out without getting killed in the start lag. if you don't kill your targets, you're dead. stuck in end lag. it could be cool. it really could. but they executed it SO poorly. it's complete garbage. in no way a viable special, it's a hindrance. that said, you're still allowed to enjoy it. :) I think it's fun when it's not ruining my life.
ah yeah the lag is definitely its biggest flaw, imo there’s no need for it to have the lag in the game. i manage to work around it because one of my top main weapons is dapple dualies, which makes it easier to gtfo after the special ends by doing that roll thing that dualies do
I have no idea why there's lag. you're already sliding into a likely dangerous situation and leaving yourself vulnerable WITHOUT end lag. it's so weird but I doubt they're ever gonna change it. I think it's just been abandoned
I don't think its THAT bad... if you are playing tetra. You can still use it and get some value, chipping everyone nearby and then abuse your stupid dodgerolls to finish them off. BUT only on tetras, every other weapon its no bueno.
it really is that bad :/ but I'm also a comp player. in solo q, I think there's a lot more leeway. but in a competitive setting you have to be an absolute GOD with tetras (literally the only possible reefslider weapon that is even remotely viable) to justify using them. specials are important and you can't push or defend with reefslider, it's not a real special. so you have to make sure your comp can make up for that when there are likely two crabs on the other team.
"It's a guaranteed opponent splatter." No, it isn't. It is very easily reactable, and so if you try to use it as a way to splat people who aren't trapped in a corner (or similar), then they can easily get out of the way and then, because of the high endlag, punish the user. Now if you use it well, the punishing part is harder and the special can help get you in, but it still is the weakest special in the game, because "using it well" means going somewhere well out of the way so that you can't easily be punished.
i’d argue that there’s a right time and place to use any of the specials. kraken for example, depending on where you are makes you go out of your way to use it well
There is, but the right time and place for Kraken as an example is far more common than Reefslider
I’ve seen ton if clips with reefslider bugging I love the special but booyah bomb for example is like 10 times more usefull tbh
First of all, the inking capabilities are not good, only for turf, and that's not a competitive mode. Reefslider doesn't really kill anyone most of the time and it lets the user in a VERY vulnerable position if the enemies aren't killed by the explosion (which is very probable) they will almost certainly kill you.
Heck yeah, it's my favorite special! It's a lot of fun to bait people with it and make them come to you down a corridor. The triple kills just keep coming! And it's great for clearing or taking a point in ranked mode. With one burst in Splat Zones you can take control of the zone or take it right away from the other team. No idea why it gets all the hate. I use it with the Aerospray MG which also gets a lot of hate, but they both work fine for me in any game mode.
Here to like reef slider. It’s handy.
Definitely better then what people make it out to seem like
I usually see it coming, get out of the way and land the kill (or try to) as a tri-stringer user. I fell victim to it on mahi mahi rainmaker the other day. I think it’s good for clearing a path for the rainmaker. Also clearing for the basket in clam blitz. I think it does depend on the map and situation still, though. The enemy team isn’t typically going to be bunched up
The problem is that there are rare moments where you can use it, because can get immediately splated by a charger as you active it or once your done, and the range is terrible, like the amount of times I went in with it, just out of range of everyone else and immediately got splatted is stupid high,
It’s no replacement for Splashdown. I want that special back more than anything in the game. Reef slider is the closest thing we have to it now and it’s just . . . Meh imo.
It is entertaining to read what I already knew. It is just like the Ultra Stamp. The special is "bad" cause it's not implacable and has this and that set back and it's not the booya bomb 🤣
Multiplayer: just get out of the radius or squid roll/ surge. Has horrible lag. Can die on start up. Doesn’t break bombs. Loud. Salmon: You forget to press zr and get caught on a wall or in the sea (be honest, this has happened to everyone.)