Dualie Squelchers
A balanced Dualies with long range for its class and high mobility, since it has no end lag after dodge rolls. Its splat speed is on the slow side, but it keeps short-range weapons away by shooting while backing off and is great at supporting the front from a step behind your teammates. Its signature technique is the "jump cancel": jumping right out of a dodge roll.
Strength by modeTier and score (win-rate points vs. an average weapon).
| Mode | C–A | S–S+2 | S+3 and up | X Battle | Regular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splat Zones | B -0.7 | B -1.4 | B -0.2 | B -0.7 | — |
| Tower Control | B -1.6 | B -1.9 | B -1.5 | B -1.7 | — |
| Rainmaker | B -1.3 | B -1.2 | B -1.2 | B -0.7 | — |
| Clam Blitz | B +0.2 | B -0.2 | B -0.1 | B +0.1 | — |
| Turf War | — | — | — | — | B -1.9 |
Best stages / Worst stages
Tower Control
Rainmaker
Clam Blitz
Turf War
Strengths
- Long range for Dualies, so it can chase off short-range weapons from outside their range
- No end lag after dodge rolls, so you can keep fighting while rolling backward to hold your distance
- Jump cancels throw off the enemy's aim while you fire low-spread shots
- Above-average painting, so you can stubbornly hold the front with paint and zoning
Watch out for
- 28 damage per shot and four shots to splat, so splat speed is slow and it's bad at forcing splats
- Dodge rolls cost a lot of ink, making it easy to run dry
- Standing shots use two reticles and the shots are slow, so they're actually hard to land
- Both the main and Wave Breaker struggle with elevation, so enemies camping high ground are hard to hit
- Once enemies get in close, its slow splat speed tends to lose the fight
Tips
- Stay a step behind your teammates and use your range to cover them in fights
- Against approaching enemies, dodge roll backward to reset your distance and keep firing from outside their range
- When switching from painting to fighting, swim for a moment first to reset your shot spread
- Practice the fastest jump-cancel timing in the test range
Common gear
Ink Saver (Main), Intensify Action, Swim Speed Up, Ink Recovery Up, Comeback, Stealth Jump, Quick Super Jump, Quick RespawnThis kit
Splat Bomb clears corners and harasses long-range weapons, and Wave Breaker scouts and deals damage so your main needs fewer shots to splat.Recent changes
- 11.0.0: System change for all weapons: main weapons get bigger hitboxes against players (the shorter the range, the bigger the boost), squid form gets a smaller hurtbox, and the game adds "Flow Aura" (a temporary power-up when you keep performing well) plus a remaining-health display (source 10)
- 11.2.0: Special change, Splattercolor Screen: longer placement distance (Hoofz Dualie Squelchers) (source 11)