Splatty Rainmaker mayhem (10-8, Carbon Roller Deco)

As before, I'm sticking around in S Rank. Not quite as before, I'm loitering at the very bottom, not quite losing enough to drop out, not quite winning enough to feel like I deserve to be here at the moment. Even so, there is the occasional battle where I am not completely awful.

The start is interesting. Half of the inklings on both sides are splatted within a second or two, not leaving much standing. But one who is standing is a squidmate with the Rainmaker, who makes a dash for the side route to the podium. She gets a fair distance too. I super-jump in to lend a hand, and ink a path ahead, but the Rainmaker is caught by ink from below, and a Splat Bomb with a suspiciously large splat radius catches me.

I see a Carbon Roller being sneaky ahead on my return, so practice some caution. I doubt he's gone, but I can't stay here, so move up to see what I can do about the Rainmaker. Not much, when a flick from the Carbon Roller splats me in mid-air, with an inky trajectory that also looks a little suspicious. It can be frustrating when splats seem to come even a little bit delayed, but you can only work with what you've got.

There's little suspicious about jumping in to a Rainmaker blast. To avoid a repeat, I take a longer way around, which gives the blue inklings a little longer to make their push, but gives me sitting ducks when I get in to position. Our turn again, and we push with the full team. Not for long, though. At least I survive a barrage of blue ink, somehow, and even contribute some splats to the battle.

I hope the Rainmaker is behind me as I launch a Seeker Rush, but she went the other way. Maybe I was a suitable distraction, at least. Not enough to get us the lead again, though. Playing with the other Carbon Roller is frustrating again, with her ink seeming to be more potent than mine. But her position is also much better, almost as if she thought about it.

I don't take the central route the next time, and join my squidmates as they grab the Rainmaker. Excellent, just as my Seeker Rush readies. I fire them off, bagging a nifty double-splat at the podium as I ink the path ahead, and it looks like we'll retake the lead, but the Rainmaker falls a step too early. We're close, though.

The blue team realise we can get close, and also that time is running out. A blue inkling takes the Rainmaker to an unsporting position and flaunts it over us. It's not a great way to win the battle, but I suppose it works.

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Tags: camp triggerfish, carbon roller deco, console, rainmaker, splatoon, wii u