Getting close in Rainmaker (16-6, Carbon Roller Deco)

The Carbon Roller Deco is working for me again, which is good. As much as I mostly want to keep my rank stable to give me practice time with the Blaster, I also like having fun, and I'm having some fun! I nip down the side, send a Seeker out to lay some ink, and move up when I see a charger to splat. I luckily see the other inkling to the side quickly enough, and the charger is splatted by the Rainmaker.

In fact, the Rainmaker gets a fair distance forwards on the first carry. I don't really notice, as I am more concerned with inklings coming towards me, but my attention shifts soon enough as I see the bubble of the Rainmaker's Shield. Despite the Echolocator, I take a short-cut and get myself in a decent position to keep the push going, getting a couple of splats in the process.

I push forwards as a squidmate grabs the Rainmaker, and create an inky path. Somehow I am not splatted by the teal team until I've inked the podium, which I hope will be helpful enough, but I've moved ahead a bit too quickly. Even so, we have a good lead, and are close enough that the teal team think it best to reset the Rainmaker instead of running with it.

A nicely timed Echolocator lets me get a couple of splats, and follow-through for a third, and the Rainmaker gets even closer to the podium before being stopped. The teal team run the Rainmaker out this time, but don't get far, and I take a forward position to help keep the route clear. I drop down to get a nice splat on an Inkzooka, but am just slightly too far from a super-jumper, and under a bit too much pressure from the Splatterscope to get a second.

I come back and head around the side to be a bit sneaky and recover some turf, and squid directly in to an inkling with Disruptors. But the Disruptor doesn't disrupt me as much as she probably hoped. I get a Seeker Rush, and remember in time to move on to the platform before the fans pull it up and my Seekers explode on the wall ineffectively, letting us burst the Rainmaker's Shield and push forwards again.

I'm disrupted again, again not very effectively, and get a lucky Seeker splat when a bit too close to a couple of squidmates. I head off in a different direction, to be a bit safer, and a different direction again when the laser sight of the Splatterscope falls on me. It gets me to the Rainmaker almost on the podium, but we're a bit isolated, and I can't quite isolate myself any further when I need to.

I squid around the side and manage to stop the Rainmaker coming too far back towards us, but my goodness that's a lot of Splat Bombs coming out of the Splatterscope. I head back from the opposite direction and, well, it's best to ignore the ending. I thought it would be a good vantage point on that platform. I suppose it was, but for the Splatterscope.

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Tags: ancho-v games, carbon roller deco, console, rainmaker, splatoon, wii u