Up and down the Moray Towers Splat Zones (7-4, Tri-slosher)

Sloshing over the Splat Zones seems like the best use of my bucket on Moray Towers, so I tend to take a defensive route to start these battles. That goes well, so I try to get sneaky around the side of the other team. I get around the side, destroy a Beakon, and splat the E-litre 3K nicely, but don't activate my Bubbler in time to avoid some ink from behind.

I take the scenic route again. Our Splat Zone is fine, so I move on. I take the direct route to the teal Splat Zone this time. That works out nicely, as the E-litre 3K has moved down there, and isn't quite prepared for a bucket getting so close. I move away from some ink hitting my flank, and an Echolocator shows that we are converging anyway at the bottom of the rank. I show my amazing reflexes by popping my Bubbler a second after splatting the inkling.

I go back and finish the job of capturing the teal Splat Zone, starting our counter ticking over. Our Splat Zone becomes contested, but it's probably best if I help ensure the teal Splat Zone stays non-teal for now. I consider my options for moving up, fail to ink one wall, and decide to move away from there before I am spotted. A second attempt at a second wall goes better for inking, worse for being spotted.

The teal team have moved high up our side of the Towers. I cover the tracks, preventing easy flanking, but doing so lets them capture the Splat Zones. So be it, we have plenty of time, and with my back covered by purple ink I feel safer in sloshing over the ledge on to our Splat Zone again. We manage to recover the situation after only just losing the lead, which we can deal with.

Indeed, it's not long before my squidmates capture the teal Splat Zone again, after I look for a sneakier, riskier, and probably pointless wall to ink across a gap, and the lead is ours again. Our Splat Zone is contested soon after, which I move back to help with, before heading back the other way as the teal Splat Zone is teal again. There's lots of moving, but the flow of ink seems to be mostly under control.

With the teal team pushed back, I head up the wall again. I pause only because I'm surprised that the wall is fully inked, a squidmate having had better luck getting up here than I did earlier. Good job! I make it to the top, splat an unfortunate super-jumper, then get a bit too intimate with an Inkbrush. But still our counter ticks downwards.

When an Echolocator hits, I retreat to a defensive position, turning a teal wall purple as I go. That helps keep our Splat Zone purple, even if the teal Splat Zone becomes contested, and even though I'm splatted away as the battle ends, it's too late to capture the Splat Zones to force the battle in to extra time. Woomy!

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Finding some breathing room in Splat Zones (7-4, Tri-slosher)

I'm back in S Rank, and not faring too well overall. I pull out the Tri-slosher in a bid to be as competent as possible, but it doesn't always work. Thankfully, my squidmates know what they're doing, and take care of things whilst I squid around being target practice for the blue team.

At least I can add my ink to the Splat Zones fairly effectively, although I really should avoid squidding through them, as being splatted makes a big blue splotch in my wake. When everything is a little calm, I can even lie in wait for the Luna Blaster to appear, and get a lucky splat. A Disruptor on the .52 Gal doesn't go astray either, even if I make a mess of the Splat Zones again as a result.

I get a break when my squidmates are catching the blue team's attention and an Instrike hits the Splat Zones. One inkling is beneath the blue E-litre 3K, and my sloshing catches both slightly unawares. That lets me move around to where another inkling rather incautiously launches an Inkstrike in the open. And, with my Bubbler going, I go looking for the Luna Blaster, just about squidding past her blast to get the quad. Nice!

I keep the streak going for a bit longer. There is a calm as we hold the Splat Zones, and I see the E-litre 3K Burst Bombing her way forwards, catching her with a slosh that looks to finish a splat. Some inky pressure comes from above, but a Disruptor hits nicely. The inkling triggers a Suction Bomb Rush to counter the Disruptor, but some upwards sloshing stops that too. I finally get caught in the back by the Luna Blaster, which was perhaps inevitable.

Our control of the Splat Zones continues, though, and I help cover over the odd Suction Bomb here and there. A Suction Bomb Rush comes flying in, giving me more blue ink to cover. Instead, a Disruptor on the Rusher reduces their mobility, and a squidmate's Inkstrike recovers Splat Zone control.

I surge forwards to see what pressure I can apply to the E-litre 3K again, but the battle is won before I get there. Woomy!

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Chaotic Rainmaker (5-8, Grim Range Blaster)

The teal team makes a good break with the Rainmaker, which either goes unnoticed by my team or they are mostly splatted. At least I don't ignore the objective, hoping someone else takes care of it, because I think it would have been a really quick battle otherwise.

I get behind the Rainmaker, for safety, and a Killer Wail comes at the right time too. It clears the path ahead as the Rainmaker is burst out of its shield, and gets a handy splat. The path forwards isn't clear though, and although I don't quite ink the ramp, at least our initial movement to the centre of the map has inked the path above me.

That Inkzooka doesn't hit me, but it often doesn't. The Rainmaker is not in a convenient place for the teal team, though, and it stays there for my return. We burst the shield again, and I have another go moving the Rainmaker forwards. It goes pretty well, clearing the way a little to start with, and an accidental fall inspiring my movement across the centre.

Something happens when I super-jump back. I'm not sure what for a moment. But a squidmate ends up with the Rainmaker and pushing forwards. And keeps pushing forwards, my splat-cam showing me him reaching the ramp, and I watch the movement gauge at the top of the screen as he surges in to the lead. Nice! That didn't look likely to happen from the teal team's early start.

Super-jumping back keeps me safe, and I fall back a little so that the Rainmaker's shield doesn't splat me. The Rainmaker sits tantalisingly on the ridge, and a excellently timed Inkstrike comes in to encourage me to grab it. That's when the Inkzooka reappears. So it goes. Our position remains good, and we keep the Rainmaker near the podium for a bit longer.

We stop the teal team at the half-way mark, and get another push. I head down the side this time, but am intercepted and pushed backwards. Not my best decision, in retrospect. But a nice lob of a Burst Bomb does just enough to splat the Rainmaker at the half-way mark again. The Inkzooka starts splatting everyone from the ledge, and I move to splat the wielder. Unfortunately, I grab the Rainmaker by accident, and, when trying to make the most of it, don't quite make the jump I had planned to be awesome.

Another break by the teal team heads the same way, and although my Killer Wail isn't needed to stop the Rainmaker, thank goodness, it helps burst the shield. We are back in control and move steadily forwards as the clock ticks down, leaving the teal team with only two shining moments in a battle where we otherwise mostly were in control. Woomy!

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Tough tussle over the Splat Zones (11-8, Tri-slosher)

Three of us head away from the Splat Zones to start with. It seems to work out just fine, to be fair. I catch two oncoming inklings, taking the route from the opposite side, Disrupting one and slinking to the side of the other. Jumping across the ramp doesn't quite let me disrupt another inkling, but he's discouraged from staying on the perch. And by that point, we're all nicely together in the Splat Zones and in control. Nice!

I move up, find no inklings, drop back down, and splat an inkling on the ramp before the falling ink can splat me. A Disruptor hitting a block next to me doesn't help, although it is fairly normal, but using that block buys me enough time for my Bubbler to charge. The other inkling's Kraken charges too, but is more for survival and ignores my Bubblered self. That suits me, and I run away too, back up the top for another slinking splat.

I try to apply some pressure from above, which pretty much works. I probably shouldn't have dropped down, but there you go. My squidmates recapture the Splat Zones after a brief interruption, so all looks well. I look towards the Splat Zones on my return, and as they seem okay I jink to the other side of the Depot. I see an orange inkling hop across the ramp, so move to clean up behind him, failing to be careful in case a second inkling is on the ramp. Oh well.

I head around the side of the Splat Zones and use the height advantage again. I help get a splat, which is good, and drop down to ink the Zones, stumbling in to another inkling who I Disrupt and splat. That Disruptor uses up most of my ink, though, so I struggle for a bit, until I take a breather. That lets the orange team return. My Bubbler protects me for a bit, but I have to flee as Suction Bombs come flying in.

I squid around, trying to keep the orange ink at bay. I do okay, but appear to be mostly on my own for the moment. I eventually get blindsided as the orange team pour in, and my squidmates are busy elsewhere. At least our Splatterscope avenges me, and splats a super-jumper. That stops the orange counter too. Nice! I head back on the other side to the Splat Zones, avoid the obvious trap of the orange ramp, and, although cautious heading up the other side, still get found by the same Splattershot Pro as before. More fool me.

We have orange pressure all around us now. This is not looking good. I sidestep most of it, the Splat Zones needing attention too, and am happy to hear my Bubbler charge. I get a good Disruptor throw as I drop down as well, and the poor target forgets, as I always do, that you can super-jump back to base, instead choosing to hide ineffectively from my bucket. And, with that, the Splat Zones are teal once more. That gives them a buffer to work through too, which helps us. Good thing too, because Specials are activated all over the place, making the Splat Zones orange very quickly.

I run in to the Splattershot Pro again to start with, and although my next sortie gets me across the Splat Zones and in to action, it's in to a bit more action than desired. It helps with capturing the Splat Zones, though, pushing the orange buffer up a bit more. And heading around the side and over a ramp flanks an Inkzooka effectively, and some cautious sloshing helps neutralise the Splat Zones.

I find the source of the orange ink, with his back to me no less, and splat him as the clock ticks down. With a charged Bubbler, the Splat Zones neutral, and our team with the lead, the battle looks won. I pop the Bubbler as a precaution and slosh away, before once again feeling an unfortunate drawback to Ink Resistance shoes.

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Beyond the Splat Zones (5-1, Tri-slosher)

Well, my opening gambit doesn't work so well. I don't know why my Disruptor doesn't hit the Carbon Roller, maybe because I hit the blocks instead, but it means he can react quickly to my presence. I am splatted back to base.

The Splat Zones are green for a bit. With a bit of pressure we turn them blue, but not for long. A nicely aimed Wail keeps me from doing much with my bucket, and the inkling responsible manages to hide in the smallest puddle of ink quite well, but I find him eventually, whilst my squidmates capture the Splat Zones.

I am kept in the Splat Zones by rising platforms, but sloshing ink around always seems to help. I finally get out of there and around the back, where I don't do a great deal, but do manage not to get caught out by the Carbon Roller, although I nearly mess that up thinking he's gone when he hasn't.

I squid away and back again, using my Bubbler to get close to the Splatterscope, unfortunately for him, particularly as I hit him with a Disruptor too. I move back towards the Splat Zones, spotting a target, but get there only to be moral support, as my squidmates have everything sorted out. Nice!

Heading back towards the green team sees an Inkstrike being prepared, and although I can't stop it I get in to good position to ensure the post-strike splat. A Disruptor stops me going much further, but I splat the thrower and can just sit there, feeling sorry for myself. Not for long, though.

The Disruptor wears off and I flop around, which I'll claim to be a victory celebration, as we win the battle by a knockout victory. Woomy!

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Squidding around the Splat Zones (6-3, Tri-slosher)

My early attempt to splat the E-litre 3K on the perch near the moving platform doesn't quite work, and I don't make the jump across. But falling down lets me look towards the Splat Zones, and get a splat without popping my Bubbler. But the Bubbler may have helped against the E-litre 3K's aim. So it goes.

I avoid the E-litre 3K's gaze for now, looking to go around the side, and hit some different pressure. It doesn't stick around, letting me hit the Splat Zones, and my Bubbler helps me slosh uninterrupted to help capture the Splat Zones. I move on, thinking of jumping on to the E-litre 3K, but that super-jumping ring catches my attention. I don't see the Suction Bomb at all.

A bit of tidying up never hurts, and although our counter is stopped we don't lose control of the Splat Zones for too long. I spy an opportunity to press ahead, and, with a bit of caution from potentially returning inklings, mess up the teal team's side of the map. When it looks safe, I head around the side to look for the E-litre 3K. She's not there, but the Jet Squelcher is, and looking the wrong way too.

Heading back towards the oncoming teal team, finds the E-litre 3K returning, and the close range favours my bucket. Close range, and my Bubbler. Pushing further finds another inkling, and I complete a good triple, before heading back to the Splat Zones. They remain nicely purple, good.

I circle around again, and am not the only one pressing back the teal team. But although we prevent a couple of inklings from getting further, a couple of teal inklings are at the Splat Zones, and capture them. Quite why I don't turn around to focus on the objective is beyond me, as I'm not really helping at the moment, but thankfully our other squidmates are dealing with the Splat Zones.

I splat the E-litre 3K again, once her Burst Bombs run out and I realise my Tri-slosher disperses ink nicely, and it's off to the Splat Zones with me. I help keep one side purple as the other gets hit with an Inkstrike, but a second Inkstrike hits straight after. It's a blip in our control, but one that forces a buffer for us to work through.

I support our Splatterscope against the E-litre 3K, getting the final ink for the splat, but miss the super-jumper. The Splat Zones switch colours briefly again, and I head around the back, finding little action until I drop back down near the Splat Zones. My Bubbler keeps me safe for a bit, but I don't track the Suction Bomb Rusher well enough to let me escape when my Bubbler dissipates.

There's not much left to do if we capture the Splat Zones again, which my squidmates do before I get back, and this is one occasion where my 'Nice!' is not premature. Woomy!

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Can't get close to the Splat Zones (4-5, Tri-slosher)

Running in to a Splat Bomb is not a great start to the battle. It's a nice throw, though, and rolls just at my feet from behind the fan, and my already meagre reaction time is simply not good enough to get away in time.

The teal team capture the Splat Zones quickly, and push high to keep us from getting anywhere near them with brutal efficiency. I get some height to try to push them back without too much danger, buy my little bucket can't quite reach.

I drop down and throw a Disruptor, which helps, as does my Bubbler, and I nearly get to where I can see the Splat Zones, but a lone Burst Bomb, just when I am without my Bubbler and already damaged, stops me in my tracks. There's a brief moment where the Splat Zones aren't teal, but it is brief.

I head back along a long but safer route, and manage to get in to the Splat Zones. The turf I ink helps charge my Bubbler again, which lets me stick around the Splat Zones long enough to neutralise them, and help capture them. But a small barrage of ink hits me unexpectedly from over a ledge, turning a splat in my favour to one against me quickly.

At least we have a score on the board. Those eight points may be all we get. Heading down the short side route just corners me. I think I hit the Slosher with enough ink for a splat, but apparently not, and the Bamboozler had a bead on me anyway.

Our path to the Splat Zones is under teal ink again. I try to do what I can about that, but am conscious of the teal team's score, so push forwards sooner rather than later. Another Bubbler is charged, and I get to run around the Splat Zones sloshing for a bit, at least neutralising them, but an Sloshed again before too long.

The battle is over before I even reappear on our base. That was quick. I'm not quite sure what happened.

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More splats for Marie in Splat Zones (6-4, Tri-slosher)

Green versus purple. I think I can make this more of a partisan battle than usual, just by thinking I'm fighting on the side of Marie in a daytime Splatfest. To that end, I nip along the side and around the back, and although I don't catch anyone on a perch I get to a good position to drop down on a couple of inklings. With them out of the way, and of course with the support of my squidmates, the Splat Zones become ours.

I skirt around the purple ink for a bit, not wanting to face it head-on, not with my short range, but succumb eventually, when stay a bit too long in the area. Coming back hits someone with a Disruptor, but not the inkling who squids in to my path, who splats me unceremoniously.

My next excursion goes a bit better, with an Echolocated inkling appearing right in front of me, and despite us losing the lead it looks like we are still putting up a fight, grabbing back the Splat Zones. My Bubbler protects me from inky threat, but in trying to evade it I am pinged as a squid over a grate I don't expect. So it goes.

A bit of tidying up doesn't go amiss, and my squidmates keep control of the Splat Zones as I get myself in to two-pronged trouble. More tidying up looks like a good idea after that too. Maybe I'm not inking the Splat Zones, but by inking everywhere else I am helping my squidmates get back in to good positions smoothly.

I don't quite hit the Burst Bomber with a Disruptor, but a squidmate splats them anyway. We both surge forwards, taking advantage of the gain in turf, and that puts me right next to an active Inkzooka, who I splat with brutal efficiency. And once more the Splat Zones are ours.

I squid around the back to frustrate the movements of the purple team like they did to us, but it doesn't really work when no one's there. That's okay, as I see where they are and move up to flank them. One is splatted by a squidmate, which saves me the trouble, and I get the other one. Just in time too, as the battle is won! Woomy!

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Luck goes both ways in Splat Zones (6-8, Carbon Roller Deco)

I aim for the short-cut to the Splat Zones with my Seeker, and get pretty close from that angle. A bit of flicking and I'm right there, really quickly, just about wishing that maybe I had dragged my heels a bit. A squidmate also gets splatted pretty quickly, and I think she jumps to share the misfortune between us.

I come back along the more traditional route and immediately get caught up with an encroaching inkling. My ink tank doesn't fill up enough for a Seeker, and my flicking won't do much from where I am, but a bit of a pause in the ink, and a bit of luck with my target standing stock-still to launch an Inkstrike, and I'm on my way.

My Seeker Rush charges, but perhaps dropping in to the middle of occupied Splat Zones is not the best option for maximising their ink. So it goes, although that Kraken got away with a nose dip in the water. Thankfully, my squidmates are having better luck, capturing the Splat Zones and starting our score. We're only fifty points behind!

A bit of height keeps me out of harm's way for a bit, but not from Burst Bombs or Blasters. I hope to be effective soon, and try to help a little by inking over some teal ink near our base, before doing an unnecessary hop to launch a Seeker. Heading back to approach the Splat Zones with some reach, I pretty much bump in to an inkling, and flail about, not quite remembering what I should be doing, before getting the splat. That's more like it.

A threat comes from the side that I don't so much avoid but get rescued from by a squidmate, and that lets me help ink the Splat Zones at last. I manage to avoid squidding right in to a Killer Wail, good job, which also protects me from a Splat Bomb Rush, and, after those, manage to get away from some inky threat, again probably thanks to a diligent squidmate.

I do my best to pay back my squidmates' excellent battling, and help keep the Splat Zones orange, whilst aiming for the occasional splat. Getting a Seeker splat is great, hitting the inkling from the flank, as I don't even need to aim. Spotting a threat on a platform leads to a more professional and satisfying splat.

The Splat Zones remain ours for a while, but I get caught out and make a teal splodge that doesn't help us. Even so, we're in the lead, which is excellent. I return in good spirits, and use my shoes to squeeze through the teal ink to get close to an inkling, adding my ink to help a squidmate get the splat, and from there re-take the Splat Zones. Nice!

I haven't been around the back yet. I flicked some ink up the wall earlier, mostly as a diversionary tactic, but now I head around to see what's happening. Nothing, and the inklings are heading my way. I pretty much just squid around for a bit, hoping no one catches me. But I help my squidmates police the ink in the Splat Zones, and have the good sense to get splatted by the Kraken just outside of them, to keep our score ticking over.

That's a nice jump in to the Killer Wail, so nearly avoided. At least I splat that annoying, jumping Luna Blaster on my return, although we lose the lead as we deal with inklings on the outskirts. I get another minor victory as multiple Seekers chase a Kraken through the Splat Zones, inking turf and getting the splat, when the Kraken could have just swum in to them.

We're back in control as the last few seconds of the battle count down. Can we keep control long enough to steal the victory? No. Despite our initial advantage in numbers, the teal team come back and splat us out of the way, regaining control and ending the battle. Ah well, so it goes.

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It's a splattacre in Tower Control (11-11, Tri-slosher)

A bit of caution as I approach the centre of the map pays off. My Disruptors may miss their mark, but not having enough ink to throw another holds me back, keeps me safe. I splat the Luna Blaster well enough, but can't quite get under the Dynamo Roller. At least I splat him too.

I aim to get behind the green team on my return, particularly as my squidmates are on the Tower, but it looks dangerous to drop down. I wait for my moment and make my move successfully, and from there decide to ride the now-returned Tower, to keep us moving forwards. My Bubbler protects me from a Blaster, and thankfully doesn't ping me in to the water as a result, and I help to push the Tower further until the Dynamo Roller splats me from afar.

The green team look to have sacrificed an early lead for some disruption behind the lines. That needs clearing up, so I lend a tentacle before moving on to see what I can do about the Tower. Not much with a couple of inklings trying to come up the wall. But I'm not about to squid in to them, and my patience pays off. A little more patience would have been worthwhile too, but I drop down at just the wrong moment.

I get a good Disruptor throw on my way back, which lets me out-manoeuvre the Blaster, and take the opportunity to ride the Tower again. Or I would, but a Blaster and a second inkling on the other side of the water make me think again, just not quickly enough. I try to Disrupt them and abandon Tower, but it has moved on already, and I just hand the Tower to the green team.

I have the luxury of time, as my squidmates clear the Tower, so I wait and watch. That bags me a nice and easy splat, and drop down to get another. But what I couldn't see from my position was the super-jump ring just beneath me, and I don't react quickly enough to the landing inkling. My squidmates continue their good defence, though, so our lead is not in much peril.

I trade splats with the Luna Blaster a couple of times, just because that's what I seem to do, before getting a clean splat, thanks to a Disruptor. Clearing the Tower doesn't go as planned, and I don't get quite close enough to the encroaching Dynamo Roller before he can begin his swing. That's a shame, as the Tower pushes on to my side, which I now cannot defend, and, with the slightest of optimistic pauses, the green team sneaks the lead.

Adding insult to injury, the Luna Blaster plants a Splat Bomb and avoids my bucket, and super-jumping to a squidmate making a last desperate lunge with the Tower just gets me splatted. But we still have time! The battle enters extra time, a squidmate gives me a super-jumping target on the Tower, and I go for it.

With a bit of luck and a bit of support, our final opportunity isn't wasted. Just as the Dynamo Roller's green ink washes over us, we grab the lead back and win the battle! Woomy!

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