25 Tips For Splatoon 3 Salmon Run and Big Run

Lets be real. There's a lot of people who just really aren't good at Splatoon 3 Salmon Run. So to help people get ready before Big Run. Here are 25 tips to help you get better at Salmon Run! We'll talk about how to use Grizzco weapons, dealing with cohozuna, and more!

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[davidhower]

The wall clinging strategy should only be used as a LAST RESORT! The salmonoids will start jumping after a certain amount of time. You can reset that timer by standing on top of the wall to reset their pathing.

[davidhower]

For #18, you will always have one special remaining during an extra wave, no matter how many you used beforehand. You can’t save both of your specials. Use them.

[leftovernoise]

Most rollers are effective in glowflies and also please please please stop wall clinging for glowflies unless it's a last resort. You're removing a quarter of your teams killing power and ability to throw eggs in the basket. With randoms wall cling will end in a wipe more often then it will help

[levelgiga]

0:48
Just to clarify, you shouldn't cling to the walls in squid form, you should stand on the edge and fire down. It's so frustrating to be in Executive VP and loose cause the person targeted isn't helping at all.

[NC_spl]

Grizzco charger can’t spam shots, it only has 7 before the tank empties, but the shots do pierce through lessers which can clear crowds very efficiently with just 2 shots, it also the range of an E-liter. Grizzco slosher pierces all armor, so you can use it to brute force kill Steelheads outside of their cycle, or pierce other armored bosses, like shooting through Eel walls or even stunning Grillers from anywhere. Gslosh also only has 4 shots, so try to make them count as much as possible.

[YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

I feel like a lot of necessary context/further explanation is being skipped over on many of these tips so I’ll make a list here:

0:29 it actually does work pretty well if done right. Since glow fly wave chum have reduced health, literally every roller is capable of instantly killing them when rolling. That just leaves your 3 teammates to focus on damaging the Goldie’s. Make sure to keep your roller down on the ground the entire time. If you stand still, you can regenerate ink without having to go in squid form and horizontal flicking each time you get low. Also, if you move slower while rolling, it won’t cost as much ink so you can last a very long time just slightly moving forward, all the while instantly splatting every chum and knocking back Goldie’s and having a shield for yourself

0:47 sticking to walls should not be used all the time. It makes gathering the golden eggs obscenely hard if they all are in a pool with the 2 dozen angry chum below. Ideally your team should stay near the basket together and funnel everything through one front. If done right you’ll have enough dps. This will also result in the Goldie’s dying near the basket for easier eggs collection. Sticking to walls only comes in handy when the team has been surviving fine for a while but hasn’t really had a chance to get all the golden eggs in the basket. The one player will take the agro elsewhere and stick to a wall while the others just get eggs for a bit

1:09 grounded boxes will start spawning lesser salmonoids after a while. It’s a better use of time and resources to shoot a grounded box that would otherwise spawn 5 chum and a cohok than to shoot a single chum following you

4:00 snatchers will steal the eggs you put in the cannon if someone doesn’t pick them up in time

4:29 regardless of how many specials you did or didn’t use in the previous 3 waves, you will always be set to having one special to use against a king salmonoid

4:39 the YouTuber hazdamy makes great guides if you want to learn more

5:51 if you have a high fire rate/splash damage weapon, not only should you be clearing a lot of the lesser salmonoids like chum and smallfries, but you should also kill fish sticks for your team. Don’t let a charger waste 15 seconds trying to snipe each tiny smallfry. Conversely, chargers can help other teammates kill fish sticks by painting the sides in a single charged shot. This will save your teammates the time of trying to paint a tall wall with usually a short range weapon that can’t reach all the way

Not tied to the video, but I’ll add my own since newer Grizzco employees have trouble with the weapon: the dynamo roller can insta kill all lessers *including* cohoks. Clear lessers when you can for your teammates

[thatacnhkid]

Thank you for telling us the optimal ways to lose wahoo as fast as possible

[davidhower]

Also, for #10, a Slammin’ Lid crush will instantly kill _any_ boss that’s underneath it. We’re talking Steelheads, Scrappers, Drizzlers, even Flyfish! Use that whenever you can.

[squidsurge]

For number nine, I would actually say that it could be more optimal to wait about 5 to 10 seconds before splatting them. If a boss Salmonid like Steelhead or Flyfish go under the beam, they will get splatted when Slammin Lid goes down. This is actually pretty common with Steelheads

[Slurp_Durp]

Here's another important tip, luring the salmons to basket. This can majorly help get the goal much faster without any stress but also make sure not to overlure as well cuz if all the bosses are focus on the middle you can't do much about, this is also the sole reason why to use specials BEFORE things get so chaotic plz do not use them as panic specials when you are about to die but like what riz said do it when you are the last player alive. And if you are about to die but everyone else is dead while time is gonna ran out, USE a bomb it can lengthen the time while also reviving a teammate. If you all got more questions go right ahead, unless if its about getting actual good teammates well I cant help you with that lol.

[digaddog]

If you're having trouble getting into the habit of using specials, pick a time in the match, like 50 seconds into round 3, and use your special as soon as you can after reaching that point.

[yeahman]

Here's a good tip. Always look at the bottom of the screen before the start of a wave. It'll tell you if the wave will be high tide, mid tide, or low tide.
This is important to look at, it can get you a headstart at inking an area, such as low tide

[TheDreamDojo]

While some of this I already know, I really needed to hear that line about "Splatoon's not about being a one-man army." I always tred to do as much as I can, on my own, to prove that I'm worth something to my team. After this, I humbled myself down and worked more in sync with my teammates, while not being stingy with my specials.

NOW MY TEAM ROCKED A 146 EGG SCORE IN THE EELTAIL ALLEY BIG RUN! ^w^

...So, thanks. You really woke me up.

[sarcastic_ocupie]

I feel like I know a lot. But I didn’t know about the Flyfish colour difference. I’m surprised you didn’t talk about prioritizing fish sticks or take advantage of the fish stick pillars for transport (although this only works in Gone-fission hydro with the uninkable walls)

[FlameLFH]

Something many people overlook is the fastest way to get several golden eggs into the basket from a distance if many bosses have been killed: Throw the first egg, refill your tank, throw another egg, then deposit the third. By the time you come back for more eggs, your ink tank will be refilled, allowing you to repeat the process again.

[mysryuza]

I understand the method of luring, but I swear, every time my team does it, the basket gets blocked where you can’t shoot the egg into the basket in time or there’s too many bosses clustered in one spot. In low tide, there were times my team was wiped and I was the only one, but still managed to survive the shift for my team because I actually retreated far behind the basket to the main area in the last 10 seconds.

[RetroCheats]

tip #26 Watch where Snatchers spawn. Sometimes they'll grab eggs and carry it closer to the basket.

[RetroCheats]

incredible flyfish tip.. didn't know there was a difference for baskets..

[ClayAdams]

Fish sticks near the basket are high priority too. The most important strategy to employ is luring bosses to the basket. STOP RUNNING TO THE SHORE. Pretend like the basket is your lifeblood and the further you stray from it the more you hurt. I promise there will be plenty of bosses near the basket to kill.

[ZaiDrizzleDrop]

wow I never knew there was a difference between Flifish missiles.