The splats are against me in Rainmaker (5-8, Blaster)
5th May 2017 – 7.00 amPhew, splatted mid-air by a jumping E-litre 3K. That doesn't bode well for my safety in this battle. And I show just a bit too much caution on my return versus a hiding green inkling, letting him launch an Instrike, but when my direct hit doesn't land for a whole second I get the feeling it won't be my battle at all.
I've lost track of the Rainmaker, but take a moment to find it again. My Killer Wail doesn't splat anyone, but it stops progress for a moment. More annoying is that a direct Blaster hit doesn't stop the Rainmaker either. At least a squidmate manages to finish the splat.
It's a nice triple I get myself a few moments later. I can't help feel that I ought to have survived, but I'm just going to be happy to get three solid splats in a row. That doesn't happen much with the Blaster! I come back with a more pragmatic goal of turning a mostly green map a bit more purple. I spy the E-litre 3K in a rather vulnerable position, but being Echolocated gives me away, and trying to manoeuvre just lets a Splattershot hit me more where I was than where I am.
The Splattershot does a better job of hitting me where I am seconds after I return. I suspect she's still around, so ink some turf first, then take a look around. That plan is scuppered by another Echolocator hitting me, and the Splattershot splats me from below, in a manner I'm not too happy with. But what can you do.
You shouldn't bang your squidy head against a wall, so I return to action by a completely different route. I think I can get behind the green inklings, but there's no one around when I do, as they are all pressed quite high in to our side of the map. But I spy one inkling, and I hit him once, twice again as he launches an Inkstrike, and once more as he moves away, but nothing comes of it. Sure, he's got one layer of Defence, but I have one Strength Up.
Sometimes I'm not sure what I can do. Just keep going, I suppose. I squid around the back, making it on the second attempt, and make my way through green ink, pessimistic about my odds of getting a splat. I feel good about hitting the E-litre 3K square-on from the side, bad when she stays standing, and good again a second later when the splat is confirmed. Then I run in to the N-ZAP again, hitting him directly, but having him squid away. So it goes. At least this time I get away too.
My Killer Wail doesn't really help, timed just after we grab the Rainmaker, so I squid up and over the moving platform to provide some forward support, which would go better if the first inkling I ran in to wasn't the N-ZAP again. But not long to go now, and I can try another team. Just to rub it in, I run in to the N-ZAP again and hit him multiple times without a splat. This is quite demotivating.
With ten seconds to go, I decide that not only have I had enough of this laggy battle, but we aren't going to beat the green team's lead. I stay at our base and have a short moment of fun for myself.
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