Salmon Run Etiquette & Tips
1.) If you notice that you’re one of three teammates down, spam HELP ME as much as you can so the person left alive can find you.
2.) If you notice your teammates calling out for you, press THIS WAY so they can find you.
3.) A BOOYAH after every match is nice. Morale booster.
4.) A BOOYAH whenever you immediately defeat a flyfish together feels great. Another morale booster.
5.) GOLDIES STRATEGY: If they’re coming from the pipes, look for the brightest pipe. Don’t hit pipes willy nilly, otherwise you’ll have too many salmonids to deal with in order to get to the next pipe.
6.) GOLDIES STRATEGY: Allow your teammates to gather up the salmonid eggs before you start shooting pipes again.
6.) FIREFLIES STRATEGY: If you’re surrounded by fireflies, make sure to get to a point where the salmonids can only come in from one direction. Call your teammates there and attack all at once.
7.) FIREFLIES STRATEGY: If you notice the fireflies leave you and go to someone who is not in that strategic corner, call THIS WAY so they get your attention.
7.) You can shoot the balloon thing that the DRIZZLER throws.
8.) Always, always, always have backup walls to climb onto. Paint them at the beginning of the match. This way if everyone is swamped, they have a brief respite on the wall.
9.) GRILLER STRATEGY: speaking of inking the wall... that’s exactly what you need to do for the Griller. Once you notice the beam is on you, climb up the wall and signal your team to be ready. The wall should be close enough to the egg basket to facilitate retrieval of eggs.
10.) GRILLER STRATEGY: If you happen to not be the one chased by the griller, and your teammate is on the wall, make sure to eliminate as many of the smallfry as possible as well as shoot at the Griller. The smallfry jump high enough to hit the person climbing the wall and enough of them together will eventually splat that person. In an ideal situation, one or two people focus on the Griller and the third person takes out the smallfry.
11.) As many have said before me, use the STINGRAY on the mothership, if you have it. The mothership carries a bunch of those floaty dudes with the coolers from hell, so try to hit varied spots, not just one in particular.
12.) Always attack FLYFISH, STEEL EELS, and STINGERS first. They’re the most annoying and the most likely to wipe your team out.
13.) Once you notice the direction from where salmonids are coming from, don’t be ashamed to shout THIS WAY once.
14.) If you saw your teammate get splatted, and are able to stay there for a bit, WAIT for your teammate to come up as a life preserver and ink them. It’s only polite (and helpful for the team later on. It also adds points to your favor).
15.) If there’s already someone at a CANNON, don’t shoot another cannon at the same time. It wastes resources. Help around for a while until the other person’s cannon depletes, and then get into the other cannon.
16.) Also if you have a good weapon, don’t get in the cannon. We need you.
17.) If someone disconnects at the beginning of the match, try to boost morale by screaming BOOYAH. It might be a sucky time, but hey, you all likely joined in for a booyah session before death. With high morale and skilled players, you might even win anyway.
18.) If STEELHEADS get close to your egg basket, they’re now your priority to take out.
19.) REMEMBER to use your special, especially in the third wave.
20.) If none of y’all can take down a steelhead for a while, it might be time for SPLASHDOWN. This is especially recommended if there are teammates as life preservers around you or if they spot is getting particularly crammed.
21.) If you have a CHARGER or any other long range weapon, you’re in charge (hah) of shooting down: mothership coolers/salmonids, the top part of a steelhead, and drizzlers if you’re not too busy.
22.) If you have a STEEL EEL chasing you, don’t run around in a tight circle. It prevents your teammates from being able to shoot at the tail, and will likely get you killed. Best strategy is to lead it on a long chase around and call for backup to get the tail. If there’s a wall inked up, you might use it to catch a breath.
23.) Tag team a SCRAPPER, with one person shooting it so it faces that way and the other shooting it from behind.
24.) INKJET and SPLASHDOWN are clutch last minute save-the-entire-team specials.
25.) If you’re a STINGER’s target, run away from both the beam AND your teammates. They could get caught by the beam if you run their way.
26.) SPLAT BOMB LAUNCHER: The least useful special in my opinion, but can be useful for: when there are too many flyfish about, when there are maws nearby a flyfish, and when everyone is dying and you have no other choice but to dish out ink bombs every which way to try and save your teammates.
27.) Tbh, BOOYAH and flop around all you want when you win matches. It’s fun~
Feel free to add more salmon run advice btw. These are just some I’ve thought about for a while.
