Sockeye Station

Low Tide

If you are playing with a squad, the Splattershot player should be inking the Normal Tide area. The other 3 players should be able to handle the quota.

If it is Freelance, you may want to keep an eye on your teammates and ink the Spiral and the areas around it so you are still close enough to the action if required. As soon as the quota is reached there are a few more seconds which can be used to ink more of the map.

NT – Grillers

Positioning

• Wave 2 is Normal Tide Grillers. The first Griller will spawn from furthest left position shown in Figure A.
• Ideally you want to splat Grillers early and throw the eggs closer to the basket.
• If you stand and wait for the Grillers at basket you are wasting a lot of time. DO NOT hang at the Spiral location, this is bad for stunning the Grillers and running the eggs.
• The first Griller can be stunned very early, especially if the Charger is able to get a snipe from position A.
• The first 3 Grillers as shown in Figure A, all spawn from a similar area therefore the team can be positioned around areas marked with B and C or near the spiral to stun and splat Grillers early.
• As the wave progresses the team can position themselves at basket around position A shown in Figure B.

Roles

• Splat Charger: Prioritise getting early stuns and damaging Grillers as much as possible.
• Splat Roller: Important to roll Smallfry, run eggs and damage Grillers when possible with horizontal flicks. If you see the charger struggling with Smallfry try and help if possible. If the charger is able to get Griller stuns it helps everyone.
• Splattershot: All-around role to run eggs and damage Grillers. 
• Blaster: All-around role to run eggs and damage Grillers. Use the blast radius when possible to clear groups of Smallfry.

Specials

• Ideally you don’t want to burn many Specials on this wave. One Booyah Bomb towards the end could help splat the final Grillers quicker and allow you to push the quota.
• In Freelance, you may potentially have to use both specials because lower level players often struggle with Grillers. 

Freelance

• A lot of the above applies for squads. However in Freelance you can still use similar principles with lesser skilled players.
• It may be difficult to get players to buy in to very early stuns at the shore so you can position yourself at B or C shown in the Figure A. As teammates will most likely hang at basket but if they see the Griller stunned, they are close enough to help you.
• You can stay in these areas to get more stuns for the other 2 Grillers then pivot to the basket area marked in Figure B. 
• Grillers is one of the most difficult waves in Freelance because players often panic and don’t understand the wave. Your job is to anticipate where the Grillers are coming from and get early stuns. 

High Tide

Positioning

• The early spawns come from the left so positioning yourself near A and B would be helpful to splat them early. From Perch B you should be able to splat the first Flyfish.
• Another flyfish spawns in closer to the spiral which has to be dealt with quickly from the same perch. The 3rd Flyfish spawns soon after which can be dealt with from here or closer to the spiral.
• Now for the majority of the wave bosses will spawn from the left area. If you have the Splattershot or Blaster you can help keep this area under control. 
• If you’re able to deal with the 2 Stingers early then it is possible to back up to allow the Steelheads to come closer to basket. Some players climb on top of the Fish Stick to lure the Steelheads and jump down to activate them.
• Often Charger players feel they have to stay at the top of the spiral but with this wave RNG you can be more involved in the basket area to run eggs and manage the basket platform.

Roles

• Splat Charger: Can stand further back at the start to help splat lessers and bosses. Use the spiral if required to splat bosses and for some safety but do no camp here.
• Splat Roller: Keep lessers under control and support the left side splatting when possible. Should be the main egg runner on this wave since other weapons splat bosses quicker here.
• Splattershot: Has to play very aggressive here, specially around the left area. Splat bosses quickly and try to throw eggs towards the basket so you aren’t trapped in the left area for too long.
• Blaster: Support the Splattershot as much as possible by clearing lessers and bosses on the left area. When the 2 Fish Sticks spawn in, splat them as you have the best weapon for it.

Specials

• Don’t need Specials on this wave unless you feel that it could get overwhelming or is already overwhelmed. Potentially a Booyah Bomb to clear the left area or an Inkjet to splat bosses. Crab Tank on High Tide is always tough when there is a lot going on. 

Freelance

• Go to the areas marked in Figure A early so teammates may see this and help you out. 
• Lower level lobbies will need help with splatting the bosses as it can get overwhelming. Try and slay as much as possible. Trying to lure will be a waste of time.

NT – Goldie Seeking

• Spawn 1 – Gusher C: As the wave starts if you are all positioned here you can shoot the Goldie and splat it very quickly. Charger should be positioned on the Spiral so they can open gusher G immediately. 
• Spawn 2 – Gusher G: The Goldie will go up the Spiral which is a short path so everyone needs to focus damage on the Goldie. Roller should roller the Goldie as it goes up the Spiral.
• Spawn 3 – Gusher D: This Goldie will come across the basket area so it’s an easy splat.
• Spawn 4 – Gusher F: The most important Goldie! It has a very short path up to the Spiral. Immediately Killer Wail this goldie as it spawns. Roller has to be positioned well to roll the Goldie as it gets to the spiral, then swim up the spiral to get in front of the Goldie again for more roll damage. Ensure that this Goldie is splatted.
• Spawn 5 – Gusher A: The only basket Goldie, Crab tank this immediately and don’t let it go too far as these eggs can be run easily to help the score if it’s splatted early.
• Spawn 6 – Gusher D: Another Spiral Goldie, Roller again has to be positioned well for roll damage. Try and get as many eggs as possible and if time is running out, focus egg throwing/running. If you really want to push the score you can Killer Wail this to help get the splat. However if there isn’t much time you may want to save this Killer wail for Wave 5.
• Spawn 7 – Gusher G: It is difficult to get time for this Goldie but if you did then credit to your team. As it comes to the basket you can Crab Tank this Goldie to push the score.

Normal Tide

Positioning

• Drizzler is the first spawn from the bottom left shore area. If you camp this area early and shoot the Drizzler before it lands you can get an early splat. 
• The next 2 spawns are also in this area, a Maws and Slammin’ Lid. You can move closer to the basket and splat those bosses there.
• The Splat Roller and Splattershot should leave for the Big Shot cannon after the Drizzler splat. A lot of bosses will Spawn in this area. Use the Spiral area on occasion to get some elevation and for safety when required. Steel Eels can easily trap you here so be on the move and aware, don’t tunnel certain bosses/lessers for too long.
• The Splat Charger can stay near the basket for the majority of the wave running eggs and splatting nearby bosses.
• Blaster can flex to help the Splat Charger and other teammates if required.

Specials

• Double Inkjet for the Big Shot area will be very useful with the amount of Steelheads and Flyfish that spawn here. Can help with clearing lessers too.
• If you saved a Killer Wail use it for the Stinger that spawns in the bottom left area so it doesn’t have time to target the Big Shot cannon players. You can time it so it splats the Stinger and a Flyfish on the right, which is very useful.

Freelance

• This wave is very difficult with a squad so for Freelance it is even more difficult.
• Try and keep the Big Shot area under control, you may have to leave it at certain times to splat other bosses and prioritise egg running. It is very difficult to deal with that area alone and if you get splatted here then it could be a while before you get revived and slow down the whole wave.