I think I agree that light tetras are overall better but dark tetras can still be useful. I think by the end of the game’s lifespan if sprinkler and reefslider get good buffs, they’ll be completely equal and based on personal preference which one is used
I think they're a lot closer than people think, and it is map dependent. Reefslider is not nearly as bad as a lot of people think, but you have to be selective on its use (Insert Chara reefslider comment here). Popping it for the sake of using it is almost never a good idea. However, in most maps, light have much more potential. Not to mention the fact they require more skill makes them so much more fun! Hopefully I get good at either of them some day LMAO
Agree. I don’t think reefslider is that bad, especially for zones, RM, and even clams. And like they said in the video having any bomb comes in handy in a lot of situations whether it’s someone using wall or crab tank, or in a situation where you just need to make someone move without actually going after them
I disagree with the reefslider take. Reef slider is probably the worst special in the game, and in most situations its better to just forget you even have it. Its OK at force capping zones if nobody is nearby to kill you, in which you can just cap zone by painting it normally. Light tetra does a great job capping smaller zones because it has sprinkler so it can quickly paint it. I dont really see light tetra being worse in any situation except on maps where zipcaster sucks, and even then its still better.
@@Inmortuae2233 in my experience sprinkler does not paint nearly enough to cap a zone, and usually when you throw it anywhere near a zone it gets destroyed instantly. To me the best use of a sprinkler is to distract or maybe bait an enemy that’s sharking to pop out and shoot it. Other than that, the best use building your special faster and the best way to do that is to throw your sprinkler somewhere far away from any fights so it doesn’t get immediately destroyed. Reefslide may be the worst special in the game but that really just speaks to how much better the specials are in this game as compared to 2. Compared to splashdown, reefslider is like A tier.
I think the light tetras are a better overall kit, but they have a much higher skill floor. Autobomb is highly forgiving sub in that you don’t need to aim its landing perfectly in most situations, and reefslider is, hit button blast forward explode. Whereas you need some quick, accurate reflexes to utilize the shielding aspect of sprinkler, and zipcaster is by far the most skill-dependent special in the game.
I’m still struggling with Zipcaster, but I love the bouncy Clawshot concept. I liked the Autobomb as a way to track enemies and a revenge splatter if you’re lucky. I was sad to see it go in the Light variant. It’s funny how Light and Dark’s kits contrast with good and bad subs and specials. Reefslider is difficult to time because you can easily get splatted before you even get on the damn thing, but I somehow couldn’t do the same to other players. I had my amazing moments with double splats when I used it with Undercover. I kinda prefer the Light variant, but I miss the Autobomb.
The comment about dark being better for slaying and light being better for distracting is spot on IMO and basically the same conclusion that I came to after playing light since the new season came out. I’m not slaying as much with them but it’s very useful for when you need to quickly infiltrate their base and aggro / kill someone that is just dominating and making it so your team cannot do the objective. I have had a few games where we were close to losing but I used zip caster to go in and take out a key player that was totally blocking us from whatever the objective was and we eventually came back to win, also used it to take out the RM in overtime on occasion. I’m not getting as many kills with it as I do with dark though. I will say that I am pretty happy with these two kits as compared to the kits in 2, those were just the worst kits ever and these at least are pretty functional. That said I still hope we get a 3rd or even 4th variant with this game sometime down the line.
I definitely like Isabel's take on it. Zipcasterfor a distraction playstyle and Autobomb for a slayer role. Two kits with different styles that almost makes it unfair to compare them.
I think it depends on playstyle and what your comp needs. Because letras have to play around their special they can’t be as aggressive as dark tetras, so if you’re running a super aggro comp dark tetras are better.
For me personally I lean more to Dark Tetras, I struggle with being impatient and locating opponents With auto bomb, I can have the benefit of scouting out areas, however i’m held back by reefslider Because… y’know… It’s reefslider Comparing that to Light Tetras, sprinkler hold me back significantly, although zipcaster may be an incredible special, I don’t like long enough to use my zipcaster since im out in front and dying a lot while taking other people with me if i have the chance Unless sprinkler gets a buff I’m sticking with my edgy dualies :D
Reefslider may be an insta-kill button, but it’s good for pushing forward and clearing the enemy away. I don’t like zipcaster, or many of the other specials that are considered “good” but that’s just my opinion. I might just be impulsive though. (I main dapple dualies though so uhhh)
I find baja's opinion interesting as I was personally thinkint dark tetras would be better in zones and rainmaker while light in tc and cb. Informative video and as I don't use this weapon ill have to change my thinking, thanks for the video
I honestly think which is better depends on preference, Reefslider does combo damage if not outright killing, and the vulnerability of slider is somewhat mitigated by rolls plus the Autobomb isn't half bad, while Zipcaster is unbelievably synergistic with this kit that i'd say most people can look past sprinkler and I'd say it's a tossup if reefsleder weren't so laggy. Once shark gets buffs thou i can 100% see the 2 kits being equally good but for now, i think light tetra's are a bit better
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I agree with you and Orion's opinions on this. Zipcaster just feels so good on Tetras! Especially compared to the death sentence of reefslider. I rarely even used autobombs in match anyway, so it's an easy choice for me. Even if Light Tetras are considered worse in the future, I will still probably use them more often than Dark since they are way more fun!
I prefer dark always, at least until they buff cast to not have as much jump rng and slides don’t work when you try to jump of a wall and shoot when your being shot at. It helps to move with that and not go straight up.
After playing light tetras a lot in the last week and being a 2300/2400 player with some decent comp experience, my thoughts is that the light tetras have a very high skill floor- ie. unless you're great with both zipcaster and the main weapon, you won't get much done. Autobomb is very helpful indeed, and i think will be better for 95% of players than zipcaster (despite it being fun and cool). Reefslider also works better at lower levels of play. For most new light tetra dualies, their main experience is of RIPcaster...
i would probably still pick the dark tetras as i love having a bomb. to me its better to have a good sub and no special than no sub and a good special as you can always use your sub, but cant always use your special
I think if you are playing casually, dark tetras have a lower skill floor than zipcaster light tetras, so that should work better in lower level lobbies, and get you better adjusted if you're just starting on tetras
I 100% totally agree with you, Yeah Dark Tetras is a good weapon and all but I don’t think it’s quite powerful enough like the Reefslider’s not really effective (even though it got buffed in the past) and the autobomb is good for like chasing enemies, Light Tetras on the other hand is the exact inverse of the Dark Tetras, the sub maybe useless but it can like quickly build your special, speaking of specials, The Zipcaster is an amazing special for the Light Tetras, you can zipcast areas behind your enemies and distract them by backsplatting them. Sorry for the long essay lol
Well I played dark tetra for almost all of the last season and I found a great strategy was to spam auto bomb especially over ledges and around corners. Almost no one expects you to be able to throw 2 out at the same time. One behind them and then one right in front of them right after that. They run from the front one right to the back one. Or just throw them into spawn for 30 seconds and stop one player for leaving.
As a Dark Tetra Main since shortly after launch, I prefer Dark Tetras. I just think that Autobomb is a Very useful tool in Dark Tetras' kit. I have thrown them to force someone to challenge me a lot to continue a Push, but if I try to do that with Sprinkler, they just break the Sprinkler. It's not like you always have Special, so I say Subs are always more important than specials. Zipcaster is also almost entirely map dependent. But I'm also the person who is literally worse than a friend who got the game about a week ago so take this with a grain of Salt. I just know that I'll continue to use Dark Tetras.
Tetras and other slayers and skirmishers really want to have Stealth Jump, but for Light Tetras specifically is there any viability for Drop Roller? Stealth Jump doesn't hide your reset position after Zipcaster ends, and while you could always just slide immediately after landing, Drop Roller sends you a much greater distance than a single slide and can chain directly into the slides to further disorient nearby opponents.
Personally I don't think so. It could have situational uses but the issue with Drop Roller is that when used on Dualies, the roll keeps you in spread mode, not turret mode. And while it does send you a greater distance than a normal roll, I don't think the difference is great enough tow arrant using it over Stealth Jump.
honestly, im kinda bias here. i love zipcaster because you can terrorize backlines like eliter, hydra etc. (also bc i used to main octobrush) i do see the veiw on reefslider in maps like undertow and flounder, but youl usually die. i think that if there was less startup and end lag it would be much better of a special. im not saying to get rid of the lag, but to make it less, or it would be op. thats just my opino though.
Light Tetras are good if you're not running a lot of QR, Dark Tetras are good if you are running a lot of QR One requires you to stay alive and build special while the other is great for feeding and diving in like a madman
I think dark tetras are better even though reefslider is a suicide bomb all together, that's why I think reefslider should get a buff that makes it slightly invincible just so then you have less of a chance of dying quickly.
I'm finding the Dark Tetras are slightly less effective in Sizzle Season than they were in the last update. Light Tetras can be extremely useful in some situations. I am also pretty comfortable using a Sprinkler offensively.
Light Tetras is only a little bit better. But Sprinkler needs a major buff to it's....everything to be significantly stronger. Zipcaster has much more freedom in fights, you could do small stuff like repositioning to fights, flanking Backlines, or punishing super jumps that were normally in a safe spot. Also it can be hard to get rid of at times, I think with good special timing Light Tetras are better in most situations. Please Nintendo buff the shit out of Sprinkler in the mid season patch.
I think it depends on the map/mode and your own skill/preference. I feel that the Dark Tetras are the easier weapon to use since it has a bomb and a simple, easy-to-use special, albeit pretty weak. Light Tetras have a higher skill ceiling, with zipcaster being a strong special that's hard to use effectively and sprinkler being a weak sub with situational uses. I think you can get more value out of Light Tetras, but the Dark kit is more accessible.
Personally it's just stage dependant, like if it's manta or flounder then light but if it's humpback or mahi then dark, personally light is better but still dark tetra is still useful
i love using the light tetras they're so much fun i got the silver zipcaster badge while playing them and making my wayt towards the gold wish me luck!
Amateur player here. I find the Dark Tetra's Autobomb is far too useful for poking and sniffing out sharking players. But I also prefer a Slayer role rather than harassing the enemy.
Tbh it depends on how u utilize ur specials and subs. I think both kits are good but honestly dark tetras might be better just bc of the high skill ceiling zipcaster has. Light only gets better if u know how to use this special. Like ofc its nice if u can dive or distract backline but good players know how to punish you if u just go in all yolo. U need to know what u are doing or u are just an easy kill. Having a bomb to poke and maybe get a pick due to a split is always good and reefslider can be a distraction too.
I think dark tetras are slightly better, or they at least mesh better with me. Maybe this is because I'm cursed and all my favorite weapons get some of thr worse subs? But sprinkler can be surprisingly useful, even a good bait to just throw a sprinkler somewhere, then strike at someone who starts to attack it. Even then if you place it in a spot on a wall or somewhere else that's hard to reach it makes that distraction even bigger if not some.spots being litterally impossible for some of the shorter range weapons to hit, giving free coverage in a fight. Would this be infinitely more useful if they worked like splatoon1 where they had one constant mode? Yes. Yes it would. But idk. I like it, I find sprinkler uniquely useful, eapcially with its mini shielding capability
I play Light Tetras, it is okay, but i am not good with Zipcaster. I mostly tried to 5 Star TTek, because it's grindy, and i haven't do much. Maybe new Duelies i will try, i will try Light Tetras.
Light Tetras I think is the better one, but Light Tetras are also the higher skill ceiling and higher skill floor one, because Zipcaster is one of the hardest specials, and with Tetra it's even harder, on top of the main weapon being so hard. Light Tetras are NOT beginner friendly whatsoever, and for that Dark Tetra has a very strong place to exist
I rather choose light tetra Dualies instead sure the sub weapon sprinkler is good as a shield and I love zipcaster is a good spacial to make the other team to force to kill u making your team to push them 😅
Unpopular opinion: I like Dark Tetras better. Reefslider can be good if your team can capitalize on it, and if you die you're probably wearing a ton of QR anyway.
Both weapon are great and about the equally as ce good in the right circumstances but I personally prefer the light tetra dualies because there more fun for me since I play casual solo q
Personally I prefer the dark tetra daulies despite their questionable special weapon. This is really my opinion and I could completely understand not agreeing with me. The light tetras’ sub weapon is just complete and utter garbage. I will be excited when Chase drops the video he mentioned about the niche uses of sprinkler. Not gonna lie though zip on tetra is one of the coolest kits we have ever gotten in the splatoon series.
My opinion mostly lines up with yours, though i think the autobomb is a little more valuable than you gave it credit for Still though, Zip is amazing and hard to argue against
Hey, random question: if you had the chance to have autobomb/zipcaster light tetras but you have to be stuck with sprinkler/reeflsider for 9 months would you do it?
Imo i think light tetras are better. At least for me. I dont play competitive so i mostly play soloq. It puts more carry potential into my hands with zipcaster. Instead of just dying with reefslider, i can actually use zipcaster to get kills or at least trades. (Also yes im a tetra main). Its also a lot more fun than just pressing a button and moving forward. Thats my opinion. I hope you do end up reading this and i would like to see your opinion on what i said
@@Chase247 That's exactly the tactic here. You pop the special right in front of the clam basket, then zip away to the other side of the map and safety. Everyone can then jump to the recall point and score immediately, and the enemy team is completely unable to do anything about it. This is only good for power clams of course.
@QuantumX that can work but very situational. Against coordinated teams it's very hard to sneak under the clam basket unnoticed, same for X rank. Specials like kraken and reefslider are better since you can charge in and give a free jump even when the basket is being guarded
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Sprinkler and Autobomb are trash as specials, I'm better at using Reefslider instead of Zipcaster, and Dark Tetra looks cooler so I would say Dark Tetra
I feel that these two weapons are going to be interchangeable if anything, just like the two Dapples we have right now. Each one fulfilling a certain niche. The problem is that because each of them do different things in their respective niches is unfair to compare and measure them to one another. Despite this, I do have one thought on the Dark Tetras VS Light Tetras debate. You have to remember that Tetras don’t need a bomb to do “Tetra things” as Gem puts it. In my opinion, the Tetra Dualies as a main weapon are very, VERY powerful. Good range, four dodge rolls, good ink efficiency, can shoot between dodge rolls (and in turn free good trades), etc. And for its weaknesses… You don’t know bad paint until you play Glooga lets be honest, the end lag doesn’t matter as much if your opponent already died because you breathed on them, the only weakness Tetras probably can’t outrun is bad DPS. But Dualie Squelchers were in the early meta of S2 with bad DPS and did fine, so idk. While it does feel unfair, it does at the very least give the devs a reason to keep giving it bad kits, because as soon as Tetras get Burst Bomb or Splat Bomb… One of the three components of this hypothetical third Tetra kit will probably be nerfed off the face of the Earth in an attempt to rebalance the meta, and it would be a shame if the main weapon was the thing that got nerfed. TL;DR The Tetra kits will be interchangeable like the current Dapples, and Tetras are already a broken main weapon so it doesn’t need to rely on good kits as much.
I like Light Tetras more since S2, because Dark got only suicide specials. Also I can do more with the Light Tetras, because of the sub and special. Searching with autobomb is great, but it is the only thing you can do with the kit. Sprinkler has multiple utilities and you can use the special in different ways, not only decide when to explode.
I think I agree that light tetras are overall better but dark tetras can still be useful. I think by the end of the game’s lifespan if sprinkler and reefslider get good buffs, they’ll be completely equal and based on personal preference which one is used
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I think they're a lot closer than people think, and it is map dependent. Reefslider is not nearly as bad as a lot of people think, but you have to be selective on its use (Insert Chara reefslider comment here). Popping it for the sake of using it is almost never a good idea. However, in most maps, light have much more potential. Not to mention the fact they require more skill makes them so much more fun! Hopefully I get good at either of them some day LMAO
Agree. I don’t think reefslider is that bad, especially for zones, RM, and even clams. And like they said in the video having any bomb comes in handy in a lot of situations whether it’s someone using wall or crab tank, or in a situation where you just need to make someone move without actually going after them
I disagree with the reefslider take. Reef slider is probably the worst special in the game, and in most situations its better to just forget you even have it. Its OK at force capping zones if nobody is nearby to kill you, in which you can just cap zone by painting it normally. Light tetra does a great job capping smaller zones because it has sprinkler so it can quickly paint it. I dont really see light tetra being worse in any situation except on maps where zipcaster sucks, and even then its still better.
@@Inmortuae2233 in my experience sprinkler does not paint nearly enough to cap a zone, and usually when you throw it anywhere near a zone it gets destroyed instantly. To me the best use of a sprinkler is to distract or maybe bait an enemy that’s sharking to pop out and shoot it. Other than that, the best use building your special faster and the best way to do that is to throw your sprinkler somewhere far away from any fights so it doesn’t get immediately destroyed. Reefslide may be the worst special in the game but that really just speaks to how much better the specials are in this game as compared to 2. Compared to splashdown, reefslider is like A tier.
I think the light tetras are a better overall kit, but they have a much higher skill floor. Autobomb is highly forgiving sub in that you don’t need to aim its landing perfectly in most situations, and reefslider is, hit button blast forward explode. Whereas you need some quick, accurate reflexes to utilize the shielding aspect of sprinkler, and zipcaster is by far the most skill-dependent special in the game.
I’m still struggling with Zipcaster, but I love the bouncy Clawshot concept. I liked the Autobomb as a way to track enemies and a revenge splatter if you’re lucky. I was sad to see it go in the Light variant. It’s funny how Light and Dark’s kits contrast with good and bad subs and specials. Reefslider is difficult to time because you can easily get splatted before you even get on the damn thing, but I somehow couldn’t do the same to other players. I had my amazing moments with double splats when I used it with Undercover.
I kinda prefer the Light variant, but I miss the Autobomb.
The comment about dark being better for slaying and light being better for distracting is spot on IMO and basically the same conclusion that I came to after playing light since the new season came out. I’m not slaying as much with them but it’s very useful for when you need to quickly infiltrate their base and aggro / kill someone that is just dominating and making it so your team cannot do the objective. I have had a few games where we were close to losing but I used zip caster to go in and take out a key player that was totally blocking us from whatever the objective was and we eventually came back to win, also used it to take out the RM in overtime on occasion. I’m not getting as many kills with it as I do with dark though. I will say that I am pretty happy with these two kits as compared to the kits in 2, those were just the worst kits ever and these at least are pretty functional. That said I still hope we get a 3rd or even 4th variant with this game sometime down the line.
agree, isabel is the goat
I definitely like Isabel's take on it. Zipcasterfor a distraction playstyle and Autobomb for a slayer role. Two kits with different styles that almost makes it unfair to compare them.
I think it depends on playstyle and what your comp needs. Because letras have to play around their special they can’t be as aggressive as dark tetras, so if you’re running a super aggro comp dark tetras are better.
I feel like light tetras can be good for people with an aggressive play style and darks being for a more passive/wanting to escape play style
Light tetras are so addicting-- i don't even play tetras but now i have 30+ hours on light tetras... Idek how it happened
For me personally
I lean more to Dark Tetras, I struggle with being impatient and locating opponents
With auto bomb, I can have the benefit of scouting out areas, however i’m held back by reefslider
Because… y’know…
It’s reefslider
Comparing that to Light Tetras, sprinkler hold me back significantly, although zipcaster may be an incredible special, I don’t like long enough to use my zipcaster since im out in front and dying a lot while taking other people with me if i have the chance
Unless sprinkler gets a buff
I’m sticking with my edgy dualies :D
I wonder if we will ever get a third kit for the Tetra Dualies being the Twilight Tetra Dualies.
YES
Would be funny if it’s Twilight Princess themed and I’d be like “OH- AAAAHHH I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE!” 😂
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Yes
Dusk Tetras or Dawn Tetras sound better
@@Pit1620 Twilight is the in between of light and dark.
Reefslider may be an insta-kill button, but it’s good for pushing forward and clearing the enemy away. I don’t like zipcaster, or many of the other specials that are considered “good” but that’s just my opinion. I might just be impulsive though. (I main dapple dualies though so uhhh)
I find baja's opinion interesting as I was personally thinkint dark tetras would be better in zones and rainmaker while light in tc and cb. Informative video and as I don't use this weapon ill have to change my thinking, thanks for the video
I honestly think which is better depends on preference, Reefslider does combo damage if not outright killing, and the vulnerability of slider is somewhat mitigated by rolls plus the Autobomb isn't half bad, while Zipcaster is unbelievably synergistic with this kit that i'd say most people can look past sprinkler and I'd say it's a tossup if reefsleder weren't so laggy. Once shark gets buffs thou i can 100% see the 2 kits being equally good but for now, i think light tetra's are a bit better
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idc which one is better
to me it matters if both of them r fun 🤩
I agree with you and Orion's opinions on this. Zipcaster just feels so good on Tetras! Especially compared to the death sentence of reefslider. I rarely even used autobombs in match anyway, so it's an easy choice for me. Even if Light Tetras are considered worse in the future, I will still probably use them more often than Dark since they are way more fun!
I prefer dark always, at least until they buff cast to not have as much jump rng and slides don’t work when you try to jump of a wall and shoot when your being shot at. It helps to move with that and not go straight up.
After playing light tetras a lot in the last week and being a 2300/2400 player with some decent comp experience, my thoughts is that the light tetras have a very high skill floor- ie. unless you're great with both zipcaster and the main weapon, you won't get much done. Autobomb is very helpful indeed, and i think will be better for 95% of players than zipcaster (despite it being fun and cool). Reefslider also works better at lower levels of play. For most new light tetra dualies, their main experience is of RIPcaster...
i would probably still pick the dark tetras as i love having a bomb. to me its better to have a good sub and no special than no sub and a good special as you can always use your sub, but cant always use your special
I think if you are playing casually, dark tetras have a lower skill floor than zipcaster light tetras, so that should work better in lower level lobbies, and get you better adjusted if you're just starting on tetras
u pointed out that reefslider tech can cheese clams, but zip can as well... (yeah slider is literally bottom of the barrel rn)
Not really, if teammates jump to you mid zip they land at your recall point
When I saw this video I just left the video and dashed for the Light Tetra Dualies
I 100% totally agree with you, Yeah Dark Tetras is a good weapon and all but I don’t think it’s quite powerful enough like the Reefslider’s not really effective (even though it got buffed in the past) and the autobomb is good for like chasing enemies, Light Tetras on the other hand is the exact inverse of the Dark Tetras, the sub maybe useless but it can like quickly build your special, speaking of specials, The Zipcaster is an amazing special for the Light Tetras, you can zipcast areas behind your enemies and distract them by backsplatting them.
Sorry for the long essay lol
Well I played dark tetra for almost all of the last season and I found a great strategy was to spam auto bomb especially over ledges and around corners. Almost no one expects you to be able to throw 2 out at the same time. One behind them and then one right in front of them right after that. They run from the front one right to the back one. Or just throw them into spawn for 30 seconds and stop one player for leaving.
As a Dark Tetra Main since shortly after launch, I prefer Dark Tetras. I just think that Autobomb is a Very useful tool in Dark Tetras' kit. I have thrown them to force someone to challenge me a lot to continue a Push, but if I try to do that with Sprinkler, they just break the Sprinkler. It's not like you always have Special, so I say Subs are always more important than specials. Zipcaster is also almost entirely map dependent.
But I'm also the person who is literally worse than a friend who got the game about a week ago so take this with a grain of Salt. I just know that I'll continue to use Dark Tetras.
Tetras and other slayers and skirmishers really want to have Stealth Jump, but for Light Tetras specifically is there any viability for Drop Roller? Stealth Jump doesn't hide your reset position after Zipcaster ends, and while you could always just slide immediately after landing, Drop Roller sends you a much greater distance than a single slide and can chain directly into the slides to further disorient nearby opponents.
Personally I don't think so. It could have situational uses but the issue with Drop Roller is that when used on Dualies, the roll keeps you in spread mode, not turret mode. And while it does send you a greater distance than a normal roll, I don't think the difference is great enough tow arrant using it over Stealth Jump.
honestly, im kinda bias here. i love zipcaster because you can terrorize backlines like eliter, hydra etc. (also bc i used to main octobrush) i do see the veiw on reefslider in maps like undertow and flounder, but youl usually die. i think that if there was less startup and end lag it would be much better of a special. im not saying to get rid of the lag, but to make it less, or it would be op. thats just my opino though.
Short answer: yes! Long answer: also yes, but with ✨SPARKLES ✨ 😂
Light Tetras are good if you're not running a lot of QR, Dark Tetras are good if you are running a lot of QR
One requires you to stay alive and build special while the other is great for feeding and diving in like a madman
I Also wanna adress a problem that I PERSONALLY have is that I feel like light tetras are much more gear dependent than dark one cause if zipcaster.
Honestly if sprinkler and reefslider get buffed both kits would be amazing. And work is 2 different great ways
I think dark tetras are better even though reefslider is a suicide bomb all together, that's why I think reefslider should get a buff that makes it slightly invincible just so then you have less of a chance of dying quickly.
I'm finding the Dark Tetras are slightly less effective in Sizzle Season than they were in the last update. Light Tetras can be extremely useful in some situations. I am also pretty comfortable using a Sprinkler offensively.
Light Tetras is only a little bit better. But Sprinkler needs a major buff to it's....everything to be significantly stronger. Zipcaster has much more freedom in fights, you could do small stuff like repositioning to fights, flanking Backlines, or punishing super jumps that were normally in a safe spot. Also it can be hard to get rid of at times, I think with good special timing Light Tetras are better in most situations. Please Nintendo buff the shit out of Sprinkler in the mid season patch.
I think it depends on the map/mode and your own skill/preference. I feel that the Dark Tetras are the easier weapon to use since it has a bomb and a simple, easy-to-use special, albeit pretty weak. Light Tetras have a higher skill ceiling, with zipcaster being a strong special that's hard to use effectively and sprinkler being a weak sub with situational uses.
I think you can get more value out of Light Tetras, but the Dark kit is more accessible.
i saw the title of the vid (and i have yet to watch it) and i screamed WELL YEA OC THEY ARE!
Well I did get a kill with sprinkler while using light tetras. But I still use dark more often.
Personally it's just stage dependant, like if it's manta or flounder then light but if it's humpback or mahi then dark, personally light is better but still dark tetra is still useful
I just don't know how to use zipcaster and have been playing dark since splatoon 2 so i'm used to autobomb
And reefslider is cute
i love using the light tetras they're so much fun i got the silver zipcaster badge while playing them and making my wayt towards the gold wish me luck!
I truggle so much with the zipcaster
Amateur player here. I find the Dark Tetra's Autobomb is far too useful for poking and sniffing out sharking players. But I also prefer a Slayer role rather than harassing the enemy.
Tbh it depends on how u utilize ur specials and subs. I think both kits are good but honestly dark tetras might be better just bc of the high skill ceiling zipcaster has. Light only gets better if u know how to use this special. Like ofc its nice if u can dive or distract backline but good players know how to punish you if u just go in all yolo. U need to know what u are doing or u are just an easy kill. Having a bomb to poke and maybe get a pick due to a split is always good and reefslider can be a distraction too.
Why is he wearing the side order fit before it was even announced?
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Use dark in rainmaker and maybe in zones (map dependent), said n done
Will you make a tetra guide later in the games life
Like you did in splatoon 2
Yes
@Chase247 and one more thing from your light tetras are insane
How do you have zipcaster for long periods of time
Mine just runs out fast
I think dark tetras are slightly better, or they at least mesh better with me. Maybe this is because I'm cursed and all my favorite weapons get some of thr worse subs? But sprinkler can be surprisingly useful, even a good bait to just throw a sprinkler somewhere, then strike at someone who starts to attack it. Even then if you place it in a spot on a wall or somewhere else that's hard to reach it makes that distraction even bigger if not some.spots being litterally impossible for some of the shorter range weapons to hit, giving free coverage in a fight. Would this be infinitely more useful if they worked like splatoon1 where they had one constant mode? Yes. Yes it would. But idk. I like it, I find sprinkler uniquely useful, eapcially with its mini shielding capability
I play Light Tetras, it is okay, but i am not good with Zipcaster. I mostly tried to 5 Star TTek, because it's grindy, and i haven't do much. Maybe new Duelies i will try, i will try Light Tetras.
Light Tetras I think is the better one, but Light Tetras are also the higher skill ceiling and higher skill floor one, because Zipcaster is one of the hardest specials, and with Tetra it's even harder, on top of the main weapon being so hard. Light Tetras are NOT beginner friendly whatsoever, and for that Dark Tetra has a very strong place to exist
I'm glad we got a weapon with multiple viable kits
I rather choose light tetra Dualies instead sure the sub weapon sprinkler is good as a shield and I love zipcaster is a good spacial to make the other team to force to kill u making your team to push them 😅
Unpopular opinion: I like Dark Tetras better. Reefslider can be good if your team can capitalize on it, and if you die you're probably wearing a ton of QR anyway.
Both weapon are great and about the equally as ce good in the right circumstances but I personally prefer the light tetra dualies because there more fun for me since I play casual solo q
Personally I prefer the dark tetra daulies despite their questionable special weapon. This is really my opinion and I could completely understand not agreeing with me. The light tetras’ sub weapon is just complete and utter garbage. I will be excited when Chase drops the video he mentioned about the niche uses of sprinkler. Not gonna lie though zip on tetra is one of the coolest kits we have ever gotten in the splatoon series.
My opinion mostly lines up with yours, though i think the autobomb is a little more valuable than you gave it credit for
Still though, Zip is amazing and hard to argue against
Hey, random question: if you had the chance to have autobomb/zipcaster light tetras but you have to be stuck with sprinkler/reeflsider for 9 months would you do it?
I think I would actually 😂
I feel like light tetras are way beter that dark tetras because reefslider but dark tetras maybe hav some us in zones or clams
I beat you with hydra splatling while you were using dark tetras
Imo i think light tetras are better. At least for me. I dont play competitive so i mostly play soloq. It puts more carry potential into my hands with zipcaster. Instead of just dying with reefslider, i can actually use zipcaster to get kills or at least trades. (Also yes im a tetra main). Its also a lot more fun than just pressing a button and moving forward. Thats my opinion. I hope you do end up reading this and i would like to see your opinion on what i said
im zipcaster bias, i literally
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Honestly my opinion is depending on the situation however light tetras are better due to special.
im not that good at splatoon but i agree that light tetras are better, i think its my new main weapon
Are you really sure that reefslider is better than zip for coordinated power clam jumps?
I mean for cheese pushes yes. If teammates jump to you in zipcaster they land at your recall point, not your current position
@@Chase247 That's exactly the tactic here. You pop the special right in front of the clam basket, then zip away to the other side of the map and safety. Everyone can then jump to the recall point and score immediately, and the enemy team is completely unable to do anything about it. This is only good for power clams of course.
@QuantumX that can work but very situational. Against coordinated teams it's very hard to sneak under the clam basket unnoticed, same for X rank. Specials like kraken and reefslider are better since you can charge in and give a free jump even when the basket is being guarded
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Dark hasta que aprenda a usar Zip 😂
Sprinkler and Autobomb are trash as specials, I'm better at using Reefslider instead of Zipcaster, and Dark Tetra looks cooler so I would say Dark Tetra
I feel that these two weapons are going to be interchangeable if anything, just like the two Dapples we have right now. Each one fulfilling a certain niche. The problem is that because each of them do different things in their respective niches is unfair to compare and measure them to one another. Despite this, I do have one thought on the Dark Tetras VS Light Tetras debate. You have to remember that Tetras don’t need a bomb to do “Tetra things” as Gem puts it. In my opinion, the Tetra Dualies as a main weapon are very, VERY powerful. Good range, four dodge rolls, good ink efficiency, can shoot between dodge rolls (and in turn free good trades), etc. And for its weaknesses… You don’t know bad paint until you play Glooga lets be honest, the end lag doesn’t matter as much if your opponent already died because you breathed on them, the only weakness Tetras probably can’t outrun is bad DPS. But Dualie Squelchers were in the early meta of S2 with bad DPS and did fine, so idk. While it does feel unfair, it does at the very least give the devs a reason to keep giving it bad kits, because as soon as Tetras get Burst Bomb or Splat Bomb… One of the three components of this hypothetical third Tetra kit will probably be nerfed off the face of the Earth in an attempt to rebalance the meta, and it would be a shame if the main weapon was the thing that got nerfed.
TL;DR
The Tetra kits will be interchangeable like the current Dapples, and Tetras are already a broken main weapon so it doesn’t need to rely on good kits as much.
By a mile
COOL
I have my beer salt in hand and ready
Why everyone in the comments saying light tetras? Is it cuz it's-
Dark >>light
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Im glad that the dark tetras arent outclassed by the light, it promotes diversity
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Ah, a tale as old as time... Racism.
I like Light Tetras more since S2, because Dark got only suicide specials. Also I can do more with the Light Tetras, because of the sub and special.
Searching with autobomb is great, but it is the only thing you can do with the kit. Sprinkler has multiple utilities and you can use the special in different ways, not only decide when to explode.