One of the most frenetic Ranked Battles in Splatoon 2 is the Rainmaker, which makes for one of the more difficult modes in the game. It’s no good repeatedly hurling yourself into the game and hoping for the best, because you’ll just keep getting smashed. However, with our Rainmaker tips you should be able to work your way up the rankings a little better.
Top 10 Splatoon 2 Rainmaker tips:
1. Learn the best routes in each stage – this takes a little time, plus a lot of trial and error, but it’ll be worth the effort to get the Rainmaker to the goal as quick as possible.
2. When you get the Rainmaker yourself, be cautious, but move fast. Let your teammates take out the opposition and focus on clearing a route by firing the Rainmaker at opponents and laying down an ink path to follow. When you’ve got a chance to move forward, take it quickly to get as close as possible.
3. When someone else on your team has the Rainmaker, focus on laying down a path for them and splatting anyone that gets in their way.
4. Outflank your opposition to control their higher ground close to the goal. This will step them from closing you down in the final section.
5. Just keep swimming – don’t just walk straight up to an enemy to try to splat them when swimming is faster, makes you a more difficult target and can help you move onto their blind side to splat them easier. This can work well if you double up with another teammate, especially if they have better range to lay down a path.
6. Get into gaming analytics – understanding stats is a big part of Major League Baseball, but it can also help you improve your Splatoon 2 Rainmaker Ranked Battle progression. There aren’t many stats to look at, but the two things that are most important are your splat counts and the splat counts of the best players you see online. Check to see what weapons the best players use and try them yourself. Then you can check your own splat counts to see which weapon you’re most effective at. You’re essentially looking for the weapon that gives you the most splats per game, and then ultimately the most game wins. Different people are better with different weapons, so try what you see working well for others until you find the right one for you.
7. Save your special weapons for the final push – this will mean you have it ready to help your team get over the line. If everyone on your team does the same then you should be able to push for the finish easier.
8. When you get close to the goal and you have opposition team players hiding or taking up position on higher ground, make sure you use your sub weapons to clear them out.
9. When the other team has the Rainmaker it’s important to stop them in their tracks as soon as possible. When it comes to Splatoon 2 Ranked Battles some of the best tips are those that focus on stopping the enemy progressing, which will help you win more. Stopping the opponent with the Rainmaker will halt their progress and make it easier to stay in the lead. Once you stop the Rainmaker, the next step is to clear out the rest of the enemy team, so you can get back to your own advance
10. Use vantage points and high ground to ambush the opposition when they advance. Obviously, if you’re using one of the charged sniper weapons, this will be a big part of your entire game, but even if you’re using shorter range weapons like the brushes, sloshers or rollers, you can get big splat counts by getting into a good position, waiting for the opposition team to rock up and splatting the ever-loving ink out of them
