BREAK OUT THE SALT CANISTERS, it's time for [Weapon of the Day] DAY 60: E-LITER 3K

[Inkipedia] (http://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/E-liter_3K)

STATS	VALUE
No Charge Damage	40
Full Charge Damage	180
Range	97
Charge Rate	20
Mobility	15
Sub Weapon	Burst Bomb
Special Weapon	Echolocator

I hate this weapon.

You hate this weapon.

We all hate this burst-bomb slinging, quick-scoping, echolocating, piece of overpowered SHIT.

Other chargers hate this weapon.

Whose bright idea was it to give the longest ranging weapon the best close-range subweapon? When you were able to sneak up and ambush a charger in close quarters before, you are no longer able to do so now.

Echolocating E-Liter 3Ks are so prevalent that damn near everyone ran cold-blooded just to mitigate the huge advantage that echolocator gave E-liters.

Now, with the buff to bomb sniffer, it's become almost a good idea to run that as well. This weapon is literally changing the meta on a global scale.

"So, u/rice_bledsoe, if the E-liter is so great, why don't you use it?"

Because, curious shitposter, I can't use a charger to save my life. My weapons need to be able to compensate for my lack of extremely accurate aim, and that's why I stick to splatlings and gals that either have a low time to kill or a high fire rate.

So, yes, you require skill to use this weapon. Just not as much as a deadshot with the splatterscope.

But let's talk about damage stacking.

With enough damage ups, you essentially have an effective kill range of a fully charged squiffer.

That shit cray.

If you look up at the damage values chart, you will see that the full charge damage for this weapon is 180. But if you go back to the previous WOTD posts, most chargers are 160 or 140. Meaning that stacking damage up with a full charge is more beneficial to this weapon than with any other charger. So, while this is a slower charging weapon, I feel like the game developers INTENDED for damage up to go hand-in-hand with this weapon. And oh man, it was so much worse before the nerf, but I feel like it didn't really do much.

How do we deal with this weapon? Good E-liters, how did you get good or great with this weapon? Let's answer below.

[MFW I see two or more E-liters on the opposite team] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaSRYecKaqc)

[Day 1: Splattershot Jr] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/41fkmg/weapon_of_the_day_the_splattershot_jr/)

[Day 2: Splattershot / Hero Shot Replica] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/41l9cx/weapon_of_the_day_the_splattershot_hero_shot/)

[Day 3: Custom Splattershot Jr.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/41r4rp/weapon_of_the_day_day_3_the_custom_splattershot_jr/)

[Day 4: Splat Roller] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/41w53n/weapon_of_the_day_day_4_the_splat_roller_hero/)

[Day 5: Splat Charger] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/4228hc/weapon_of_the_day_day_5_splat_charger/)

[Day 6: Tentatek Splattershot] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/4289iy/weapon_of_the_day_day_6_tentatek_splattershot/)

[Day 7: Kelp Splat Charger] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/42csan/weapon_of_the_day_day_7_kelp_splat_charger/)

[Day 8: .52 Gal] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/42hqpe/weapon_of_the_day_day_8_52_gal/)

[Day 9: N-ZAP '85] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/42nt93/weapon_of_the_day_day_9_nzap_85/)

[Day 10: Slosher] (https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/42u51z/weapon_of_the_day_day_10_slosher/)