Stinger

Stingers are Boss Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run in Splatoon 2.

Description
They use a weapon similar to the Sting Ray to splat players at a practically infinite range and through walls. Stingers typically appear close to the shorelines but can move around rather slowly. Stingers always appear on a stack of cooking pots placed on top of a gas burner. To defeat them, players must shoot the pots until the Stinger lands on the burner. Their attacks are much more accurate than a player-controlled Sting Ray and can take out an Inkling or Octoling within a few seconds if they cannot dodge it, so players should focus on this Salmonid.

Quotes
The following text is quoted from the Salmonid Field Guide.


 * Basic Information
 * A Salmonid sniper atop a stack of pots and pans.
 * Not known to move from the beach.
 * The Salmonid on top can't be harmed with ink-based attacks.


 * Attack Behavior
 * Attacks from a distance with powerful jets of ink that can pass through walls and other obstacles.


 * Elimination
 * Use your ink to knock pots away one at a time until the Salmonid lands on the flame below.


 * Supporting Information
 * Boils ink in its pots to generate the pressure required for its long-range attacks.
 * The pots are stacked high on top of a gas burner to allow the Stinger to effectively sight and attack enemies from a distance.
 * The Salmonid on top wears protective equipment to absorb the shock from the jet of ink.

Tips

 * Weapons that have fast attack speeds like the Tri-Slosher and Splattershot lower Stingers especially quickly. By contrast, slower weapons such as rollers or the Jet Squelcher are left vulnerable for long periods of time while lowering Stingers.
 * Blasters and brellas can take out multiple sections of the Stinger at once.
 * Blasters and the Inkjet can take out a whole Stinger in one shot when aiming at the section middle of the Stinger.
 * The Sloshing Machine and certain rollers also can take out multiple sections of the when aiming from a certain spot.
 * Using a roller to take down a Stinger alone can, however, consume large amounts of ink, leaving the player very vulnerable.
 * Although this boss is very easy to eliminate, it can prove to be a deadly boss as it has almost free control of the Sting Ray and often focuses on one player. Try to eliminate Stingers before they stack up.
 * Stingers prefer to attack whichever player is farthest from their current position.
 * Using the Splashdown will eliminate all of the stacked pots of the Stinger. It is best to use to it if there are multiple Stingers close together.

Trivia

 * Its design is probably based on the real-life Pipefish, a relative to the seahorses and sea dragons.
 * The Stinger sits on top of seven pots. As each one is knocked away, the tone of the sound effect rises according to the intervals of the major scale.