Big Shot

Template:InfoboxCharacter Big Shots are Boss Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run Next Wave in Splatoon 3.

Description

The Big Shot is a Boss Salmonid similar to a Cohock but larger, and wearing a turquoise tank top rather than green overalls. It spawns with a Big Shot launcher near the shoreline and fires a cannonball that will land near the egg basket. The cannonball then bounces up and down in a similar fashion to the Wave Breaker. However, the projectile sends off two shock waves before breaking, while the Wave Breaker emits three. The Big Shot itself has considerably high health, but cannot attack directly and merely travels to and from the water to load cannonballs into the launcher. The launcher cannot be broken and will remain till the end of the wave, much like the pillar of the Fish Stick.

Even before the Big Shot is defeated, players can use its Big Shot launcher to fire Golden Eggs toward the egg basket. If multiple Big Shots spawn in a wave, they will all use the same launcher.

Quotes

The following text is quoted from the Salmonid Field Guide.^[1]

Basic Information

These set up a Big Shot launcher near the shore. The Big Shot launcher is loaded with cannonballs carried in from the sea, which it then fires.
The attending Salmonid itself is not aggressive—it just passively goes back and forth between the sea and the Big Shot launcher.
The Big Shot launcher can be used to load and fire Golden Eggs.
After the Big Shot is defeated, the Big Shot launcher will stick around until the next wave.

Attack Behavior

It will fire its cannonballs in the direction of the egg basket.
When a cannonball lands, it creates two shock-wave attacks.

Elimination

Take out the Salmonid operating the Big Shot launcher.

Supporting Information

Among muscle-bound Salmonids, those with belligerent personalities tend to be assigned as Steelheads, while those with calmer dispositions are assigned to Big Shots.
On Salmonid holidays, Big Shot workers like to launch special fireworks in place of cannonballs to make things more festive.

Tips

Load Golden Eggs in the cannon whenever any are near the shore. The cannon is very useful for getting eggs closer to the basket, but be sure another player is nearby to pick them up, as otherwise Snatchers may steal them before they can be collected.
Multiple Big Shots can use the same cannon at once.
Big Shots can spawn at cannons where another Big Shot has been defeated.
Big Shots will never spawn during High Tide.

Badges

Main article: Badge#Salmon Run

Defeating Big Shot a cumulative number of times in Splatoon 3 will reward the player with special badges.

Big Shot Badges
	Big Shot Splats x 100
	Big Shot Splats x 1,000
	Big Shot Splats x 10,000

Gallery

The Salmonid Field Guide illustration of the Big Shot.
A Big Shot standing behind its launcher.
A cannonball being shot by a Big Shot from a launcher.
The cannonball from a Big Shot creating a shockwave effect similar to a Wave Breaker.
File:S3 Big Shot icon.png

The Big Shot's icon.
File:S3 Tableturf Card Big Shot.png

The Tableturf card icon of a Big Shot.