Steel Eel

Template:InfoboxCharacter Steel Eels are Boss Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run in Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3.

Description

The Steel Eel consists of a giant steel fish head and jerrycans shooting down ink with a Salmonid piloting the machine at the tail. Steel Eels are very long, making it easy to get cornered. The jerrycans on its body can instantly kill players with direct hits and block attacks. The only way to destroy this machine is to splat the Salmonid piloting it at the rear.

Quotes

The following text is quoted from the Salmonid Field Guide.

Basic Information

• A weapon made of connected ink-spraying devices for the suppression of large areas.
• Locks on to and relentlessly pursues a single target.

Attack Behavior

• Its extensive length is used to block routes while it rains down ink.

Elimination

• Can be neutralized by shooting the driver in the very rear of the Steel Eel.

Supporting Information

• The driver of the Steel Eel wears a mask to protect itself from the spray generated by the machine.
• The great length of the Steel Eel is attributable to the large number of interconnected ink-sprayers used to create it.

Statistics

See also: Salmon Run data

HP	Damage	Attack/Defeat/Total
500	50	13 / 3 / 16	3

Tips

• A Steel Eel only targets one player.
  • The player being targeted should coordinate their movement with the work crew's location, keeping crewmates safe and exposing the Steel Eel's weak point to them.
  • If the targeted player travels behind the Steel Eel, the Steel Eel will do a U-turn and potentially trap the player or a crewmate.
  • The Steel Eel's pilot looks directly at the player it is targeting. Beware if it is looking at you.
  • Steel Eels are tall enough that they are still capable of splatting Inkjet users. However, players are capable of getting over a Steel Eel if they boost.
  • Sometimes, there may be multiple Steel Eels moving in a straight line. If this happens, immediately go to the back of the line and splat the pilot and repeat. Another strategy is to have the Steel Eels to chase different crewmates and break up the line.
  • If a player is being chased and gets on a propeller platform, the Steel Eel will start chasing another crewmate.

Badges

Main article: Badge#Salmon Run

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

Steel Eel Badges
	Steel Eel Splats x 100
	Steel Eel Splats x 1,000
	Steel Eel Splats x 10,000

Gallery

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  A Steel Eel slinking away from the shoreline.

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  Close-up of the pilot of the Steel Eel.

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  A Steel Eel about to splat an Inkling.

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  A Steel Eel in the tutorial.

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  Ditto, after moving closer to its target.

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  A Steel Eel surrounded by Chums.

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  The Steel Eel Salmonid Field Guide page.

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  The illustration in the field guide.

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  The Mem cake of a Steel Eel.

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  Unofficial render of the Steel Eel's game model from Splatoon 2.

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  Concept art of the Steel Eel from The Art Of Splatoon 2.

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  The icon for the Steel Eel used in SplatNet 2 and in the Splatoon 2 relationship chart.

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  The Steel Eel's icon in Splatoon 3.

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  The Tableturf card icon of a Steel Eel.

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  The Steel Eel locker decoration.

Trivia

• The mask worn by the Salmonid driver of a Steel Eel is a typical mask worn in Japan when a person is ill.
• The pilot of the Steel Eel has a reflective marking on its fin that resembles a stylized Golden Egg.
• The ink sprayers on the machine are gas containers.
• Its design could be a reference to the real-life Eurypharynx pelecanoides, also known as Pelican or Gulper Eel.