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 Salmonid piloting the machine at the tail and a giant steel fish head and jerrycans shooting down ink, similarly to a Splash Wall. 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

It's a weapon made of connected ink-spraying devices for the suppression of large areas.
It locks on to and relentlessly pursues a single target.

Attack Behavior

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

Elimination

It 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. Be careful if it is looking at you.
- If a player is being chased and gets on a propeller platform, or the chased player is splatted, the Steel Eel will immediately start chasing another crewmate.
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.
Splat Bombs explode instantly on contact with the Steel Eel's ink spray. Use this to your advantage if you want to quickly dispatch weaker or weakened Salmonids.
Steel Eels drop their eggs where the pilot is located.
- When luring a Steel Eel towards the basket, make sure the Steel Eel is destroyed when the pilot is closest to the basket.

Badges

Main article: Badge#Salmon Run

Splatting Steel Eels a specific number of times in Salmon Run: Next Wave will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

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

Gallery

Render.
3D artwork.
A Steel Eel slinking away from the shoreline.
Close-up of the pilot of the Steel Eel.
A Steel Eel about to splat an Inkling.
A Steel Eel in the tutorial.
A Steel Eel after moving closer to its target.
A Steel Eel surrounded by Chums.
The Steel Eel Salmonid Field Guide page.
The illustration in the field guide.
The Mem cake of a Steel Eel.
File:Steel Eel Model.png

Unofficial render of the Steel Eel's game model from Splatoon 2.
Concept art of the Steel Eel from The Art Of Splatoon 2.
The icon for the Steel Eel used in SplatNet 2 and in the Splatoon 2 relationship chart.
File:S3 Steel Eel icon.png

The Steel Eel's icon in Splatoon 3.
File:S3 Tableturf Card Steel Eel.png

The Tableturf card icon of the Steel Eel.
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.
Its design could be a reference to the real-life Eurypharynx pelecanoides, also known as Pelican or Gulper Eel.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヘビ Hebi	From 蛇 hebi ("snake")
Dutch	Staal	From staal ("steel") and aal ("eel")
French	Carnacier	From carnage and acier ("steel") ^[a]
German	Staal	From Stahl ("steel") and Aal ("eel")
Italian	Anguilmone	From anguilla ("eel") and salmone ("salmon")
Russian	Громыхариус Gromykharius	From громыхать gromykhat ("to rumble, to make loud noises") and хариус kharius ("grayling")
Spanish (NOA)	Anguiladera	From anguila ("eel")
Spanish (NOE)	Raspoide	From raspa ("fishbone, spine")
Chinese (Simplified)	蛇鱼 shé yú (Mandarin)	Snake Fish
Chinese (Traditional)	蛇魚 shé yú (Mandarin)	Snake Fish
Korean	뱀 baem	Snake
Internal	SakelienSnake ^[1]