What is The BEST Octo Expansion Stage?

i think we can all agree that octo expansion was an amazing dlc for splatoon 2. it had so much lore amazing music and some really cool stages but which stage is the best stage today i'm here to answer that question by ranking all 80 stages plus the eight final stages and secret boss and don't worry i will give you a spoiler warning when i get to those final bits the rating of each stage will be based on three vague criteria difficulty creativity and memorability because let's be honest we all forget that some of these stages existed i'll also give or remove up to two points based on personal preference the stages will be ranked in the following tiers a for amazing stages that excel in all three criteria b for not bad you got two out of three c for come on only one and uh no f tier we don't use any f words around here instead we have out here since it's the last letter of my name and also the number zero which is how many of the three criteria that stage met finally there's a tier for those stages that go above and beyond no s tier not x tier either we got v tier for the very best stages alright we'll start off with the a-track right on gnarly rail station you slide around some grid rails and pop some balloon fish to activate the next set of rails this was the first stage i've played after about uh two weeks of not touching splatoon and i found it challenging enough however it was kind of simple and very forgettable so seat here blast from the past far out station single player rainmaker on fishy fisher's favorite stage fishy fish's favorite stage try saying that three times fast considering i usually have to carry an x-ray crane maker this was a breeze they didn't really add anything to the map so oh tear signs point to yes what's up 8-ball station this is the first 8-ball stage that most of us encountered and it was painful so many ways for the darn ball to drop off the stage what's that the cone in the training room moves to obey it this ain't the training room and this stage has you climbing scaffolding that would be overlooked as maybe a bonus area a tier baller status roll out station the baller is all fun and games so you have to do the whole stage inside of one you got moving platforms and those ink rollers which will bump you off the stage it's a nice intro stage beat here looks like the real thing fake plastic station this is the very first stage that everyone plays when they start octo expansion we get to see sanitized octolings and the creepy setting of this dlc hits it may not be difficult but it is iconic a tier nice air bud bounce with me station you like bounce pads i almost gave this one an oh tear but the final bit where you have to shoot a propeller with a cannon and then bounce your way around the swirling rollers of doom kinda touched my heart so seat here revving up your inkjet maverick station a good stage for anyone trying to get into using inkjet i like how they added the grappling hooks for extra mobility but it didn't pose too much of a challenge see it here better not tell you now bumping 8-ball station this feels like the true origin story of the 8-ball you have to bounce it out of what is made to look like an arcade machine then push it through a series of sponges and bounce pads why not add the extra reward of getting to see the eight ball smash through the poor octarians in a bouncy castle style room eight here time to hit the b line grind it out pop and fresh station are you a charger main do you like games to keep you at the edge of your seat because there are no checkpoints here no room for mistakes the rails push you forward as you attempt to pop every balloon while avoiding annoying obstacles it's a pain and a beat here i don't swear here just go ahead now spin doctor station hit the daiko drums to advance sounds easy enough until you get to the rotating platforms and then you have to hit the drums while falling so that you can land on the final platform also gotta give a bonus points for the clothing pin fish swimming around and the big happy inflatable car quest sail squids to celebrate victory eight here just cruising red rat station solo tower control and snapper canal but you also get a free baller and super jump right back to the tower unlike the solo rainmaker stage i found this one to be a bit more difficult beat here it is decidedly so whack 8 ball station don't let the name for you the 8 ball doesn't show up until halfway through the stage even though there's still plenty of spots for the ball to fall off of the stage this one is probably the easiest of the 8 ball stages seat here blowing up like so good notorious station you can only use the curling bomb for this one although the stage isn't as notorious as the name implies they definitely made it look cool beat here you may rely on it fly eight ball station the words fly and eight ball really should not be put together like this never mind it's just a brick break smashing simulator in splatoon definitely getting those creative points though beat here gnarly grenade gnarly grindage righteous rail station this stage is like the balloons on rails but with boxes angry broombas and greats i remember this as the first stage that i got stuck on when i got this dlc fast paced unforgiving has bamboozler for extra torture eight here for rio's incan slad station as soon as you enter you're greeted by this cool dude they just viven apparently those wibbly boys are called infurlers i'm calling them with blue bobblies however there weren't many points to give for this stage at all in terms of difficulty memorability or creativity but i did enjoy holding back the wobbly thing with my roller as the octo splatlings tried to kill me so ho ho bee tier outlook not so good tubular 8-ball station with a name like that what could possibly go wrong the mogtarians trying to shoot the 8 ball specifically that's pure evil right there karma 8 here rock and roll brute roll up station it's uh space invaders but with rhodonium just the right amount of everything eight here bring the ruckus fast flat station do you know that if you stand right in front of an octo splatling they can't hit you also these little guys that run away are super annoying i'm glad i get to splash down on this one see it here step breakdane station they use the crates to make a pixel art squid and it also serves as your platform you have to mind your attack so that you don't destroy the crates you stand on whoops and they use only flying enemies that will distract you from looking at the ground eight here heads up missiles up inc from above station this stage takes a very creative approach you don't get a weapon at the start but instead have to use the enemies fire to clear a path they got very creative in how you can use the enemy fire such as to hit the spinny drums or to drain a sponge so that you can grab a canned weapon but because you have a weapon that doesn't mean it's smooth sailing when the floor sponges those missile attacks can easily make you drop into the abyss a tier as 50 yellow balloons go by pop rock station how about instead of rails we make the balloons float away in three seconds and uh we make you turn around after each set what is this the fitnessgram pacer test beat here on to the c track we go mondo grinder radical rail station personally this is one of my most disliked stages in the entire dlc you have a minute to break 20 boxes while you slide around on rails and uh the boxes are also sliding on rails it's not very creative but it sure is difficult and memorable because of how annoying it is b-tier dink and dome shrinky ink station a limited ink stage i think it provides a good challenge since you gotta think before you ink wink you also push an enemy off the stage since it has too much social anxiety to fight you head on this stage came pretty close to perfect but was super short so 8 here yeah i like the move it move it station when i think octo expansion this is one of the first stages that comes to mind it's got just the right amount of difficulty and with a catchy title like that vter stamp collaborating listen stamped up station bonus points for the smirky phone bug you trigger the octo stamps and then use them as platforms even then the next move is never quite obvious eight here don't just stand there bust and move station you break the boxes but the stage spins every five seconds so much better than the radical rail station though a tier reply hazy try again totally eight ball station what's better than an eight ball stage a multiple eight ball stage of course there weren't as many platforming challenges only a timer to keep the pressure on so seatier round round round round right round station you gotta hit the drums to make the enemies come by as if you're at a spinning sushi bar utter chaos i am kind of glad that the stage gives you a couple of specials to help out beat here as i see it yes bodacious eight ball station you move along with the eight ball and remove all its obstacles before it gets bounced off the stage the only thing going for the stage is its creative approach to the generic eight ball stages beat here do it with some style ah mcfly station it's move it move it station but with an inkjet and a lot more chaos read here now you see me abracadabra station you have to ink the floor to see which way to go what is this the main single player mode of this game oh dear what's up dog matchmaker station that looks more like a cat than a dog to me you break the crates to recreate the sculpture it's not too challenging but i like how unique this idea is ate here float like a butterfly stick and move station like a bee action-packed rail station where you have to hit the drums to make the obstacle spin out of the way it's all fun and games until the last stretch where if you go a little trigger-happy you'll knock yourself off beat here c-track is done now on to d do not miss your chance one shot station as the title suggests you only have one shot to win this one there's 60 crates three puffer fish and three moving platforms all you have to do is get the timing right fail a bunch of times then look up the guide on the internet the trick is to hit the bottom puffer fish just as it starts moving back towards the right side even knowing that you're still gonna fail a couple of times beat here two cool for school slam bracelet station this is the most mid-octo expansion stage of them all it's got a cool gimmick with the whibley wobblies you have to use your main and sub together to complete the stage it has some interesting parts like having to launch a bomb off of a speed ramp to activate the wibbly wobbly that helps you reach the end goal b tier spin to win mad prob station it's it's the previous stage but with propellers so beat here again my sources say no all that eight ball station we're just playing pool at this point where is it billiards i don't know all i know is that a lot of people struggled on this stage myself included a tier who you gonna call target busta's station i thought the rail stations were annoying but this one is a keep holding forward station you have to run through a bunch of obstacles and break every single box along the way i hope you're ready to spam that zr button brushy brushy boy beat here incaziga girl power station when someone says octo expansion this is the first thing that comes to mind you get a choice of sub and main weapon plus a large array of canned specials while doing this challenge the task is to defend an orb from octoling attacks which sounds easy until a bunch of them spawn in and start spamming their specials i cannot give this stage anything other than vtier listen to its howling roar peace was never an option you fly around in your inkjet and splat a bunch of enemies to proceed not much to see here now move on ah seat here splat magic splat labyrinth station this stage has you going through the same area as when you first started splatoon which for me was about a year before the dlc came out so i had completely forgotten what that looked like it was nice to revisit such a location and sort of save it from the sanitized dectarians beat here watch out now and can wash station an angry brushing machine where the box on top comes charging at you you have to break the boxes to break the machines oh yeah and you have limited ink the stage name reminds me that we're probably gonna get a splatoon themed gaming watch to celebrate its 25 year anniversary in 2040. i wonder how life is going to be 19 years from now better not ponder not for too long beat here don't stress your luck no whammy station whammy i don't see any whammy here just angry torpedoes flying at the girl power station ball i gotta admit this one's pretty hard you miss one shot you panic then there's 20 more torpedoes all of a sudden getting dizzy with it don't ralph station the drum rotates platform oh wow cta cannot predict now highness eight ball station what happens when you have an eight ball a bamboozler and a wibbly wobbly confusion chaos a tear ink on ink off hyper color station you know that one useless machine whose only operation is to shut itself off when you turn it on that's basically this stage you color a switch to activate it and the sweeper swoops in to deactivate it don't worry the snipers will also turn your switch off i don't have to kill them to advance but i want to what else you got stage the grillers from salmon room easy oh heck the whole floor switches and there's an octo stump they made this a good one eight here don't count on it swas eight ball station this one's a weird combination of pinball and tic-tac-toe you have to get three balls in a row i got mine on my first try but i know people definitely struggled here so i'll give it a nice solid b tier jet into the danger zone iceman station i had forgotten just how many inkjet stations there are in this dlc it's almost as if they want you to get comfortable using this special for some reason this one focused on the fact that you get a little jump boost every once in a while by pressing the b button so it gets beat here splat boom diggity the bomb station i get it you can only use a splat bomb for this one is that the legend of squoda oh no it's another socially anxious octo the carbon roller octaline kinda spooked me a little bit but then it kinda just stood there menacingly beat here inculators mound up squeegee funk station you ride the giant squeegee to victory just don't fall off panic you have to platform and bounce around and even line up the last set of squeegees to reach the goal a masterpiece of a stage if i ever saw one vetier ain't afraid of no crates crate buster station time to spam the zr button like crazy break the right boxes to get a special that actually does most of the work for you not a fan of this one seat here don't get psyched out bodacious rotation station here we have another one of those rotating stages but instead of breaking crates you have to collect all eight data pens data points what are these things oh yeah and the closer you get to winning the more enemies spawn in and start attacking you non-stop eight here stomp it till you drop drop the burst station oh hey it's the octo stump again again i'm not gonna lie at first i was gonna give the seat here since it's just a revamp of a main game boss but i had a pretty hard time fighting this one with a bamboozler yeah let's also give it a bubbler three faces and a heck and splatling on top a tier take it easy slow rod station nogami heard that y'all like using the stasis ruined breath of the wild so have a stasis stage in splatoon 2. they made it look pretty cool with the giant swinging hammers oh yeah and it's burst bomb only 8 here don't stop till you pop enough pop star station pop the balloons but instead of rails the platform is spinning around this probably should have been the first balloon popping stage instead of that crazy rails one seat here the fun don't stop poppalicious station alright who at the dev team was so obsessed with these darn balloons in this stage the rule is don't stop moving because these balloons will float away it's a very fast space stage and requires you to be smart about your ink usage beat here who let the pods [Music] station oh no they coming all clear now never mind panic run uh try again i suppose i'm allergic to dogs irl and to pause in this game make it stop make it stop oh great now there's octarians too for just a splat the enemy stage this is a pretty tough one eight here might as well jump station what the heck why would you name it that oh bounce pads rails grappling hooks i get it now and you gotta take several leaps of faith in order to reach the next grappling as that sonic song goes if you leap without the net you'll find that it won't be there all the time so watch your step now watch your step don't fall eight here pound ow that i hurt myself pound the rock bring it station rain maker on manta maria but without that deep sea diving ship in the distance i solo carry here in x-rank all the time seat here what's the dealio cubular station this is a favorite stage of mine you've got a rotating platform and eight data points to collect but the entire stage looks like you're breaking into a bank or some sort of impound v-tier quack attack wack foo station it's the octo samurai but sanitized and you only get to use a baller and there's barely any fencing so it's pretty easy to get knocked off the stage but once you figure that out and stay aligned with the fence it becomes pretty easy beat here you all ready for this toastmaster station another redux boss this time the bread machine okay if your bread has green in it pl please do not consume the final phase of this boss was actually pretty challenging since there were a bunch of snipers attacking at all times and also a bunch of walls blocking the only way to the top beat here i know what you think hasta la vista station it's a space invader station again but without the rolonium which somehow makes it even harder pair it with a dynamo and give the last guy 3 splat walls and you've got a pretty difficult stage 8 here no kidding or playing house party station instead of breaking into a bank this time you're sniping some octarians beat here did i do that bustalicious station break 20 boxes with zero balloons if you pop a balloon you fail it's a pretty classic octo expansion stage 8 here shotgun ride with me station i say car you say quest this is the stage guys you start out playing frogger at a car wash and then you ride a car and frogger over while also fighting octo's and then you play flappy bird while on a car this stage is basically car quest plus a bunch of other games and i absolutely love it v-tier mad skills yo freakazoid station easy for charger mains pain for everyone else you get tossed around by these boost pads and have to time your shots correctly in order to proceed beat here feel the burning baller size station a very simple baller stage where you've got some angled platforms octarian torpedoes and boost pads beat here easy breezy keep your hands off isaac and uh sweet ride station it's tower control and starfish main stage you already know how i feel about these beat here just ink it in shooter mug station box goes new and you have to break it before the time runs out then more boxes appear but also more walls appear making it harder to hit beat here ink it real good ink it station there's drums and floor scrubbers but on the walls not much more to say about this one seat here whatever dad cool your jet station sun it's a sanitized octo shower but you also get to fight it with an inkjet which makes the fight significantly easier than the normal one i do have to give it some props for the evil rubber ducky though beat here shrink and sink dinky ink station a limited ink station where you have to defeat enemies to make progress and a brella octoling is the final boss be tiered my my my can't touch the station another octo expansion classic this is the stage where if you touch enemy ink you lose and of course there are a whole bunch of enemies shooting at you at all times a perfect 8-tier stage can't see me all eye station use the grappling hooks to move around the stage and splat all 21 octarians sounds pretty simple but also pretty fun eight here card four good buddy radio station splat all the enemy station but this time they have shields in front of them this stage does give you plenty of specials to help out so beat here break it down matchmaker station remember that one stage where you have to remake a dog out of boxes well now you have to remake an octopus that's a lot more boxes and a lot of room for accidental box breaks as you can imagine this stage takes a while and getting into the final room to finish the stage was a bit confusing so beat here watch your step foot loose station instead of an inkling pixar this one's even more squid-like and the enemies break the boxes beneath your feet there's no place to hide either eight here truly truly truly outrageous station the most outrageous thing about this station is how simple it is you don't even have to splat the enemies to proceed seat here and now that all of the main stations are finished i'm going to rank the end game station so if you haven't played this for some reason and you want to avoid spoilers skip to these timestamps alright here we go one two three coccyx phase you have just begun your escape and with no weapon in hand hiding in ink and sneaking around is your only way out if the enemies catch you they call for reinforcements and go nuts shooting in your directions things feel very high tension but doable with enough patience beat here the villi phase this is where nasty majesty drops on us and time to be a bad agent stare the guard in the eyes and find a sub weapon then use your skills to find a main weapon and make your way out this is my favorite stage from the escape and i'm putting it in feet here belly phase you get to see all the sanitized octarians being shipped down into the subway and in this stage they are also your platforms as you try to make your way out it's a very cool stage lore wise eight here intestinal phase looks like we're going through the headquarters of this evil place in true agent fashion we've got to jump through a large series of deadly lasers a tier diaphragm stage time for shark bites and it's an inkjet only stage looks like all those inkjet stations weren't for nothing huh you still have those eight data points to collect as you cause chaos and make your way through and free the energy core which looks like some sort of obese zapfish with blood pressure issues good music good lure good prep for this stage with a bunch of stations before it vter peristalsis stays the electro fish is now the orb that you have to protect during girl power station but also a drum or fan that makes the platform move you have to make your way to the top and plug in the energy source for some reason kind of confused about this part but the stage itself was pretty darn good so ate here spinal phase just when you think you're out you find out that phone man has possessed agent 3 and must now fight for your life they try to be funny with each phase of the fight by using a different special but overall this fight was pretty easy beat here niels station turf war tartar wants to end the world but you're gonna stop his plans with the help of pearl and marina all you have to do is blow up the giant suction bombs that marina is throwing your way and ride some ink rails to get to those on the statue's head it is a wonderful conclusion to the expansion but wait there's more pearl pulls out the killer whale and then you even get the little good guys versus bad guys gage at the end not to mention the remnants of this fight become a splatfest stage v-tier one last stage left to cover the game's hidden boss which you can unlock once you've completed every single one of the stations before skip to this timestamp if you want to avoid spoilers in order to access this hidden boss you walk over to the little set of lockers at the end of the base platform where the locker with number 8 is wide open and then you get to fight the ultimate enemy inner agent 3. unlike the possessed agent 3 this one can dodge around like crazy has sneaky little minions and so much special charge that you cannot catch your breath you already know this one is vp and that concludes the octo expansion tier list which of these stages is your favorite which stage gave you the most trouble let me know in the comments below thanks for watching and i'll see you when splatoon 3 comes out just kidding there's more splatoon 2 stuff to talk about i'll see you around for that

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Id: OWx72Wv9deU

Length: 26min 9sec (1569 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 24 2021