Is That A New Salmonid? by OmegaLombax194 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

"This dimension feels different..."

As someone who as spent at least 55-60% of her Splatoon 2 save file in Salmon Run, I could at least be lvl 80 by now but no, I'm like level 45 or something. XD

Here we have Lucian disguised as a Salmonid! As in response to DrStoat10 's lovely interpretation of him in the Splatoon dimension featured here, www.deviantart.com/drstoat10/a… . So I tried my own shot at him and how different he'd look in Splatoon. He's probably smaller than a cohock but bigger than a chum. Look at the little smallfry staring at him with star eyes. xD If Lucian was classified as some new type of Salmonid (But the helpful type), I guess he'd be called "The Lantern?" Or Beacon. Considering how this is just Lucian, he would be mostly seen if The Fog boss wave occurs. Standing in a spot where a lot of golden eggs are just sitting around and making it clearer to see them in his radius. Either way, Lucian appearing on the stage would be a random chance. :v
Other than that, I think as a neat idea he could provide a different use dependent on the stage or wave.

I already said how the Fog wave could work, so...

Cohock Charge he'd probably move the eggs a closer distance to the basket (But not by much), but you would still need to pick them up yourselves.
Mothership he could distract a few Snatchers (The Purple Mohawk chums) from collecting eggs.
Goldie Seeking, Lucian would sit on top of the egg basket and use his bulb to vaguely point in the direction on where the Goldie could be, though...certain stages may be a problem for him so he might search out on his own.
The Rush, he could use the light in his bulb to temporarily attract the glowflies to him, however this can prove to be helpful or detrimental since he's most likely far away from the egg basket during this round.
Grillers, he could potentially become a target for it, giving you and your team a window to strike it, other than that he just causally wonders around the stage.

*However, only during Hazard Level Max Mode, his motives somewhat switch. If the players are in a real pinch, they can find him somewhere on the stage and in exchange for 3 Golden eggs, he will provide the player who talked with him 2 full charges of their special meter. (But you have to use your 2 specials first to get the option to do so to prevent stacking.) This is potentially a dangerous move, as he will take the eggs from the basket in order to help you. If 2 or more teammates are down in HLMM {Just an abbreviation} Lucian will go after them (His speed ranges are dependent on the wave and tide), but if they have an egg on them when they're "dead" there will be a chance he'll eat the egg as payment for saving the player.*

If an inkling/octoling happens to be nearby him when nothing is clearly happening, exefore the waves start or when no valves during Goldie Seeking are open, he'll just causally stare at the player or give them a small wave. Or some other idle animation. Perhaps react differently on what weapon a player is carrying. Charger weapons scare him, or he finds Dualies interesting. Things like that. XD When there's a Grizzco weapon in play he'll stay a safe distance away from the player using it, implying that he doesn't want to get hit by it. ;3;

Anywho, that's just my take on it, just for fun! What do you guys think? Have any other ideas? List them below!

Lucian belongs to me
The Salmonids belong to Splatoon/Nintendo