Steel Eel

The Steel Eel is a Boss Salmonid that is found in the Salmon Run series and Splatoon Raiders.

Description

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

In the Salmon Run series, the Salmonid has gray scales with tones of red, resembling chum salmon in their spawning phase. Their hair has a Golden Egg pattern in a slightly lighter red color. They wear a surgical mask and a silver belt. The machine's head appears to be made of dark steel, shaped like a fish's head. Orange headlights mimic the head's eyes, and a black tire is inside the mouth.

In Splatoon Raiders, the Salmonid has a slightly longer mouth and a hump while sporting mostly red and green skin, closely resembling sockeye salmon. The mouth is covered by a piece of green cloth. Their fins are covered in salt, and depending on their strength, salt covers more parts of their bodies. The steel fish head appears in a rusty brown tone with green lights of differing shapes. Additionally, the mouth has a similar cowcatcher as seen on locomotives.

Salmon Run

Steel Eel

The Tableturf Battle card icon of the Steel Eel

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Species	Salmonid
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Location	Salmonid Swim Zones
Shop
HP	600
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Steel Eels are the longest Boss Salmonid in the Salmon Run series, making it easy to get cornered. The jerrycans on its body can damage players on direct contact and block attacks. The only way to destroy the 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

See also: Salmon Run Next Wave data

Hits to splat Steel Eel
Weapon	Min/Max
Booyah Bomb	1 - 72
Crab Tank	2 - 9
Inkjet	2 - 7
Killer Wail 5.1	1 - 2
Reefslider	1 - 2
Triple Inkstrike	1 - 10
Wave Breaker	2 - 4
.52 Gal	10 - 15
.96 Gal	6 - 10
Aerospray MG	21 - 27
Ballpoint Splatling	15 - 20
Bamboozler 14 Mk I	4 - 9
Big Swig Roller	4 - 10
Blaster	3 - 5
Bloblobber	3 - 9
Carbon Roller	4 - 9
Clash Blaster	6 - 10
Classic Squiffer	2 - 10
Dapple Dualies	12 - 17
Dark Tetra Dualies	17 - 20
Dread Wringer	2 - 4
Dualie Squelchers	17 - 20
Dynamo Roller	2 - 5
Egg cannon	1 - 3
E-liter 4K	1 - 10
Explosher	4 - 7
Flingza Roller	2 - 8
Glooga Dualies	8 - 17
Goo Tuber	2 - 7
Grizzco Blaster	10 - 15
Grizzco Brella	7 - 34
Grizzco Charger	3
Grizzco Dualies	4 - 20
Grizzco Slosher	2 - 4
Grizzco Splatana	1 - 3
Grizzco Stringer	1 - 15
H-3 Nozzlenose	8 - 9
Heavy Edit Splatling	15 - 20
Heavy Splatling	15 - 20
Hydra Splatling	9 - 20
Ink Cannon	2
Inkbrush	13 - 25
Jet Squelcher	13 - 17
L-3 Nozzlenose	13 - 15
Luna Blaster	3 - 5
Mini Splatling	15 - 20
N-ZAP '85	18 - 25
Nautilus 47	15 - 20
Octobrush	9 - 13
Painbrush	4 - 10
Range Blaster	2 - 4
Rapid Blaster	4 - 9
Rapid Blaster Pro	4 - 7
REEF-LUX 450	3 - 15
Slosher	4
Sloshing Machine	3 - 5
Snipewriter 5H	3 - 9
Splash-o-matic	18 - 25
Splatana Stamper	2 - 12
Splatana Wiper	2 - 15
Splat Bomb	3 - 17
Splat Brella	3 - 17
Splat Charger	2 - 10
Splat Dualies	17 - 20
Splat Roller	3 - 8
Splattershot	14 - 17
Splattershot Jr.	18 - 25
Splattershot Nova	17 - 25
Splattershot Pro	12 - 17
Sploosh-o-matic	12 - 17
Squeezer	12 - 20
S-BLAST '92	2 - 4
Tenta Brella	2 - 12
Tri-Slosher	5 - 9
Tri-Stringer	2 - 13
Undercover Brella	4 - 20

Tips

Upon spawning, a Steel Eel will target the player that takes the least amount of time for it to reach and is not already targeted by a Steel Eel (unless all alive players are already targeted by other Steel Eels). It will continue to chase this player until they are splatted or move to certain unreachable locations, such as propeller lifts. After this, it will target another player using the same logic.
- The player being targeted should coordinate their movement with the other player's location, keeping players 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.
- The Steel Eel's pilot looks directly at the player it is targeting, which can be used to tell who is being targeted.
- If a player is being chased and gets on a propeller platform, the chased player uses a Booyah Bomb, or the chased player is splatted, the Steel Eel will immediately start chasing another player.
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.
Steel Eels are tall enough that they are still capable of splatting someone using a Booyah Bomb. The Steel Eel can completely shred through the armor, so players should be careful when activating a Booyah Bomb when close to a Steel Eel.
The Ink coming from a Steel Eel can destroy a Wave Breaker if it is placed in the path it is taking, so it is advised to place the Wave Breaker in an advantageous spot that the Steel Eel cannot access or where the boss is not headed through.
On certain stages, Steel Eels can spawn in the water with the pilot's head partially above water as the body extends out. Players can splat them far quicker this way, which can help during High Tides in neutralizing their threat before they start taking up space.
Splat Bombs explode instantly on contact with the Steel Eel's ink spray. Players can use this to their advantage if they 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, players should make sure the Steel Eel is destroyed when the pilot is closest to the basket.

Badges

Main article: Badge#Salmon Run Next Wave

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

Splatoon Raiders

Steel Eel

Steel Eels in Splatoon Raiders

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Species	Salmonid (Boss Salmonid)
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Location	Spirhalite Islands
Shop
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The Steel Eel's method of attack is mostly unchanged in Splatoon Raiders. However, it only starts attacking once the player is in proximity to it. Additionally, sufficiently powerful attacks can rattle the pilot, temporarily disabling its nozzles.