Slammin' Lid Salmon Run Boss Guide: How to Beat

Slammin' Lid is a support Boss Salmonid in Splatoon 3 that provides an ink-repellent shield for Lesser Salmonids while also deploying them in Salmon Run Next Wave. Read on to learn the Slammin' Lid's stats and difficulty level, as well as how to beat it and other strategies.

Slammin' Lid Stats and Difficulty

Slammin' Lid Strengths and Weaknesses

Slammin' Lid
Difficulty
Strengths	・Creates an ink-repellant forcefield for lesser Salmonids. ・Periodically spawns lesser Salmonids underneath it.
Weakness	・Slow and tends to stay in one area of the arena. ・You can splat the Salmonid pilot in just a few hits.

Shields and Deploys Lesser Salmonids

The Slammin' Lid is a relatively slow Boss Salmonid that plays support for Lesser Salmonids, using its powerful ink-repellent shield to protect them from your team's weapons.

Apart from providing support, it also deploys Lesser Salominds from underneath it. This makes it a top priority in higher hazard levels as it will continuously deploy Lesser Salmonids until you splat it!

Attacks with a Ground Slam

Although usually immobile, the Slammin' Lid will slam down into the ground if a player goes under the saucer. This is a surprisingly fast attack and, due to the saucer's large size, can cover and ink a wide area of turf!

How to Beat Slammin' Lid and Strategies

How to Defeat Steelhead
Bait it into Attacking and Jump on the Saucer
Ink the Saucer Pilot Directly

Bait it into Attacking and Jump on the Saucer

To beat the Slammin' Lid, you need to quickly run or swim underneath the saucer to bait its slam attack. Evade the slam, and then jump on the saucer and splat the pilot!

Quickly maneuvering under the Slammin' Lid takes some practice, so it's also a good idea to coordinate with your teammates so that another player is ready to jump on the saucer once it slams down.

Ink the Saucer Pilot Directly

The Slammin' Lid's pilot is vulnerable to attacks even before slamming down its saucer, so it's possible to ink it with a long-range weapon.

If you're provided the Splat Charger at the start of the wave, head up a platform and try to snipe the Slammin' Lid's pilot. A couple of fully-charged attacks From the Splat Charger will instantly splat the Boss Salmonid!

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List of Boss Salmonids

List of Boss Salmonids

Steelhead	Steel Eel	Scrapper	Stinger
Maws	Drizzler	Flyfish	Flipper-Flopper
Fish Stick	Slammin' Lid	Big Shot

List of King Salmonids

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