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Formations: Advanced

Soakers of differing abilities can be combined in some very potent ways to guarantee a good balance between soaking ability and defence. This, combined with users who know how to make use of their respective blasters will generate small tactical units who can take on larger, inexperienced groups with little fear of counterfire.

Fan-Spread
Required people: At least 3

This formation takes advantage of various blaster's Fan-nozzle setting (i.e. the SC Power Pak, SC Big Trouble, Monster, Monster XL, etc.) The formation itself is rather simple with allies spread apart around 3 to 5 feet in a row with all blasters set on Fan. Attacking a larger group in this formation is simple since the area of water coverage that can be achieved is very high. As well, since all members of the attack squad are relatively close, the sprays from individual blasters will overlap, resulting in a more thorough soak than would be achieved if only one individual were present. The main drawbacks to thise attack formation is that overall range of attacks is limited. Also, since blasters are on their fan settings, individual enemy targets cannot be isolated.

Suppress and Saturate
Required people: At least 2

While some may argue differently, most people when under attack, even if only from a fan nozzle spray, tend to duck, block, or attempt to defend. With this in mind, the idea behind this offensive formation is to make use of a fan attack to suppress enemy counterfire while having an ally with a good-sized blaster to identify and saturate the most threatening hostiles. The fan-spray user has more limited range, thus must get in closer to enemy units. The saturator can be a few steps back making use of his blaster's range and power to soak any those have not turn and run. The most difficult part of achieving the desired outcome is finding someone willing to go in and suppress return fire using a fan-spray since that user must get closer than usual to the hostile forces. (Note: A CPS 1-3-5 works particularly well as a suppression blaster.)

Repeater-Firing
Required people: At least 2

This is not as much of a formation as it is a way of attacking. The idea behind this is to compensate for the fact that most blasters have a limited firing time. Thus, for this to work, the group must synchronize their shot times such that someone is firing while another is repumping. To maximize area covered, only short bursts from each soaker should be used as well as quick pumping between shots. This will prevent any member from being out of pressure when it is their turn to fire.