It can be. Just make sure your able to retreat. Fling right in front of them. For some reason they will still try to splat you. I just try and run from many encounters. Serpentine, zig-zag move in stupid ways ruin aiming. My last match pit my team against a L-3 nozzlenose, hero charger and 2 forge splattershot. Only got one splat team won in the end and didn't get killed.