Blaster (weapon class)



Blasters are one of the main weapon types in the SS undefined. Blasters are fully-automatic guns that fire large globs of ink that travel forward and conclude their path with an explosion, with typically lower rate of fire than traditional shooters to compensate.

Classification
While blaster weapons have been in the Splatoon series since the first game, games prior to classified them as shooter weapons as they share some technical characteristics with traditional shooters. Since Splatoon 3, blasters are classified separate from traditional shooters.

List of blasters
Note: The series are arranged by the order of their respective Tableturf Battle cards.

Splatoon
Victory:


 * Inkling Girl: Jumps while waving her arms, then thrusts the weapon out.
 * Inkling Boy: Jumps while swinging his weapon, does a fist pump with both his arms, then throws the weapon in the air, making it spin, catches it with the other hand and holds it across the chest.

Defeat:


 * Inkling Girl: Puts her hands above her head before falling on her knees in despair, and starts hitting the floor with the hand that holds the weapon while crying.
 * Inkling Boy: Same as Inkling girl.

Splatoon 2
Spawning in before match starts:


 * Both Inklings and Octolings point their weapon down at a 45-degree angle after shaking off their excess ink.

Victory:


 * Inkling Girl: Jumps up and down twice joyfully, then spins around and strikes a pose while holding the weapon upwards.
 * Inkling Boy: Jumps up and thrusts his left fist forward before raising it over his chest while holding his weapon downward.
 * Octoling Girl: Winces happily before twirling her weapon and ending it pointing upwards at an angle, and she strikes a pose by having her left hand on her hip.
 * Octoling Boy: Similar to the Octoling Girl's but stands up straight with a proud expression.

Defeat:


 * Inkling Girl: Stamps her feet on the ground, disappointed.
 * Inkling Boy: Sits down on the ground and holds his head in frustration.
 * Octoling Girl: Falls down to the ground, dropping her weapon in front of her, then turns her head away in anger.
 * Octoling Boy: Similar to the Inkling Boy's but lays his weapon behind him and puts his right arm on his right knee.

Splatoon 3
Spawner Drone pose:


 * All styles and species: Throws their weapon above before catching it and pointing it down.

Victory:
 * Flip Out: Throws the weapon into the air, flips backwards along the ground, then catches it, turns backwards, and poses with it in their arms.
 * Reppin' Inkopolis: The player jumps for joy three times, then points their weapon into the air with a smile.

Splatoon

 * Blasters have the same winning and losing animations as Shooters since they are categorized under the same class in this game.
 * The Blaster and the Rapid Blaster Pro Deco are the only non-shooters that are two weapons from the same class with the same set.
 * This set is also shared with the L-3 Nozzlenose.

Splatoon 2

 * When sorting by type, Blasters are grouped between automatic and burst-fire shooters.
 * Selecting any Blaster and sorting by type would always make the next weapon the Sploosh-o-matic, before continuing with the internal order of the shooters.

Splatoon 3

 * Blasters having their own category when sorting weapons in the selection screen makes this their first time as a standalone class.
 * They are placed between brellas and brushes.
 * They have their own winning and emote animations separate from traditional shooters making this the first game with their own animations.