Blaster (weapon class)



Blasters are one of the main weapon classes in the SS undefined.

Blasters are fully-automatic weapons that fire large globs of ink that travel forward and conclude their path with an explosion. They typically have a relatively low fire rate and high ink consumption compared to many other weapons.

Classification
While blasters have been in the SS undefined since, games prior to classified them as shooters because the two classes share some technical characteristics. From Splatoon 3 onward, blasters are classified as a separate class.

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

Special Blasters
The following blaster(s) are only available outside of battles as part of other modes:

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:
 * Both genders put their hands above their head before falling onto their knees in despair, hitting the floor with the hand that holds the weapon while crying.

In Ammo Knights (Clicking ):
 * Both genders hold the weapon high, then lowers it, poses like they are shooting, then looks behind the weapon, and returns to idle pose.

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, 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, but lays his weapon behind him and puts his right arm on his right knee.

In Ammo Knights (Clicking ):
 * Inklings: Raises and lowers their weapon, looking it over, gets into a shooting stance, then looks down the weapon from behind.
 * Octolings: Looks over their weapon from the side and back, bends over slightly, and aims around before sighing.

Splatoon 3
Spawner pose:
 * All styles: 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.

In Ammo Knights (Clicking ):
 * Inklings: The player will look down at their weapon and feel the weight of it, throwing it in the air and catching it before getting into a shooting pose and looking to their right.
 * Octolings: The player will look down at their weapon and look it over, feeling the weight of it before aiming and slowly going from their left to right.

Splatoon

 * Blasters have the same winning and losing animations as shooters since blasters are considered to be in the shooter class.
 * The Blaster and the Rapid Blaster Pro Deco are the only non-shooters that share the same kit: Disruptor and Killer Wail.
 * 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 will 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.
 * For the first time in the series, blasters have unique emote animations separate from shooters.