Range Blaster

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The Range Blaster is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

The Range Blaster, as its name implies, is a variation of a regular S Weapon Main Blaster.png Blaster with shots that travel farther before exploding. As a tradeoff, this blaster has a lower rate of fire and higher ink consumption.

Splatoon

Range Blaster

Range Blaster

Basic information
Category Main
Class Shooter
Sub S Weapon Sub Splash Wall.png Splash Wall
Special S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png Inkstrike
Special points
Special depletion Special gauge 40%
Range
35 / 100
Damage
Impact
60 / 100
Fire rate
10 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level 14
Cost Cash 8,000
Requirement
Added in
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 50–80 (Splash)
125 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption 10%
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Range Blaster was released on 1 August 2015 02:00 UTC.[1] It comes with the S Weapon Sub Splash Wall.png Splash Wall and S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png Inkstrike. Each shot consumes 10% of the ink-tank capacity, and the ink tank recovers 1.67% of its capacity between each shot, allowing the player to fire 11 shots before needing to refill the tank.

Version history

Version Adjustments
2.2.0
2.7.0
  • Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Gallery

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Range Blaster

Range Blaster

Basic information
Category Main
Class Shooter
Sub S2 Weapon Sub Suction Bomb.png Suction Bomb
Special S2 Weapon Special Ink Storm.png Ink Storm
Special points 200p
Special depletion
Range
56 / 100
Damage
Impact
70 / 100
Fire rate
10 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level 14
Cost Cash 9,300
Requirement
Added in
Specifications
Weight
Base damage 50–70 (Splash)
125 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption 11%
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Range Blaster returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It was released on 21 October 2017 at 02:00 UTC[2]. It comes with the S2 Weapon Sub Suction Bomb.png Suction Bomb and S2 Weapon Special Ink Storm.png Ink Storm. Each shot consumes 11% of the ink-tank capacity, allowing the player to fire nine shots before needing to refill the tank.

Version history

Version Adjustments
Base game
  • Max damage dealt by splash damage reduced: 80 → 70
  • Ink consumption per shot: 10.0% → 11.0%
  • Time taken to begin recovering ink after shooting: 0.83 seconds → 1 second
  • Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 0 degrees → 8 degrees
2.0.0
  • Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 190
2.1.0
  • Points to fill special gauge: 190 → 200

Gallery

Demonstration

Quotes

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Names in other languages

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References

  1. Splatoon Squid Research Lab on Tumblr. SplatoonUS (2015-07-31). Retrieved on 2015 July 31.
  2. Twitter SplatoonJP on Twitter