Rapid Blaster

The Rapid Blaster is a main weapon in the Splatoon series.

The Rapid Blaster is a Shooter-class weapon (offically part of the Blaster Class in Splatoon 3) that is similar to the Blaster, but fires much faster and has greater range. However, this comes at the cost of less Ink coverage, a smaller blast radius, and weaker shots. At minimum, it takes one direct hit and one indirect hit to splat an opponent with this weapon. Its close relative, the Rapid Blaster Pro, has slightly longer range and a slightly slower firing rate. The fire rate is faster than the Luna Blaster, and slower than the Clash Blaster.

Appearance

The Rapid Blaster is mainly red with a black handle. Attached to the nozzle is a gray part. The weapon has many odd attachments, including a bolt on the bottom part and a metal grate above the handle.

Splatoon

Splatoon

Rapid Blaster

Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Ink Mine
Special	Bubbler
Special points
Special depletion	40%
Range	45 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level	14
Cost	10,000
Requirement
Added in
Specifications
Weight
Base damage	12.5–40 (Splash) 25–80 (Blast) 80 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption	8%
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant	Rapid Blaster Deco

The Rapid Blaster comes with Ink Mines and Bubbler. Each shot consumes 8% of the ink tank capacity, and the ink tank recovers 1.67% of its capacity between each shot, allowing the player to fire 15 shots before needing to refill the tank.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▲ Fire rate when firing from a Squid state: 0.28 → 0.20 ▲ Recovery time after firing: 0.43 sec. → 0.33
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%
2.8.0	▲ Movement speed while firing increased by about 12%

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Rapid Blaster is a Blaster modified to increase its rate of fire and ink efficiency. It's not as powerful as the Blaster, but its fast shots and powerful Ink Mines are great for pressuring foes. With a Bubbler as well, it's probably the easiest blaster to use, so I'd recommend giving it a try!(NA)

“

Mitigates the weaknesses of the regular Blaster by giving up a little shot power for a better rate of fire.

”

— In-Game Description(NA/EU/OC)

Notes

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  The second farthest left Inkling wields the Rapid Blaster

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  The Rapid Blaster's range.

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  Official art of a team of Inklings - the farthest is holding a Rapid Blaster.

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Rapid Blaster.

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  Concept art of an Inkling wielding the Rapid Blaster.

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  Concept art of various weapons, with the Rapid Blaster at the lower left.

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  An Inkling firing the Rapid Blaster in an early version of Blackbelly Skatepark.

Demonstration

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Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Rapid Blaster

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Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Ink Mine
Special	Splat-Bomb Launcher
Special points	200p
Special depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level	13
Cost	9,800
Requirement
Added in
Specifications
Weight
Base damage	17.5 (Splash) 35 (Blast) 85 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption	7%
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variants	Rapid Blaster Deco Kensa Rapid Blaster

The Rapid Blaster returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it was in the first game, but with a slightly tweaked performance. It comes with Ink Mines and Splat-Bomb Launcher. Each shot consumes 7% of the ink tank capacity, allowing the player to fire 14 shots before needing to refill the tank.

It appears in five Octo Expansion Stations:

• E09 Squee-G Funk Station
• F06 Duh-Oh Station
• F08 Jump Station
• H04 Shooter McStation
• J06 D11 Ink & Watch Station

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Ink consumption per shot: 8.0% → 7.0% ▲ Direct hit damage: 80 → 85 ▲ Min. splash damage: 25 → Splash damage is now locked at 35 ▲ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 10 degrees → 8 degrees ▼ Max. splash damage: 75.9 → Splash damage is now locked at 35 ▼ Movement speed while firing: 0.616 → 0.55 ▼ Time taken to begin recovering ink after shooting: 0.42 seconds → 0.83 second
1.3.0	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 210
3.2.0	▼ Decreased radius of damage dealt by exploding shots by roughly 6%.
4.0.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 210 → 200
4.5.0	▲ The Main Power Up gear ability will now also increase the radius of explosions while equipped when using these main weapons. The above effect will be maxed out when 2.9 times the normal amount of gear ability is equipped. Each additional gear ability is worth .3 of the effect of the base gear ability.
4.9.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Rapid Blaster features an improved rate of fire and reduced ink consumption. It comes with the trade-off of less attack power, but you can reveal your opponents' positions to teammates with the Ink Mine! Finish off the tracked opponents with the Splat-Bomb Launcher! Recommended for players that like to work closely with their team!

Gallery

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Splatoon 3

Splatoon 3

Rapid Blaster

Basic information
Category	Main
Class	Blaster
Sub	Ink Mine
Special	Triple Inkstrike
Special points	200p
Special depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Obtainable at
Level	7
Cost
Requirement
Added in
Weight
Base damage
Base duration
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

The Rapid Blaster returns in Splatoon 3 with an updated design, and has Ink Mines as its sub and Triple Inkstrike as its special.

It appears in only 1 mission in Alterna:

• 0507 One-Way Ride through Target Town

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Rapid Blaster lives up to its name with an improved rate of fire and modest ink consumption. Now, if you know me at all, you know I'm going to tell you about a big trade-off, and it's this: low power. But using the Ink Mine to reveal enemy positions helps make up for it. What I'd do with a combo like this is use the Rapid Blaster to create a whirlwind of ink, then take it to the next level with a Triple Inkstrike. This setup lets you focus in on key areas of the map - whether you're defending the home base or pushing an advance into hostile territory.

Badges

Main article: Badge#Weapon freshness

Reaching certain Freshness levels with the Rapid Blaster will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Rapid Blaster Badges
	4★ Rapid Blaster User
	5★ Rapid Blaster User

Gallery

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  An Inkling holding the Rapid Blaster while placing Ink Mines.

• File:S3 Weapon Main Rapid Blaster Flat.png

  2D icon.

• File:S3 Tableturf Card Rapid Blaster.png

  The Tableturf card icon of the Rapid Blaster.

Trivia

• This weapon resembles a toy dart gun.
• The Rapid Blaster actually has a longer range than the Range Blaster.
• Despite being called the Rapid Blaster, the fire rate of this blaster is slower than the Clash Blaster's, though the Clash Blaster was introduced later.
• The orange cap on the tip of the Rapid Blaster's barrel in Splatoon 3 resembles those seen on toy guns in the United States, which requires toy firearms to be painted partially or completely in safety orange to avoid confusion with real ones. This cap is also seen on the Rapid Blaster Pro.