Blaster (weapon class)
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- For the main weapon with the same name, see Blaster.
Blasters are one of the main weapon classes in the Splatoon series.
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 Splatoon series since Splatoon, games prior to Splatoon 3 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 their respective order in the weapon select screen with the Main filter.
| Series | Description | Variants | Games | ||
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 Luna Blaster |
A blaster with short range but above average fire rate, blast radius, and ink efficiency. It is capable of splatting an opponent with one direct hit. |  Luna Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Luna Blaster Neo
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Kensa Luna Blaster
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✓ | ||||
 Order Blaster Replica
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✓ | ||||
 Blaster |
The standard blaster. Has a slow firing speed but is well-rounded otherwise. |  Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Custom Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Hero Blaster Replica
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✓ | ||||
 Range Blaster |
A revised version of the Blaster that boasts higher range at the cost of a slower fire rate. |  Range Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Custom Range Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Grim Range Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | |||
 Clash Blaster |
A blaster that fires huge short-ranged blasts in very quick succession, but its low damage makes it hard to splat opponents with it. |  Clash Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | |
 Clash Blaster Neo
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✓ | ✓ | |||
 Rapid Blaster |
A blaster that fires long range blasts at a good fire rate, with reduced damage and blast radius. |  Rapid Blaster
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Rapid Blaster Deco
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 Kensa Rapid Blaster
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✓ | ||||
 Rapid Blaster Pro |
This modified version of the Rapid Blaster can hit at even longer ranges, but has a slower fire rate, and uses more ink per shot. |  Rapid Blaster Pro
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 Rapid Blaster Pro Deco
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
 S-BLAST |
A slow-firing, one-shot capable blaster with two firing modes, short-range and long-range. The short-range mode is triggered by pressing after jumping, and fires a huge short-ranged blast. The long-range mode is triggered by pressing on the ground, and fires a long-ranged, high-velocity shot with a small blast radius. Notably, this mode can also be triggered in the air by falling without a preceding jump, or by jumping immediately after pressing . |  S-BLAST '92
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✓ | ||
 S-BLAST '91
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✓ | ||||
Special blasters
The following blaster(s) are only available outside of battles as part of other modes:
| Weapon | Description | Games | ||
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 Hero Blaster |
A blaster similar to the blaster only used in Octo Canyon. Upon completion of all missions in Octo Canyon using the Hero Blaster, the player will unlock the Hero Blaster Replica for use in battles. | ✓ | ||
 Grizzco Blaster |
A modified rare weapon based on the Blaster, only available in Salmon Run and Salmon Run Next Wave. Its stats are broadly similar to the Clash Blaster, but it has lower ink consumption and almost double the rate of fire. | ✓ | ✓ | |
 Order Blaster |
A blaster similar to the Luna Blaster only used in Side Order when equipping Murch's Palette. Upon successful completion of a run with this Palette equipped, the player will unlock the Order Blaster Replica for use in battles. | ✓ | ||
Sets
Blaster-type shooters in Splatoon
Blaster-type shooters in Splatoon 2
Blasters in Splatoon 3
Animations
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.
Quotes
Splatoon 3
| “ | Squid Research Lab Ballistics Team here with a report on blaster-type weapons. As the name implies, blasters eject ink that explodes at a distance. This allows for advanced tactics such as "totally splatting campers who are hiding behind walls." We'll workshop a name for that. | ” | — @SplatoonNA on Twitter[1]
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Gallery
SplatNet icons
2D icons
Art
Promotional renders for Splatoon 2
Promotional renders for Splatoon 3
Tableturf Battle cards for Splatoon 3
Trivia
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.
- For the first time in the series, blasters have unique emote animations separate from shooters.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
ブラスター Burasutā |
Blaster |
 Dutch |
Blaster Knaller |
Blaster Shooter[2] |
 French (NOA) |
Blasteur | Blaster |
 French (NOE) |
Blaster | Blaster |
 German |
Blaster | Blaster |
 Italian |
Blaster | Blaster |
 Russian |
Бластер Blaster |
Blaster |
 Spanish (NOA) |
Lanzamota | Speck-launcher |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Devastador | Devastator |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
爆破枪 bàopò qiāng (Mandarin) |
- |
 Chinese (Traditional) |
爆破槍 bàopò qiāng (Mandarin) |
- |
 Korean |
블래스터 beullaeseuteo |
Blaster |
