Range Blaster

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 Blaster with shots that travel farther before exploding. As a tradeoff, this blaster has a lower rate of fire and higher ink consumption.

Splatoon

Splatoon

Range Blaster

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Splash Wall
Special	Inkstrike
Level	14
Cost	8,000
Availability
Base damage	50–80 (Splash) 125 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption	10%
Special points
Sp. depletion	40%
Range	35 / 100
Damage
Impact	60 / 100
Fire rate	10 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Variants	Custom Range Blaster Grim Range Blaster

The Range Blaster was released on 1 August 2015 02:00 UTC. It comes with the Splash Wall and 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	▼ Blast wave maximum damage: 125.0 → 80.0 (99.9 with Damage Up)
2.7.0	▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  An Inkling running with the Range Blaster equipped.

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  Firing a shot from the Range Blaster (behind)

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  Firing a shot from the Range Blaster (front)

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  Official art of an Inkling with the Range Blaster.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

Range Blaster

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Suction Bomb
Special	Ink Storm
Level	14
Cost	9,300
Availability
Base damage	50–70 (Splash) 125 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption	11%
Special points	200p
Sp. depletion
Range	56 / 100
Damage
Impact	70 / 100
Fire rate	10 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Variants	Custom Range Blaster Grim Range Blaster

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. It comes with the Suction Bomb and Ink Storm. Each shot consumes 11% of the ink tank capacity, allowing the player to fire nine shots before needing to refill the tank.

Data

• The Range Blaster is a middleweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 11% allows players to fire 9 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 7 frames to come out.
  • When firing from squid or octopus form, the first shot takes ? frames to come out.
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 60 frames between shots.

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 → 1.17 seconds ▼ 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
5.0.0	Salmon Run worker's Range Blaster: ▲ Reduced ink consumption by roughly 8%.

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  Shooting ink.

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  Holding the Range Blaster.

Quotes

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ロングブラスター rongu burasutā	Long Blaster
Dutch	Teleblaster	From the Greek prefix tele- (from a distance) and blaster
French (NOA)	Éclablasteur LP
French (NOE)	Éclablaster XL
German	Fern-Blaster	Far-Distance-Blaster
Italian	Blaster a distanza	Blaster from a distance
Russian	Дальнобластер Dal'noblaster	From дально dal'no (distant) and бластер blaster
Spanish (NOA)	Telelanzamotas	From the Greek prefix tele-(from a distance) and lanzar(launch) and motas(specks)
Spanish (NOE)	Teledevastador	From the Greek prefix tele- (from a distance) and devastador (devastator)