Rapid Blaster

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

The Rapid Blaster is a Shooter-class weapon 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.

Splatoon

Rapid Blaster

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Ink Mine
Special	Bubbler
Level	14
Cost	10,000
Availability
Base damage	25–75.9 (Splash) 80 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption	8%
Special points
Sp. depletion	40%
Range	45 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Variant	Rapid Blaster Deco

The Rapid Blaster comes in a set 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%

Gallery

Promo image.
An Inkling firing the Rapid Blaster at an early version of Blackbelly Skatepark.
The Rapid Blaster's range.
Official art of an Inkling holding the Rapid Blaster .
Official art of a team of Inklings - the farthest is brandishing a Rapid Blaster .
Concept art of an Inkling wielding the Rapid Blaster.
Concept art of various weapons, with the Rapid Blaster at the lower left.

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Rapid Blaster

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Ink Mine
Special	Splat-Bomb Launcher
Level	13
Cost	9,800
Availability
Base damage	35 (Splash) 85 (Direct hit)
Base duration
Ink consumption	7%
Special points	200p
Sp. depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Variants	Rapid Blaster Deco Kensa Rapid Blaster

The Rapid Blaster returns in Splatoon 2 with an identical appearance but slightly tweaked performance. It comes with the Ink Mine 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.