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

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
Special depletion	40%
Range	45 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other 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%

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The Rapid Blaster is 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)

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

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  The Rapid Blaster's range

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  Official art of an Inkling holding the Rapid Blaster

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  Official art of a team of Inklings - the farthest is brandishing a 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

Splatoon 2

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
Special depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage
Impact	35 / 100
Fire rate	40 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other 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.

Data

• The Rapid Blaster is a middleweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 7% allows players to fire 14 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 6 frames to come out.
  • When firing from squid or octopus form, the first shot takes 12 frames to come out.
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 35 frames between shots (1.71 shots per second).

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 ▼ 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 ▼ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 0 degrees → 8 degrees
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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  Promo image

Trivia

• This weapon is used in the following Octo Expansion levels:
  • Ink & Watch Station
  • Squee-G Funk Station
  • Duh-Oh Station
  • Jump Station
  • Shooter McStation

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ラピッドブラスター rapiddo burasutā	Rapid Blaster
Dutch	Flitsblaster	Flash Blaster
French (NOA)	Turboblasteur	Turbo Blaster
French (NOE)	Turboblaster	Turbo Blaster
German	Turbo-Blaster	Turbo Blaster
Italian	Blaster rapido	Rapid Blaster
Russian	Бластермат Blastermat	Blastermat
Spanish (NOA)	Turbolanzamotas	Turbo Speck Thrower
Spanish (NOE)	Devastador exprés	Express Devastator