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
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.

Data

• The Rapid Blaster is a middleweight weapon.
• Each shot consumes 8% of the ink tank capacity.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• When firing continuously, it shoots a bullet every 35 frames (1.71 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.62 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 25 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 80.
• Shots travel straight for 11 frames.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• Shots cannot ever deviate from the inner reticle while on the ground.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 10 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. The outer reticle will finish shrinking after 60 frames.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
• Shots initially travel straight at a rate of 12 units per frame for 11 frames. Shots travel straight for 132 distance units.
• Ink droplets occur every 15.4 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 10 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 1 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 19.2 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 11 units.
• The shot explodes 15 frames after being fired.
• The far damage radius of the explosion is 35 units.
• When the shot explodes on the ground or wall, the far damage radius is 17.5 units.
• The near damage radius of the explosion is 5 units.
• Damage from the explosion scales from 25 at the far damage radius to 80 at the near damage radius.
• When the shot explodes on the ground or wall, the damage scales from 12.5 at the far damage radius to 40 at the near damage radius.
• When the shot explodes in the air, it creates a splash of paint with a radius of 28 units.
• The wall impact painting radius is 17 units.

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
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

Data

• The Rapid Blaster is a middleweight weapon.
• The matchmaking range is 167. Splatoon 2 matchmaking looks at a team's average matchmaking range value, and matches them against a team with a similar average.
• The ink consumption of 7% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 14 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 12 frames to come out.
• When firing from squid or octopus form, the first shot takes 21 frames to come out.
• The interval between firing and when the player is able to become a squid or use a sub weapon is 20 frames.
• When firing continuously, it shoots a bullet every 35 frames (1.71 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.55 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 50 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 85.
• The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
• Shots cannot ever deviate from the inner reticle while on the ground.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 8 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 40 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 70 frames.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 50%.
• Shots initially travel straight at a rate of 12 units per frame for 11 frames. Shots travel straight for 132 distance units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 11.3305 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
• Ink droplets occur every 16.2 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 11 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 1 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Ink droplets have a radius of 11 units.
• Droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.2 if they fell from a height below 30 units.
• The shot explodes 15 frames after being fired.
• The far damage radius of the explosion is 33 units.
  • Main Power Up increases the far damage radius up to 35 units.
• When the shot explodes on the ground or wall, the far damage radius is 16.5 units.
• The near damage radius of the explosion is 9.4 units.
  • Main Power Up increases the near damage radius up to 10 units.
• Damage from the explosion is 35. Damage does not change based on distance from the center of the explosion.
• When the shot explodes on the ground or wall, the damage is 17.5.
• When the shot explodes in the air, it creates a splash of paint with a radius of 28 units.
• The radius of wall dripping paint is 10 units.
• The wall impact painting radius is 19 units.

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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  Promo image.

Demonstration

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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
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.

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  2D icon.

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  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.

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
Chinese (Simplified)	快速爆破枪 kuàisù bàopòqiāng (Mandarin)	Quick Blaster
Chinese (Traditional)	快速爆破槍 kuàisù bàopòqiāng (Mandarin)	Quick Blaster
Korean	래피드 블래스터 laepideu beullaeseuteo	Rapid Blaster