Blaster Guide: How to Use, Stats, and Best Gear Abilities

The Blaster is a Blaster weapon in Splatoon 3. Read on to see its stats, including its sub, special, damage, and range, as well as our analysis and tips on how to use Blaster and the best gear abilities to go with it.

Blaster Info and How to Get

Blaster Overview

Weapon	Sub	Special
Blaster	Autobomb	Big Bubbler
Points for Special	Type
180	Blaster
Unlock Level
Blaster will be available for purchase from Ammo Knights upon reaching Level 3.

Blaster Tier Ranking

	Blaster currently is considered an A Tier weapon. While Blaster may not be the best weapon available at the moment, it is still worth picking up and mastering!

Best Weapons Tier List: Main Weapons Ranked

Blaster Stats: Damage and Range

Blaster Analysis, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Blaster Analysis

Overall Ranking
Turf Wars	Splat Zones	Tower Control	Rainmaker	Clam Blitz

Blaster Characteristics

Ratings of Individual Characteristics
Inking Potential		Ease of Use
Offense		Defense
Utility		Shield Penetration

Blaster Strengths and Weaknesses

Blaster Strengths	Blaster Weaknesses
Great for engaging opponents swarmed together due to its large blast area of effect. Provides excellent protection in combat due to the Big Bubbler shield.	Extremely slow fire rate which results in poor mobility for combat. Poor performance for inking turfs due to only having a minimal area tagged while inking.

Best Gear Abilities for Blaster

Gear Ability	Effect
Comeback	Boosts some of your abilities for a short time after respawning.
Ink Resistance Up	Reduces damage taken and improves mobility when walking through enemy ink.
Ink Saver (Main)	Decreases the amount of ink consumed by your main weapon.
Intensify Action	Makes Squid Rolls and Squid Surges easier to do and steadies your aim when firing after jumping.
Ninja Squid	Leaves no trace when swimming in inked ground but slightly reduces swim speed.
Quick Respawn	Reduces respawn time after getting splatted repeatedly without splatting any opponents.
Quick Super Jump	Increases Super Jump speed.
Special Charge Up	Increases special-gauge fill rate.
Special Saver	Reduces special-gauge decrease after getting splatted.
Stealth Jump	Hides your Super Jump landing point from distant players.
Swim Speed Up	Increases movement speed in swim form.

All Gear Abilities and Effects

How to Use Blaster Effectively

Perfect your aim to insta-splat enemies. Aim at the ground to splat enemies behind obstacles. Use the Big Bubbler during the heat of the battle.

Direct hits will instantly splat an opponent so be sure to aim directly at the opponent.

This weapon will take you one hit to eliminate any enemy Inkling as long as you land the shot directly at them. Take note that if you miss a shot you'll be vulnerable for a short period of time!

You can still damage opponents who are taking cover behind obstacles or Splash Walls by taking advantage of the Blast Damage.

There will be times where you will be facing enemies who use obstacles and Splash Walls frequently while fighting. Aiming and shooting at the ground near the cover should still damage them due to its 50-70 blast damage resulting in a splat or you might just draw them out in the open for a clear shot.

Use the Big Bubbler during the heat of the battle.

Deploy the Big Bubbler when facing multiple enemies and wait for your allies to arrive for support. Take advantage by jumping in and out of the Bubbler's shield after firing each shot.

Splatoon 3 Related Guides

All New and Returning Main Weapons

All Weapon Types

Shooters	Blasters	Chargers	Rollers
Brushes	Sloshers	Splatlings	Dualies
Brellas	Stringers	Splatanas	-

List of Blaster Weapons

Blaster	Clash Blaster	Luna Blaster
Range Blaster	Rapid Blaster	Rapid Blaster Pro