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

The Rapid 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 Rapid Blaster and the best gear abilities to go with it.

Rapid Blaster Info and How to Get

Rapid Blaster Overview

Weapon	Sub	Special
Rapid Blaster	Ink Mine	Triple Inkstrike
Points for Special	Type
200	Blaster
Unlock Level
Rapid Blaster will be available for purchase from Ammo Knights upon reaching Level 7.

Rapid Blaster Tier Ranking

	Rapid Blaster currently is considered an A Tier weapon. While Rapid 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

Rapid Blaster Stats: Damage and Range

Rapid Blaster Analysis, Strengths, and Weaknesses

Rapid Blaster Analysis

Overall Ranking
Turf Wars	Splat Zones	Tower Control	Rainmaker	Clam Blitz

Rapid Blaster Characteristics

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

Rapid Blaster Strengths and Weaknesses

Rapid Blaster Strengths	Rapid Blaster Weaknesses
Deals great damage up close.	Slow rate of fire leaves you vulnerable between shots.

Best Gear Abilities for Rapid 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.
Quick Super Jump	Increases Super Jump speed.
Special Charge Up	Increases special-gauge fill rate.
Stealth Jump	Hides your Super Jump landing point from distant players.
Sub Power Up	Upgrades your sub weapon.
Swim Speed Up	Increases movement speed in swim form.

All Gear Abilities and Effects

How to Use Rapid Blaster Effectively

Get up close before firing ink to maximize damage. Use the Ink Mine to prevent enemies from pushing forward. Get close to enemies before splatting them.

Get up close before firing ink to maximize damage.

The short range of this weapon makes you inferior against medium to long-ranged weapons. Sneak up by swimming to get behind targets and launch a surprise attack!

Use the Ink Mine to prevent enemy Inklings to push forward.

Since this weapon is also great for defending key positions, it'll make your job easier by throwing Ink Mines if the opposing team decides to push together to break your line of defense.

Manage the weapon's ink by making sure you are close enough to the enemy before shooting.

You will often miss against enemies who are quickly moving around the stage. Save your ink by getting within range of an Inkling first before unleashing your weapon's devastating shots!

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