Correction: Blaster rng is not determined by being mid-air, but by jumping. If you just walk off a platform you will not get any deviation despite being mid-air

Finally a man of culture that appreciates the Rapid Blasters as much if not more than I do. Been grinding Rapids since Splat 1 days. Nice to know their history throughout the games. When they were cracked in Splat 1 and the dark ages of armor, sting ray, and bubbles in Splat 2. Hopefully we get some great Rapid kits in the inevitable future patches.

I tried the new Rapid Deco kit this morning and I'm really liking how it plays with Torpedo. I'm gonna try and commit to it this season.

My favorite part about using Rapid in 2 was that it was really good at neutralizing CDS and Nautilus. I don't feel like the weapon has gotten enough credit for that specifically.

Rapid Blaster is my favorite weapon in all of Splatoon. I have used it since the very first game and Rapid Blaster Deco was my most used weapon in Splatoon Wii U, and I even maxed out it's ink painted. I used all three Rapids in Splatoon 2 and while deco was still my most used weapon I loved them all a lot. I already got Rapid to 5 star in Splatoon 3 so far and I can't wait for even more kits. I will always be a Rapid Blaster main no matter what they do to the weapon, I love it.

I havent played much and not really a fan of blasters in general, but I did think that if I were to try one it would have been the Rapid. Neat to see its history of ups and downs

I’ve almost exclusively used the rapid pro in Splatoon 3 because I love the main weapon so much. However, I hate its kit equally so.  

For the deco I’d really like to see the Splatoon 1 kit come back with autobomb + trizooka, especially since the trizooka one-shots crab tanks now. I’d appreciate just about any sub that isn’t sprinkler/angle shooter/toxic mist, and I’d gladly accept the trizooka or killer wail from previous kits.

Been trying Rapid Deco and it feels great, never was a fan of using baller, and Ink Jet is a special I am still not comfy with, but man does it feel good to get kills with, makes me wanna learn rapid deco as a pocket almost.

Really hope you can cover weapons like this throughout the entire series. That would be a good watch for those not familiar with the first two games.

Man it is really funny hearing the range blaster slander when it was actually pretty high tier for several months up until 9.0 nerfed all the really good midline weapons. And Range only got one buff in that time

Imagine being named the rapid blaster when the clash blaster exists.

"... from Chara... again" made me chuckle.

My favourite thing about Rapid was a game when I popped off and got 34 k/a's...



And lost.

Rapid has always had it pretty good, ngl. Getting essentially two extra kits with very minor main weapon changes is a big deal.

Wish they'd do that with weapons from other classes too since that's a big part of why shooters and rapid have always had at least one good option

Because of the tri slosher meta I picked up rapid and now it’s one of my favorite weapons

so happy rapid has so much history, i kinda wanna see like a small add on to this video about the rapid decos of splat 3

I’ve never really touched this weapon yet I still found this video entertaining, subbed.

Never knew Custom Range and Cherry H-3 were so good in S1

Oh my god
I have been waiting for a “history of Rapid Blaster” video for ages! It went through so many meta shifts in 2, constantly changing variants, so I really wanted someone to cover it

I picked up Rapid Pro Deco as a main around the middle of 2019, and because it was such an odd pick back then, Rapid Pro basically became “that weapon that Blackbird plays” during discussions. Then everyone else realized RBPD was good and I laughed at them all lol

I’m still using Rapid Pro in 3, but I’ve tried out both of the normal Rapids in this game as well, as I had played Rapid Deco and Kensa Rapid some in 2. I preferred Deco because…I just suck at Torpedo combos. Rapid Deco in 3 is really fun, and I’m glad I finally understand Ink Mines on Rapid lol. I do agree though, if RBDP had been an earlier meta development in 2, the game would’ve not been as fun

Rapid blasters have always been my favourite type of blasters