Nerf Rival | Series Overview & Top Picks (2023 Updated)

[@zeal8111]

Frank, ive been watching your channel ever since i was like 8. Its nice to see that your channel is still growing and having the same charm i loved all those years ago. Nerf was my childhood.

[@akmalaffendi503]

"Hey, I'm looking for a pistol kind of Rival, you got any sugge-" Coop: "Kronos." "Ok, but what abou-" Coop: "Shhhhhhh......Get. A. Kronos."

[@Meatfrequency]

My Saturn is my favorite blaster that I own. Reliability, comfort, and accuracy are the most important traits for me, and a traditional looking rival shotgun fills all those criteria perfectly.

[@platnumring7568]

I also own the Saturn its a fun blasten to use. i got mine on sale for alittle over $20

[@TankyFisherman]

I personally don't really like mine, are you guys Saturn's unmodded? I hate the stock it's so flat and short

[@platnumring7568]

@@TankyFisherman i usually dont mod Nerf guns most moddin id do is probably a paint job

[@TankyFisherman]

@@platnumring7568 oh cool

[@platnumring7568]

@@TankyFisherman yeah but i havent been able to get paint i wanna try and go for like a flame design for my Saturn

[@Essendiinanis]

I’m just starting to get back into nerf as an adult after being semi into it as a kid, and this channel has been my go to before purchasing a blaster. Not only that, it taught me that flywheel powered blasters can be just as fun as spring powered blasters. I was a stickler for spring powered blasters for a long time because “that’s what I grew up with *old man sounds*” but now that I own a Hera my opinion has changed. Flywheel really does seem like the master race.

[@laser_uhhhh]

literally only downside of flywheelers is that they take batteries and that they’re noisy

[@Headless_Bill]

I accept and acknowledge that for battle effectiveness, flywheel is best, but I still prefer springers . I play very infrequently so when the time does come that I want to mess around with my nerf collection, it's nice to have a blaster that is always ready to function, no batteries required.

[@agentraf]

I know and am fully aware that the Takedown is not the most battle-effective blaster, but hey, it was on clearance sale for a really large discount and I wanted a Rival blaster to use. Did also add some speedloaders to make it slightly more battle effective (it also helps that the HvZ games in my area don't have as much emphasis on having the absolute best blasters).

[@Sintacs]

Probably my favorite blaster in the line. At the end of the day, comfort and fun are what matter to me most in the hobby, and the Takedown nails both IMO.

[@puppetfan4634]

The Takedown is a good introduction blaster, if you already have better blaster (like the the Artemis) there's no good reason to buy it but if it's the first rival blaster you have it is a fun one I have a soft spot for it because it is also my first Nerf blaster

[@Seanman23x]

I added a red dot and strap to mine and it looks so clean

[@lukeharvey9757]

in my opinion the Hades is one of the best for it's value. also very competitive

[@ledocteur7701]

not to mention it looks amazing. by far my favorite Rival blaster, in close second the Chronos and third the Pilot because of the sheer moding potential, and it's a very effective emergency backup if you shotgun load it.

[@aimeeseares4777]

i think the Perses is better.

[@LeTree764]

@@aimeeseares4777ofc any flywherler with a big ammo capacity and high fr is better than any springer but as a springer primary u can’t go wrong with the hades

[@epicd7272]

Finally an updated rival overview

[@communist2368]

Fr lol I been waiting lmfao

[@Hauchoi322]

Nerf pfp i love it!

[@NotExactlyRealFirearmsYT]

Yes.

[@Spikjevoff]

Yes

[@Paperpoet906]

Irk. Finally

[@BlackOps2543x]

I absolutely love the consistent naming scheme for the Rival blasters - An M denotes flywheel-powered, the following numerals are for the release year (minus 2000), and the final number is for the provided round count (multiplied by 100). I can be like "oh wow the nemesis was released in 2017? That feels like it's so much less time than it actually was."

[@GoofyAhhGibia]

Ive had an incredibly horrible day so far, but once i saw this video release i knew this would make up for my mood. Dont stop, Coop!

[@timokimm]

also these are some of my favorite vids on youtube. period. And i know if im intrigued on a certain blaster i can find ur longer vid and enjoy it just as much

[@bilikaidis3328]

It's sad that the Nemesis isn't in the top picks anymore. I remember when it was Frank's favourite blaster. Nostalgia!

[@SoundFX09]

Come for Coop Raving about Rival, Stay for Coop Mentioning BALLLLZZZZZZ. Always Appreciate the Content Coop! Keep Up the Amazing Work!

[@TommyGee.]

i love the little intro and outro tune, 'stay tacticool' phrase and your general humour - thanks for being such a great KZbinr 😊

[@ncc28983A]

I’m glad this was just recently posted up. Rival is an awesome line and we definitely need more of it from the “mothership” or from community designs.!

[@chuleta4248]

0:24 Balls

[@sircophagusthethird6936]

Realistically we’re never getting anything as astounding as this series was from Hasbro again.

[@ianbui5356]

I definitely like the Perses as a primary, the Kronos as a sidearm, and the Fate as a single-shot plinker (priming the Apollo and the Knockout were hard on my wrist). I liked where they were going with the Finisher making it so kuch easier to reload over the Kronos (even with the third-party speedloaders), but the mag well being so far forward made it hard to holster and I guess they never felt the need to revisit it since the Kronos was still selling well.

[@InstrumentGuy91437]

I just recently got back into Nerf, and your channel is really bringing back a lot of nostalgia. Love the Content, keep it up!

[@roguesly5706]

It would be cool to see the year these were released alongside the name of the blaster. I know it’s specific to updated videos but it’s cool to see how Nerf has progressed with a rough timeline. Thanks Frank!

[@wintra8848]

The year is actually in the name of the blaster. The Nemesis, for example has "XVII" in the name. That is the Roman numeral for 17, indicating that the blaster was released in 2017.

[@GATUR4839]

My favorite rival blaster I own is my modded helios with a worker pump kit, it has plenty of power and has a great form factor, and it has saved my life at many HVZ games.

[@floppyori3262]

Rival is my favorite line Glad you updated your series overview 👍

[@sergeantdornan5695]

since the perses came out my loadout has remained the same. Prometheus primary, covered in dump pouches for reloading, sidearm is a Herrrra with a few extra mags, Perses is my corner clearing weapon and is also good for running around faster. I don't use springers because A)flywheel master race and B)stealth isn't important for a heavy gunner.

[@marblemarble7113]

Rival is one of nerfs best lines, i really hope they keep expanding and developing in it, it has good potential.

[@NightFury-jd8ce]

We'll all let that expanded hopper slide as a fellow flywheel master race guy Frank - thanks again for a good reminder how and why Rival is still very relevant and so much fun to battle with.

[@ihavstupid9232]

Hera is the best semi auto blaster in the rival series.

[@fishingwithchet6835]

Every few months I come back to this channel to live my 12 year old life again

[@m00k61]

Artemis with stock attachment point and shotty grip is dope. Better than the Hades I'd say but I like compact blasters a lot.

[@kenneth6102]

I actually bought 4 perses(es?) with the modded mag for family entertainment after watching your review a couple of years ago. I feel that those are all the Nerf foam flingers I would ever need. Of course, that sentiment didn't age well. I bought 4 Nerf Hyper Rush 40 for side arms after watching your review, but I don't think we have used them enough to justify the purchase. At the end of the day, if you can't shoot your target with 200+ rounds, the Rush isn't going to do much. I also saw your review of the Out of Darts Proton Pack… I actually was going to get 8 of them and make 4 custom backpacks for dual-wielding with over 2000 rounds capacity, until my wife showed her discontent (I barely justified the 4 perses(es) and she already wasn't happy about the Rushes). If I actually did that, it would be any Nerfer's wet dream comes true.

[@Deano3225]

I mainly buy 2nd hand elite-type blasters to play with my nephews, but I have been thinking of getting a couple of rival blasters. I don't 'battle' so it's great to see a list not just of top picks, but that pretty much all of them have something cool or fun about them. Got to say I like springers, and that Artemis looks very interesting...

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Try going to your local thrift store, I've seen rival blasters for super cheap there.

[@gooseman247]

Rival has always been my favourite Nerf series. I always wish I'd gotten a Saturn though.

[@willihill2]

Rival is easily my favorite line...... and those 150 half length shots won't kill you😂. Just be safe about it and move quickly.

[@GresSimJa]

Two upsides of the Khaos (aside from the usually lower price point): near-instant reloads with multiple mags, and an always-consistent stream of shots. My Perses struggled to fire at even a slight angle due to the feeding mech, same for other hopper-fed blasters. The fire rate is slower, yes, but your shots always come out when you expect them to.

[@thedipermontshow]

The best line gettin an update?? LET'S GOO (in my opinion of course, Modulus is pretty awesome too)

[@TheBeanie]

These updated series overviews are epic, you should make an elite series overview next

[@eliasaittola6678]

It would be really cool if you made a top picks kind of video about 150fps short dart blasters!

[@ben_nerf_lego]

I’m not a big fan of shooting foam balls instead of darts but they are cool! Nerf and Lego is my childhood

[@GoofyAhhGibia]

Can’t agree more

[@TheOnlySoycicle]

Coop’s been on a roll with these updated overviews

[@JolySigmaKing]

So happy to see the Perseus hopper extension is on the list. In my opinion it is easily the best blaster and the most fun to use.

[@lukeman3975]

I've had my Apollo since 2017, back when i was ten, and boy was it hard to prime back then

[@IrreleventCotheBestCompany]

The Hades is probably my favorite one, especially because of how beefy (compared to most) it is

[@kingstonwvnerfer211]

The rival series are my absolute favorite line of blasters to play with. They are awesome

[@somerandomdragon4655]

sold my lipo modified perces to afford a vr headset, and even though i used to own a nemesis and kinda wanted the super capacity without a large 3d printed extension but the perces with nothing but a lipo wire hosed rounds out like a laser pointer

[@dotexey]

Not mentioned about the Artemis and Hades is that its really easy to top off the internal magazines while in-field.

[@swifty6862]

I may add the you could use the atlas without a magazine, so you could have a better capacity. Drop the rounds in like the helix

[@trevorhodges1063]

I am giving you a like for the pure time you put into this video.

[@jkelley012]

Don't forget the amazing mod support for the Kronos in particular! I seem to recall a video where you gave one a loading funnel, speedloaders, a magnetic holster, and a spring upgrade.

[@charliereader6766]

Glad to see after all these years, Coop still hasn’t brushed up on his Greek mythology for the rival series naming lol

[@OfficialAustinLeis]

Thanks Coop, I’ve been watching for at least 4 years now

[@Kuli24000]

Fantastic video! I couldn't have thought of a more interesting topic. Also a huge rival fan!

[@richardNbacchus]

loving this series!

[@Skew0443]

since I found this channel I was hoping this video would come out, thanks!

[@Lykrast]

Can't wait for the Pilot to finally be available in stores in france where I live, it looks like a fun small target shooter.

[@plastic_door5]

Coop guess what i found the Camo nexus pro for 30 dollars it was on discount

[@DuduCosmin]

Do you actually still play around with blasters? Most people who turn their hobby into a career usually end up hating their job and no longer having a hobby It's quite nice to hear that you still have fun with blasters

[@Flaminius_._GG]

Nice vid coop! 👍

[@mmiller8320]

Notice how he doesn’t have any unmodified Perses in the studio. Perses, a great blaster that only gets better.

[@muellmanni1678]

Wohoo updated 🎉🎉🎉

[@redgamer821]

Coop! I love your channel!

[@RetroFoamStudios]

Let's go, an updated list! This will be good as always

[@KATARACKSX]

Very excited that he’s updating all of the series :D

[@kyleerway5685]

Been watching this dude for what seems like my whole life

[@Sundowner-pi9pi]

3:45 just a reminder that the perses hopper is removal and therfore a hopper mag, so quickly quickloads with thr extra hopper mags In excess.

[@redstonecommander5190]

Well, I think it’s funny about the flex is that the flex has like a weird hand guard that looks like someone to come out of a knuckle

[@jeb5066]

The Kronos is like the plain black t-shirt of Rival blasters. It's hard to go wrong with it

[@destroyer2121]

My Kronos doesn't fire fast enough to leave the barrel because of the little piece that is attached to the top of the inside. Pretty much the only way you can really go wrong is if it breaks

[@averageb21enthusiast-ex5gk]

They really need more rival blasters

[@Nick-hm9rh]

Honestly the pathfinder just looks so sleek and cool

[@TheBeanie]

Springer primaries: Takedown: 1:45 Forerunner: 2:11 Sideswipe: 2:24 Helix: 3:04 Jupiter: 3:50 Saturn: 4:21 Hypnos: 4:44 Apollo: 5:32 Helios: 6:15 Pathfinder: 6:43 Atlas: 7:20 Artemis: 8:06 Hades: 8:31 Flywheelers Zeus: 9:07 Charger: 9:33 Hera: 10:03 Khaos: 10:58 Nemesis: 11:46 Perses: 13:21 Prometheus: 14:26 Pistols: Knockout: 15:23 Fate: 15:43 Pilot: 16:08 Flex: 16:28 Heracles: 17:02 Finisher: 17:17 Mercury: 17:25 Vision: 18:08 Kronos: 18:22

[@Nerdtendo6366]

The Prometheus is indescribably fun to play with, just saying

[@Xtency]

Coop are you updating all of the serries?

[@CallofDutyMobile_pro]

Can you update the elite one please

[@merrilly-]

I remember way back when we had to learn all the greek gods, so I figured I'd put how to pronounce them cause they're pretty confusing hypnos: hip-nohs apollo: uh-paul-oh helios: he-lee-ohs atlas: at-lass artemis: art-ehm-iss hades: hate-ees zeus: zooss hera: hair-uh perses: purse-ees prometheus: pro-mee-thee-uhs heracles: hair-uh-klees mercury: mer-cure-ee kronos: chrono;s

[@_ed21]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!!!

[@PurplSkater]

Its upsetting we never got another hopper rival blaster

[@olibrown4270]

Genuinely surprised the nemisis didn't make the top picks 😢

[@Tsx554pro]

wow ur really listening to my comments, i asked for an updated rival series overview on a pilot review and he actaully did it! Thanks!

[@luigijudah2696]

Literally watched the old one yesterday and now this one is finally here

[@TacticalPuma]

Coops overviews are always so entertaining! But I think it would be cool if he made an honorable mentions list tho

[@mockery_man]

the new firing demo music was relaxing af.

[@FflawedMetalhead]

This reminded me that I still need to pick up a Saturn at some point, but man, I forgot how many blasters the series has. Given that they have the 'accu-strike' series, and Hyper was DOA, I hope they keep going with Rival - Even if it's just re-shells. It's the closest they'll probably ever get to a "pro" line, so they should keep it going.

[@audiobrainiac]

“Even if you have sweaty palms you can still slam on this all day” 😂 Excellent to see a new Rival video Coop. I agree with your picks!

[@coldlaik0kelvin]

This is a miracle, I was waiting for this moment to buy a nerf rival blaster :) But the top pick didnt changed from about 3 years ago lol.

[@Pokecraft_Stuff]

go to 3:46

[@R1CH13_]

IVE BEEN WAITING ALL WEEK! THANK YOU

[@Dripfluxjr]

my experience with the helios is it jams a lot.But i did bye it from a fie market.over all i still like nerf!

[@JustAPaperface]

13:12 and the blasters would preform better not having to deal with gravity! They wouldnt lose any speed!

[@Hungyball_]

4:47 S P R I N G P O W E R E D

[@fatbus0596]

Just got home from a Nerf event, brought my Perses. Absolute annihilation

[@tylerhacker4865]

In your next Nerf competition, you should do the three Nerf gun editions again. It would be interesting to see ZombieStrike, Rival, Elite 2.0, Mega, and Doomlands in this kind of competition.

[@hao3921]

Yoooo I’ve been waiting for this for a long time!!!

[@Idiotic45]

I was just watching one of your videos and you just uploaded something lol

[@noofthecorn3380]

Great video!

[@Cody.357]

Thank you for updating the roster.

[@ELIXIR_9]

nice, i was kinda waiting for this. also great vid.

[@mewhenthe8174]

Let’s go, an updated Rival video!

[@Random_gamess135]

Coop 3 years ago,”The Rival Nemisis is my favorite blaster.” Coop now,”Doesn’t’ even put the Nemisis in his top picks for the updated Nerf Rival overview and top picks.”

[@chrislarson9504]

i went to a good will and bought a rival hades for 9$. i was like a toddler that was given free will to go anywhere in a candy store. it was my dream blaster to own when it first came out and i heard about it from you but could never get it

[@NightFury-jd8ce]

Knockout is best standoff using multiple ammo types

[@mattdarkishly7143]

I have a question, are you planning on reviewing the double punch? Its a awesome gun and i think you definitely should!

[@brennankuhn]

4:46 "its a spring powered, pump action spring powered blaster" do you think its spring powered?

[@davidt3563]

Such an amazing overview video!! Thanks for all your hard work!