Grenade (taunt)

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The Soldier

Upon taunting with the Equalizer, the Soldier throws his weapon over his shoulder dramatically, rips a grenade from his bandolier and pulls the pin. The resulting explosion will gib the Soldier and any enemy slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate enough to be within range.

This taunt will destroy any enemy players and buildings that are within approximately six feet of the explosion. The area of effect of this taunt allows the Soldier to kill multiple enemies, including any that are next to or even behind the taunting player. Enemies that inflict damage to the taunting Soldier will be credited with a Kamikaze kill.

Performing the Kamikaze taunt with the Lumbricus Lid equipped will cause the "Hallelujah" sound clip from the Worms games to play, as well as a unique kill icon being used, while using the Holy Hand Grenades.

As with all kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during humiliation and stalemates.

The kill icon for the Lumbricus Lid taunt was contributed by HyenaDip.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Effect range 6ft
Damage
Point blank 500+
Self-damage 320
Function times
Taunt duration 4
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related achievements

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

Spray of Defeat
Spray of Defeat
Use a grenade to gib a player.

Update history

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
  • The taunt was added to the game.

January 13, 2010 Patch

August 25, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added an unused unique sound for the Kamikaze taunt while equipped with the Lumbricus Lid.

August 26, 2010 Patch

  • Fixed the Lumbricus Lid not playing the correct sound during the Equalizer taunt.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Self-damage has been increased to 320, which prevents Soldiers from surviving the taunt when overhealed normally.

January 7, 2011 Patch

  • The Lumbricus Lid Kamikaze taunt kill received a unique kill icon.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a voice response for the Kamikaze taunt.

July 1, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The Rocket Jumper no longer prevents self-damage from the Kamikaze kill-taunt.

Bugs

Trivia

  • Despite the fact that the Soldier has only two grenades, this taunt does not consume any kind of ammunition. After execution the Soldier's model continues to show two grenades.
  • The Equalizer that the Soldier throws away disappears after being thrown. This is to the Soldier originally dropping two Equalizers: one during the insult and one after death.
  • The Template:W (神風, lit. "divine wind") were suicide attacks carried out by Imperial Japan's military aviators against Allied shipping towards the end of the Pacific campaign of World War II, by crashing their planes packed with explosives into Allied warships.
  • The grenades on the Soldier's bandolier resemble MK2 hand grenades but with an oversized safety lever and a more blocky body.

See also