Grenade (taunt)

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This article is about the kill taunt for the Soldier. For other uses, see Grenade.
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The Soldier

The Grenade, also known as Kamikaze, is a kill taunt for the Soldier that can be performed with the Equalizer or Escape Plan as the active weapon.

Upon taunting, the Soldier throws his weapon over his shoulder dramatically, cracks his knuckles, rips a grenade from his bandolier, and pulls the pin. The resulting explosion gibs any enemy too slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate enough to be in range, as well as the Soldier himself.

The Grenade deals 500 damage to enemy players, skeletons, and buildings that are within approximately 96 Hammer units (roughly 6 foot / 1.8 meters) of the explosion, and deals 320 damage to the Soldier initiating the taunt. The explosion originates from the Soldier's hand holding the grenade. The area of effect of this taunt allows the Soldier to kill multiple enemies, including any that are next to or even behind him. Enemies that inflict damage to the taunting Soldier before the explosion are credited with a Grenade kill.

Airblasting the taunting Soldier can relocate the center of the blast, but usually completely cancels the taunt.

Performing the Grenade taunt with the Lumbricus Lid equipped causes 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 most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during Humiliation and Stalemates.

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

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage type Explosive
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Base damage 100% 500
Medium range N/A
Long range N/A
Mini-Crit 677
Self-damage 320
Function times
Taunt duration 3.7 s [1]
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related achievements

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

Frags of our Fathers
Frags of our Fathers
Gib 1000 people.
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

  • Players can no longer survive the taunt kill by equipping the Gunboats.

Unknown date

  • [Undocumented] The Equalizer that the Soldier throws away can no longer be picked up as ammo; it simply disappears.

August 25, 2010 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added an unused unique sound for the Grenade 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 Grenade taunt kill received a unique kill icon.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

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

July 1, 2011 Patch

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

September 15, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The Rocket Jumper now prevents self-damage from the Grenade kill-taunt.

September 6, 2012 Patch

December 20, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed an exploit related to the Rocket Jumper and the Soldier's grenade taunt.

Notes

  • It is possible for the Soldier to survive his own explosion through resistance and invulnerability buffs.

Bugs

  • The taunt is recognized as a rocket jump by some achievements. For example, one can earn Death From Above by killing two opponents at once with the taunt.
  • If the player has the Bombinomicon equipped, they do not see its explosion effect after performing the taunt.
  • If the Soldier raises the grenade through a low ceiling during detonation, he survives the explosion and can still kill players above.
  • The explosion can kill enemies on the other side of a closed setup gate, or even the other side of a wall.
  • If the Soldier explodes near a Scout who is under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch, the game registers that he has killed the Scout, but the Scout survives.

See also

References