Flash Grenade

Throw grenades that explode in blinding flashes. — In-game description

Flash Grenade

   

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Grenade Kit

Game link

API

5808

This skill has an underwater replacement: Flash Grenade (underwater)

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0.5½  10  

Flash Grenade

Throw grenades that explode in blinding flashes.

 Damage: 36 (0.1)^?

 Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.

 Number of Grenades: 3

 Number of Targets: 3

 Explosion Radius: 120

 Explosion

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Grenadier — Increase the throw velocity and blast radius of grenades. Using a healing skill casts Lesser Grenade Barrage.
• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Aim-Assisted Rocket — Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Firearms

• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.

Notes

• As of the 25th February 2020 game update, the engineer's left hand is briefly covered in electricity when throwing this grenade.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
February 22, 2017	Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact.
July 26, 2016	Grenade Kit: Grenade damage instances will now additively indicate the total damage dealt to a target as grenades strike them instead of displaying each grenade separately.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All skills in the grenade kit have had their range updated from 1200 to 900. All grenade skills now throw 3 grenades by default.
May 20, 2014	Increased the culling priority on the explosion effect.
April 15, 2014	Grenade Kit: Fixed a bug that caused grenades to explode twice before being destroyed when used under water. Added a skill fact for number of grenades to all grenade skills. Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented grenades from having any effect if they directly hit certain destructible structures. Updated the description of this skill to be more accurate.
March 26, 2013	Grenades no longer require the player to have line of sight of the target area to throw them.
December 14, 2012	Grenade kit damage is now equal in PvP and PvE. Flash grenades and poison grenades now do damage when they explode.
November 15, 2012	The projectile speed of all grenades has been increased by 10-15%.
October 07, 2012	Grenades now have the same cast time underwater as they do on land.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Flash Grenade has been added to the game.