Poison Grenade/history

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June 25, 2024

  • Reduced the cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvE only. Increased the power coefficient per hit from 0.5 to 0.75 in PvE only.
Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Not available underwater  Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  
20 Recharge time
25 Recharge time
25 Recharge time
 
Poison Grenade

Throw several grenades that explode in poisonous blasts.

Damage.png Damage: 266 (0.75)?
Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 71 (0.2)?
Poisoned.png3 Poison (8s): 804 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png Poison (8s): 268 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Number of Grenades: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 120
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

December 01, 2020

  • Poison Grenade: Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.375 to 0.2 in PvP only. Reduced poison stacks per grenade from 3 to 1 in PvP only.
Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throw several grenades that explode in poisonous blasts.

Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 71 (0.2)?
Poisoned.png3 Poison (8s): 804 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png Poison (8s): 268 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Number of Grenades: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 120
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

July 28, 2020

  • Poison Grenade: Reduced power coefficient from 0.5 to 0.375 in PvP only.
Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throw several grenades that explode in poisonous clouds.

Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Damage.png Damage: 133 (0.375)?
Poisoned.png3 Poison (8s): 804 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Number of Grenades: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 120
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

July 10, 2018

  • Poison Grenade: Increased the stacks of poison inflicted by each grenade from 1 stack to 3 stacks.
Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws several grenades that explode in poisonous clouds.

Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Poisoned.png3 Poison (8s): 804 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Number of Grenades: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 120
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

February 22, 2017

Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws several grenades that explode in poisonous clouds.

Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Poisoned.png Poison (8s): 268 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Grenades: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 120
Explosion.png Explosion
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

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

  • All skills in the Grenade Kit have had their range updated from 1200 to 900.
  • All grenade skills now throw 3 grenades by default.
  • Poison Grenade: This skill has been redesigned.
    • It will no longer leave pulsing poison fields.
    • The impact of the grenades will now each poison nearby foes for 8 seconds.
Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws several grenades that explode in poisonous clouds.

Damage.png Damage: 178 (0.5)?
Poisoned.png Poison (8s): 268 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Grenades: 3
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Radius.png Radius: 120
Range.png Range: 900
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

May 20, 2014

Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Ground-targeted  
Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws several grenades that explode in poisonous clouds.

Damage.png Damage: 66 (0.2)?
Poisoned.png Poison (3s): 101 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Miscellaneous effect.png Number of Grenades: 2
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
Duration.png Poison Cloud Duration: 5 seconds
Radius.png Poison Cloud Radius: 150
Combo.png Combo Field: Poison
Range.png Range: 1,200
Unblockable.png Unblockable

— In-game description

April 15, 2014

  • 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.
  • Poison Grenade: Reduced the poison duration per pulse from 5 seconds to 3 seconds.
Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws a grenade that explodes in a poisonous cloud.

Damage.png Damage: 65 (0.200)?
Poisoned.png Poison (3s): 101 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Duration.png Poison cloud duration: 5 seconds
Radius.png Poison cloud radius: 150
Combo.png Combo Field: Poison
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

November 26, 2013

  • Poison Grenade: These grenades now display a red ring for enemies and a combo ring for allies.

March 26, 2013

  • Grenades no longer require the player to have line of sight of the target area to throw them.

December 14, 2012

Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Kit
Grenade Kit.png Grenade Kit
 
Weapon slot 5
Game link
0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws a grenade that explodes in a poisonous cloud.

Damage.png Damage: 65 (0.200)?
Poisoned.png Poison (5s): 168 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Duration.png Poison cloud duration: 5 seconds
Radius.png Poison cloud radius: 150
Combo.png Combo Field: Poison
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

November 15, 2012

  • Grenades: The projectile speed of all grenades has been increased by 10-15%.

October 07, 2012

  • Grenade skills now have the same cast time underwater as they do on land.

Original version

Poison Grenade.png

Poison Grenade

0.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Poison Grenade

Throws a grenade that explodes in a poisonous cloud.

Poisoned.png Poison (5s): 168 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Duration.png Poison cloud duration: 5 seconds
Radius.png Poison cloud radius: 150
Combo.png Combo Field: Poison
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description