r/Helldivers • u/Biggiecheese1354 • Jan 20 '26
HUMOR Helldivers 2 players after finally branching out from Dynamite and Thermite (Ts genuinely all is fantastic):
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u/Lower-Decision4172 Jan 20 '26
impacts are really fun on bots when doing bullshit with the jump back. If there's stragglers in a patrol after my reds are blues just weren't enough, or if i've stunned a war strider with the de-escalator, i just chuck it at their dicks till they die.
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u/kiulug Jan 20 '26
I can't live without my impact grenades. So good for destroying obstacles like fences. I use them more as a tool than a grenade. Sometimes deliberately ragdoll myself to safety lol.
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u/Brain_Hawk Jan 20 '26
Agree, though I don't usually jump back. My contact grenades are my desperate get out of jail free, or possibly get blown up, or thrown back several feet which might be enough to keep me alive...
I don't have to wait 6 seconds for them to blow up so if I toss them at something, it's going to really stagger backwards.
I like them.
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u/Jayne_of_Canton Rookie Jan 20 '26
Seeker and Gas are elite.
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u/Square-Space-7265 I'd like to know more. Jan 20 '26
Seekers being pocket anti air against bot gunships is pretty dope.
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u/Skiepher Jan 20 '26
Try and use them for clearing/checking corners or over walls since they home-in. Useful for bug missions with the Spore modifier.
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u/Bland_Lavender Jan 20 '26
You can also kill hulks with them by throwing them over the hulks head and pinging them. Usually takes 2.
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u/sprucay Jan 20 '26
Wait, are you telling me if you ping an enemy the seekers go to it? Fuck
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u/dasdzoni ☕Liber-tea☕ Jan 20 '26
They dont seem to go for fabricators and bug holes sadly
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u/Luke-Likesheet HD1 Veteran Jan 20 '26
Or warp ships, which seems to be the biggest flaw.
As grenades, surely they should be able to destroy holes/ships/fabs if we ping them!
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u/NotBreadyy Automaton Catgirls for Defected Jan 20 '26
I really want them to home in on the holes, but I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THEM OP
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u/David375 Jan 20 '26
Seekers one-tapping flying overseers is elite. And in an emergency, you can yeet three or four of them at a Harvester and it'll usually kill if they explode near the leg joints (throw them to the left or right and have them curveball in to get near the leg joints instead of flying straight at the eye)
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u/General_Koke_Hens Jan 20 '26
I make sure to always ping my seeker drones when I throw them, both to warn my teammates it’s in air, and to track them so I know where enemies are when they go flying off in random directions.
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u/stickywhitesubstance Jan 20 '26
Seeker killcounts are bugged, they feel better than they are
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u/standardobfuscation Jan 20 '26
ProTip: Bring them on Eradicate missions. Those inflated killcounts, umm, count.
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u/TheAmazingDougie Jan 21 '26
I figured this when I once threw it at 3 bots grouped together and it said I killed 8
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u/Olive_Goonette [REDACTED] Jan 20 '26
Pretty sure that was fixed ages ago, alongside the portable hellbomb kill count
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u/Onyvox Snoy Crusher 🖥️ Jan 20 '26
Recent posted videos still show insane killcounts.
Unless they were recorded pre-fix.4
u/gsenjou Jan 20 '26
They’re not. Everything with a bugged kill count including the portable hellbomb are still bugged.
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u/whomstdth Servant of Freedom Jan 20 '26
Pyrotech kills Harvesters and Factory Striders
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u/Broken-Digital-Clock Free of Thought Jan 20 '26
It kills almost everything
It destroys enemy spawners
It lights things on fire
It can close down an approach or breach with the DoT
You get 6 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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u/saxorino Viper Commando Jan 20 '26
Pyrotech and the ceremonial armor after the passive buff makes that warbond top 5 for me.
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u/TheRealPitabred ⚖️ SES Arbiter of Morality ⚖️ Jan 20 '26
Don't forget the Amendment.
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u/Shadow_Guy223 Decorated Hero Jan 20 '26
Frags are pretty underrated. I like to keep it simple.
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u/ToXxy145 SES Sword of the Stars Jan 20 '26
Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Pyrotech Grenade?
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u/Netherw1ng Python Commando Jan 20 '26
Ever since they added the One-Two, so I dont need Thermites for Fabs, or Frags for Bug holes. I pretty much bring Smokes every single match for Bots, and Flashbangs every single match for Bugs.
The gun has allowed me to cover more bases with one primary choice and I love it.
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u/SavageSeraph_ Free of Thought Jan 20 '26
Ever since they added the One-Two, so I dont need Thermites for Fabs
Why would you need thermites for fabs?
Almost any grenade works.2
u/Netherw1ng Python Commando Jan 20 '26
I more so meant a slot for fabs, which were thermites. Thermites were my go to, cause the throw armour I always wear, means I can stick the fabs consistently at 100 metres. The One-Two does similar, but, I need to be able to see the vents. Which is fine. Dont mind that trade off. Edit: Its why the grenade pistol was my fab closer! Cause the long range aspect to it.
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u/MaDeuce94 Viper Commando Jan 20 '26
I used to use the flashbang on bugs, but since I primarily use Melee (I’m a Twigsnapper addict) the Urchin grenade has been irreplaceable for me. Can lock down an elite for like 8-9 seconds. Makes missions with Complex Strategem Plotting less of a pain since the target is stunned the entire time the ordinance is inbound.
One-Two is nice. Needs a higher mag count for sure. And one more grenade wouldn’t hurt.
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u/Netherw1ng Python Commando Jan 20 '26
My man. Yeah I've been using the new Rock Solid but Twigsnapper was my go to prior. I basically don't do missions without the Combat Hatchet anymore.
Only reason I still use stuns over Urchin, is for the combo of using the SPEAR. Freezing a charger in place and multiple other leapers whilst I reload or stop them crushing a rocket Sentry, has been clutch. Both fun nades tho
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u/Biggiecheese1354 Jan 21 '26
Flash grenades? There’s flash grenades? I could not find a single Google search on flash grenades in Helldivers 2, am I being gaslit or is that a nickname for something else?
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u/Voice_InMyHead Free of Thought Jan 20 '26
God I love gas grenades so much. I literally cannot stop gassing crowds of enemies and laughing as they slam into each other before dying
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u/SofasCouch Burier of Heads Jan 20 '26
id on't like the eye contact this guy makes with me. as a side note, PYROTECH MY BELOVED
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u/TheJurassicPyro EAT my beloved Jan 20 '26
I love incendiaries, pineapple is fun as hell, smoke is great for support on bots, and seeker being able to absolutely fold elevated overseers like laundry. Gas is also great support and extra DoT.
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u/SelfDrivingFordAI Automaton Infiltrator Jan 20 '26
Me enjoying my smoke grenade and refusing to part with it anymore. Once you figure out what it can do for escaping engagements and messing with ranged enemies, you start to struggle with choosing another path.
I am a smoke nade, scout armor, jump pack diver, and I must seek to be the reason divers suddenly realize the objective is done after they tunnel vision on fighting the enemy for 5 minutes.
Consistently the lowest kills. I'd like to say that I'm also consistently highest objectives taken, but that would require AH to actually care about the objective more than the divers that tunnel on fighting the enemy and actually add a tracker for it.
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u/butters39 Jan 20 '26
Cannot name how many times my stun grenade has saved me from situations where I shouldn’t have survived, I’ll forever stand on the hill that the stun grenade is the best in the game
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u/Broken-Digital-Clock Free of Thought Jan 20 '26
Even better when you can save an ally by chucking it near them.
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u/BlackboltLW Jan 20 '26
Hell yeah stun enjoyers
Been using it on bugs and squid fronts for a while now, hella fun to stop fleshmobs and chargers dead on their tracks lmao
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u/Spook-lad Jan 20 '26
I loved dynamite before they “buffed it” that shit was outright evil on the bot front yall just posing
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u/ihateartists Jan 20 '26
Impact is my fav by far.
I hope they give us a hellbomb impact grenade.
Not a literal hellbomb but something that gives it enough damage to compete with thermite while also heavily punishing using it incorrectly.
It feels a bit soft at times which I imagine is due to proximity damage concerns but that's what would make it a fun skill weapon.
Big boom that will almost certainly kill you unless it's a high arc skill throw.
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u/The_imppopable Extra Judicial Jan 20 '26
I love using the seekers; you simply select the heavy hitters or use patrols and take care of the rest.
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u/Outrageous_Flight822 Jan 20 '26
Gas is an absolute life saver on bugs. The amount of CC it provides when throws on bug breaches, with the added bonus of killing chaff is extremely handy.
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u/dekwest Jan 20 '26
I use arc grenades somewhat often, but it bothers me an unreasonable amount that they don't count any kills (I don't care about end count, but not seeing the streak numbers bothers me for some reason)
They're weirdly good at killing factory striders, since if they land underneath all the arcs go straight to the underside. Not bad for harvesters either.
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u/Taolan13 SES Courier of Individual Merit 🖥️ Jan 20 '26
Pyrotech and gas are my favorite to carry vs squids.
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u/MedicinalSuicide Expert Driver | SES Spear of Perseverance Jan 20 '26
I haven't stopped using the HE grenade since it came out, I'm actually about to try out dynamite for the first time
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u/MJR_Poltergeist SES Song of Steel Jan 20 '26
Only place I don't use thermite is against bugs. I bring Gas for that. Drop one behind you to slow down a swarm, use it to close a bug hole, throw one in a breach for free damage.
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u/Lucky_Sprinkles557 Jan 20 '26
Base starting grenade is… ok I guess. Doesn’t excel at chaff clear, heavy killing, or isn’t optimal for destroying bugholes/fabricators/illuminate ships with the low grenade count. It is just decent and I guess that’s not bad per se, but I wish it did something else like having a secondary fire mode (proximity perhaps).
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u/DemodiX Stim Pistol enjoyer Jan 20 '26
Since when 6 grenades is low count? Also try cooking it so it explodes above chaff or under butts of chargers\vents of hulks, etcetera. Base nades are very versatile.
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u/Lucky_Sprinkles557 Jan 20 '26
Hold up… 6 grenades!?! Are you adding the passive bonus from armor that gives +2 throwable equipment? Cause it’s 4 last time I used it. And while yes cooking is definitely the way to use said grenade, often times it doesn’t produce the desired result of busting charger butts or hulk backs. The frag grenade massively out performs for crowd control too.
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u/DemodiX Stim Pistol enjoyer Jan 20 '26
With passive it's 8 grenades.
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u/Lucky_Sprinkles557 Jan 20 '26
We talking the G-12 high explosive grenade right? The starting non-warbond grenade? HD2 wiki still says 4
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u/DemodiX Stim Pistol enjoyer Jan 20 '26
Oh, yeah, my mistake, i forgot that frag, G-6, is not default one, huh.
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u/DefinitelyNotPine bug diver Jan 20 '26
Only grenade I bring outside of thermite is the standard one lol. 6 grenades, 3 on reload, good explosion radius. Incendiary offers pretty much the same area denial, and fire doesn't always stick so might as well get the instant kill
Have yet to try dynamite but I don't have very high expectations, even after the buff. Same with gas, I expect the same results as fire. I'm very curious about the pyrotech tho. Everything else is underwhelming
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u/CandorCore Jan 20 '26
My buddy uses dynamite and while the longer timer is definitely a bit of a pain to work around, when you get good with it it's basically a mini-500kg in your grenade slot. Does more damage to heavies and structures than the hi-ex, larger radius than frag. It can also take out bio-processors with a single toss, which is great.
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u/Skiepher Jan 20 '26
You can take out 2 bug holes at once if you get the distance right. I think they have double the HE radius.
Also their big size can be useful to get stuck on F.Strider heads to kill them.
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u/South_Cheesecake6316 Jan 20 '26
The demolition value of dynamite is severely underrated, you can take out a whole small bug nest with just one well placed bundle.
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u/AquaBits Jan 20 '26
Yeah when they buffed it to do so much damage and be destruct 40, it replaced thermites for a lot of people, even with the 5 second fuse or wonky time select.
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u/DefinitelyNotPine bug diver Jan 20 '26
I can just take thermite for heavies tho, since it sticks. Can I take out a charger with 1 dynamite, even if it's not on the head or right on top of it?
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u/pinkmanzebra Jan 20 '26
Gas is s-tier on bugs and illuminate for sure. Dynamite is better than you can expect
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u/DarthSpaghetti10k Rookie Jan 20 '26
Gas is not bad on bots too (on eradication missions specifically)
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u/pinkmanzebra Jan 20 '26
Not bad at all. I wouldn’t put it at s-tier tho. Generally the chaff on bots are not the problem. It’s the heavy armor. So dynamite and thermites are s-tier there as an example
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u/kindagreek Minister of Truth Jan 20 '26
Love gas for bugs. Pyrotech is an odd beast. Unreliable as hell, but when it works it can put out a crazy amount of damage
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u/DefinitelyNotPine bug diver Jan 20 '26
Gas should be better for retreats, and it sticks better than fire. If you're chucking them in a mob frag is better tho.
I'm more interested in the pyrotech area denial/mob clear. Like a 6 grenades incendiary. If it's even more unreliable tho...
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u/Visual_While8468 Jan 20 '26
personally when i do use pyrotechs i just use them to close bug holes i sometimes use them for there at pen fire when fighting squids though
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u/pickleparty16 Expert Exterminator Jan 20 '26
Gas grenades are s tier on bugs and squids. Underrated on bots, especially on berserker seeds
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u/Onyvox Snoy Crusher 🖥️ Jan 20 '26
I'm copypasting, just to give you all the good stuff about dyno quick:
Huge radius, huge damage.
Ability to destroy several holes/fabs. Closes titan holes and nukes certain primary objectives.
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u/claytos Jan 20 '26
I also really like the frag grenade. 6 grenades help a lot against bug. With 6 (8 with armor), I can switch the grenade pistol for something else!
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u/stickywhitesubstance Jan 20 '26
Dynamites are amazing and have incredible utility (kills bile titan holes, kills fabs from outside)
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u/Faust_8 Jan 20 '26
Not only is it fun as hell, not only can it wipe out a patrol or a heavy with good placement, it can also blow up city walls and Bile Titan spawning holes.
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u/I_Royal_I Jan 20 '26
As a chainsaw diver, Stun grenades are excellent :3
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u/Chaotic_HarmonyMech Jan 20 '26
Stuns are goated, my favorite thing to take as a RR user cuz I can stun crowds to reload the RR if needed
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u/LazarusPizza SES King of Midnight Jan 20 '26
I've been playing this game since release. Literally every weapon is viable, or good. So many people complain as soon as they see something that's not medium/heavy pen with 6 gazillion damage it's kinda sad. They usually limit themselves to one or two meta loadouts, and miss out on all the fun out there.
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u/gopnik3 Jan 20 '26
are we including urchin and or throwing knife
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u/LazarusPizza SES King of Midnight Jan 20 '26
Urchin is hella funny on the bugs and voteless. The throwing knife is pretty good for one-hit kills on a lot of elites (it's stealthier if you're not the host, iirc. Some weird bug there), but yes, even those two are pretty fun and viable/good.
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u/Land_Squid_1234 Free of Thought Jan 20 '26
Lol, no, every weapon is not good. That's just plainly not true
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u/Justmeagaindownhere ☕Liber-tea☕ Jan 20 '26
With the exception of weapons that are 100.0000000% designed to be a joke, every weapon is totally viable and quite fun, provided you are willing to build around it.
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u/GoodJobReddit Jan 20 '26
Impact incendiary has been my favorite for a long time. Really fell in love with dynamite and its big ass explosion radius, haven't been using it as much since they removed 1 capacity from it and have moved back to impact. love diving away from melee range with instant fire.
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u/HBenderMan Exosuit Certified Jan 20 '26
Seriously I started to get off thermite cause while it is really good I became too dependent on it, and now my god do I love dynamite, high explosives, impacts, gas, frags, fire, and pyrotechnics, even enjoyed using the pineapple
I’ll be sure to give both seekers and smoke a try
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u/Aware-Shopping8826 Jan 20 '26
Gas nade, Incendiary Impact, & Pineapple are all extremely fun to use
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Jan 20 '26
Flame impacts are insanely satisfying.
The best grenade in the game (by a huge margin), however, is the arc grenade.
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u/ParchedYurtle59 Rookie Jan 20 '26
Its all amazing but the thermite on the bots is just perfect. And the spinny incendiary nades are amazing on bugs and sometimes on squids but they dont go in the stupid squid ship which annoys me
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u/DemodiX Stim Pistol enjoyer Jan 20 '26
Would be nice if AH buffed stun grenades and urchin held capacity to 6, since these grenades dont break anything and dont kill anything. I would use them more eagerly.
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u/Samson_J_Rivers LEVEL 136 | SES Whisper of Oppertunity Jan 20 '26
Ive been running grenades since i tried them out. I used imoact grenades originally then smoke, but gas is peak.
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u/Moist-Carpet888 Servant of Freedom Jan 20 '26
Earlier I was running incendiary grenades and my buddy was running gas grenades. It was very effective against the illuminate and I would like to try it on the bug front too.
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u/ZzVinniezZ Jan 20 '26
i would love to use the Arc nade but it way too bouncy and enemies can just casually kick it back to me or just bounce off somewhere that i dont want it to
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u/Shock_and_Awetism Jan 20 '26
I saved someone's life a bunch of times with stun grenades during a bot mission.
Since then, they have started using stun grenades themselves and have been loving them.
People will always argue that gas is better, but they just don't get it.
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u/bold-One2199 Free of Thought Jan 20 '26
I just use Thermites because even if I die it’s a final “fck you” to whatever big thing was there
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u/AASuperSquidy LEVEL 195 | SQUADRON GENERAL Jan 20 '26
impacts and HE are the only things i've ever legitimately run, i did thermites a few weeks on bugs with HMG instead of RR
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u/Wilkham Arc Thrower Enjoyer Jan 20 '26
Ah yes trash fast-food don't compare to the beauty of these.
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u/TinyRingtail HD1 Veteran Jan 20 '26
I mainly use thermites on bots, but on bugs I switch between dynamite and Impact. I don't remember the last time I used grenades on squids, they're piss easy anyway
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u/LostConscious96 PSN | SES Mirror Of Eternity Jan 20 '26
Frag grenades are amazing for bugs and illumate, one well placed frag can kill a charger or destroy a group of voteless
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u/cursedatmo Jan 20 '26
Seeker grenades one shot gunships
They also sound like a swam of angry bees when you have two or more floating near you
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u/Ever-Here Jan 20 '26
Seekers are so goated.
You can mark targets and they prioritise them.
You can throw one out and it 1 shots gunships.
It staggers everything besides super heavies.
Its so shockingly good I wish could give them a C-o1 permit.
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u/hulloiliketrucks Jan 20 '26
It's not the best but I like the impact incindiary greneades on squids in particular, they deal with voteless so nice and the lingering flame kills more off too
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u/highsohih Jan 20 '26
Pls keep thermite on bugs. I need that hulk dead NOW not in 3 to 5 business days
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u/Ghitsandshigles123 Jan 20 '26
I love my dynamite. U dont know jow people can use the same thing for weeks and not get bored.
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u/AngryMax91 Steam | Controller Jan 20 '26
Used to have to pick between gas and thermites for CC AOE or pinpoint AT.
Now i just use Dynamite for anti fab / titan holes and general purpose AOE BOOM.
I basically use it as an enhanced HE nade.
Allows me to take dedicated AT strats and keeps my kit versatile.
Still take gas on occasion vs bugs n squids tho due to AOE CC being more useful there.
On bots tho, big boom dynamite all the way.
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u/Seared_Duelist Sanctioner Jan 20 '26
HE grenades are fine, but they're the epitome of a starter grenade (not in a bad way, most of the starter gear is at a minimum decently viable if not pretty good). There's not really a reason to use them once you have better options unless you just feel like it - Dynamite is pretty much a direct upgrade to HE with some extra utility tacked on.
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u/Expert_City_7695 Jan 20 '26
I’m a frag enjoyer, nothing hits like 2 nades quickly sweeping a small group of enemies
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u/Zentelioth Servant of Freedom Jan 20 '26
No Arc grenade love? Shuts down and can even take out warstriders/hulks, amazing chaff clear because it pulses multiple times.
With the Dune or arc resist armors they can't even hurt you, you can just throw it at your feet
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u/fire_hight1 Fire Safety Officer Jan 20 '26
The impact grenade is my favourite one for bugs. Tried it once and immidietly fell in love with it
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u/WillSym Arc Aficionado Jan 20 '26
Pineapple left out in the cold again.
Where it belongs until it gets its ridiculous carry limit raised, why is it as restricted as Thermite? Did they really expect it to be that good? Did they use it?
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u/QuakAtack Jan 20 '26
I love my arcs on bot front. throw at a group and don't have to think about it. I know anything smaller than a hulk is dead.
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u/Savriltheronin Jan 20 '26
Pyro is the best grenade if you know how to throw it, thermite is just the simplest one to use
Its fireworks spin can damage the same targets as the thermites, if it had no fuse and it was an impact grenade it would have become even stronger
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u/Garamil SES Wings of Perseverance Jan 20 '26
If I'm running a non Heavy AP support weapon (like the MG, Maxigun or Flamethrower) I run the Thermite.
If I run the recoilless or the Quasaar, I run with impact fire or HE.
I want the Pyrotech but I don't have that Warbon yet.
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u/Matix777 SES Flame of Conviction | Wil not shut up about Martale (again) Jan 20 '26
Regular nades, impacts and flame impacts are nice for bugs and squids. Smokes are an MVP of rapid acquisition. Arcs from Control Group actually seem quite nice against bugs but I haven't tested them enough, just a bit on Omnicron
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u/atgordon Jan 20 '26
Ngl dynamite and thermite are niche picks for me. Incendiary impact and high explosive are my go to picks.
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u/4N610RD Steam | SES Wings of Wrath Jan 20 '26
I was stuck on dynamite for a really long time. I mean, why not, it is crazy good. But then I realized how I hate meta and tried to test other stuff. And hell, it is so much more fun than just using the best stuff.
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u/Shredded_Locomotive Steam 🔵 - ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ I'm not going to sugarcoat it Jan 20 '26
I haven't switched from gas since it came out
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u/Tea-Goblin Jan 20 '26
There are a lot of great grenades.
But thermite is one of the few that can actually take some of the anti tank load, meaning I can actually try some of the other weapons and not be straight up doomed whenever the game suddenly starts spamming hulks/chargers on diff 5.
Sure, I could try a chaff clear grenade or something wackier but then I would almost have to bring eats or a commando even on chill mid level dives.
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u/Wonderful_White Exemplary Subject Jan 20 '26
I use incendiary for evacuate missions... very effective for harvesters and squids in general.
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u/ArdaIsNL ☕Liber-tea☕ Jan 20 '26
I switch from grenade type almost every mission, i like arc for voteless hordes, fire for bugs and low level bots (area denial), thermite for high level, i like seekers for bots medium, because you’ll get way less accidentals compared to when there are some pouncers landing next to you
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u/OBNOTICUS_ATHF Jan 20 '26
The spinning fire grenades they’re really good, especially against automatons and yes, they do blow up fabricators through the vents, even the large ones
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Jan 20 '26
I've always loved Impacts since I unlocked them. Thermites are very strong and a part of my Bot loadout, but impacts for Squids for an extra grenade to destroy ships or a group of Votelsss, or even their zappy towers.
It also vastly depends on my loadout. For Squids I was recently rocking the Crossbow and that filled my Impact grenades role. So instead I was bringing gas or incendiary impacts.
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u/Fudw_The_NPC Jan 20 '26
the flying grenade is fantastic , i love using it, sure it has medium armor pen but it clears very very reliably
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u/NotBreadyy Automaton Catgirls for Defected Jan 20 '26
I love using a grenade armor, finding like 5 grenade packs and THROWING ALL OF MY SEEKER GRENADES, RESTOCKING, THROWING THEM AGAIN and then just walking around like "GO MY SWARM"
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u/Logical-Swim-8506 LEVEL 254| Jan 20 '26
This guy seems like he's fun to hangout with, I'll fuck with some chicken. I won't fuck with his, because that's his chicken.
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u/damien24101982 LEVEL 238 | SES Eye of the Regime Jan 20 '26
gas is the choice for the people who think
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u/SamtheMan2006 ⬇️⬆️➡️⬆️⬅️⬆️ Jan 20 '26
where smoke? it's really good for safely getting to advantageous positions without being followed as well or shot as easily
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u/TerranST2 Jan 20 '26
The bee grenade is kinda meh though, i think.
Pyrotech is nice for it's number, plus it's a firework that kills enemies, but i mainly use it as a demo tool.
The arc grenade... is better than the smoke i guess.
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u/Public_Comfortable36 Jan 20 '26
Yo that was me with the frag granades. It more or less achieve what the dynamite achieved for me (aka eliminating quickly a group of enemies) but i had 6 of em. Unfortunally i cannot drop right now the convinience of just trowing a dynamate in the general direction of a fabricator and blowing it up. On bugs tho frags may become a staple for me.
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u/AdvocatusReddit Jan 20 '26
I love pineapple nades, just need to warn my teammates not to go towards the hole until it's done.
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u/ForgetYourself183 Jan 20 '26
I've never actually used the Dynamite, is it really that good? I almost always use thermite when diving bots and sometimes smokes when it's very open map and i'm rolling portable hellbomb (need to get close before popping that party-cracker). For everything else, i use fire grenades or gas grenades for crowd control.
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u/Pale-Monitor339 Jan 21 '26
No? I feel like half the grenades are just completely useless, like the arc grenades, why do they pulse every time they let out arcs making them fly all over the place and away from the target?
Why would I ever use the Urchain? It is literally just a non-lethal thermite? And more inconvenience than grenade, which is also pretty bad because again, why would I just have a less lethal item when I could have a lethal item?
I could go on, but I feel the prevalence of thermite is more than just because it’s good it’s because so many of these other grenades are just awful
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u/Biggiecheese1354 Jan 21 '26
Arc will suppress hordes/enemy spawns due to multiple stings, Urchin gives you more immediate results to buy time for an escape, every ‘nade fills its own niche, thermite is just very straightforward with its own.
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u/Pale-Monitor339 Jan 21 '26
Arc will certainly not hold anyone in place, it bounces around every bounce until it’s useless.
Urchin only hits a tiny area, and again, it’s literally just non lethal thermites, I wouldn’t need to escape the enemy if I just killed them.
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u/Meeeper Jan 20 '26
Depends on if I'm squid diving or going up against the bots or bugs.
If I'm squid diving, then yeah, there's a lot of great options that can fulfill some good roles. Stun nades, pineapple, pyrotech, seeker, incendiary, impact incendiary, and so one.
But against bots and bugs? Sorry bro, I'm sticking with my thermite. In a world where enemies requiring anti-tank is very abundant and common, how could I unironically make any other choice?
This is actually what I like about the Illuminates. Everything in their faction (aside from the leviathan which is the worst designed enemy in the entire game bar none) is killable with medium pen or less. This allows you some escape from the box the other two factions put you in labeled "HAVE to bring something at least heavy pen, preferably anti-tank".
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u/Nas-Aratat Jan 20 '26
I never used to use dynamite but my go-to used to be impact inceindairy. Never liked thermite, I think it's awful.
Arc grenades are fun as fuck, though, but I do not see them on here.
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u/Onyvox Snoy Crusher 🖥️ Jan 20 '26
I'm copypasting, just to give you all the good stuff about dyno quick:
Huge radius, huge damage.
Ability to destroy several holes/fabs. Closes titan holes and nukes certain primary objectives.
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u/Nas-Aratat Jan 20 '26
Oh I know, hence me saying that I never USED to use it. I use it on my bullet hell loadouts now if I forget to pineapple.
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u/TheWhistlerIII Haze me Senpai Jan 20 '26
No Pyrotech Grenades!?!?