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=== Grenade Launchers===
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Grenade Launchers are one of the few weapons in the game with inherent 5-lock. With 5-lock on both its {{Square}} and its Charge Shot, '''a grenade can do quite a lot of work against bosses and large groups of mobs.'''

However, Grenade shots, unlike almost all other Ranged weapons, does not travel instantaneously. Instead, it has to actually fly for a bit, similar to a [[Foie]] cast. The shot only detonates on impact and when it reaches the end of its range. This then causes multiple issues:

*It's possible for enemies to move out of the way before the shot hits them.
*If the aim is off and the shot does not hit the enemies, it can fly past the enemies and detonate without damaging them.
**Using L for lock-on is recommended for the shots to hit the enemies easier.
*Long-range shot will increase the fly distance of the shot, which makes time and distance it needs to detonate even longer.
** Firing another shot or swapping weapons while a shot is flying will cancel the in-flight shot.
**It may be beneficial to use Save Shot or Power Shot to reduce the range of the shot, dependent on play-style.

Note that Grenades has access to the PA [[Photon Arts|Bomma Banga]], which allows its {{Square}} to launch the enemies it hits, in exchange for a massive increase in pp consumption and reduction in range. This allows the player to quickly shake off any enemies that got too close, or interrupt the actions of specific enemies.

The Grenade CS1 is essentially a more powerful normal shot, but with knockback attached. It shares the same properties as the normal shot as well. Its 5 lock is quite useful against bosses with multiple locks and groups of small mobs. However, since it's only 1 hit per enemy, it may feel a bit inadequate against a small group of enemies or single targets.

The Grenade CS2 has an incredibly huge PP consumption (120PP normally, 160PP full charged), which renders it almost unusable for most races (for reference, the Male Cast's max PP is 160). Besides the pp consumption, CS2 deals a large number of hits over a sizeable area, and can potentially be devastating.