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The Root Grenade is a grenade skill which roots enemies in place and deals damage over time.

Details[]

  • Special Effects:
    • Throws an arcing projectile which explodes on contact with an enemy or a horizontal surface.
      • The projectile bounces off of a Shieldbearer's shield without detonating.
    • Upon explosion, inflicts a rooting status effect on nearby enemies.
      • Status effect prevents all movement and deals 30 base DPS for 3 seconds.
  • Tags: Ranged, Explosive, UnlockInPublicEvent
  • Legendary Version:
    • Forced Affix: Death Root
      • "Victims root nearby enemies for 2 sec upon death."

Trivia[]

  • Previously named Ivy Grenade.
    • The first name of the skill may refer to how it spawns vines to disable enemies.

History[]

  • 0.0: Introduced.
  • 0.1:
    • Cooldown increased from 5 to 9 seconds.
    • Root duration decreased from 4 to 3 seconds
    • Added tags "Explosive" and "SpecificBlueprintDrop".
  • 0.2:
    • Cooldown decreased from 9 to 8 seconds.
    • Base price increased from 1250 to 1500 gold.
  • 0.4:
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 16 seconds.
    • Unlock cost increased from 20 to 40 cells.
    • Now scales with Tactics.
    • Replaced tag "SpecificBlueprintDrop" with "TimedDoorBlueprint".
  • 0.6: Scaling changed from Tactics to Brutality/ Tactics.
  • 0.7:
    • Added legendary affix "Oil".
    • Description changed from "Immobilizes all nearby enemies for 3 seconds and inflicts X damage/s while they are trapped." to "Roots nearby enemies causing X DPS for 4 seconds.
  • 1.1: Removed tag "TimedDoorBlueprint".
  • 1.2: Added tag "UnlockInPublicEvent".
  • 1.4: Scaling changed from Brutality/ Tactics to Tactics/ Survival.
  • 1.9:
    • Rally effect has been removed.
    • No longer activates cooldown reduction mutations.
    • Base DPS increased from 30 to 33.
    • Stun duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
  • 2.1: Scaling changed from Tactics/ Survival to Survival.
  • 2.4: Base DPS increased from 33 to 50.
  • 2.9: Unlock cost decreased from 40 cells to 20.
  • 3.0: Added the Legendary Affix "Death Root".
Skills
Traps & Turrets
Double Crossb-o-matic'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Sinew Slicer'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Heavy Turret'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Flamethrower Turret'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Cleaver'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Wolf Trap'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Crusher'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Explosive Decoy'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Emergency Door'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Tesla Coil'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Scavenged BombardTQatS'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Night Light'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000001-QINU`"'• Barnacle
Grenades
Powerful Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Infantry Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Cluster Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Magnetic Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Stun Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Ice Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Fire Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Root Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Oil Grenade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Swarm'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000003-QINU`"'• Hunter's Grenade
Powers
Barricade'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Taunt'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Death Orb'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Tornado'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Knife Dance'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Corrupted Power'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Vampirism'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Tonic'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Grappling Hook'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Phaser'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Temporal Distortionremoved'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Corrosive Cloud'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Lacerating Aura'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Wave of Denial'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Wings of the Crow'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Blueprint Extractor'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Forgotten Map'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Great Owl of War'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Lightspeed'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Giant WhistleRotG'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Telluric Shock'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Smoke BombTBS'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Mushroom Boi!TBS'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Lightning RodsFF'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Scarecrow's SicklesFF'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Ice ArmorRotG'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• SerenadeFF'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• CocoonFF'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Face Flask'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Pollo Power'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• LeghuggerTQatS'"`UNIQ--nowiki-00000005-QINU`"'• Transformation
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