| Cluster Grenade | ||
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| Equipment Slot | Belt Item (Thrown Explosive) | |
| Class | Raider | |
| Damage Type | Explosive
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| Damage | 400+5x425 (2525 total) (425-?) | |
| Ammo Count | 1 (2)
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| Upgrade 1 | +1 Ammo | |
| Upgrade 2 | +10% Radius | |
| Upgrade 3 | +20% Damage vs Armored
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| Gold cost | 240 | |
| XP cost | 42000 | |
The Cluster Grenade is a thrown explosive weapon used by the Raider class in Tribes: Ascend. It can be unlocked for 240 Gold or 42000 XP. This weapon was added in the Raid & Pillage pack.
Operation[]
When thrown the Cluster Grenade operates like a normal grenade until it explodes. On detonation this grenade does up to 400 damage with a small radius, and then breaks into 5 smaller pieces which also explode. It is essentially a short-range MIRV Launcher, and the submunitions operate identically to its heavy cousin, down to the maximum damage (450).
Tactics[]
Using this grenade you can have your own MIRV Launcher as the Raider. This gives a massively increased damage against stationary targets such as generators, light turrets and base turrets. It also gives you a lot of room-clearing power and if well used, a good trap. The damage done by this is enough to kill any enemy (except an upgraded Brute), a whopping 2525 if all the shells hit the same target at a close-to point blank range, which rarely happens.