Incendiary Grenade

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A powerful explosive that blasts attackers with flames.

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Incendiary grenade is a generic term for an antipersonnel grenade designed to create a fiery blast with a chemical reaction caused by substances like white phosphorous or thermite. Often, combat is not their primary role, an alternative use to demolishing equipment or creating smokescreens.

In Resident Evil

Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5 are the first games to feature incendiary grenades, as a

replacement for Molotov Cocktails. Their appearance is identical to the Hand Grenade aside from a red colored body. They detonate upon impact, creating intense flames several feet wide. While they do not have the sheer force of a grenade, an incendiary instantly immobilizes most opponents, ideal for stopping an advancing horde.

In RE4 a grenade takes up two blocks, requiring a large amount of space to maintain a stock of the explosives. RE5's differing inventory system allows the players to carry five grenades per item slot.

Operation Raccoon City

Incendiary Grenades return in Operation Raccoon City, where they can be used by both the USS and the Government SpecOps. Players can carry up to three grenades at a time. There is a noticable delay between the time when the grenade hits the ground and the time it detonates. When it does, it releases a large series of bursts of flames.

Films

Alice's clones also utilize them during their assault on Umbrella HQ in Afterlife.

Strategy

The incendiary will cause any enemy in it's blast radius to stumble for several seconds, eventually collapsing from the flames. A common Ganado or Majini will generally not perish from the flames, but they will rarely ever survive two. An often mentioned use for the incendiary grenade is blocking off enemies from a certain spot, as enemies that rush into the site will instantly burst aflame. However, for balancing reasons, the duration of the blaze is only a few seconds. The throw must still be well timed to catch enemies in the blast. The incendiary only does minor damage to the player character and detonates upon impact, making it a good "point defense" of sorts if cornered. If multiple enemies are caught but not killed by the blast, a good idea is to switch to a shotgun and fire it into the center of the flames, typically killing every enemy caught in the fire.

Otherwise, it's use is similar to the hand grenade. It can effectively break up a mob of lesser enemies. They are effective in softening up a tougher foes. Novistador, among others, are heavily affected by the incendiary effect, and the Garrador will stagger blindly, often exposing their weak point.

Trivia

• The Incendiary Grenade sells for 1000 pesetas at the Merchant in Resident Evil 4, and for ₦200 in Resident Evil 5.
• The Incendiary does comparatively little damage to the player characters.
• In addition to the Incendiary Grenade and Molotov Cocktail, Incendiary Rounds can also be found in most of the games, fired out of grenade launchers.

Gallery

Getting ready to throw an Incendiary Grenade (PC Version)

Incendiary grenades standing by

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