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Mercenary · Open framework · Ranged explosive setup

Grenade Mercenary Framework

Organise a grenade character around fuse timing, area coverage, ammunition or resource rhythm, and tools that keep enemies inside the damage area.

Verified Aug 12, 2026Starter to scalable budgetIntermediate difficulty
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PRIMARY SKILLGrenade skills
DAMAGE PLAN

Scale grenade damage, useful area coverage, and reliable detonation uptime. Judge ordinary clearing and durable-target performance separately so one does not conceal the other's weakness.

DEFENCE PLAN

Maintain distance and control while building resistance, recovery, and enough durability to survive missed or delayed setups.

SKILLS

What the setup is trying to do

Primary job

Use Grenade skills for its stated role and choose compatible supports that reinforce grenade damage, useful area coverage, and reliable detonation uptime.

Focused encounters

Identify what changes against durable targets and reserve a skill, support, or tactical answer for that job.

Movement and utility

Keep every utility choice purposeful: movement, control, recovery, or a debuff should solve an observed problem.

EQUIPMENT

Gear priorities, not shopping commands

Make the core function

Prioritise equipment that establishes grenade damage, useful area coverage, and reliable detonation uptime before buying isolated luxury modifiers.

Protect the baseline

Keep resistance, recovery, and the build's main defensive resources current whenever offensive gear changes.

Spend for a measured weakness

Upgrade the part that is actually limiting the character: clear, focused damage, uptime, resource use, or survival.

PROGRESSION

Build it in stages

01
Establish the loop

Make the primary skill comfortable to use with stable resources and compatible supports.

02
Stabilise survival

Reach a practical defensive baseline for the content before turning every slot into damage.

03
Solve the weakest encounter

Test both ordinary packs and durable targets, then invest where the build actually falls behind.

04
Scale without breaking it

Recheck resources, defences, and usability after every major equipment or support change.