Grenadier

Increase the blast radius of grenades. Using a healing skill casts Lesser Grenade Barrage. — In-game description

Grenadier

Specialization

Explosives (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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Grenadier

Increase the blast radius of grenades. Using a healing skill casts Lesser Grenade Barrage.

 Radius Increase: 60

— In-game description

Trait skill

Skill			Description
Lesser Grenade Barrage (PvE, WvW)		20	Throw several grenades at once.
Lesser Grenade Barrage (PvP)		20	Throw several grenades at once.

Related skills

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Flash Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Freeze Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Poison Grenade — Grenade Kit

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Elixir H — Elixir
•   Med Kit — Engineering Kit
•   Stow Med Kit
•   A.E.D. — Gadget
•   Cleansing Burst
•   Healing Turret — Turret
•   Detonate Healing Turret
•   Medic Gyro — Well
•   Coolant Blast — Exceed
•   Rectifier Signet — Signet
•   Mitotic State — Stance

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bandage Self — Tool belt
•   Grenade Barrage — Tool belt

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 24, 2025	This trait no longer increases grenade velocity.
October 13, 2020	(Lesser Grenade Barrage) Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.5 to 0.3 in PvP only.
December 03, 2019	Fall damage reduction has been removed from this trait. This trait now also casts Lesser Grenade Barrage on your location when using a healing skill.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Explosive Descent was merged into this trait. This trait now reduces falling damage by 50% and causes you to drop grenades when taking falling damage, in addition to its previous functionality.
September 15, 2015	Fixed a bug in which the Grenadier trait made grenade throws less accurate.
July 07, 2015	Fixed an issue in which this trait allowed players to hit more times than intended with grenades.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. Revamped trait: Increases your throw velocity of grenades by 100%. Increases the blast radius of grenades by 60.
March 26, 2013	No longer removes the recharge when the player stows the Grenade Kit.
October 07, 2012	This trait now gives a bonus to underwater grenade skills.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Grenadier has been added to the game.