H2AMP:Plasma Grenade

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Plasma Grenade
Gameplay role
Faction:	Covenant
Weapon tier (?):	Loadout weapon
Weapon class (?):	Equipment
Weapon type (?):	Grenade
Counterparts:	Human (UNSC) Frag Grenade
Weapon stats
Damage:	2
Splash damage:	Detonation: 185 out to 0.75 wu, down to 50 at 1.65 wu (radius) x0.5 vs shields Attached: 350 out to 0.3 wu, down to 35 at 1.5 wu (radius) x0.5 vs shields
Damage type (?):	Impact: collision Detonation: explosion_small Attached: explosion_small
Projectile effects:	Attaches to units, Detonates 0.9s to 0.95s (random) after coming to rest, no sooner than 1.4s after being thrown
Projectile speed:	10 wu/s 100% gravity
Reserve ammo capacity:	4 grenades
Tag name (?):	h2a_plasma_grenade

The Plasma Grenade is a grenade weapon featured in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer. This page focuses on the Plasma Grenade found in the multiplayer component of Halo 2: Anniversary. Information on the Plasma Grenade found in the original version of Halo 2 and the campaign of Anniversary can be found here.

Universe and lore

Main article: Anskum-pattern plasma grenade

The Plasma Grenade in Halo 2: Anniversary is the Anskum-pattern plasma grenade, otherwise known to the UNSC as the Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade. The model is derived from the Blur Studio high-fidelity model used for the game's prerendered cutscenes, similar to its campaign counterpart. This design is itself based on the Halo 4 iteration of the grenade.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Frag Grenade

Multiplayer

The loadout selection on Lockdown, with the Plasma Rifle loadout selected.

Plasma Grenades can be found as map pickups in most multiplayer maps and modes in Halo 2: Anniversary. At the time of Halo 2: Anniversary's launch in 2014, two Plasma Grenades were included in one of the game's three social loadouts within matchmaking, alongside the Plasma Rifle. While they were removed from certain matchmaking gametypes following launch, built-in gametypes within custom games keep these loadouts as options, and Plasma Grenades can also be added as loadout weapons for players if map loadouts are disabled.

As Halo 2: Anniversary is built on the Halo 4 iteration of the Blam engine, these grenades perform similarly to, although not identically to their campaign counterparts. The grenades found in Halo 2 could not be shot when found on the ground, however, Halo 2: Anniversary's can be, allowing the player to instantly detonate a grenade at an enemy's feet should they walk near it. Additionally, if two plasma grenades are thrown with the second being caught in the first grenade's explosive radius, rather than being launched away harmlessly, the second plasma grenade will "instasplode"; its fuse timer will be cut down dramatically and its trajectory will straighten in the short moment before detonation.

Gallery

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  A Spartan throwing a Plasma Grenade.

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  An Elite throwing a Plasma Grenade.

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  A Spartan throwing a Plasma Grenade.