Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Are grenades still OP in Divinity Original Sin 2?

Grenades are flat out garbage. I avoid them like the plague and only sell them for gold. Why?

- The enemy will ALWAYS go first, excluding character building pure wit. And ALL enemies run up and hug your butt in melee.
- You will never have a good spot to use grenades in D:OS2.
- The armor system in D:OS2 makes grenades worthless. Enemies will always have more armor and magical armor than you in almost every situation, meaning you have to strip that off first before the grenade can even do anything. By then, the use of the grenade as CC is pointless because almost every non-grenade move in the game can apply the debuff without screwing over your entire party.
- Grenades screw over your entire party.
- Grenades have huge radii, meaning they will always put massive AoE debuffs on the ground. But you know what also does that? Barrels. Carry some around.

Conclusion? You are literally throwing money away if you use grenades. They are AoE, Weaker versions of spells. If you know what to expect from your enemy, you can counter their grenades or flat out steal them before they use them.