In Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, you have an arsenal of weapons to devastate your foes, including the frag grenade.
Serving as one of the initial lethal equipment, the frag grenade is a formidable tool throughout the game, especially when you know how to cook it.
In this article, we explain how to cook grenades to maximize damage, and complete challenges involving this mechanic.
Here’s how to cook grenades in MW3 and Warzone
Typically, when a player throws a grenade, it bounces off surfaces before exploding after a three-second timer.
A distinctive aspect of this deadly tool is the option to “cook” the grenade by pressing and holding the lethal equipment button, initiating the timer prior to the throw.
This tactic is particularly effective in situations where it’s imperative to hinder the opponent’s ability to dodge the grenade or, more importantly, to prevent them from seizing it and tossing it back.
The optimal moments for using this strategy are when hurling grenades towards enemies in vast open spaces or within large interiors of buildings.
An additional advantage of cooking a grenade is its potential impact upon your death. If you perish while clutching an activated grenade, it will drop on your death location, potentially harming or eliminating nearby foes.
However, precision in timing is crucial to maximize the effectiveness of your grenade, ensuring it explodes proximate to your target.
Overextending the cook time can lead to the grenade exploding prematurely in your possession, whereas insufficient cook time might allow opponents to evade the blast radius.
Now that you know how to cook grenades in MW3, it’s important to point out that this only applies to the frag grenade and not to others like the Semtex.
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