Powerful bomb. Covered in ice due to elemental shift.
Description
The Grenade in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is an Ice-elemental blue variation of the Bomb. Like the Bomb, the Grenade has access to Blowup and Chill, the latter dealing powerful ice damage all around the user, healing itself while hurting adjacent units for no MP cost.
The Grenade's Blowup can be learned as Blue Magic in the same way that regular Bombs do. Beastmasters cannot make Grenades use Blowup even after they control them. (This applies to Bombs as well.) Grenades must thus be coaxed to use Blowup for the player to learn it.
Grenades are capturable, which gives the player access to Chill and other Bomb abilities. Even in the hands of the player, Chill is a useful skill that heals and damages at the same time. Despite dealing ice damage to the caster, Chill will always heal the Morpher even when they don't wear ice-absorbent equipment.
Abilities[]
Boom![]
Grenade command. Envelop surrounding area in fire.
Description
| Ability | Effect | MP |
|---|---|---|
| Blowup | Self-KO. Deals massive damage to nearby enemies. | 2 |
| Chill | Spreads chill from caster, causing area cold damage. | — |
Support[]
| Ability | Effect |
|---|---|
| Weapon Atk+ | Improves weapon attacks to deal more damage. |
Appearances[]
Missions[]
| Mission | Prerequisites | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Turf Defense Mission: Help Roda! | Free Roda Volcano | The Grenade here is the only non-Fire enemy in this monster group, so make to not inadvertently heal it with an Ice spell while trying to KO the Bombs. |
| Mission #109: Snow Fairy | There are only three enemies here, so cast a Fira spell at the Grenade and be done with it. | |
| Mission #065: Exploration | Free Gotor Sands | The Ice Flan and Grenade here may take turns healing each other with icy attacks, so focus on one or the other. |
Clan encounters[]
| Home base | Clan | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Gotor Sands | Wild Monsters | The Grenade here likes to come close to the party and cast Chill around itself. The Icedrake may then use Ice Breath to damage the units and heal the Grenade simultaneously. |
| Materiwood | Lost Monsters | Make sure the Malboros here are out of range of the mages before aiming a Fire spell at the Grenade. |
Etymology[]
A grenade is a small bomb typically thrown by hand.