Decoy grenade
Alternate name(s)	Decoy
Price	$50
Usage	Emits gun sounds

 

The decoy grenade is equipment featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. When thrown, it emits the sound of the user's most powerful weapon, giving an illusion that an enemy nearby is firing. After a certain period of time, the decoy grenade will self-detonate.

PropertiesEdit

AdvantagesEdit

• Very useful in creating distractions or luring the enemy away from you
• Can create the illusion of additional/surpressive fire
• Can intimidate enemy players and they may not want to engage you or enter into the area with the emitting decoy grenade
• Very cheap (only $50).

DisadvantagesEdit

• Once enemies become aware that a decoy grenade has been thrown, they will focus their attention on previous or new objectives
• Furthermore, if the opposing force is able to communciate effectively and frequently, they can alert each other if they discover an active decoy grenade thus rendering it completely useless afterwards.
• Noisy (not recommended to use when the enemy is occupied elsewhere and if you do not want to be seen)
• The grenade must be thrown correctly otherwise, the enemy force may actually arrive to your position!

GalleryEdit

Decoy model

Decoy grenade deployed on the ground.

Decoy grenade - old model

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TriviaEdit

• The explosion that occurs after the decoy grenade expires inflicts damage to any player near it.
• There is no HUD kill icon if a player is killed by the explosion.
• On the 3rd of December, 2012, the decoy grenade was updated: the price was lowered from $200 to $50, the fire rate and lifespan have been tweaked and it now looks physically more like a flashbang.^[1]

NotesEdit

1. ↑ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Release Notes for 12/3/2012