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Molotov cocktail
Alternate name(s)	Molotov
Price	$500
Usage	Burning enemies/blocking passage

A Molotov cocktail is a thrown explosive featured in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, exclusive to the Terrorists. The counterpart for Counter-Terrorists is the incendiary grenade.

OverviewEdit

Molotov cocktails are typically composed of a glass alcohol bottle, alcohol or gasoline inside the bottle itself, and a lit rag for the ignition source of flammable liquid. When thrown, the bottle would shatter, spreading the flammable liquid around, and the lit rag would create flames upon contact with the liquid. This not only does constant damage to those in contact, but also slows and even continues to hurt affected players for a few seconds afterwards.

AdvantagesEdit

Excellent for preventing enemies in advancing to an important area (such as a bombsite, important path or the hostages)
Great to use to ensure that opposing team members cannot eliminate you with close-ranged weaponry (like shotguns and the knife).
Can quickly spread and trap enemy players.
Long-lasting effects
Helpful in allowing users to escape (if the weapon is thrown properly)
$350 cheaper than the Incendiary Grenade

DisadvantagesEdit

Very unpredictable (especially in the hands of newcomers)
If thrown incorrectly, it can harm you, your team members, and even the hostages!
Easily seen and will become the center of attention for many players
Players can still shoot through the flames
This weapon has to be thrown at the ground (or at least, bounce off the walls and then hit the ground) to be useful
Timing is very important to consider, otherwise the effects and advantages of the Molotov Cocktail are wasted
Smoke grenades extinguish the fire.

DamageEdit

The Molotov cocktail will burst into flames on contact with the ground and ignites any player within its radius, their health will drop drastically if they don't escape soon. The duration of the carpet of fire that the Molotov creates is about 7 seconds.

TacticsEdit

Use the Molotov Cocktail to damage and seperate enemy teams. If done properly, you can then eliminate targets easily as the flames can prevent backup from the opposing team.
This weapon is perfect for ambushing purposes. If possible, try to throw the Molotov at the path where the enemy will use. Due to the fact that the grenade can quickly spread, you will gain an advantage over your targets.
After planting the bomb, if no Counter-terrorists are coming to defuse it in the next 15 seconds, throw a Molotov on the bomb. The fire will prevent any Counter-terrorist from defusing it while the fire is active.

Counter-TacticsEdit

Throw a smoke to extinguish the fire the Molotov cocktail creates.
- This will also allow a Counter-terrorist to extinguish the fire next to a planted bomb and defuse it successfully, if there are no terrorists around, guarding the bomb, same goes for the hostage area.

AchievementsEdit

Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveEdit

Flame Expert
Kill 100 enemies with the Molotov or Incendiary grenade.

TriviaEdit

The Molotov cocktail or Firebomb is an improvised incendiary grenade that was cut from Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.
The Molotov Cocktail and the Incendiary Grenade, the Counter-Terrorist exclusive grenade, are very similar to the CS grenade (a gas grenade never actually featured) except for the fact that there are no preventative measures.
This weapon is present in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, both developed by Valve and Turtle Rock Studios.
When directly standing on the fire of the Incendiary Grenade/Molotov cocktail, your screen becomes slighty darkened by the smoke.
Before the introduction of the Incendiary grenade, the Molotov Cocktail was also purchasable by the Counter-Terrorists in Global Offensive.
Originally, the viewmodel of the Molotov Cocktail featured the ligher being lit at all times. In an update, this has been removed.
Alongside with the Incendiary Grenade, the Molotov Cocktail is often considered to be "unbalanced, overpowered, and perhaps unfair" as it can prevent players from reaching important areas, such as a bombsite. More importantly, these firebombs are often thrown at the location of the C4 thus hindering the Counter-Terrorists' progress in defusing the bomb. However, a smoke grenade can be used to extingish the fire thus reducing/eliminating the effectiveness of the fire.