Talk:Throwables/@comment-36027234-20180712175730

Frags can be thrown farther than smokes.

Moving in a direction will add momentum to the grenade in that direction.

ie moving forward will add power to the throw, backwards will ruin its momentum, sideways will slightly alter the angle

This is only effective the moment you throw. Which means you can strafe around while cooking, and then start moving forward just before releasing for a power throw.

While very deadly, frags are slow and their detonation is predictable. Mastering the cooking time and throwing mechanics will give you more opportunities to put them on target. (practice.. aim at trees, through windows, cook em good)

Since you move slowly when cooking, an aware target can easily get out of range. Cornering him or taking him by surprise is usually necessary.

Cornering can be done with the help of obstacles/buildings or the red zone itself.

You can surprise a target if you're hiding (in trees), but the most common way is when he has less vision (scope) than you. You can often tell someone can't see you, when you spot him and he doesn't have any reaction (like shooting you or moving away/towards you).

Or even if you have the same vision as someone, you can still surprise him. This means throwing from off-screen (4x and lower only). How do you know he's still there if you can't see him? If there's some loot (someone just died there), you can blindly throw a well cooked frag into that pool of loot. Works everytime. Or if he's rezzing a teammate. Or if for any other reason you expect him to be there.

Grenades are also good defensively. If you are cornered yourself (behind a rock), cooking some frags might be the only way to keep that angry squad at bay.

Finally, a dumb trick that works is looking/moving away from someone chasing you while cooking. Whether he thinks you can't see him, or that you are dumb, it might fool him into getting in range of your throw.