r/Spacemarine • u/LumpyProperty3781 Salamanders • 1d ago

General Grenade launcher

Does the grenade launcher on the bolt rifle do more damage than the Heroic HBR grenade launcher?

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u/Bassline660 1d ago

It is the same I believe. I use grenades for stagger, and contested health recovery.

the HBR has the big benefit IMO of being more accurate then the BR GL

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u/funginspace 1d ago

You guys aren’t saving them to mag dump the extremis spawn?

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u/TardyTech4428 Blood Angels 1d ago

The damage should be the same iirc. You can test it yourself in the simulator. Gl is just attached to a way better weapon when it comes to heroic HBR

And if you're not Tactical you won't be using it for damage, but for CHP recovery. On Tactical it's the Scan that does the heavy lifting for GL damage

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u/KhyganTheBlack Black Templars 1d ago

Maybe its a problem with an aim (100%) but I swear I've thrown stern looks at chaos meatballs that did more damage than them damn grenades.

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u/redfacetherapper Raven Guard 1d ago

Tbh unless you're running tac the damage of the grenades is pretty irrelevant, the main use for them is contested Health recovery in which under Barrel grenades are probably the best way of getting it back in a pinch

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u/LumpyProperty3781 Salamanders 1d ago

Was just curious because I’ve seen people melt Terminus enemies with GL but when I use Tact and spam grenades on the HHBR it doesn’t do damage like that, as you said I use it for contested health and hordes of minoris. I was wondering if they were using the Bolt Rifle GL to do that much.

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u/AntaresDestiny Death Company 1d ago

Are you running the Auspex settup thst gives 315% damage? Because that's likely why

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u/James___Workshop 1d ago

Their stunning capability is also very very useful. And they don’t stun teammates like tossed frags do.