Grand Entrance/history

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June 24, 2025

  • Flashbang: This trait has been reworked and renamed Grand Entrance. Explosive Entrance grants resistance and increased critical-strike chance for a short period of time.
Grand Entrance.png

Grand Entrance

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Grand Entrance

Explosive Entrance grants you resistance and increased critical-strike chance for a brief duration.

Resistance.png Resistance (2s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.
Grand Entrance.png Grand Entrance (3s): Your critical-strike chance is increased.

— In-game description

May 21, 2024

  • Reduced the dazed duration from 1 second to 0.5 seconds in PvP only.
Grand Entrance.png

Flashbang

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Flashbang

Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.

Miscellaneous effect.png Daze above Health Threshold: 90%
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Blinded.png Blindness (10.5½s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Daze.png Daze: 0.5½ seconds
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100

— In-game description

February 28, 2022

  • (Undocumented) Added tooltip fact Defiance Break.
Grand Entrance.png

Flashbang

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Flashbang

Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.

Miscellaneous effect.png Daze above Health Threshold: 90%
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Blinded.png Blindness (10.5½s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Daze.png Daze: 1 second
Evade.png Defiance Break: 100

— In-game description

October 13, 2020

  • Flashbang: Reduced blind duration from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds in PvP only.
Grand Entrance.png

Flashbang

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Flashbang

Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.

Miscellaneous effect.png Daze above Health Threshold: 90%
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Blinded.png Blindness (10.5½s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Daze.png Daze: 1 second

— In-game description

July 28, 2020

  • Flashbang: Reduced blinded duration from 3 seconds to 2 seconds in PvP only.
Grand Entrance.png

Flashbang

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Flashbang

Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.

Miscellaneous effect.png Daze above Health Threshold: 90%
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Blinded.png Blindness (2s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Daze.png Daze: 1 second

— In-game description

July 07, 2020

  • Icons for daze and stun are now displayed in light purple in skill and trait tooltips.
Grand Entrance.png

Flashbang

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Flashbang

Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.

Miscellaneous effect.png Daze above Health Threshold: 90%
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Daze.png Daze: 1 second

— In-game description

February 25, 2020

  • Flashbang: This new trait causes Explosive Entrance to inflict blindness for 3 seconds if it hits. Additionally, it inflicts daze for 1 second on struck foes above 90% health.
Grand Entrance.png

Flashbang

Specialization
Engineer icon small.png Explosives
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major
Game link
Flashbang

Explosive Entrance inflicts blindness when it hits. Additionally it dazes foes above the health threshold.

Miscellaneous effect.png Daze above Health Threshold: 90%
Blinded.png Blindness (3s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Daze (gray).png Daze: 1 second

— In-game description