Matryoshka Doll

The Matryoshka Doll (or simply "the dolls") (Pronounced as "Ma-Trosh-Ca") is a new available weapon in the zombie map Ascension. It replaces the player's tactical grenade slot, and the player gets three of them. When thrown, they act as a cluster bomb, exploding four times.

Its usefulness can be hindered by its random nature of explosions, resulting in the possibility of downing yourself; however, this is remedied by using the PhD Flopper perk, which makes you immune to your own explosives.

If a player already has the Gersch Device in their inventory, the Matryoshka Dolls will replace them, and vice-versa. The player cannot have both the Gersch Device and the dolls since they are both special grenades.

Trivia

 * After you pull the original doll off the second one you can see a second doll that looks like one of the four players.(Random between the four.) All four dolls are identical to the ones found throughout Ascension.
 * Matryoshka doll is another name for a Russian nesting doll.
 * The Matryoshka dolls could possibly be a toy of Samantha's as in one of the radio messages created by Yuri Kravcheski says, "Is that a matryoshka doll? Who let a child in here?!".
 * The colors that the Matryoshka dolls have, gives the characters color. Dempsey (white light) explodes first, then Richtofen (green), Takeo (yellow) and last Nikolai (blue).
 * There are four Matryoshka dolls scattered through Ascension. These dolls are caricatures of the four Zombies player characters, and will respond when "used" with a comment in a high-pitched version of the appropriate character's voice. These comments differ when different characters interact with the different dolls. The locations of the dolls are
 * Takeo can be found on the shelves next to the PhD Flopper.
 * Dempsey is found on the barrel, next to the Claymore.
 * In the room directly below the Stakeout, Richtofen can be found on a table. It is next to the Juggernog.
 * Nikolai can be found on top of the computer towers, next to Speed Cola.
 * Space Monkey's can't throw back the Matryoshka dolls.
 * They are required for a section of the Node Puzzle.
 * The effect of the dolls appears to be based on the Cluster Bombs Cheat from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

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