When activated, this ability continuously produces a light cloud of smoke around the vehicle for eight seconds, clearing spots on it and allied vehicles within 30 meters, as well as preventing new spots from being applied and removing the auto-detection of those vehicles for the duration.
In addition, any lock-on missiles in flight to affected vehicles are defeated, and subsequent lock-on attempts will fail.
To use this utility, press the Use Ability hotkey (F by default).
Certifications[]
Creates a smoke screen around the vehicle that makes it difficult to see and prevents lock-ons for 8 seconds.
Level
Cost
Description
1
50
Creates a smoke screen around the vehicle which prevents you and nearby allied vehicles from automatically showing on minimap radar, and prevents lock-on attempts for 8 seconds. Can be used every 40 seconds.
2
100
Creates a smoke screen around the vehicle which prevents you and nearby allied vehicles from automatically showing on minimap radar, and prevents lock-on attempts for 8 seconds. Can be used every 35 seconds.
3
200
Creates a smoke screen around the vehicle which prevents you and nearby allied vehicles from automatically showing on minimap radar, and prevents lock-on attempts for 8 seconds. Can be used every 32 seconds.
4
500
Creates a smoke screen around the vehicle which prevents you and nearby allied vehicles from automatically showing on minimap radar, and prevents lock-on attempts for 8 seconds. Can be used every 30 seconds.
Known Issues:[]
As of 2022-08-13, using Smoke Screen in a Sunderer Cloak bubble will cause the smoke to only render inside the Sunderer Cloak bubble.
Cooldown from 30/25/20/15 seconds to 40/35/32/30 seconds.
Now immediately clears current spot markers for you and allied vehicles within 30 meters.
Now prevents lock-on attempts for 8 seconds for you and allied vehicles within 30 meters.
Now masks the vehicle's minimap auto-spot signature for you and allied vehicles within 30 meters.
Dev Note: Allowing IR Smoke to affect nearby vehicles increases its value in teamplay, and gives players additional incentive to choose an ability other than the current go-tos. It also allows for some niche strategies outside of teamplay, ie. disappearing behind cover and clearing your spot markers to help set up a flank or make an escape. The cooldown was increased to reduce spamability, while still remaining reasonably accessible.
