Smoke Grenade

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The Smoke Grenade is an explosive throwable in PAYDAY 3.

Smoke Grenade
Foes caught in your cloud aim worse and move slower. And if they've got asthma, they're fucked.
Gameplay
Unlock Level	Level 27
Inventory Slot	Throwable
Statistics
Damage	0
Armor Penetration	0
Throwable Capacity	3
Explosion Radius	10m
Stun Duration	12s
Fuse Activation	Thrown
Detonation Time	2.5s
Other
Internal Name	PlayerSmokeGrenade

Overview

The Smoke Grenade is an explosive device that begins a 3-second fuse upon being thrown. Upon detonation, a cloud of smoke will be created, which dissipates after 2 seconds and reach up to a 10 meters in total volume. Once thrown, the Smoke Grenade can bounce off surfaces. By default, players can carry up to 3 Smoke Grenades.

Against enemies, the Smoke Grenade will cause affected enemies to miss 70% of their shots. The smoke cloud created will cause Cloakers that charge through the smoke to slow down, additionally the smoke cloud will not affect Bulldozers.

The Fog Machine Subtree in the Ninja Tree offers upgrades to the Smoke Grenade.

Summary

Pros

• Large area of effect
• Effective area distraction
• Crowd control against civilians
• Can be made lethal

Cons

• Obstructs vision of players inside smoke
• Ineffective against Bulldozers
• Not suited for stealth

Skill Upgrades

Heavy Smoker	Ninja: Fog Machine	Tier 1
	Basic (1 Pt): For every point in this skill line, the range of Smoke Grenades increases by 4%.
	Ace (1 Pt): The duration of Smoke Grenades increases by 6% for every point in this skill line.

Brain Fog	Ninja: Fog Machine	Tier 2
	Basic (1 Pt): Enemies affected by your Smoke Grenade deal 20% less damage while caught in its cloud. This effect will continue for 5 seconds after they escape the smoke.
	Ace (1 Pt): This damage penalty increases to 50%.

Stockpile: Smoke Grenades	Ninja: Fog Machine	Tier 2
	Basic (1 Pt): If your loadout contains Smoke Grenades at the start of a heist, receive 1 additional Smoke Grenade.
	Ace (1 Pt): You now gain 3 additional Smoke Grenades at the start of a heist.

Poisonous Gas	Ninja: Fog Machine	Tier 3
	Basic (1 Pt): Enemies suffer 10 points of health damage per second while standing in your Smoke Grenade cloud. This does not affect Dozers and Naders.
	Ace (1 Pt): The damage from your smoke clouds increases to 25 health points per second.

Smokescreen	Ninja: Fog Machine	Tier 3
	Basic (1 Pt): If you have any chance to Dodge, it doubles while you are standing in a Smoke Grenade's cloud. If you have no chance to Dodge, you instead gain 25% Dodge.
	Ace (1 Pt): Your Smoke Grenade clouds apply this Dodge bonus to all crew members. Multiple instances of this skill do not stack.

Escape Artist	Ninja: Fog Machine	Tier 4
	Basic (2 Pt): If you become downed with any Smoke Grenades in your possession, deploy a Smoke Grenade instead and gain a fixed 100% chance to Dodge for 6 seconds. This ability refreshes after 120 seconds, and costs 1 down. No other modifiers affect this Dodge chance. It does not apply to fall damage or Zapper stuns.
	Ace (2 Pt): While this ability is active, any headshot damage you inflict while standing in a Smoke Grenade's cloud increases by 4444%.

Scavenger	Soldier: Grenadier	Tier 3
	Basic (1 Pt): Ammo pickups offer a 2% chance to restore 1 Throwable.
	Ace (1 Pt): The chance to restore a throwable from an ammo pickup raises to 5%.

Trivia

• The Smoke Grenade is based on the M18 Smoke Grenade.
• While the Nader's bandoleer features unique models for their gas grenades, the grenade they throw reuses the model of the standard Smoke Grenade.

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