Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen is a utility ability available to the Flash, Harasser, Sunderer, Lightning,, and the ANT. It is unlocked and upgrading used Certification Points.

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 ( by default).

Certifications
Creates a smoke screen around the vehicle that makes it difficult to see and prevents lock-ons for 6 seconds.

History

 * July 12, 2017 Hotfix
 * IR Smoke
 * Has been renamed Smoke Screen.
 * Sunderer's Smoke Screen has been replaced with this ability.
 * Now emits smoke for 8 seconds at all ranks.
 * 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.
 * August 15, 2018 Update
 * IR Smoke should no longer blind like the sun during certain times of day.
 * March 20, 2019 Update
 * Vehicle Smoke Screens should no longer be blinding during certain times of day, and additional adjustments have been made to the visuals.