| CSO |
 Smoke grenade | |
| Price in match | $300 |
|---|---|
| Used for | Create a smoke screen for escaping or disturb concentration. |
| System code | smokegrenade |
Smoke grenade is a type of grenade available in the Counter-Strike series and Counter-Strike Online. When thrown, it creates a medium-sized could grey smoke which can be used as an escape tactic or to impair vision.
Overview[]
There are many advantages and disadvantages of the smoke grenade.
- After the Free Update patch of South Korea, this grenade becomes a free default weapon in all player's inventories.
Advantages[]
- Can effectively hide your team if thrown correctly
- Can make a good distraction if not used for covering purposes
- Able to reveal an invisible light zombie
Disadvantages[]
- Causes no damage to the other team other than line of vision for a short time
- If thrown at a group of enemies wrongly, it can end up making them more or less visible to you and your team
Gameplay[]
Smoke grenade usefulness depends on situation.
Tactics[]
- When facing a sniper, use smoke grenade to distract them. This will obscure their line of sight, which can be used to either cross the path or flanking.
- A smoke grenade in tight corridors may force enemies to blindly spray in it. As they stop firing, strike them as they may be reloading.
- Players in the smoke will receive less flashbang effect.
Counters[]
- Throw a HE Grenade within the cloud, if an enemy is hiding in it, this will damage or kill them.
- Retreat and camp somewhere safe and away from the smoke.
- If a smoke cloud is formed in a tight area, camp somewhere and wait until the smoke disappears.
- Carefully scan enemies either by spraying or moving crosshair to see if there's anyone hiding in it. This is very useful in Basic mode since a hit marker is displayed when hitting a target.
Zombie Darkness & Zombie Z[]
- In Zombie 4: Darkness, the smoke grenade's smoke can damage the zombies. The users are also able to hold 2 smoke grenades at once.
- In Zombie Z, after a human gained Vaccine Grenade ability, they can throw a Smoke Grenade that deals high damage to zombies in the smoke area. The smoke also provides a knockback function to the zombies, which the degree of the knockback depends on the weapon that the player is using. The higher the knockback power (in %) of the weapon, the higher the degree of knockback to the zombies.
Gallery[]
View model
Smoke grenade texture showing "S-49AH GRENADE"
World model
Head-up display (HUD) icon
In-game screenshot
Exploding sound
Trivia[]
- The serial number for the smoke grenade is the S-49AH.
- The SG in its HUD stands for SMOKE GREY.
- Gas grenade is a cut equipment in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero but later appeared in Zombie 4: Darkness.
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