PUBG Mobile Smoke Grenade Tips: Revive, Cross and Win

The best PUBG Mobile smoke grenade tips come down to one idea: put the smoke between you and the enemy, wait until it has opened, and only then move. Used this way, smoke lets you revive a teammate, cross open ground and take a better spot in the final circle. It hides you from eyes only. Bullets and sound pass through it.

How a smoke grenade behaves

A smoke grenade does not open the moment it lands. After a short fuse it starts to release smoke, and the cloud needs a few seconds to grow to full size. It stays thick for a short while, then thins from the edges until it is gone.

Three habits follow from this:

• Throw early. If you throw when the bullets are already hitting you, the cloud arrives too late.
• Move when the cloud is full, not when the grenade lands.
• Leave before it thins. The last seconds of a smoke protect nobody.

When you hold a grenade, a line shows where it will land. You can also switch between a high throw for distance and a low throw that rolls along the ground, which is useful for doorways and short gaps.

How to revive with smoke in PUBG Mobile

Reviving takes about ten seconds, and during that time you cannot shoot or move. Without cover it is a gift to the enemy. With smoke it works, if you do things in the right order.

1. Do not run to your teammate. Get behind cover first and work out where the shots came from.
2. Throw the smoke between him and the enemy. If you are being shot at from more than one side, throw it on top of him.
3. Tell him to crawl a few meters, toward a tree, a rock or the thickest part of the cloud. Enemies will fire at the place where he fell.
4. Wait until the cloud is full. Then go in and start the revive.
5. When he is up, move out on the side away from the enemy before the smoke thins, and let him heal behind real cover.

If you have a second smoke, throw it a little to the side. A wider cloud makes it harder to guess where the two of you are.

If the enemy is already running toward you, smoke will not save the revive. Win the fight first, or the cloud only hides the push from you.

How to use smoke in PUBG Mobile to cross open ground

One smoke covers a small patch. A field or a road needs a wall: several smokes in a line across the enemy's view.

• Throw two to four smokes, spaced so that the clouds overlap. A gap between two clouds is where someone gets knocked.
• In a squad, agree who throws where, and throw at the same time. A wall that goes up at once gives the enemy no time to change position.
• Run behind the wall, on your side of it, and not through its middle. Enemies spray into the cloud, not behind it.
• For a long crossing, chain the smokes: from the cover of the first cloud, throw the next one further ahead.

Decide where the crossing ends before you throw the first grenade. A wall that leads to no cover only moves the problem forward.

The same wall protects other risky moments, such as looting a crate that lies in the open.

PUBG Mobile smoke grenade tips for the final circle

Late circles often close on open ground with nothing to hide behind. There, smoke is the only cover you can carry with you.

• Throw more than one. A single cloud tells every player where you are. Three clouds in different places make them guess.
• Smoke before you heal. If you are pinned behind a small rock, a smoke gives you the seconds a first aid kit needs.
• Stay deep inside. Lie down near the middle of the cloud, keep still and listen.
• Smoke the enemy. A cloud on a squad that holds a strong position takes their view away while you move.
• Watch the timer. Smoke thrown long before the zone moves is gone when you need it.

Where to stand and when to move in those last minutes is covered in our PUBG Mobile final circle guide.

Smoke as a way to attack

Most players throw smoke only when they are in trouble. It also opens attacks.

Throw a smoke on one side of a building and push from the other. The enemy watches the cloud and expects you to come out of it. A smoke on a window or a doorway also takes a defender's view away for the seconds you need to reach the wall.

What smoke does not hide

• Bullets. Smoke stops no bullet. Expect spray at the place of a revive and along the shortest line between the cloud and the nearest cover.
• Sound. Footsteps, healing, reloading and reviving are all heard. A player with headphones can follow you inside the cloud.
• The edge. The cloud is thin at its edges, and a body there shows as a dark shape. Players who lie prone at the edge feel hidden and are not.
• Grenades. A frag grenade or a Molotov thrown into the smoke needs no aim. This is another reason to move the knocked teammate first.
• Your own view. You cannot see out either. If the whole squad sits inside the cloud, nobody sees the push coming, so keep one player outside it, behind cover.

Common questions about smoke grenades

How many smoke grenades should I carry?

In a squad, two or three per player by the late game is a good habit. Solo players can manage with one or two.

Can enemies see through smoke in PUBG Mobile?

Not through the thick middle. At the edges, and when the cloud starts to thin, shapes become visible. They also do not need to see you: sound and a long spray are often enough.

Does smoke stop bullets or grenades?

No. It blocks sight only.

When should I throw the smoke to revive a teammate?

Before you move toward him. Throw, wait for the cloud to fill, then go in. Starting the revive while the grenade is still opening is the most common mistake.

PUBG Mobile UC on Mas4Games

Smoke grenades are free loot on every map. UC is for the things loot does not give: outfits, weapon skins and other cosmetics. On Mas4Games you can get PUBG Mobile UC as a top-up by player ID for global accounts, or as a UC code that you redeem yourself. A top-up by ID needs only your player ID, never your password, and the help center has live support if you need it.