Re: Lando's smoke is the absolute worst hero ability

BB-9E's Smoke effect is great, and even if it didn't have a radar attached.

1: BB-9 produces a better smoke: It's less visible to allies then Lando's, and it's more thick to enemies then Lando's;

2: BB-9 is a small and fast hard to spot dark ball. He's already hard to spot without his smoke depending on the place and situation. Having the smoke only further helps his hit and run tactics. Lando can't run from anyone and he's as easily visible as anyone else;

3: BB-9 stays spewing smoke for longer, he can move while using it to smoke a bigger area, and his smoke takes longer to dissipate. Lando drops the smoke in one place and that's it;

So BB-9 was a great choice to have a smoke effect. It suits him. And what he got is far superior then the Smoke Grenade, and to top it off it comes with a radar effect as well.

Lando OTOH isn't suited for his smoke effect at all. Devs imagined that using it as cover for lando would be a good idea. It is not. In Hero modes combat is always close, be it because of so many melee characters, or because of the layout of maps, and Lando's smoke makes nothing of note in CQC. For bigger modes it can serve as cover, but it only makes sense for Far ranged combat, which his pistol is terrible at. And although sharpshot has a huge range, what's the point of lando being able to see through the smoke if Sharpshot actually doesn't need to be aimed at all?

All in all, they nailed a smoke ability when giving it to BB-9, but they failed miserably when giving it to Lando. Even the BX's one is better suited because he can actually move fast and use it to confuse the enemy about his position. And his smoke is thicker then Lando's, despite Lando's having the property of not blocking so much allies' vision, which the BX one doesn't have.

@RogueZeroRendarI agree, BB-9E's smoke ability is good. Well, the fact that some other aspects are involved in this and not only/mainly because of the smoke itself makes the overall ability a good one.

Lando's smoke nade ability, like some other hero abilities, falls under the classic "sounds good, doesn't work (against human players)" category.

They even removed Leia's stun grenade becaus it proved to be straight ineffective against any human player. Mabe with continued support we'd seen a change for Lando's nade one day.

Agreed his smoke cloud needs a buff.Only time I use it is when I’m on a close quarters map trying to flee.But if I’m on a map like Felucia or Jakku I’m screwed.