Creates a veil of smoke to help allies flee from battle.Description
Smoke (煙玉 or けむりだま, Kemuridama?, lit. Smoke Ball), also known as Smoke Bomb, Smoke Screen, and Dustb, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. It is a type of Ninjutsu magic and is sometimes an item. When used, it allows the party to instantly escape from battle and less commonly inflicts Blind on enemies.
Appearances
Final Fantasy IV
Smoke is a Ninjutsu spell usable by Edge (level 33). It has a casting time of 0 (1 in 3D versions) and costs 10 MP (5 MP in 3D versions).
In the GBA version, a glitch may cause the Smoke particle effect to not appear on all characters, though the ability will still succeed.
Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
Smoke is a Ninjutsu spell known initially by Edge. It allows the party to escape from random battles at the cost of 10 MP.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Smoke allows party to escape instantly, except in boss fights, for 7 MP. It can be learned by Edge (default) and Tsukinowa (level 33).
Final Fantasy V
Use the confusion of a smoke bomb to escape from most enemies without them even noticing.Description
Ninjas have Smoke (also called Dustb), which is a Level One command ability that instantly has the party escape from battle. It requires 10 AP to learn.
Final Fantasy XI
The Ninja can use Kurayami: Ichi and Kurayami: Ni, which inflict Blind on enemies to reduce their accuracy. As a reference to the Smoke Bomb item, the item required to use the two abilities is a Sairui-ran, which bears an approximate meaning of an egg-shaped tear gas bomb.
Final Fantasy XIV
Smoke Screen was an ability learned by Ninjas after completing the level 52 job quest "The Impossible Girl". It created a wall of smoke, reducing enmity generation of a single party member for 20 seconds. It could be cast on targets 25 yalms away, with an instant cast time and an independent recast time of 180 seconds. The ability was removed in Shadowbringers.
Final Fantasy Dimensions
Removes the party from battle.Description
Smoke Bomb is the level 13 ability of the Ninja class, requiring 325 AP to learn. At the cost of 10 MP, the user will force the party to flee from any fleeable battle.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
Smoke Screen is a support ability for Edge. It grants Edge Evasion Up V and gains BRV based on ATK.
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line
Final Fantasy Artniks
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Can escape most enemiesDescription
Smoke is an ability learned by a variety of Ninja characters and can be used while equipped with the Producer's Jacket and Producer Moogle Charm. It costs 4 MP to use and allows the party to escape from battles with a 100% chance (if possible).
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances
Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring
Smoke Bomb is Yuffie's special ability, used by pressing the jump button and hitting the Special button afterwards. Yuffie will jump into the air and throw a smoke bomb at the opponent, knocking the opponent down while making the opponent vulnerable to attacks for a short period of time.
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Etymology
A smoke bomb is a firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition. Smoke bombs are useful to military units, airsoft games, paintball games, self-defense and pranks.
The ability's existence is based on the common depiction of ninjas in fiction, where they often use explosive powders to create bursts of smoke to distract and blind their enemies.