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The Smoker is an Infected with a long, whip-like tongue that is hundreds of feet long. The Smoker's tongue can be launched out of its mouth at high speeds. When the Smoker's tongue reaches one of the Survivors , it automatically wraps up their body and drags it off toward the smoker. When constricted, Survivors have a brief moment to shoot the tongue off before their arms are ensnared by the tongue; if they fail, the survivor is helplessly dragged off, and will take damage until either the smoker or he/she dies. The smoker claws at an ensnared survivor when they are dragged all the way back to him, while at the same time the survivor takes damage from the tongue constricting them if an obstacle obstructs them from being dragged to the smoker. If a survivor isn't dragged all the way back to a smoker due to an obstruction (for example, a horde surrounding the survivor) the survivor will only take damage from the tongue's squeeze. When killed, a smoker leaves a haze of black smoke, distorting the Survivors' vision and disabling character speech and in-game voice communication.
The Smoker has been heavily mutated by this strain of the infection. Though it resembles most typical infected, it is taller, and its skin has become covered in growths, that causes a large black cloud to form when ruptured during death.It has also developed an extremely long, powerful tongue capable of extending great distances and easily dragging and strangling its unlucky target. Though its mentality is similar to that of the typical infected, it not distracted by such things as the flashing lights of pipe bombs nor is it apparently attracted by such things as car alarms going off. Some have suggested that the mutated "tongue" could be actually the creature's intestines.
Source: Left 4 Dead Wiki
The Smoker is an Infected with a long, whip-like tongue that is hundreds of feet long. The Smoker's tongue can be launched out of its mouth at high speeds. When the Smoker's tongue reaches one of the Survivors , it automatically wraps up their body and drags it off toward the smoker. When constricted, Survivors have a brief moment to shoot the tongue off before their arms are ensnared by the tongue; if they fail, the survivor is helplessly dragged off, and will take damage until either the smoker or he/she dies. The smoker claws at an ensnared survivor when they are dragged all the way back to him, while at the same time the survivor takes damage from the tongue constricting them if an obstacle obstructs them from being dragged to the smoker. If a survivor isn't dragged all the way back to a smoker due to an obstruction (for example, a horde surrounding the survivor) the survivor will only take damage from the tongue's squeeze. When killed, a smoker leaves a haze of black smoke, distorting the Survivors' vision and disabling character speech and in-game voice communication.
The Smoker has been heavily mutated by this strain of the infection. Though it resembles most typical infected, it is taller, and its skin has become covered in growths, that causes a large black cloud to form when ruptured during death.It has also developed an extremely long, powerful tongue capable of extending great distances and easily dragging and strangling its unlucky target. Though its mentality is similar to that of the typical infected, it not distracted by such things as the flashing lights of pipe bombs nor is it apparently attracted by such things as car alarms going off. Some have suggested that the mutated "tongue" could be actually the creature's intestines.
Source: Left 4 Dead Wiki
