The Ink Grenade has a number of uses, foremost as a powerful area-denial and dispersion tool. In addition to being hand-thrown, the Ink Grenade can also be used as a proximity mine by attaching it onto a surface or an enemy. When an enemy is "tagged" with an Ink Grenade, the enemy can escape the smoke by running continuously, as the smoke will stay in the area it detonated in; contrary to popular belief, the Ink Grenade does not continuously emit poisonous smoke but releases the smoke all at once until the smoke clears.