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The Flamethrower is the default primary weapon for the Arsonist. It is composed of a team-colored, pistol-shaped trigger, which itself includes a team-colored extendable stock. A set of tubes extend from the trigger, forming a complex route which leads to and from a propane tank. A conical nozzle is seen at the front, with what appears to be a pilot light under it. A team-colored grip is placed underneath and slightly behind it.
When primary fire is pressed, the weapon fires a short-range stream of flame particles at the cost of 12.5 ammo/second. Enemies who make contact with the flame particles are set on fire, taking constant damage; in addition, all classes, except for enemy Arsonists, take afterburn damage for a few seconds after contact.
Pressing secondary fire causes the weapon to release a gush of air, known as an Airblast. This attack deals a set amount of knockback, allowing you to push enemies away; if done on a flaming teammate, it extinguishes them, healing the Arsonist for 50 health. Any enemy projectiles that make contact with the airblast are reflected, dealing mini-crit damage if they weren't already critical projectiles. Each airblast costs 20 ammo, allowing the Arsonist to fire 10 airblasts before needing to restock on ammunition.
Damage and Function Times
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Particle | |
| Damage type | Fire | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 6.5 |
| Maximum ramp-up | 200% | 13 |
| Maximum fall-off | 50% | 3.25 |
| Critical | 19 | |
| Mini-crit | 8.7-17.5 | |
| Afterburn | 4 / tick 32 total damage (>4 secs) 80 total damage (>10 secs) | |
| Mini-crit afterburn | 5 / tick 40 total damage (>4 secs) 100 total damage (>10 secs) | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.03s | |
| Ammo consumption rate | 0.08s | |
| Afterburn duration | 4-10s | |
| Airblast cooldown | 0.75s | |
| Airblast cost | 20 | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Tips
- The Flamethrower's high damage at point-blank and relatively easy aim make it a powerful tool when fighting groups or at close-range. However, the flame's short-range only makes it useful in close-quarters combat, becoming nigh-useless at range.
- You'll ideally want to use this for ambushes due to the weapon's short range. Alternatively, you can resort to hit-and-run tactics by setting opponents aflame and running away, letting afterburn weaken them.
- Try to plan out your routes. Unless you are in very tight corridors or have a Doctor assisting you, simply walking forward into a group of enemies will surely get you killed due to the flame's short range.
- Don't rely on afterburn alone to finish off opponents. Instead, keep doing damage with your other weapons, preferably your secondary.
- The airblast makes you a powerful counter to Troopers and Annihilators and the mini-crit effect applied to reflected projectiles serves as a great crowd-control tool. The knockback dealt also makes it a useful way to stop pushes, especially those that involve SuperCharged enemies.
Strange Variants
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Related Achievements
See also: Achievements
Arsonist
Doctor
Marksman
Agent
Update History
June 14, 2016
- Added Flamethrower.
June 25, 2016
- Changed magazine capacity from 9000 to 200. (Undocumented)
September 18, 2016
- New model by Svdl. (Undocumented)
August 17, 2017 (Rehaul)
- New model by ExecutiveKrab. (Undocumented)
- Now shoots bullets mid-range instead of flames. (Undocumented)
- Airblast is not functional. (Undocumented)
August 1, 2018
- Flamethrower now fires flames instead of bullets.
- Re-added back airblasting.
August 1, 2018 (#2)
- SuperCharge doesn't get damage by the Flamethrower anymore.
August 1, 2018 (#3)
- Flame hitboxes spawn from the camera instead of the end of Flamethrower so that it doesn't go through the spawn door when getting too close to it.
August 11, 2018
- Added a range check on the Flamethrower.
May 19, 2020
- New model by Green_Sama & CookiesInOJ.
October 25, 2020
- Added new sound effects.
April 23, 2021
- New model by Green_Sama, CookiesInOJ, and PrimeFIRE94.
- Added new animations. (Undocumented)
May 1, 2021
- New model by Green_Sama & PrimeFIRE94.
November 1, 2021 (Typical Horrors)
- Added Strange quality.
July 12, 2022 (A "Heavy" Update)
- Added Collector's quality. (Undocumented)
July 13, 2024 (Summer FM)
- Updated world animations.
August 10, 2024 (Summer AM)
- Fixed a bug where the Flamethrower's afterburn would bypass the Battalion's Backup's resistances and the GRN/RED Damage Immunity VIP commands.
- Flame DPS is no longer dependent on frames.
February 1, 2025 (The New WINTER)
- Airblast now checks with raycasts. (Projectiles can not longer be airblasted through walls)
- Airblast player knockback is stronger.
- Updated backpack description. (Undocumented)
April 1, 2025
- Renamed to Thrower of flames.
April 2, 2025
- Reverted the rename.
Trivia
- In rehaul, the Flamethrower fires bullets mid-range and had the words, "flamethrower that shoots bullets lol" on top of the viewmodel.
- The 2016 model was used for the Prototype SM2, albeit it was re-colored to black and has a team-colored gas can and barrel.
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Past Designs
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