Flame Thrower

Flame Thrower
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Kill Icon
Basic Information
Used by:	Pyro
Slot:	Primary
Availability:	Stock, Uncrate #25 (Strange), Uncrate #35, Reward (Botkiller) or Uncrate #47 (Strange)
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	200
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Normal Unique Strange Decorated
Loadout Stats
Flame Thrower 1 - 100

“

Your friends will squeal with delight when bathed in the warm glow of the all-new gas-fueled Flamethrower. With its commanding style and hyper-efficient performance, you'll be the talk of every barbeque or deathmatch. — Flamethrower advertisement

”

The Flamethrower is the default primary weapon of the Pyro. It is a long metal pole connected by a hose to a propane tank. The tank is attached to the pole via fastening bands. A continually lit pilot light can be seen at the nozzle. The trigger is made out of a team-colored gas pump handle.

Upon pressing primary fire, the weapon will expel a stream of large flame particles at roughly 22.5 particles of flame each second, in what is roughly a narrow cone, at a cost of 12.5 ammunition per second. The range of the particles is much less than the range that the graphics suggest but is not obstructed by enemies or buildings owned by the opposing team, making it ideal for attacking multiple enemies. The range of the fire is very limited but is capable of dealing heavy damage at close quarters. At its maximum range, the Flamethrower is not accurate enough to put a constant stream on a single target. Note that the weapon cannot be used underwater; it will produce harmless bubbles.

Apart from the direct damage, the Flamethrower also sets targets on fire, causing the target to burn and take additional damage for a short time. Pyros are immune to this themselves due to their fireproof suits, but will still take damage directly from the Flamethrower itself. A Spy disguised as a Pyro will still be set on fire. The afterburn can be extinguished by the Medi Gun of a Medic, a Dispenser's healing stream, contact with water, friendly Jarate, friendly Mad Milk, a compression blast, the secondary attack of a friendly Manmelter, a Spy-cicle, a Dead Ringer or any type of Health pack. Using the primary fire of the Flamethrower on a friendly Huntsman-wielding Sniper will light his arrow on fire, and an enemy hit by this arrow afterwards will be ignited.

Secondary fire causes the weapon to deliver a compression blast which can deflect enemy projectiles, push opposing players away, and extinguish teammates who are on fire. Each compression blast costs 20 ammunition, meaning it is possible to use 10 Compression blasts before needing to retrieve more ammo.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Particle
Damage
Flame damage (close)	100%	6.82 / particle
Flame damage (far)	60%	4.09 / particle
Critical		12-21 / particle
Mini-crit		6-9 / particle
Afterburn		3 / tick 60 total
Afterburn (mini-crit)		4 / tick 80 total
Function times
Attack interval		0.04 s
Ammo consumption interval		0.08 s
Afterburn duration		10 s
Airblast cooldown		0.75 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Note: Flame damage is proportional to particle lifetime instead of distance from target. Unlike most weapons, Critical hits are also affected by the scaling. Additionally, there is a very slight damage variance (±0.08 / particle) due to differences in particle angles.

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Flame Thrower Strange Flame Thrower - Kills: 0 Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank. Available as a Strange Festive variant. Available in all strange botkiller varieties.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

General

Escape the Heat Jump into a pool of refreshing water while on fire.

Flamethrower Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds.

 Soldier

Backdraft Dodger Kill a Pyro who has airblasted one of your rockets in the last 10 seconds.

Semper Fry Kill 20 enemies while you are on fire.

 Pyro

Baptism by Fire Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water. Burn Ward Ignite 3 Medics that are ready to deploy an ÜberCharge. Controlled Burn Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points. Combined Fire Use your shotgun to finish off 20 players you've ignited. Cooking the Books Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence. Firewall Ignite 5 Spies who have a sapper on a friendly building. Firewatch Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in. Freezer Burn Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts. Got A Light? Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette. Hot on Your Heels Kill 50 enemies with your flamethrower, from behind. I Fry Ignite 10 disguised Spies.

Hot Potato Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast. Hotshot Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket. Makin' Bacon Kill 50 Heavies with your flamethrower. Next of Kindling Ignite an enemy, and the Medic healing him. Pilot Light Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair. Pyromancer Do 1 million points of total fire damage. Second Degree Burn Kill a burning enemy who was ignited by another Pyro. Spontaneous Combustion Ignite 10 cloaked Spies. Trailblazer Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter. Weenie Roast Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time.

 Heavy

Rasputin In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

 Engineer

The Extinguished Gentleman Have dispensers you built extinguish 20 burning players.

 Medic

Autoclave Assist in burning 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Pyro.

Infernal Medicine Extinguish 100 burning teammates.

 Sniper

Friendship is Golden Extinguish a burning teammate with your Jarate.

 Spy

Burn Notice Survive 30 seconds after being ignited while cloaked.

Update history

September 28, 2007 Patch

• Increased Flamethrower damage at point blank range.
• Fixed Flamethrower hit detection.

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Fixed the Flamethrower stuttering when firing directly into a building.

February 14, 2008 Patch

• Added Flamethrower "sizzle" sound when the Pyro is hitting a target.

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Fixed Flamethrower bug where a player flush against a wall couldn't be lit on fire from the front.

June 19, 2008 Patch (The Pyro Update)

• Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic Flamethrower.
• Tuned the Flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents.
• Removed Flamethrower's damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end).

July 1, 2008 Patch

• Added back some damage falloff to the Pyro's Flamethrower. Not nearly as extreme as it was before the Pyro class pack.

March 5, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Flamethrower loophole that resulted in the flame effect being stuck on while the Flamethrower wasn't really firing.

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Flamethrower's air burst now extinguishes fire on friendly targets.

June 23, 2009 Patch

• A Pyro's air blast will now extinguish burning disguised enemy Spies, since knockback no longer affects disguised enemy Spies.

June 25, 2009 Patch

• Reverted airblast knockback on disguised Spies, so that they can once again be knocked back.

February 23, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Pyro not being able to deflect enemy flares.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Flamethrower direct damage reduced by 20%.
• Burn duration reduced (10 -> 6 seconds).
• Airblast re-fire delay reduced by 25%.
• Airblast ammo usage reduced by 20%.
• All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows now Mini-Crit.
• Airblasting enemies into environmental deaths now awards the death credit to the Pyro.

May 19, 2010 Patch

• Increased base damage by 10%.
• Afterburn duration increased (from 6 to 10).

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• Added better feedback sound for Pyros on when their Flamethrower is doing damage.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Pyro's Airblast pushes grounded stickies approximately twice the distance now.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Fixed a Flamethrower bug that allowed players to rapidly fake the Pyro's airblast effect.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
• [Undocumented] v_ and w_ model versions of the Flamethrower were removed and replaced with the newer c_model variant.

February 7, 2011 Patch

• Fixed burning deaths to always use the death notice icon for the weapon that started the burn.

July 12, 2011

• [Item schema update] Added Strange quality.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added Festive variant.

December 19, 2011 Patch

• Festive Flamethrowers can now be gifted.

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• Increased base damage by +10%.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Silver and Gold Botkiller variants.

October 9, 2012 Patch

• Added Rust, Blood, Carbonado, and Diamond Botkiller variants.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• Added Silver and Gold Botkiller Mk. II variants.

February 14, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Botkiller Flamethrower using the wrong RED team arms skin while on the BLU team.

February 28, 2013 Patch

• Fixed a client/server crash when a flamethrower gets destroyed while firing.

February 28, 2013 Patch #2

• Fixed a client crash when attempting to fire the flamethrower while coming out of a taunt.

Bugs

• Rarely, when the Flame Thrower is turned off during full crits, the flame effect can still be seen though the fix of the loophole, unlike a similar bug with the Minigun, the "flame" can only be seen by the player.

Trivia

• Modern flamethrowers were first used in the trench warfare in World War I.
• Beta builds of Team Fortress 2 featured a hose connecting the Pyro's back canister to the Flamethrower. However, upon release, the hose was redirected to a propane tank on the weapon.
  • The hose is still visible in the Pyro's HUD icon.

Gallery

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  First-person view.

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  RED festive variant

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  BLU festive variant

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  Botkiller variant

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  The Flamethrower Poster.

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  Several Flamethrower concepts.

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  Blow Torch.

See also

• Flamethrower strategy
• Festive weapons
• Botkiller weapons