Flame Thrower

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“
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— Flamethrower advertisement
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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 23 particles of flame each second, in what is roughly a narrow cone, at a cost of 12.5 ammunition per second. Enemies may be damaged by a Flamethrower's particles once every 0.075 seconds. Flame particles are 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. Note that the weapon cannot be used underwater; it will produce harmless bubbles. The weapon is also incapable of firing if the player is in contact with a wall (or various other objects such as props) and facing it directly.

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. Unlike the weapon's primary fire, the user can still use compression blasts if the weapon is directly in contact with a wall.

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 friendly compression blast, the secondary attack of a friendly Manmelter, the Spy-cicle's special ability, the Dead Ringer's special ability, 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; the Pyro who lit the arrow, will not receive assist credit, however.

Afterburn will reduce healing and shield resists from a Medi Gun by 20%.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Particle
Damage type Fire
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Flame damage (close) 100% 13.0 / particle
Flame damage (far) 50% 6.5 / particle
Critical 20-39 / particle
Mini-crit 9-18 / particle
Afterburn 4 / tick
Afterburn (mini-crit) 5 / tick
Function times
Attack interval 0.044̅̅ 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.

Demonstration

Strange variant


Related achievements

Achieved.png General

Escape the Heat
 Escape the Heat
Jump into a pool of refreshing water while on fire.
Flamethrower
 Flamethrower
Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds.

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

Backdraft Dodger
 Backdraft Dodger
Kill a Pyro who has airblasted one of your rockets in the last 10 seconds.
Semper Fry
 Semper Fry
Kill 20 enemies while you are on fire.

Leaderboard class pyro.png Pyro

Baptism by Fire
 Baptism by Fire
Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water.


Burn Ward
 Burn Ward
Ignite 3 Medics that are ready to deploy an ÜberCharge.


Controlled Burn
 Controlled Burn
Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points.


Combined Fire
 Combined Fire
Use your shotgun to finish off 20 players you've ignited.


Cooking the Books
 Cooking the Books
Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence.


Firewall
 Firewall
Ignite 5 Spies who have a sapper on a friendly building.


Firewatch
 Firewatch
Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in.


Freezer Burn
 Freezer Burn
Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts.


Got A Light?
 Got A Light?
Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette.


Hot on Your Heels
 Hot on Your Heels
Kill 50 enemies with your flamethrower, from behind.


I Fry
 I Fry
Ignite 10 disguised Spies.
Hot Potato
 Hot Potato
Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast.


Hotshot
 Hotshot
Kill a Soldier with a reflected critical rocket.


Makin' Bacon
 Makin' Bacon
Kill 50 Heavies with your flamethrower.


Next of Kindling
 Next of Kindling
Ignite an enemy, and the Medic healing him.


Pilot Light
 Pilot Light
Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair.


Pyromancer
 Pyromancer
Do 1 million points of total fire damage.


Second Degree Burn
 Second Degree Burn
Kill a burning enemy who was ignited by another Pyro.


Spontaneous Combustion
 Spontaneous Combustion
Ignite 10 cloaked Spies.


Trailblazer
 Trailblazer
Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter.


Weenie Roast
 Weenie Roast
Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time.

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

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

Leaderboard class engineer.png Engineer

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

Leaderboard class medic.png Medic

Autoclave
 Autoclave
Assist in burning 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Pyro.
Infernal Medicine
 Infernal Medicine
Extinguish 100 burning teammates.

Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper

Friendship is Golden
 Friendship is Golden
Extinguish a burning teammate with your Jarate.

Leaderboard class spy.png Spy

Burn Notice
 Burn Notice
Survive 30 seconds after being ignited while cloaked.

Update history

September 28, 2007 Patch
  • Increased Flamethrower damage at point blank range.
  • Fixed the 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).

June 20, 2008 Patch

  • Fixed "Hot on your Heels" counting non-flamethrower based kills.
  • Fixed Compression Blast particles on DX8.

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

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

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.

November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)

September 10, 2014 Patch

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

  • The base Flamethrower's damage fall off over distance has been decreased, resulting in higher damage output at range.
  • Extinguishing a teammate will now return 20 health to the Pyro.

January 7, 2016 Patch

  • Changed attribute:
    • [Undocumented] Updated 20 health restoration when used to extinguish a burning teammate from neutral attribute to positive attribute.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

  • Added: Direct damage reduces Medi Gun healing and resist shield effects by 25%
    • Medics hear a "healing interrupted" sound when this is happening to their heal target.

July 14, 2016 Patch

  • Fixed a regression in the Pyro's flamethrower where flames could sometimes damage players behind obstacles and walls.

September 12, 2016 Patch

  • Fixed Pyros griefing teammates by attacking them with the flamethrower.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

  • Flamethrowers no longer apply maximum-duration afterburn on contact. Afterburn duration is now based on how long the target is in contact with direct flames.
  • Better visual sync, more consistent (no visuals/damage mismatch).
  • New particle effects.
  • Airblast
    • Hit detection for both players and projectiles is now a consistent cone.
    • Airblasting players now factors in the momentum of the Pyro and target, giving both more control over the interaction.
    • Airblast now causes target player to have reduced footing and air control for a short period.
    • Now factors in the upward angle of the airblast, rather than having a fixed upward force.
    • Total push force slightly increased.
  • [Undocumented] Changed one word in weapon description.

October 30, 2017 Patch

  • Fixed flamethrowers not damaging buildings at close distance.

November 7, 2017 Patch

  • Fixed not seeing the new flamethrower effects on some machines.

Bugs

  • Players directly in front of the Pyro may not be hit by flames.

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.
  • The Flame Thrower, along with the Rainblower and Stock Rocket Launcher were obtainable in Saints Row IV by pre-ordering the game on Steam.

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