Flare Gun
| Flare Gun | |
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| Kill Icon | |
| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Released: | The Pyro Update |
| Availability: | Unlock, Drop, Craft, Purchase |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 16 |
| Reload type: | Single |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 The Flare Gun |
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| “ | Fire is for cooking s'mores son, get a REAL GUN.
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The Flare Gun is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a flared-end, single-shot team colored flare gun.
The weapon fires low-damage flare projectiles with a shallow curve that drop down drastically at extremely long range. The flares set enemies on fire, are not subject to distance indexed damage falloff or rampup, and critical hit on burning targets.
The flare disintegrates on contact with any surface or flare fired by the opposing team with a hissing noise. While the weapon cannot be fired whilst the player is underwater, the flare can damage, but not ignite, enemies if fired into water.
The flares travel at approximately 1450 Hammer units per second and deal critical hits on burning targets.
A Pyro with the Flare Gun can ignite enemies out of range of their Flamethrower, though this does require careful aim. It is particularly useful for distracting Snipers from their scoping and Engineers from their buildings. The primary uses of the weapon are for finishing off fleeing opponents or setting enemies alight quickly at range.
The Flare Gun is automatically given to any player who obtains 10 Pyro achievements.
Contents
Damage and function times
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| Shot type | Projectile | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 30 |
| Critical | 90 | |
| Mini-crit | 41 | |
| Afterburn | 3 / tick 60 total | |
| Afterburn (mini-crit) | 4 / tick 80 total | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 2.02 | |
| Afterburn duration | 10 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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Related Achievements
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Update history
June 19, 2008 Patch (The Pyro Update)
- The item was added to the game.
- Fixed Flare Gun trail particles on DX8.
August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)
- Fixed bug where switching from Flare Gun-wielding Pyro to another class meant you didn't get a full ammo loadout on first spawn.
- Increased flare direct hit damage from 20 to 30.
- Fixed the Pyro not being able to deflect enemy flares.
- Flares that hit a burning player at mid-to-long range will crit.
April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)
- Fixed the Flare Gun's afterburn duration being lowered by the Flamethrower's duration reduction.
- Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
- Flare Gun flares always crit burning targets, regardless of range.
Bugs
- If a Pyro were to reflect a flare and hit a target who then dies from the afterburn, the kill icon will be that of the Flare Gun and not the reflected flare icon.
- From a first person view, the flare seems to fire from behind the Flare Gun, just like the Huntsman.
- If a Pyro were to fire all of the 16 flares, another flare would still be loaded despite being out of ammo.
- The afterburn from a Flare currently affects a Scout under the effects of Bonk! Atomic Punch.
Trivia
- The Flare Gun was first seen in Meet the Sniper without being publicly revealed at the time of the video's release.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
RED projectile.
BLU projectile.
Flare Gun concept design.
See also
External links
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