# Flame thrower: Awesome against the spawnery **URL:** \ **Category:** Hints and Tips\ **Created:** [June 9, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739 "2020-06-09T00:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OdinSon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f05b48/32.png) [@OdinSon](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/OdinSon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/1 "2020-06-09T00:17:50Z")
Tried it on a whim. Knocked out all of the egg pods in a single hit. Left it with 480 bleed and 40 burning. ---
**Author:** ![SlayerTNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/slayertnt/32/3433_2.png) [@SlayerTNT](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/SlayerTNT)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/2 "2020-09-22T18:25:43Z")
Nice. I’ve been wondering if it really has any practical use. It’s generally a pain to use tactically due to range, but a static target like the spawnery, or maybe the sentinels, would be more viable. ---
**Author:** ![VOLAND](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c6cbf5/32.png) [@VOLAND](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/VOLAND)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/3 "2020-09-22T19:10:06Z")
At the moment it’s absolutely devastating against any targets (including multiple targets) with body parts with 20 armor or less (almost all Pandorans), but as in the case with the Spawnery **it’s due to an elusive bug** It’s targeting has been improved considerably in the last hotfix, so as long as when you move around the aiming cone you can see white spaces in the enemies health bar it should deal damage (and a lot, often one-shot killing). ---
**Author:** ![Wenlock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/wenlock/32/2702_2.png) [@Wenlock](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/Wenlock)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/4 "2020-10-03T02:40:16Z")
I also use fire (flamethrower or “purification” grenades) as an interdiction tool : one spray (2 AP) and a corridor is almost impossible for Pandorans to walk through for 3 turns. They don’t always seem to notice, though : trying to walk through the flames, they loose their armor, get their legs burnt, then disabled… and end up slowly crawling to their death in a fiery inferno. Quite funny. Very handy when you’re assaulted from every sides (just block one or two), you can’t realy overlay 5 overwatches to stop a bunch of foes coming in, need to exterminate a nest of little things (death-belch and such), can’t have that pesky Umbra or a mind-fragger charging in next turn or you need to hurt _everything_ hiding in mist : just set the area on fire. ---
**Author:** ![SlayerTNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/slayertnt/32/3433_2.png) [@SlayerTNT](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/SlayerTNT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/5 "2020-10-07T21:57:57Z")
I like that application. I may need to carry those as support weapons on my Heavies. ---
**Author:** ![McGoon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/mcgoon/32/3352_2.png) [@McGoon](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/McGoon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/6 "2020-10-08T12:00:24Z")
I don’t find it so useful against the Umbra since the 40 fire damage doesn’t stack and you can’t disable body parts. I’ve managed to hit it once before it spawned and wiped it but that sometimes ‘misses’ or doesn’t do 500 damage. The Dante is pretty good vs the Hoplites surprisingly, much more effective than explosives. It ignores the shields and will disable body parts. Anything with high armour will resist the fire. 40+ armour opponents are virtually immune and the Forsaken/Anu with the regenerating chest get a flame resist buff too. ---
**Author:** ![SlayerTNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/slayertnt/32/3433_2.png) [@SlayerTNT](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/SlayerTNT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/8 "2020-10-08T16:20:52Z")
I tend to fall way back and set the assaults w/shotguns up with really short overwatch ranges when an Umbra is about to spawn. Those things are disgustingly fast and dangerous, so you have to blast them hard on the way in or you lose troops. Even then the damn things have like 500 HP so it takes a few hits to drop them. ---
**Author:** ![mcarver2000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/mcarver2000/32/2435_2.png) [@mcarver2000](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/mcarver2000)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/9 "2020-10-08T17:51:57Z")
> [@McGoon](#): > > I don’t find it so useful against the Umbra since the 40 fire damage doesn’t stack and you can’t disable body parts. I’ve managed to hit it once before it spawned and wiped it but that sometimes ‘misses’ or doesn’t do 500 damage. The trick is to set the pre-Umbra on fire and kill it while it’s on fire. If it dies while roasting, the Tar Shadow will not spawn. ---
**Author:** ![McGoon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/mcgoon/32/3352_2.png) [@McGoon](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/McGoon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/10 "2020-10-08T20:07:07Z")
Good to know. War Cry and Mind control are also good in a tight spot. ---
**Author:** ![Odee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/odee/32/3459_2.png) [@Odee](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/Odee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/11 "2020-10-11T15:16:05Z")
**Flame Throwers are awesome** … _Until some knucklehead tosses a grenade and blows out the flames, or keeps it from spreading._ Which is kind of weird, when you consider it doesn’t snuff out the flames on burning people. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![SlayerTNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/slayertnt/32/3433_2.png) [@SlayerTNT](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/SlayerTNT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/12 "2020-10-13T17:07:49Z")
> If it dies while roasting, the Tar Shadow will not spawn. That’s a great tip. I’ll have to try that. ---
**Author:** ![drages](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/drages/32/3432_2.png) [@drages](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/drages)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/13 "2020-10-13T20:11:23Z")
But it’s direct damage is very low… You expect to kill your target but mostly it cripples a bit. ---
**Author:** ![SlayerTNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/slayertnt/32/3433_2.png) [@SlayerTNT](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/SlayerTNT)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/flame-thrower-awesome-against-the-spawnery/10739/14 "2020-10-22T17:15:33Z")
Yeah, but crippling is as good as removal. If they can’t move or fire then they are basically done.