Flamethrower

"The Flamethrower is a close range weapon that deals huge amounts of damage. It's especially deadly against massed infantry. Enemies will also burn for a while after being attacked by the Flamethrower."

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Level 1	Level 2-4	Level 5-6	Level 7-8	Level 9	Level 10
Level 11	Level 12-13	Level 14	Level 15-17	Level 18	Level 19-25

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Summary

• The Flamethrower is the fifth Defense unlocked, at Headquarters level 9.
• Flamethrowers are area defenses with very high DPS and a residual DOT effect but have low range.

Offensive Strategy

• Flamethrowers usually aren't a threat as many units simply outrange them or dismiss their damage, but Riflemen and Warriors should definitely avoid it, as they can be incinerated in seconds.
• Bombardiers, Laser Rangers, Tanks, Grenadiers and Zookas do have the range to avoid the Flamethrower entirely. However, in the case of Zookas and Laser Rangers, too many of them attacking at once can result in some of them entering its range, and a mistimed Flare can likewise prove deadly.

Defensive Strategy

• As area defenses, Flamethrowers are powerful deterrents to massed infantry attacks, but don't serve much of a purpose elsewhere and will only slightly impede the attacking army. In the case of Grenadiers, this can even backfire, as Grenadiers have a tendency to overshoot their targets, allowing them to snipe whatever that's behind the Flamethrower while it sits there, unable to retaliate, being reliant on Rocket Launchers and Sniper Towers to fend off attackers from afar. Remember to distribute them in order to equally pressure the opponent.
• Flamethrowers can also deny opponents from rushing the Headquarters with Warriors if positioned correctly to avoid Shock Bombs. If a Flamethrower is placed right next to the Headquarters, it can actually cover all sides of said structure.
• The Flamethrower cannot target air. This is particularly relevant in Warships, so players expecting aerial attackers should simply place them ahead of other defenses and stall for time.

Upgrade Differences

• Initially, the Flamethrower is a reddish-orange and grey mostly-cylindrical building with a fuel tank at the rear. A reddish tube connects the tank and the body, which has a short, thin reddish barrel at the front with an orange pilot light. The base is made of stone.
• At level 2, the Flamethrower gains a reddish-orange hatch to the top of the structure. Also, the fuel tank is slightly bigger.
• At level 5, the Flamethrower gains another fuel tank at the back and is given metal reinforcement on some sections. The barrel is now gray metal (except the front end) and given a sheath near the body, and the base is reinforced. The tube from the tanks turns gray and the main body is now more cylindrical.
• At level 7, another fuel tank is added to the back, and the base is reinforced with metal brackets and has expanded.
• At level 9, the fuel tanks are reinforced and given a smooth surface. The tube connecting the fuel tanks to the body is reinforced, and the body is given metal armor and gets bigger. The sheath protecting the barrel is reinforced.
• At level 10, the pilot light now burns blue, and the base is reinforced with its color changing from grey to blue-grey.
• At level 11, another barrel is added to the Flamethrower.
• At level 12, the hatch at the top of the Flamethrower gains a light orange circle.
• At level 14, another fuel tank is added to the back. The base is expanded so it now encircles the bottom of the body.
• At level 15, another barrel is added on top of the other two. The fuel tanks' valves gain an orange center.
• At level 18, it gains an orange and black color scheme. The quad stack fuel tanks at the rear are replaced with a single large horizontal tank. There are four nozzles with two pilot lights.
• At level 19, the Flamethrower now only has two nozzles, however they are larger. A distinct blue glow can be seen inside the nozzles. Two hoses appear to connect the body of the flamethrower to the fuel the tank on the back.
• At level 20, the base of the Flamethrower is reinforced with wooden boards.
• At level 22, the wooden base of the Flamethrower is replaced with white stone.
• At level 23, the white stone base of the Flamethrower is replaced with iron.
• At level 25, the iron base of the Flamethrower is replaced with turquoise metal.

Trivia

• It is the first defense to require Iron as an initial cost.
• The pilot light remains lit when the Flamethrower is being upgraded.
• If one or more troops are near the edge of a Flamethrower's range, the Flamethrower may attack, despite being unable to hit them.
• The Flamethrower has the cheapest max upgrade cost for a defensive building, only costing 13,180,000 in total resources for the last level.

Statistics

HQ Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Number Available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

Building Size	Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Splash Radius	Special Ability
3x3	6.5 Tiles	0.15s	Splash	1 Tile	Continues to burn units for 5 seconds after they have received damage from it.^

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Level	Health	Damage Per Second	Burn DPS*	Total Residual Burn Damage	Upgrade Cost			Upgrade Time	Instant	Headquarters Level Required	XP Gain
					Wood	Stone	Iron
1	2,300	72	12	60	31,500	7,500	2,000	2h 45m	154	9	17
2	2,500	79.2	13.2	66	44,000	10,500	2,800	3h 45m	196	9	20
3	2,700	87.6	14.6	73	69,000	17,300	5,600	4h	256	10	22
4	3,000	96	16	80	94,000	34,000	9,800	5h	341	11	24
5	3,200	105.6	17.6	88	107,000	39,000	11,200	6h	375	11	26
6	3,500	116.4	19.4	97	161,000	76,000	19,800	7h	504	12	28
7	3,800	127.2	21.2	106	244,000	147,000	42,000	8h	692	13	31
8	4,200	140.4	23.4	117	340,000	295,000	81,000	9h	944	14	37
9	4,500	154.8	25.8	129	360,000	315,000	87,000	10h	995	14	40
10	4,900	169.2	28.2	141	620,000	470,000	172,000	12h	1,365	15	46
11	5,300	187.2	31.2	156	870,000	780,000	340,000	14h	1,849	16	52
12	5,800	205.2	34.2	171	1,320,000	1,090,000	690,000	16h	2,506	17	56
13	6,300	225.6	37.6	188	1,400,000	1,150,000	730,000	18h	2,618	17	56
14	6,900	248.4	41.4	207	1,710,000	1,560,000	1,020,000	20h	3,153	18	60
15	7,500	273.6	45.6	228	1,920,000	1,870,000	1,470,000	22h	3,647	19	61
16	8,200	301.2	50.2	251	2,140,000	2,140,000	2,130,000	1d	4,192	20	64
17	8,900	331.2	55.2	276	2,260,000	2,270,000	2,260,000	1d 4h	4,393	20	67
18	9,600	363.6	60.6	303	2,370,000	2,790,000	2,580,000	1d 6h	4,822	21	69
19	10,560	399.6	66.6	333	2,710,000	3,190,000	2,950,000	1d 8h	5,306	22	71
20	11,510	439.2	73.2	366	3,040,000	3,570,000	3,300,000	1d 10h	5,755	23	73
21	12,560	481.2	80.2	401	3,220,000	3,790,000	3,500,000	1d 12h	6,005	23	75
22	13,660	526.8	87.8	439	3,600,000	4,240,000	3,920,000	1d 14h	6,506	24	77
23	14,810	576	96	480	4,040,000	4,750,000	4,390,000	1d 16h	7,059	25	79
24	16,110	633	105.6	528	4,520,000	5,320,000	4,920,000	1d 18h	7,641	26	81
25	17,530	697	116.2	581	5,060,000	5,960,000	5,510,000	1d 19h	8,179	27	83

*The Flamethrower deals both "normal" damage and Burn damage at the same time while it is active. The "normal" damage is equal to five times the Burn DPS. When you combine the "normal" DPS and the Burn DPS, you get the DPS that troops take while being hit by the Flamethrower.

^Enemies will continue to receive Burn damage for 5 seconds after being attacked by the Flamethrower. The "Total Residual Burn Damage" column is the total damage dealt during those 5 seconds.

Warships

Rank	Level	Build Count	Upgrade Tokens	Tech Level
1	6	2	N/A	5
2	9	3	41,500	10
3	12	4	74,000	15
4	16	5	146,500	20
5	19	5	195,000	25
Total			457,000	75