Defenses : Flamethrower

Level 1-4	Level 5-17

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• Summary
  • The Flamethrower is the fifth defense to unlock in the game.
  • Troops attacked by Flamethrowers will continuously burn for a few seconds, receiving minor damage.

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• Offensive Strategy
  • Avoid using Riflemen or Warriors near Flamethrowers because they can overpower these troops in a few seconds. Alternatively, you use a Shock Bomb to stop them from attacking.
  • Tanks and Zookas have attack ranges longer than the Flamethrower's attack range, so Flamethrowers cannot damage them unless they wander or are flared too close to the flamethrower.
• Defensive Strategy
  • Flamethrowers are a great defense against mass infantry attacks.
  • Flamethrowers are very effective at protecting your Headquarters from Warriors. Placing them spread around your Headquarters is also good at preventing attackers from shocking all of them.
    • Tip: If your flamethrower is touching one of the sides of the Headquarters, it is able to hit all sides of the building causing massive damage to Warriors attacking it.
  • Placing your Flamethrowers between your Headquarters and the edge of the island is good idea because it makes it impossible for an attacker to shock them withoutshocking their Warriors.
  • Placing Flamethrowers and Machine Guns as your front line of defense can stop strategies that consist of low health troops like Riflemen. But beware that having all of them in the very front can cause attackers to flank, rendering these small range defensesuseless.
  • Placing Sniper Towers behind Flamethrowers can make up for the Flamethrowers' short range.

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• Upgrade Differences
  • Initially, the Flamethrower appears to have a canister at the back with a pipe connecting the canister to the middle along with a tube at the front with a blue flame.
  • At level 5 the Flamethrower gains an extra canister at the back and has a thicker tube at the front.

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• Trivia
  • It is the first defense to require Iron as an initial cost.

Headquarters Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Number Available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4

Building Size	Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Special Ability
3x3	6.5	Constant	Splash	Continues to burn units for 5 seconds after they have received damage from it.*

Level	Health	Damage Per Second	*Total After-Burn Damage^	Upgrade Cost			Upgrade Time	Headquarters Level Required	Xp Gain
				Wood	Stone	Iron
1	2,300	72	60	31,500	7,500	2,000	2h 45m	9	17
2	2,500	79	66	44,000	10,500	2,800	3h 45m	9	20
3	2,700	87	73	69,000	17,300	5,600	4h	10	22
4	3,000	96	80	94,000	34,000	9,800	5h	11	24
5	3,200	104	88	107,000	39,000	11,200	6h	11	26
6	3,500	115	97	161,000	76,000	19,800	7h	12	28
7	3,800	126	106	244,000	147,000	42,000	8h	13	31
8	4,200	139	117	340,000	295,000	81,000	10h	14	37
9	4,500	153	129	360,000	315,000	87,000	10h	14	40
10	4,900	167	141	620,000	470,000	172,000	12h	15	46
11	5,300	185	156	870,000	780,000	340,000	14h	16	52
12	5,800	203	171	1,320,000	1,090,000	690,000	18h	17	56
13	6,300	223	188	1,320,000	1,090,000	690,000	18h	17	56
14	6,900	246	207	1,710,000	1,560,000	1,020,000	22h	18	60
15	7,500	271	228	1,920,000	1,870,000	1,470,000	1d 2h	19	61
16	8,200	298	251	2,140,000	2,140,000	2,130,000	1d 6h	20	64
17	8,900	328	276	2,260,000	2,270,000	2,260,000	1d 8h	20	67