Flamer

Flamers are short range flamethrower weapons causing heat buildup on the target.

Overview

Longinus BA heating up the night air

Flamer is essentially a flamethrower that uses the reactor exhaust of Mechs or Tanks as a flame projector with extremely short range. It causes very minor damage to groud assets, and the main use is in overheating enemy units, forcing them to Power-Down or take extra heat damage. Continuous stream of fire and splash damage of the flamers can also be effective against Battle Armors.

The Flamer is usually mounted on mechs and tanks as a backup weapon, but there are couple of specialised roasting units. It has unlimited ammo, and similarly to the machine guns, only weapon and unit heat buildup limits the shooting.

The actual damage impacts after the flame animation, which forces the user to aim a little further ahead than seems intuitive.

For the kind of flamers mounted on Mars and Behemoth assault tanks, see AutoFlamer.

Weapon Stats

Weapon	Max Range	Hit Damage/Shot	Splash Damage/Shot	Damage Type	Sec. Splash Damage/Shot	Sec. Damage Type	Splash Radius (prm/sec)	Heat Damage /Shot	Shots /min	Sustained DPS	Burst DPS	Speed (m/s)	Heat /Shot	Cooldown Time	Overheat Duration
BA Flamer	100m	40	40	Flame	15	Flame	8m / 10m	20	185 (300)*	129	193	184	---	4s	6s
Flamer	150m	20	20		45		6m / 8m	10	68 (150)*	40	88	300	5	6s	8s

*Max rate of fire	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

Gameplay & Hints

• A single flamer or even a pair can rarely produce enough heat to endanger armored ground units on "normal" and cool temperature maps. On hot or low conductivity maps (Inferno, Phlegeton, Scorched), overheating the enemy units becomes more effective tactic.

• Decent anti-Battle Armor weapon due to its splash damage and because it is able to hit BA that hide inside buildings or behind cover where they are protected from more common anti infantry weapons.

Canon

Introduced in 2025, the standard Flamer taps into a BattleMech's reactor to produce heat in the form of a plasma release. An extremely short-ranged weapon, the Flamer is devastating against infantry, however damage done against other 'Mechs and vehicles is negligible, though it can raise the enemy unit's heat levels.

BattleTech reference

Usage

The following vehicles equip Flamers:

Asset	Type	Faction	Tons	Flamer
Solitaire C	Mech	CL	25	4
Anubis E	Mech	IS	30	4
Osiris B	Mech	IS	30	2
Puma Prime	Mech	CL	35	2
Puma A	Mech	CL	35	1
Puma B	Mech	CL	35	1
Puma C	Mech	CL	35	1
Puma D	Mech	CL	35	2
Puma E	Mech	CL	35	1
Puma F	Mech	CL	35	1
Puma G	Mech	CL	35	2
Raven E	Mech	IS	35	1
Chimera D	Mech	IS	40	2
HollanderII B	Mech	IS	45	2
Blacklanner G	Mech	CL	55	3
Bushwacker G	Mech	IS	55	2
Loki D	Mech	CL	65	2
Warhammer F	Mech	IS	70	3
Madcat F	Mech	CL	75	4
Marauder C	Mech	IS	75	2
Fafnir D	Mech	IS	100	3
Harasser D	Vehicle	IS	25	4
Mithras A	Vehicle	CL	25	2
Goblin E	Vehicle	IS	45	2
Oro C	Vehicle	CL	60	2
Rommel C	Vehicle	IS	65	2
Shoden G	Vehicle	CL	70	3

	All stats are current as of release 0.14.10

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