Flamethrower
Overview
The Flamethrower is an unreleased Unit in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. It would have been in the now scrapped WW Faction but may be in the Secret Faction as confirmed in a tweet.
Appearance
It is a wobbler wearing a WW2 military M1 helmet, while also wielding an M2 napalm flamethrower, also from WW2. He also seems to wear a backpack, containing propellant and fuel.
Combat
It is extremely deadly in combat against melee units, killing an army of Footmen/Squires in seconds.
Usability
The Flamethrower seems to be great at crowd control, able to decimate hordes of cheap units with relative ease. To compensate for that, it has very low health, as demonstrated in the video, where one hit by a Footman kills it. It is possibly also as dangerous to its allies as it is to its enemies, due to friendly fire.
Trivia
- This unit is rather similar to the Tesla, as they have the same stance and their weapons of choice are also very similar.
- Originally, flamethrowers as weapons were used in trench warfare during World War 1. In World War 2, their use greatly increased (they were even mounted on tanks).The Wehrmacht first used these weapons in 1939 against the Polish Post Office in Danzig.
- The current unit appears to wear an M1 helmet.
- Apparently, there is no shadow beneath the flame trail.
- It is possible that it has been replaced by the Dragon.
- This unit may be added in the Secret faction as confirmed in a tweet.
- The Icon It uses can be found in the Faction Creator in the icons in the Beta Unit Creator.