Flamethrower

This article is about the Machinist action. For the Blue Mage spell, see Flame Thrower.

 

Flamethrower

Acquired

MCH (actions)

Level

70

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

60s

Radius

8y

AoE Type

Front Cone

Targeting

Point Blank AoE

Quest Req.

The Mongrel and the Knight

Patch

4.0

“

Delivers damage over time to all enemies in a cone before you.
Potency: 80
Duration: 10s
Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction).
Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills.

— In-game description

Flamethrower is an action unlocked by questing at level 70. It is available for Machinist.

History

• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07): Potency has been changed from 100 to 80.
• Patch 5.1 (2019-10-29): The cooldown of weaponskills when executing this action is now affected by skill speed.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
  • Potency has been increased from 60 to 100.
  • The Gauss Barrel effect "Heat Gauge gradually increases by 20 while Flamethrower is active. Heat Gauge not affected when used outside battle." has been removed.
  • The requirements "Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills." have been added.
• Patch 4.3 (2018-05-22): Fixed an issue wherein the action would not generate critical or direct hits.
• Patch 4.06 (2017-08-07): Increase to Heat Gauge during use has been changed from 10 to 20.
• Patch 4.01 (2017-07-03): Fixed an issue wherein its effect ended when a target within range would move.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): Added.