Flamethrower (Age of Empires II)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. For the unit in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, see Flamethrower (Age of Empires III).

Flamethrower
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten
Type	Siege Weapon
Training
Wood	130
Gold	50
Training time	31 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	160
Melee attack	4
Attack bonus	+10 vs Stone defense +4 vs Building
Reload time	0.25
Attack delay	0
Range	5
Accuracy	75%
Projectile speed	3
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	2
Armor class	Siege weapon
Speed	0.6
Line of Sight	7

“	Siege weapon that spews fire at close range.	”
—Age of Empires II description

The Flamethrower is an untrainable siege weapon in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. It makes campaign appearances and is available in the Scenario Editor. It fires a constant stream of fire, similarly to the Dragon Ship and Fire Ship and Fire Tower.

They are fairly useful against unupgraded buildings and single units, but their damage falls flat once the opponent researches armor technologies like Plate Mail Armor or Architecture. Despite doing the minimum 1 damage in the post-Imperial Age, they still attack incredibly fast at 4 times per second, or 8 hits for every hit of a Champion. Accounting for accuracy, it does 6 to 8 damage every 2 seconds. Its attack bonus against stone structures (Stone Walls, Stone Gates, Towers, and Harbors) cannot be negated, which makes it useful against these structures even in Post-Imperial situations, if well-protected.

Campaign appearances

Sforza

• An End and a Beginning: A Flamethrower is present in the raider base in the west, close to their Fortress.

Prithviraj

• Battles of Tarain: Several Flamethrowers are under Muhammad Ghori's control in the northern base.

Le Loi

• The Final Fortress: Flamethrowers are trained by the Ming main force.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Rams, Stone Walls, Stone Gates
Weak vs.	Melee units especially Magyar Huszars and other melee cavalry, Mangudai, Woad Raiders, Condottieri, Eagle Warriors
Upgrades
Hit points	Furor Celtica (+40%, Celts only)
Attack	Siege Engineers (+1 attack against buildings) Torsion Engines (gives blast damage radius of 0.45 tiles and activates friendly fire, Ethiopians only)
Range	Siege Engineers (+1)
Armor	Ironclad (+4/+0, Teutons only)
Movement Speed	Drill (+50%, Mongols only)
Conversion defense	Faith Heresy First Crusade (Sicilians only)

Civilization bonuses

• Aztecs: Flamethrowers are created 11% faster.
• Burmese: Researching Faith is 50% cheaper.
• Celts: Flamethrowers fire 25% faster. Flamethrowers can convert herdable animals even if enemy units are next to them.
• Chinese: Researching Faith is 15% cheaper.
• Portuguese: Flamethrowers cost -20% gold. Upgrades that benefit Flamethrowers are researched 30% faster.
• Slavs: Flamethrowers are 15% cheaper.
• Tatars: Flamethrowers deal +20% damage (+50% instead of +25%) from cliffs and elevations.

Team bonuses

• Malians: Researching Siege Engineers is 80% faster.
• Teutons: Flamethrowers are more resistant to conversion.
• Lithuanians: Researching Heresy and Faith is 20% faster.

Changelog

Dynasties of India

• With update 61321, siege units and ships are now resistant to armor-ignoring attacks, similarly to buildings.

Gallery

A group of Flamethrowers.

Flamethrowers in the Definitive Edition.

Sprite animation of the unit.

Videos

FLAMETHROWER vs EVERY GENERIC UNIT AoE II Definitive Edition

FLAMETHROWER vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT - AoE II- Definitive Edition