Flare Gun
Flare Gun | |
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Kill Icons | |
Basic Information | |
Used by | Pyro |
Slot | Secondary |
Ammo | |
Ammo loaded | 1 |
Ammo carried | 16 |
Loadout Stats | |
The Flare Gun Flare Gun 100% critical hit vs burning players This weapon will reload when not active
"Send out a distress signal on behalf of that guy you just set on fire." |
The Flare Gun is an alternative secondary weapon for Pyro. It is a plastic, team-colored flare gun with black grips and a metal sight on top.
The Flare Gun fires a team-colored flare projectile that deals 30 damage at any range, igniting whatever enemy it comes into contact with, causing them to suffer ten seconds of afterburn. Even though the flare itself is team-colored, the fire will always remain red. In addition, the Flare Gun will critical hit any enemy that is currently on fire, comboing with itself and dealing 90 damage. This includes enemy Pyros that have been (very briefly) set on fire. It is still able to randomly crit. The flare itself is decently fast and perfectly accurate, but suffers from gravity falloff, and can be reflected by enemy Pyros. The Flare Gun will also passively reload, meaning the user can switch weapons and still have a flare loaded. It will not fire underwater, but can damage underwater enemies if shot from above the surface.
Taunting with the Flare Gun will cause the Pyro to perform the Hadouken kill taunt, releasing a cone of fire from their hands and dealing 500 damage to any enemies directly in front of them. It will always face forwards regardless of where the user aims, and can kill multiple enemies at once. It will not deal critical hits, but can deal mini-crits, and will damage buildings. The fire is red regardless of which team the user is on.
Properties
Properties | ||
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Shot type | Projectile | |
Damage type | Bullet, fire | |
Ranged or Melee? | Ranged | |
Taunt | Hadouken | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 30 |
Critical | 90 | |
Mini-crit | 41 | |
Bullet count | 1 | |
Status Effects | ||
Effect | Afterburn | |
Afterburn | 3 / tick | |
Afterburn (mini-crit) | 4 / tick | |
Afterburn duration | 10 s | |
Ammo | ||
Loaded | 16 | |
Reload type | Passive | |
Function Times | ||
Attack interval | 2 s | |
All values are approximate. |
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Bulgarian | Сигналният пистолет | Flare Gun |
Spanish | Pistola de Bengalas | Flare Gun |
English | Flare Gun | - |
French | Pistolet de détresse | Flare Gun |
German | Signalpistole | Flare Gun |
Italian | Pistola lanciarazzi | Flare Gun |
Brazilian Portuguese | Arma Sinalizadora | Flare Gun |
Romanian | Pistol de semnalizare | Flare Gun |
Russian | Ракетница | Flare Gun |
Trivia
- The Flare Gun was added to Team Fortress 2 in the 2008 Pyro Update.
- The Hadouken (波動拳 in Japanese) originates from a special attack in the Street Fighter video games, where it is depicted as a orb of special energy rather than a cone of fire.
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