Ultimate Blaze

Overview

Ultimate Blaze is a close-range flamethrower which works best when the robot can stay close to its target for a longer period of time. Like the regular Blaze it fires relatively slow projectiles, so despite the 350 m range it becomes noticeably harder to hit fast robots towards the edge of that range. Its Slowdown effect helps with this problem once enough shots connect. A slowed target is much easier to keep inside the flame stream and has a harder time escaping around cover. For this reason Ultimate Blaze works particularly well on brawlers and beacon holders which are already expected to fight at short range. The splash damage also makes it useful against robots relying on physical shields, while energy shields do not stop the flames either.