Ronson WP Flamethrower

"Molecular thermite and white phosphorous make a terrifying combination hot enough to incinerate any soft target. The tar-like residue continues to combust aggressively after the initial burst" -Official description

The Ronson WP Flamethrower is an automatic flame thrower introduced in. As a flamethrower, it is short-ranged, but its unique 2 second damage over time and burst property makes it ideal for walking through hordes of zombies. It is also useful for finishing off a boss or taking a last stand on multiplayer when cornered by a boss. Each shot of the flamethrower deals 200 damage over two seconds, which is doubled for the [RED] version..

Obviously, since the Ronson WP Flamethrower is a flamethrower, its attack range is limited, making tasks like engaging a powerful zombie more difficult. Its movement modifier, -30%, makes the Flamethrower quite hefty to wield, not making it suitable for rushing on missions like Vaccine. Also, like other quick-firing guns, the Flamethrower suffers from the need to shoot lots of shots to deal significant damage, and on a gun where ammo costs $160 for a mere 100 rounds (or ten times that money for a [RED] Flamethrower), the Ronson WP Flamethrower will eat through a player's funds considerably more than most other guns.

Although it may not seem like it, the Flamethrower's shots actually have a burst effect like what you would expect from a rocket launcher (though a small one). This property of the Flamethrower makes it one of two of the only weapons in the game that deals non-physical damage and has a blast radius, the other being the T-102 Jagdfaust. This makes the Ronson WP Flamethrower exceptionally ideal for dealing with Shielders, since the "explosion" effect from the Flamethrower penetrates both the riot shield and the physical resistance of the Shielder. The raw stats of each shot stack well with the high rate of fire with the Flamethrower, making the potential damage of it much higher than it seems.

There are quite a few options for augmenting a Ronson WP Flamethrower. Since damage over time is a big part in damage for the Flamethrower, Tenacious would be a better augment than Deadly unless if it were augmented for increasing damage on impact for quicker kills. Getting Overclocked on a Flamethrower would increase instances of damage over time and impact damage, making it seem like the best augment for increasing damage, but that also means going through ammo quickly and depleting the massive clip more quickly. Since the Flamethrower has a huge clip size and a rather long reload, it would be better to get Capacity than Race Modded since Capacity allows for very long bursts with the Flamethrower.