Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25718839-20140921182344

I felt like it was sort of fitting to compare these two. I have already seen zombies complaining about the OPness of the flamethrower, and the chinalake gets just as much complaining.

I decided to do a comparison between the two, considering the Chinalake is my favourite gun, and the Flamethrower is the gun I am saving up for. All of this info is gathered from the wiki, and 2 gameplay videos. Most notable is the one by MrTurpiTurtle, which is right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEbCyuMtKf0

Flamethrower Pros:

Great at killing hordes, as it has a AOE DoT. (Area of Effect, damage over time)

2 shots kill a zombie (unless it's a tank)

Good ammo pool. You can kill a large amount of zombies with it, even more then the minigun if you go up against large groups of them.

Flamethrower Cons:

Unrefillable (Not too much of a downside, considering the ammo pool)

Horrible against tanks (its only good at close range which is the tanks best strength, and it will take alot of shots to kill one)

Heals firebreathers (can be countered with fireproof vest and a rambo/bat/colt/whatever secondary.

Chinalake Pros:

Amazing against tanks. Stunlocks them, deals a large amount of damage, can fling them off on certain maps.

One shots everything except tank.

AOE instakill is great against AI hordes.

Chinalake Cons:

Bad at close range.

Small ammo pool (ammo starved)

Requires quite a bit of skill to stunlock a tank and aim with this thing.

These guys actually come out about even. They are great at what they do, and their downsides can easily be mitigated. If you want to laugh your ass off when you knock a tank off the map, get Chinalake. If you want to be the Pyro from TF2 and turn zombies into a burnt crisp, get flamethrower.  