Game Design Change The Flamethrower Mob Spell

The flamethrower mob spell is, if you didn't know, is a spell that creates a large string of fire, chasing the player around, and lingers for a while.

Problem with that is, it's really difficult to avoid it. And it's generally really strong
Jumping can evade a bit of the damage, but you still take many hits none the less
Solar Vanguard and Corrupted Garoth are two examples
And they both have a flamethrower II spell, which is a stronger version of Flamethrower
I have had a lot of trouble with the vanguard, and garoth is pretty strong

So, I propose that the Flamethrower and Flamethrower II Should be changed

I was thinking that it should be a beam shot by the mob, however instead of following the player quickly, it takes much longer for it to reach to you, like once it shoots the beam out, it can only slowly move left in right, opposed to following the player around
If you don't know what i mean, I think it should function similar to a special move called Stingray in Splatoon, however, still being identical in appearance, and a bit slower and with f i r e

Finally, in a recent thread I read this one which is essentially a rant about the corrupted lost sanctuary, Selvut made a comment saying why Garoth in particular may be more difficult than other bosses (i didn't know how to smoothly slide it in):

As Selvut said here, flamethrower is unnecessarily difficult to avoid

and like i said earlier, because of that you take a lot of damage
and it's unfair in general

alright i'm done plz vote in pool

 

There is neither a pool nor a poll.

 

there be poll now

 

I do agree it should be nerfed slightly, as it has one of the highest damage overtime as a spell in the game if I'm not mistaken, and due to it being quite annoying to avoid, that damage usually really hurts. I'd just like to throw out there though that if you move far away enough from the mob using flamethrower the flamethrower completely stops (but with things like Matrojan the arena is quite small making this difficult so yeah).

 

That's incorrect; flamethrower's damage is customizable as with every spell. Since it's a multi-hitting spell, the damage you take is almost always less than 100% with heavy flamethrower, though since the short flamethrower is so tiny and useless it often gets more than 100% damage. Generally, we notice it hitting about four times in testing...

 

Wait so are both statements incorrect or just the statement of the damage incorrect? Because if the going away from the mob far enough is incorrect I don't really see how since with Doc Legendary for example when I see him start using flamethrower I just escape spell really far away (using archer as the class example since I use it the most) from him and it stops.

 

Difference between Flame Thrower and Heavy Flamethrower, and the spell is weird and buggy anyways.

 

just remember that these are dr. legendary's spells

 

i never really had trouble with dr. legendary, aside from some close call multi hits

 

Are these spells for phase 1 or 3?

And @Locky are you suggesting the flamethrower spell should be changed into a thin (or thick, depending on the spell used), but damaging laser beam-like spell?

 

whoops didn't specify

it should be identical in appearance, just being much slower going left or right

ill edit that into the post

 

bump

 

el bumperino

 

if you can beat cybel then how is dr legendary hard?

 

why'd u say no? :c

But like it's not just Dr. Legendary
Solar Vanguard and Garoth are 2 other mobs with the spell
Maytrojan also has it, and theres already a thread ranting about it