Introduction:

Flamebringer ,oh Flamebringer this bad boy is my favourite unit in the game that is often called “garbage” by some people because of his flaws. this guide attempts to cover his pros and cons,how to use him and where he shine.

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look at this hot man (I'm f2p noob ok?)

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Overview (stats/trait/skills/talent)

Flamebringer as a duelist guard has the fourth highest base hp of all units in Arknights (only beaten by Hellagur Matoimaru and Eunectes) and highest overall after 20+ stacks of his talent. His base attack is fourth highest among melee units with 894 dmg per hit on max level and trust. Obviously as a Duelist guard his defense is very bad of only 195 on max level with max trust.

His talent is one of the reasons he is controversial, it gives him +50 max hp every time he scores a killing blow on an enemy stacking 30 times. It means his base hp from 4115 can go as high as 5615 which is the highest in the game not counting skills like Skadi S3 or Matterhorn both skills. The only problem is the fact he NEED TO KILL ENEMY most of the time it ends in another unit stealing his kills because of his low aspd. Honestly I don't see why people have such a big problem with his talent. The fact that someone can steal his stacks sucks, but he already has a massive health pool so it's not like he needs these stacks to survive; it's more of a nice little bonus.

here is both of his skills note that I will explain M3 version of them on this guide

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Should I build him?

It depend if you lacks any 6* 1 block guards he can be a decent option considering how he is a decent upgrade over Melantha and a very straightforward character to use. If you are meta slave he is quite low priority and definitely you should focus on some other characters before even touching him. If you like to have fun with so called “trash units” go ahead

What's wrong with Flamebringer ?

Though he sound good there are some big flaws to consider before you will build him

**Duelist Guard:**Unless you need to tank arts dmg sadly Duelist guards will always be inferior to Ranged and Aoe guards that do job of dps unit way better.And as solo laner Jaye and Enmity guards are miles over duelist guards, even as Helidrops they are powercreeped by some units

S2 Need long time to charge: Another reason why Flamebringer is controversial his skill takes 40 sp to charge up it don't sound a lot but with the fact he is st one block melee unit charging it up can be sometimes problematic without battery

Weird talent:Already explained it before

Thorns: Unless you need to tank some boss sadly Thorns is direct upgrade of Flamebringer S2

How do I use him, and where does he shine?

There are three ways to use Duelists helidrop,solo lane and dps his S1 cover first two roles when his S2 cover the last one

Skill 1 (Bloodpact): His go to helidrop and solo lane skill it's very simple his fourth attack will be 220% stronger and heal him by 8% of his maximum hp it synergises with his talent very well because with every stack heal from it gets better. It's hard to say much about it, just another Powerful strike type skill you put Flamebringer on caster, caster died that's it.

Fun fact about this skill: With 2+ sp on Ceobe fungimist FB can use it every second hit with makes him very powerful helidrop,solo laner and dps at the same time because of both dmg this skill provide and heals that gets better not only with his stacks but hp buff artifacts as well !

Skill 2 (Blade demon):This is it , go to Flamebringer skill and one that you should use most of the time , so what gives ? + 70%attack buff and +45 aspd buff for INFINITE DURATION this is insane buff and works the best when Fb is paired with defender but with a major drawback that you need to remember it takes 40 SP TO CHARGE AND IT CHARGE ON HIT. 40 sp in Flamebringer case means 70 seconds of constant bonking enemies with dont sound that bad but as I said it can be problematic with the fact he is 1 block unit. Fear not thoughts Warfarin exist not only can she charge him up stupidly fast with her talent because of his enormous hp pool she can easily keep him alive alone with her S1.

So yeah his S2 is more of a high risk high reward skill it takes a while to charge up but when its up Flamebringer is ST monster that can deal a lot of dmg and easily fit in as your main dps (or you can use Aoe guards but it's no fun lol)

Liskarm and Ch’en are another good options to pair with him as well, same for Shining to buff his def

Conclusion

Flamebringer is a unit that takes a bit of time to get used to but when you understand how to place him and activate quickly his S2 he can be an incredible extra dps source . Or if you don't like that you can still use him as a helidrop like another duelist ( he is unironically good at that) . Maybe he don't match 6* units or some broken 5* but hey he doesn't have to be , he is free and for the free unit he is very good . I hope this post was helpful for someone who wanted to build him but was discouraged because of his bad rep.