Fire thrower/Stronghold Crusader 2

Oil pot thrower
General Information
Available in	Stronghold Crusader 2
Type	Ranged specialist unit
Cost	50 gold
Unit Statistics
Health	Low
Damage	High
Range	Medium
Speed	Medium

Oil pot throwers are the successors of fire throwers, who lob jars of flammable tar instead of Greek fire. Oil pots cover a rather large area and they deal damage on both contact and over time in the area. Pot throwers can hold two pots at a time, which slowly generate after thrown.

With their enhanced utility and reduced price, oil pot throwers are viable in defense and marginally, on the offense as well. Their movement speed allows them to march in formation and deter any advancing units in the field. They are however still vulnerable to melee attacks and projectiles.

Oil pot throwers require a free peasant from the campfire with a sum of 50 gold to recruit.

An interesting, but quite dangerous unit. Oil Pot Throwers are able to hurl a cask filled with oil, which sets a small piece of land ablaze, inflicting serious damage to any unit standing on it. This weapon is lethal against lightly armored units - it can burn them to death in a matter of seconds - but it can also be used against the most durable units, still dealing quite a lot of damage, especially because the most durable units in the game are also the slowest one, meaning that it will take some time before they can get away from the burning ground. Oil Pot Throwers are effective when stationed on the walls - they can get rid of those pesky soldiers who managed to get under your walls and are now hacking their way in.

This unit has a couple of flaws. The first one is their short range - Oil Pot Thrower must get really close to the target before he can hurl his cask, exposing himself to attacks (not to mention that Archers will rip them to shreds). Additionally, there's a high risk of attacking your own units, as the pots have quite a wide range and are hard to control. Another serious drawback is the fact, that those units aren't very good in groups - the fact that you throw a single oil cask, or 50 of them at once, doesn't change much and units standing in the fire will still take the same damage.