Purifying Flame is a flame-weapon upgrade that is exclusively available for the Black Hand sub-faction of Nod.

BackgroundEdit

Capitalizing on their use of flame weaponry, Nod scientists developed a new tiberium-carbon blend that drastically increases the damage done by flame-based weapons. The color of the flame also changes from red to bright blue, indicating that heat has been increased dramatically.

In-GameEdit

Purchasing the upgrade from the Secret Shrine for 3000 credits greatly increases the damage done by all flame weapons, which includes those of the Black Hand flame trooper, flame tanks, and Purifiers. All ground units and structures will receive massive burning damage; even vehicles as heavy as the MARV will be noticeably vulnerable. It is a natural complimentary upgrade to Black Disciples, since when they are combined Confessor and Militant Rocket Squads will be capable of dealing fire damage. Purifiers will also be affected, making them powerful shock units against the most heavily defended bases, as they have the armor to withstand a lot of fire from defensive buildings and the anti-structure capability to then easily destroy them once the flamethrower comes within range.

The flame instantly decimates infantry squads, and destroys vehicles and structures much more quickly, to the point of being effective against heavily armored vehicles like tanks. A single Purifier equipped with the upgrade can destroy the entire enemy base while walking in Aggressive Stance. The upgrade makes all units affected incredibly dangerous to all ground units, and makes any large scale infantry rush of Confessor Cabals and Rocket Militia upgraded with Black Disciples a very effective tactic.

See alsoEdit

• Black Napalm - General 1's Chinese flame-weapon upgrade.

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Units Infantry Militants (Nod) • Confessor Cabal (BH) • Awakened (MoK) • Militant rocket squad • Fanatics • Enlightened (MoK) • Shadow Team (Nod/MoK) • Saboteur • Tiberium trooper (MoK) • Black Hand trooper (BH/Nod) • Commando Vehicles Attack bike • Raider buggy • Reckoner • Scorpion tank • MCV • Emissary • Harvester • Flame tank (Nod/BH) • Specter artillery • Beam cannon • Stealth tank (Nod/MoK) • Mantis (BH) • Purifier Warmech (BH) • Avatar Warmech (Nod/MoK) • Redeemer Aircraft* Venom patrol craft • Vertigo bomber • Carryall • Armageddon Bomber Vessels Battleship • Hovercraft   Structures Buildings Construction yard • Power plant • Tiberium refinery • Hand of Nod • War factory • Operations center • Air tower (Nod/MoK) • Secret Shrine • Tech lab • Tiberium chemical plant • Crane • Redeemer engineering facility Support structures Tiberium silo • Shredder turret • Laser turret • SAM turret • Obelisk of Light • Disruption tower • Temple of Nod •Voice of Kane • Air support tower   Support Powers & Upgrades Support Powers Radar jamming missile • Decoy army • Cloaking field (Nod/MoK) • Shadow strike team (Nod/MoK) • Mine drop (Nod) • Tiberium vapor bomb • Seed Tiberium • Catalyst missile • Master computer countermeasures • Nuclear missile strike • Laser fencing • Redemption (Nod) • Tiberium vein detonation • Power signature scan (BH) • Decoy Temple of Nod (BH) • Magnetic mine drop (MoK) Upgrades Tiberium infusion (Nod/MoK) • Confessor upgrade (Nod) • EMP coils • Dozer blades • Laser capacitors (Nod) • Signature generators (Nod/MoK) • Liquid Tiberium core • Quad turrets • Disruption pods (Nod/MoK) • Tiberium core missiles • Black Disciple (BH) • Purifying flame (BH) • Charged particle beams (BH) • Cybernetic legs (MoK) • Supercharged particle beams (MoK) Items marked in italics are exclusive to Kane's Wrath *The Black Hand does not use aircraft. The listed entries are exclusive to Nod and the Marked of Kane.