Talk:Flamethrower (NOTD)/@comment-24.19.207.252-20130602200549/@comment-4697956-20130603001155

Shield tank, sort of. I've always thought of it as Assault and Technician being health tanks and Demo and Flamer being shield tanks. Flamethrower has higher shields than the other tanks and most other classes and also has the highest shield armor of all classes at 2, except Pathfinder which also has 2. It used to have 5 shield armor but was considered a bit OP.

That said, his skills on the order tree don't really suggest he's a shield tank. A lot of them involve stunning the enemy or dealing massive damage to them. Righteousness increases health armor, not shield armor as far as I'm aware so that makes it even more obscure.