So some time ago I thought of an idea to make pyro good in 1v1s, good to ambush and flank, good to defend. He was good at these already, but not as good as he had to be to actually do something. So I thought of a splash damage source that would also cause afterburn and that is the Flame ball. Well you'd say "Well the Pyro already has the Detonator or Scorch shot or even the Flare gun." those are good in combo attacks like burn,Airblast,flare and long range flares are really not useful (only of you hit someone already on fire witch is probably not going to happen). I wanted something like the Soldier's rocket launcher. So how I imagine it:

> Special attack (mouse3) or airblast replacement
> Usable on all flamethrowers
> Splash radius like or lower that the rocket launcher's
> Causes afterburn, but on the Degreaser afterburn still does 1 dmg
> Costs 50 ammo for stock Flame Thrower, 50 on Backburner (I thought of 75 but the weapon should be used for flanking so let's keep it at 50), 75 on Degreaser (people say the Degreaser is a upgrade from stock, well not anymore) and 50 on phlog BUT the ball itself doesn't fill the mphhh meter neither the ball's afterburn.
> Can Flame ball jump :D so Pyro can get around and bomb and flank better BUT the push force should be a little lower that the rocket launcher's.
> Does 70 base damage, max ramp-up does 90-95 dmg and max fall-off does 20-30 dmg.
> After the Airblast is used you can't use the Flame ball for 1-2 seconds so you can't do combos like the flare guns, since the flare guns exist. Also after you used the Flame ball you can't airblast, switch weapons or regular flame attack for 1-2 seconds

Lot's of stats and I think it would be a nice addition :D Tell me what you think!