Pyro

The Pyro is a flame-throwing fold that sets the enemy alight. Its attack does immediate damage and leaves a burn that keeps eating away — and that fire spreads by contact, leaping to any unit that touches a burning one. It is a very strong, very expensive advanced unit that requires a Paste Processor.

The burn deals 6 damage per second for 5 seconds on top of the direct hit, and any unit that physically touches a burning one catches fire too — so a burning enemy in a packed formation can set its whole crowd alight. The flame is ground-only; it cannot reach aircraft. Being a top-tier advanced fold, the Pyro draws heavily on Parchment, so you need a refined-goods economy — a Scriptorium or Printworks stocking Parchment, delivered by Pushers — to fold one.

Strategy

The Pyro punishes clustered armies. Aim into the thickest part of an enemy formation and let the burn chain from body to body — the tighter they pack, the more of them light up. It is slow and pricey, so keep it behind your front line and let melee hold the enemy in place while the fire spreads through them. Beware the mirror: an enemy Pyro turns your own crowds against you, and the fire does not care whose folds it is on. A Paster keeps your side from burning down when the flames get loose.