Freezethrower
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The Freezethrower is first found in the Lunar Apocalypse episode in Duke Nukem 3D.
[edit] Description
The Freezethrower is mainly used to make enemies turn into a block of ice unable to do any form of action until the ice melt or, if they're unlucky enough, shatter into a million of pieces by a single bullet. It has a fast rate of fire but is not very efficient at longer distances.
The Flying Frosty from the Duke: Nuclear Winter expansion fires ice crystal very much in the same vein as the Freezethrower although they seem to inflict more damage than the players'.
[edit] Tips and Tricks
- Very much like the Microwave Expander the Freezethrower can't freeze enemies until they're on the brink of death (i.e. 1 health point left). Damage enemies significantly until you decide to use the Freezethrower to save ammo.
- The ice crystals emitted from the Freezethrower can be bounced around if they hit a solid wall; you can use this to your advantage to hurt or even freeze enemies around a corner if you don't want to expose yourself. Take note however that every time a freezthrower projectile bounces off something, its damage is cut in half.
[edit] Trivia
- Early sketches of the Freezethrower weapon display it as an laser chainsaw named Caterkillar (a play on the "Caterpillar Inc." machinery manufacturer). In fact, the sprites and color scheme of the Freezethrower are very suitable for it.
- As some extend, there was also the planning for a Flamethrower; a weapon that was also equipped by an early version of the Assault Enforcer. Early versions of the game have the code of an enemy being burned. USER.CON has an unusued line "YOU'RE BURNING!" which is supposed to be displayer when the player is under effect of the Flamethrower.
