Captain Flameface is the Rare fire variant of Captain Deadbeard in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. He was first revealed on December 7, 2015 in a video released in Facebook. His primary weapon stores less ammo than the Spyglass Shot/Scurvy Scattershot, in exchange for more damage, along with the fire effect. It is also capable of piercing through multiple targets, similar to Mob Cob. His primary weapon also uses two ammo per shot out of its eight ammo clip.
Descriptions
Stickerbook description
Captain Flameface was making lunch, minding his own business, when he got his beard caught in the toaster. From that day forward, he decided to dedicate his life to the pursuit of the flame.
In-game description
Shots from his Piercing Peg Shot pass through multiple targets!
His primary weapons are the Flame Blast and the Piercing Peg Shot. Flame Blast is used when firing from the hip, and can only hit targets at close range. It deals 25 damage and sets the target on fire (burning them with 5 damage per second). Using Flame Blast costs two ammo. Piercing Peg Shot is used when the player zooms in. It deals 15 to 20 impact damage and 18 to 24 critical damage. The Piercing Peg Shot also deals fire damage. The projectiles fired from the Piercing Peg Shot penetrate through up to 4 plants, which means that any plants directly behind the plant being shot at will also take damage. Each Piercing Peg Shot uses one ammo. Interestingly, Captain Flameface has a unique mechanic regarding his damage over time. Normally, only one instance of fire damage can be applied to a target, regardless of how many sources of fire damage are being applied. However, if the player who applied the fire damage has multiple sources of fire, you're able to stack the effects. And since Captain Flameface has two different sources of fire damage (Piercing Peg Shot and Flame Blast), he is actually able to achieve this by hitting Plants with a Flame Blast and a Piercing Peg Shot in quick succession, applying a very powerful combined DoT effect.
Hop inside your trusty barrel to shield yourself from attacks, but that's not all! Light the fuse and run towards your Plant foes an explosive surprise.
The Cannon Rodeo is every bit as fun as it sounds. Ride a giant cannon and shoot super powerful cannon balls at whatever you want!
Strategies
As
Either being a sniper class and a short ranged class, you still have the fire element/attribute at your side. Shooting a plant from a long or short distance will set them on fire dealing multiple damage. So if your accuracy is off, and you only are capable of hitting once or twice, you can still deal a bit of damage. Close-quarters combat can be recommended, just make sure you're not spotted, and try to be behind the target
Against
Being against Captain Flameface, or any Captain at all requires skill. Using any sort of shield-like ability, or spawning any sort of shield-like weed won't work because of the piercing. Have some Sunflowers nearby, as his fire effect can deal damage as well.
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language
Name
Description
English
Captain Flameface
Traditional Chinese
火疤船長
French
Capitaine Flambouille
German
Käpt'n Flammenfratze
Italian
Capitan Faccia Infuocata
Polish
Kapitan Ogniobrody
Brazilian Portuguese
Capitão Cara-de-Fogo
Spanish
Capitán Carallama
Trivia
Him lighting his beard on fire might be a reference to the famous pirate captain Blackbeard, who liked to set fire to his beard via candles and other flames to scare his enemies.
The short-range version of his weapon shares its name with the weapon of Flame Man from Mega Man 6, the Flame Blast.
In addition, they both shoot short-ranged bursts of fire.