Flamethrower is OP but gets completely negated by shields and thus you want one of the 30 gold mega weapons to bust shields open SS Flamethrower: can deal as much as 70 damage if aimed right and costs only 5 gold S Island Armor - Counters Flamethrower and AI often throws weaker attacks which are chewed on by this bad boi A - 30 Gold weapons Of the bunch Earthquake and Giant Mallet are the best, as Big Bertha cancels your shield and Destructo doesn't do full damage to shielded bases. B - Random Weapon You often get 30 cost gold weapons, although you may get unlucky and get super cannon or something. C - everything else