Better Fire Skills

1.03 Update

Flame Wall has been modified to mimic Apocalypse's visual effects and damage hitboxes instead of Sand Twister's.

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Description

Fire elements boast charming Pals and great type coverage, but Fire-type skills fall significantly short. Both in practice and by in-game data, generic Fire skills lag behind other elements in DPS and hitboxes. For instance, despite sharing code/file paths with the Water-type Skill Geyser Gush, Ignis Rage has far worse hit detection and targeting, creating a clear DPS disparity. Other generic Fire skills like Flame Wall and Flame Funnel are similarly outclassed by their counterparts in other elements.

This poor performance among generic skills leaves Fire Pals without strong exclusive moves sidelined in the endgame. The goal of this mod is to buff generic Fire-type skills, correcting the mid-to-late-game performance lag across all Fire Pals.

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Key Changes

• Flame Funnel: While its base power looks high on paper, its actual performance felt underwhelming. It has been reworked into a single-target beam skill, mirroring the hitbox and DPS of Thunder Rail. Instead of a simple fireball, it now fires three powerful beams of flame.
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• Flame Wall: Previously inferior to its Water counterpart, Curtain Splash, in both usability and DPS. It now borrows the visual effects of the unreleased Fire skill Flare Twist, with DPS and hitboxes balanced around Apocalypse. Like Sand Twister, it easily misses smaller Pals, but delivers outstanding performance against large bosses.
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• Ignis Rage: Geyser Gush boasts excellent DPS against large Pals thanks to its tall hitboxes and generous aim assist that centers the water pillars on targets. In contrast, Ignis Rage was visually flashy trash—hampered by frustratingly low hitboxes that only hit the ground and a complete lack of aim assist. It now adopts Geyser Gush's hitboxes, making flames erupt upward like a volcano. Highly effective against medium to large Pals.

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Known Issues

This mod is currently a work in progress released primarily as a proof of concept, so some changes may end up stronger or weaker than intended. Future updates will introduce additional skills while fine-tuning the current balance. The mod leaves no permanent footprint on your save files, making it completely safe to install or uninstall at any point during a playthrough.