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[Untelligent]

Many times, I have heard the rumor that, although deadly at a distance, Fire Imps are quite weak in melee combat because they cannot use their fireball attack at close range.

While this is technically true, I recently found out the hard way that Fire Imps can still use their fire breath attack at close range, shortly before I lost a farmer who thought it would be a good idea to butcher a suspiciously crispy-looking deer carcass.

So please stop spreading the rumor that fire imps are wimps in melee combat. They can still use ONE of their fire attacks.

[magikarcher]

You just attacked the wrong one  . Lol, I avoid them at all costs.

[dabbling noob]

lol wooden cage traps + channel around volcano ftw!

[MuonDecay]

Well they're still dangerous in close combat, but untrained wrestler vs. fire imp tends to award victory to untrained wrestler.

The trick isn't getting in close per se, it's getting in close and finishing them off before they incinerate the dwarf, which once they're locked in wrestling combat seems easily done without much fuss.

Draft someone disposable and send them imp wrestlin'

[BurnedToast]

Also the close range fire attack can be blocked with a shield, while the long range one can't. This makes them one of the few creatures that can reliably hurt legendary +5 shield users (only other one I can think of offhand is spirit of fire).

Side note, dragonfire can be blocked too just like the imp's fire breath which is part of the reason they are such pushovers.

[Khain]

One of my recruits killed an imp with his bare hands after it decided that it would be a good idea to pop up through my magma smelter.

Unfortunetly his fists didnt prove to be quite as effective against the fire man that came through the following season

[Dadamh]

I thought people mostly blocked off the smelter lava passages with grates and iron bars.

I don't usually have imp problems.

[Doppel]

Mostly a peasant skilled in nothing does the trick, just make sure the peasant can quicly throw him/herself onto the fire imp (and turn of "chase enemy", because they are more likely to do from jumping after the imp into the lava then from the imp itself).