CryingMan Revisits Amber’s Wild Flames
CryingMan has returned to Amber’s first Star Power in a September 29 video titled “The Most Annoying Ability in Brawl Stars History.” The description identifies Amber’s first Star Power as the subject. Supercell’s September maintenance notes name that ability Wild Flames and record a major duration change to its oil trail.
Wild Flames moved from a three-second oil trail to a one-second oil trail in the September 16 maintenance. That precise adjustment gives the new creator discussion a current balance context. CryingMan’s headline supplies the opinionated angle, while the official notes provide the mechanical change readers can verify.
Amber received two additional changes in the same maintenance block. Fire Starters health moved from 1750 to 1300, and the Hypercharge Buffie burn damage moved from 500 to 240. All three edits reduced parts of her kit, but the new video singles out the first Star Power. That focus keeps Wild Flames at the center of the new discussion.
Wild Flames has a sharply shorter trail window
The official comparison is straightforward: three seconds before the maintenance and one second after it. The change cuts the listed duration by two seconds and leaves the current value at one third of the previous window. That is the most concrete way to understand why the ability remains worth discussing after the patch.
Duration shapes the amount of time a placed effect can influence a lane. The release notes verify the timing change, and the video’s title shows that the ability still attracts strong reactions from a high-profile creator. Readers can separate those two layers: the numbers describe the current rule, while “most annoying” is CryingMan’s editorial judgment.
The other Amber changes provide scale. Fire Starters lost 450 health, moving from 1750 to 1300. The Hypercharge Buffie burn figure fell by 260, from 500 to 240. Wild Flames received the largest proportional reduction among the three listed values, because its trail duration moved from three seconds to one.
That comparison helps players review Amber as a connected kit while keeping the article centered on the Star Power in the new video. A player assessing Wild Flames today should use the current one-second value. Older clips, guides or discussions built around three seconds describe the earlier balance state and need to be read with the September 16 update in mind.
What the new discussion adds
CryingMan’s September 29 upload puts a familiar ability back into the current conversation after its balance change. The headline signals a strong personal verdict, but the timing makes the video especially relevant for readers checking how community perception has developed since maintenance. Wild Flames can still be a notable subject even after receiving a shorter official duration.
For a practical review, players should compare the present one-second trail with the situations shown in the new video and then judge the ability under the current patch. The useful distinction is between documented mechanics and creator evaluation. Supercell establishes the values; CryingMan supplies the fresh competitive commentary.
- Wild Flames oil trail duration changed from three seconds to one.
- Fire Starters health changed from 1750 to 1300 in the same maintenance.
- Amber’s Hypercharge Buffie burn damage changed from 500 to 240.
| Amber change | Previous value | Current value |
|---|---|---|
| Wild Flames trail | 3 seconds | 1 second |
| Fire Starters health | 1750 | 1300 |
| Hypercharge Buffie burn | 500 | 240 |
The September 29 video gives Wild Flames a fresh creator spotlight less than two weeks after its official adjustment. CryingMan’s title describes the ability in deliberately strong terms, while Supercell’s notes anchor the discussion in a three-second-to-one-second trail change. The accompanying Fire Starters and Hypercharge Buffie reductions show that Wild Flames was part of a broader Amber balance pass. Readers now have a clean basis for evaluating the upload: use the current one-second timing, recognize the creator’s headline as commentary and compare any gameplay examples against the September 16 rules. That approach preserves both sides of the story—the exact mechanical update and the renewed player debate around Amber’s first Star Power.
