I did some experimenting with flame pillar on battlefield after I randomly started doing things I don't normally do with it in an exhibition against a CPU to kill time. The gunner I used for this was semi-short/average weight, and has flame pillar equipped as a side special. Not sure if these are actually useful, just thought they were interesting.
Short Flame - This is rather simple to execute, and can be done in two different ways
- Do a short hop forward, and use flame pillar while in midair. If done correctly, the flame pillar should appear close to Gunner's body when he/she lands on the ground. The distance the flame appears away from you is determined by how quickly you do side-b while in the air.
- Another way to do this is to run off of a platform and hold in the direction you're running (this works best on battlefield/big battlefield, or where the platforms are near the ground), and the moment you leave the platform, use flame pillar. This method usually makes the flame appear right next to Gunner. The thing to avoid doing with this is using flame pillar too early and dropping off the edge via edge-cancel (as shown in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXGfarK_6wM vid by san., this can be done by doing a running/pivot side-b near the edge of a platform, and you pretty much quickly drop off the edge without doing the somersault/flip you automatically do when you normally run off an edge)