Lance Talk & Lance builds

[glythe]

I love lance and I know most people do not as it has historically been between rank 12-14 in terms of popularity.

It secrectly has:

1. Great mobility
2. Good DPS with the right armor set
3. An aggressive playstyle that I love


Fellow Lance mains... lets make a thread to talk about lancing!

[WAVΞ]

We love to poke monsters..wait am I even lance main?

[glythe]

Do you have any build you would like to share?

I rather like this one for running around and stomping tempered monsters and below.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/832513928838904859/F824FCC99FA2A0B73E7EFC5E79FEDC51429F04A9/

Anyone have a build they want to share for Ancient Leshen?

[glythe]

This is what I was going to start with for AL:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1742896245

[(ノ°□°)ノ]

Lance build(s)
or more commonly known as skills for your R7 Claw

[glythe]

I realize most people won't agree but I was never really super impressed with the claw. I think it pales in comparison to some of the newer KT weapons.

[Smug Kot]

引用自 glythe：

I realize most people won't agree but I was never really super impressed with the claw. I think it pales in comparison to some of the newer KT weapons.

its a question about if you want to go Raw or elemental and since the difference between both arent that much, Claw wins becouse its less hero stones you need to farm.

[Nyx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1743105648
I like my own personal set.
It's got a good group of skills and I rarely suffer being carted unless I'm extremely unlucky.

[Xilo The Odd]

the one thing i always forget, is how much guard i need for a given weapon to effectively not be knocked back. so i end up using too much. anyone got a guide they use for such things? trying to get away from CB for now and do more of the other weapons but, i typically like to be able to block. i also wanna learn what factors in to how much damage you take from a blocked attack if its just pure defense or if theres other factors.

[Tregrenos]

Set I built for Kulve has the Styx lance and several pieces of Teostra armor for Masters Touch. Don’t have to bother sharpening until she leaves the area. Also has Part Breaker and Bombardier. Only other critter I use the lance against is her slap happy little brother Greatest Jagras.

I leveled through the game with lance. The shield allowed me to learn the various critters moves and the more I did the more aggressively I could fight. Didn’t even know how to Power Guard until after I beat Xeno. I overall found lance mobility in this gen better than it has been in any other game, but once AT began and I was swiftly learning how ineffective my setup was against AT Kirin I had to change my tactics.

Always wanted to learn the Gunlance well, but until I fought AT Kirin I didn’t really see the need to. Glad I did though, cause I enjoy Gunlance much more than I did lance. With the right skills it’s damn brutal. Luckily, Kulve had given me a Wide 4 Gunlance to play with against AT Kirin. Later received the level 6 Wide 4, tossed on 3 Health Augments and only bother picking up the lance when I’m after Kulve or Greatest Jagras.

[Melusca]

引用自 glythe：

Do you have any build you would like to share?

I rather like this one for running around and stomping tempered monsters and below.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/832513928838904859/F824FCC99FA2A0B73E7EFC5E79FEDC51429F04A9/

Why Blast over Para or Elemental? 2 Blast procs are 240 damage which is like 3 pokes, you could probably do way more damage with Crit Element Lances?

Also why no Handicraft on a Master's Touch build?

[SUPERMCNUGGET]

All you gotta do is stay alive and in their face and stabbity stabbity stab. It all adds up. I do like using a Mind's Eye deco somewhere in my sets so things don't bounce though.

引用自 Xilo The Odd：

the one thing i always forget, is how much guard i need for a given weapon to effectively not be knocked back.

Guard 3 is minimum for Lance if you don't want to be pushed around too much.

[Happy Fun Cat]

As someone who plays every weapon (yes, I play EVERY weapon), I enjoy lance because it is calming to play the weapon when hunting. It is easy and straightforward and I don't have to put a ton of thought into what I am doing other than when to Counter Thrust or when to Power Guard during an attack and if I need to Mid Thrust or High Thrust.

I never feel stress when I am playing the weapon (other than in MP when I want to scream at every DB and LS user that pops in). Is it my favorite weapon? No. Is it my main? Again, no. But I will always enjoy playing it when I want to just poke a monster near hassle free.

[2B]

https://youtu.be/YW8ubCIAwWo

[langnao]

lance is so awesome esp against the "nergigante on steroid" . You literally can exchange blow with it. Furthermore with the coming DLC where difficulties is at another level, it will be pretty safe to play as lance, at least for studying the moveset of the new monsters before trying other weapons ...

[glythe]

引用自 Melusca：

Why Blast over Para or Elemental? 2 Blast procs are 240 damage which is like 3 pokes, you could probably do way more damage with Crit Element Lances?

Also why no Handicraft on a Master's Touch build?

Blast makes the monster flinch which not only makes an opening for you but can also help an ally in trouble. It is a very universal damage type for when you have no idea what you will be fighting. Notice I said it was basically being used for mickey mouse content.

Besides... that lance is an upgrade to the Styx lance which I absolutely adored once I played with it for a while. But notice not many Kjar lances have 15% affinity which will neatly get you to 50% affinity with max weakness exploit.

Why no Handicraft? It has 100% affinity. I went running around in the ancient forest the other day (hoping it would turn to night and a Great Jagras would spawn) and killed 5 or 6 monsters without needing to sharpen.

引用自 crimsonedge11：

I like counter poking, so I need guard 3. I don't like the power guard only playstyle that has no points in guard.

Have you considered a 2 piece lunastra build? I love being able to use that bonus because it gives extra stamina which in my case goes directly to being able to block more. It pairs very well with a 3 piece Teo set.

People often make a mistake and think that power guard is better. That is wrong. Power guard gives way more chip than normal guard.

Did you know that forward +Y bumps up your guard value?

引用自 SUPERMCNUGGET：

Guard 3 is minimum for Lance if you don't want to be pushed around too much.

I can see why people say that but it really isn't true. See the math guys video someone just posted and notice they say guard 3 for Teo (to make it comfortable). I have done that fight with guard 0 but I much prefer guard 1 to make it easier.

I prefer to bring guard up so I can be lazy and block the super nova instead of needing to dive around like everyone else.