Lance - Revision history

Buckymancer at 05:50, 8 October 2025

2025-10-08T05:50:59Z

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2024-05-18T10:07:22Z

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2023-08-27T05:58:35Z

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36.227.214.172: balance change

2023-06-18T11:32:39Z

balance change

2.205.83.31 at 21:52, 14 April 2023

2023-04-14T21:52:36Z

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RandomX: Added link to strider hub, made very minor text edits.

2021-10-09T21:27:30Z

Added link to strider hub, made very minor text edits.

Mach56: Now medium weight

2021-09-28T05:55:05Z

Now medium weight

Legomenon: Lance formatting fix

2021-02-12T02:32:27Z

Lance formatting fix

Legomenon: Add remark on Lance beam not being instant

2021-02-12T02:19:56Z

Add remark on Lance beam not being instant

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:50, 8 October 2025
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	{{Navbox units}}		{{Navbox units}}
		+	[[Category:Artillery]]

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-The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an anti-heavy artillery hovercraft from the [[Hovercraft Platform]].{{ Infobox zkunit
+The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an anti-heavy artillery hovercraft from the [[Hovercraft Platform]].{{Autoinfobox zkunit
 | defname = hoverarty
 }}==Description==
 The {{PAGENAME}}'s weapon, nicknamed 'the Blue Laser of Death', has the power and accuracy to skewer most units with a single shot. Use it against high-armor units, but keep it behind the front lines&mdash;it has light armor and is too slow to be able to run from danger.

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 | sight = 660
 | sonar = 660
-| transportable = Medium
+| transportable = Heavy
 | weapons =
 	{{ Infobox zkweapon
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 	| damage = 3000
 	| reloadtime = 23
-	| dps = 150
+	| dps = 130
 	| range = 980
 	| special1 = Instantly hits

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 	| type = BeamLaser
 	| damage = 3000
-	| reloadtime = 20
+	| reloadtime = 23
 	| dps = 150
 	| range = 980

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 | image = http://manual.zero-k.info/unitpics/hoverarty.png
 | icontype = mobiletachyon
-| cost = 1000
+| cost = 1100
 | hitpoints = 1000
 | movespeed = 50

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 	}}
 }}==Description==
-The Lance's weapon, nicknamed 'the Blue Laser of Death', has the power and accuracy to skewer most units with a single shot. Use it against high armor units, but keep it behind the front lines - it has light armor and can't run from danger.
+The {{PAGENAME}}'s weapon, nicknamed 'the Blue Laser of Death', has the power and accuracy to skewer most units with a single shot. Use it against high-armor units, but keep it behind the front lines&mdash;it has light armor and is too slow to be able to run from danger.
 == Tactics and Strategy ==
-Since Lances have such a low rate-of-fire, and very high damage-per-shot, it is good to set them to hold fire mode (or return fire mode) to conserve their shots for use against enemy striders and assault units. Moreover, setting them to hold fire against unidentified radar targets should help ensure that their shots hit more often (since targeting unidentified radar targets imposes accuracy penalties in general), though do keep in mind that, when used in conjunction with attack move orders, it might also result in the Lances stopping in front of unidentified targets. It is good to spread out your lances, as there is a tendency for Lances to sometimes hit each other when moving around and firing.
+Since {{PAGENAME}}s have such a low rate of fire, and very high damage per shot, it is good to set them to ''hold fire'' mode (or ''return fire'' mode) to conserve their shots for use against enemy [[Strider Hub|Strider]]s and assault units. Setting them to hold fire against unidentified radar targets should help ensure that their shots hit more often (since targeting unidentified radar targets imposes accuracy penalties in general), though when used in conjunction with ''attack move'' orders, it might also result in the {{PAGENAME}}s stopping in front of unidentified targets. It is good to spread out your {{PAGENAME}}s, as there is a tendency for {{PAGENAME}}s to sometimes hit each other when moving around and firing.
-Note that Lance does not deal all of its damage instantly (it instead does 100 damage 30 times over the course of a second). This means it cannot pierce through a shield as easily as it might appear, though Lance remains useful to slowly drain enemy shields at a very safe range. On the plus side, this means a Lance beam can pierce through multiple enemy units, thus reducing its overkill potential when used in a target rich environment.
+{{PAGENAME}} does not deal all of its damage instantly (it instead does 100 damage 30 times over the course of a second). This means that it cannot pierce through a shield as easily as it might appear, though {{PAGENAME}} remains useful to slowly drain enemy shields at a very safe range. On the plus side, this means a {{PAGENAME}}'s beam can pierce through multiple enemy units, thus reducing its overkill potential when used in a target-rich environment.
 {{Navbox units}}