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Member Back to Top Post by linearblade on Ive been running lancelots a while. I took advantage of the old economy grind to make a 3rd. I want to make a camelot hangar at some point.









pros: physical shield. FAST. really farking fast. heavy firepower.

cons: very meat and potatoes. with ghost. there is no special ability. you survive on wits alone. needs to build to counter either leech or ao jun. cant easily counter both, but can be adequate against one and strong against the other.





this bot will likely be weaker in 5.8. unless you are running ancilot, in which case it could prove very tanky.





beacons: 3/5 it can get close by beacons, AND it can bulldoze the early center beacon. doesnt win races despite having 60ish speed.

assault/brawling: 5/5. a maxed out shield, with pilot skills and fortifier makes for nightmares. only the most tricked out of leeches will wreck you 1v1. this bot doesnt have robot cooldowns that make him unplayable. only weapon cooldowns / reloads. and a lancelot can go a long time in brawling range. so much so that you can rack up serious damage.

skirmish: 3/5 fast enough, and large wing span, all the premium placements you could want to annoy people.

assassin: 3/5. also surprisingly good. I view this bot sort of like a pirate ship firing at you as it passes behind an island. depending on your loadout, certain heavy weapons do disproportionate damage compared to their smaller counterparts. and this broad side can be very devastating. that being said, everyone will see you coming.





vs the meta:



light: easily fights off light meta bots. when you show up to the center beacon. things are gonna die.

leech: if built to counter leeches, you can simply trade off through last scam/ phase shift. and your gonna win against non maxed leeches, against maxed leeches , odds are against you but uncertain. Ive found the best setup is the glory corona. this is because you are shielded. he will be locked down before you are. and you can simply wait out his timer afterwards. after that, they are forced to hide like a girl again. this means on this matchup, your a lot stronger than you seem. even with quantum radar, you can simply be more evasive than you would be with healing or phase shift. all in all, the main disadvantage is that you have wasted some pilot skills on making you awesome, whereas the leech is already awesome and has used those skills to make his modules cheaper or last longer.

ao jun: if you have quantum radar, and charge at him like a wildebeest, you will force him into sissy mode, and you'll get free shots on him as he rises. if you have lock-down, hes gonna be a pinata, and else wise if you have a redeemer, hes gonna be dead. the major problem occurs AFTER you've hit him down to last stand. at which point hes just vomiting on you with impunity. but assuming you've maneuvered to cover already etc. or better yet. walk directly under him. you'll come out ahead. fortunately, many Jun builds are mitigated by your shields partially.



Ares: hehe. charge him like a rhino on discovery channel. this is the one encounter you dominate in totality. his energy weapons are unlikely to pierce your shields before you collide with him and end his miserable existence. if they have cryo. your probably best served hiding until the dance lights go off, unless your an ancilot of course.



Titans: Kid. just tank him and send him away. arthur. again wow. depending on load out, a lancelot will go a long way against one. ao ming. its going to totally depend on your load out, and typically your specced for brawling. so this ecounter tends to end poorly. however your shields will keep you alive in places where other bots cant go, and if you can get close enough, you'll be able to kill / hinder/ bog down that ming. its probably the weakeast encounter. vs titans. but its not the end of the world either.



load outs:



redeemer storm/taran/igniters: the redeemer build is good for killing ao jun. reasonable against leeches.

glory/corona: really strong against leech, trading broad sides between leech mode will give you the advantage. situationally godly vs ao jun if you land a lock down. its less so if he evades the lock, as he will back up and render you less effective (although still a threat).

mid range builds: the lance benefits from the heavy slot a lot. unlike the hover and haechi. giving it the ability to be a deadly support bot. I'm not addressing this here, since I dont really have a lot of support bot experience anymore. champ 2 is all about knife fighting. but the shield , health and variety of weapons afforded to its hardpoints allows for a unique bot capable of doing serious mid range damage.



overall: 4/5 . its a no frills thug bot. played smartly it will take out unprepared meta bots. blundering into cryo bots will send you to an early grave. your wits rule this bot. not your super powers (of which you have none!)









best use: early to mid game. despite it being fast, it doesnt do well end game, b/c the robot is best used in a large and in charge fassion. this doesnt suit end of game play, and coupled with its fast but not fast enough speed, it makes few saves.

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Member Back to Top Post by RightOn on My Lance was in my LR hangar for the longest time. I wanted ghost, and ended up doing the skill lottery more often than I normally would. It now has 5 skills open and still no ghost, although I will get it for 5th for the 1000. Since I've had to do more pilot skills it made it's way to frequently used Hangar 1 (Hellburner, Mender, falcon, and hover). It has tough guy, armor expert, physical shield expert, and um, I think mechanic? No other bot of mine ever had more than 2 skills...



But anyway, I was always a fan of Tarancilot. Back in the day when Ancile was getting balanced over and over, when TT Fury ruled the roost, Tarancilot became the strongest overall bot in the game.



That will mean something, even today. Shoot, my lv9 Lance with armor booster and lv1 basic plates has over 200k HP. Along with the lv8 Ancile and the skill'd shields, that's a fair amount of beef to cut through. It will get at least a few more levels (Tarans 9).



I like to use Lance late match, when a lot of Titans are already cut down. It has the endurance to hold a beacon in dire times. Once it has ghost, it will really take off. Of course, I have to level to 50 to get the full effect of ghost, so it may even get yet another skill some day (ideally energy shield expert). It's not really a damage dealer with the Ancile, but the Tarans can put up some help for blues, and at 350M you're on the fringes of melee (unless you claim a beacon).



If it has a weakness, it's flames. No doubt Ember was designed with Tarancilot in mind. My burn Mercury loves to eat Lance's. The day Titans get a flamethrower will be a sad day indeed.