Skills, Rotation and Boss pull

To save everyone some time, I’ll give a skill abbreviation codex

sc: shield counter. sb: shield barrage. sa: spring attack. sl: super leap. lb lockdown blow. sba: shield bash. onsl: onslaught. deb: debilitate. dp: divine protection. iw: iron will. arush: adrenaline rush. enr: enrage. cl: charging lunge aka chunging large. htl: hold the line.

There are 2 basic rotations, and an arush rotation. Mostly they are the same, but I’ll list them below

• sc sa x4 wallop sl sba onsl lb
• sb sb sa x4 wallop sl sba onsl lb
• sb sb sa x4 wallop sl

Now there are some things here I should explain. Sa x4, so for spring attack you really should be letting it fully animate through all 4 hits to actually maximize it, block or ani cancelling it really lowers your total damage output through the entire fight. The reason you sba before onsl is to increase its cast time and animation speed. I’m sure you noticed deb isn’t on here, it’s not a good damage skill, and should really only be used every 20-30 seconds to reapply the 36s debuff, mostly just use it as a filler and maintain the debuff. Finally in Arush, just ignore the sba onsl part, you should prioritize getting as many wallops and sl out as possible while still using sb and sc to maintain threat and damage. 

There are 2 different lancer pull methods and I’ll explain why I prefer one over the other. First, I’ll explain how I pull

• cl block cancelled before the boss, then deb taunt enrage brooch deb arush root beer deb wallop sl.

This I’ve found, is the fastest way to both get 3 stacks of deb in while also quickly getting enr arush without losing Aggro. Now you should be blocking the boss stacks during this to also gain stacks of htl. 

The other method is similar, but using cl sl enr arush seems like a loss of dps due to missing a sl during arush, unless you have full triple cdr rolls on your stigmas. 

Skill bar setup varies vastly from player to player, but I’ll show mine and explain

Obviously I use chains, and tbh at 30ms ping, that works fine. Skills missing are sc, onsl, and the various leashes. I find that having sc on A/x is useful and allows having the main skill chains on both A and X, while Y is used for deb. sba onsl lb is my other chain, I don’t need onsl on my bar when I’m always going to sba before onsl. Leashes are mostly a pvp thing unless ur running bahaar, then I would replace my quick chat with the extra leash. Having block on RT is a product from learning this class with 3 bars, then going back to 2 bars. 

Weapon and Gear

For weapon and gear I have photos and I’ll list what crystals you should use

Lance:

• Pounding
• Pounding
• Wrathful 
• Focused

Lancer chest:

• 4x hardy

Stigma

For lancer, stigmas are quite simple. Cdr or bust. At minimum u want double cdrs on rares. Now rng sux and superiors are expensive, so I left it at minimum 2% per stigma. 

Glyphs

For iron will, I generally leave it on the blue core. It allows you to block some stuns even priest/mystics can’t while additionally giving your team double endurance. However the middle core is also viable and gives your whole team some damage reduction.

Written by Bobcat (bobcat#7158)