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Blackbeard: The Blackbeard's representation is tonally at odds with how it's most optimally used. So many people see it as the Berserker Attack-Attack-Attack mech because of SEKHMET when it actually rewards a very measured, considerate playstyle of grabbing enemies, shutting down their reactions and moving them out of position.

Raleigh: The Raleigh has a niche that it comfortably occupies now, but I feel like it's illustrative that it didn't find this niche until the Stortebeker came along and provided the power fantasy that everyone thought they were getting with the Raleigh the first time they saw it.

Tortuga: Cool you made The Mech That Is Good At Everything and its literal only weakness is it's a bit slow, one of Lancer's easiest problems to fix? The Tortuga is without a doubt my favourite mech and even I think it needs to be nerfed a little.

Vlad: The Vlad is an all-around excellent close combat frame hampered by a slightly unfocused and lackluster toolset. What is the Impact Lance doing here? Why would I ever use Webjaw Snare?

SSC

Black Witch: "My core power is that if my ally is a CQB mech like the Tortuga, they get to do no damage for a turn and then eat 6d6 damage to the face." Mag Field is so easily circumvented by just not firing into it - or, if a PC is inside it, firing into it a bunch to pump its damage. Also for a piece of pinnacle gear that costs 3 SP, Black ICE Module just... doesn't have enough punch.

Death's Head: As Zee Bashew would put it, "I get to spend one whole turn imagining how hard I'm going to hit this enemy instead of actually taking the turn to hit this enemy." You have to spend your entire turn focusing on an enemy for the potential to roll a ton of extra damage if you crit. Remember that the Railgun, the Death's Head's signature weapon, is an area weapon and bonus damage is halved for multi-target attacks. The enemy can also shut off this extra damage by being in any form of cover. Bad core power. Possibly the worst.

HORUS

Goblin: So I get to spend a Quick Action to lose my action economy and get my friend and I heatgunned and AoE'd to death? And it ends if either of us get Stunned? And this is what I have to spend my core battery on?

Hydra: Hello yes I am The Mech That Procs Twenty Bazingillion Saves, which is why my Save Target is the lowest possible starting Save Target in the entire game. Also my action economy is consumed by handling all these drones but I also have to be an off-striker for some reason!

Manticore: I wish they'd never put that fucking meme trait on this thing. I never fucking hear the end of the stupid fucking LMAO EXPLODE jokes.

Minotaur: Genuinely, what is the power fantasy here? I look at the Minotaur and I struggle to understand what precisely I'm supposed to be imagining myself doing when I pilot it. Couple this with a powerful equipment package, but on a frame that doesn't feel fun or interesting to play, this is a license you dip into to get something important for a completely different frame.

Harrison Armory

Napoleon: So I can spend my core power to just not play the game?

Lancaster: Lmao I have the only real, actual healing ability in the game and it sucks shit because it:

a. can miss, wasting my quick action b. costs 1 repair but only restores half an ally's HP

Also Combat Repair sucks shit because it leaves the rezzed ally at 1 HP, making them the most obvious possible target.

That's not a design flaw, though? The Atlas is specifically a high-risk, high-reward frame. You can knock most enemies in the game prone without even investing in Blackbeard 1 SMN. You ignore engagement from most enemies. You have some of the best movement tech in the game. You deal bonus damage against Prone targets - the status that innately makes it easier to hit them. You have the highest base Evasion in the game, tied with one other frame. You can straight up say no to half the damage from a larger enemy (which, again, is most of them) and scoot away.

This part of the criticism I largely agree with, although I will point out that the chances of rolling triples on the dice are 6/216 = 1/36 = 2.77%. The fact that it takes a full action to teleport 4 spaces (4 is the functional minimum, because a roll of 3 is by definition 1-1-1, teleporting you to Alabama) is bad, but it's not the "a non-active "ult" part of the core power so it's more forgivable. Its actual ult is "standard movement and boost is teleportation," which is absurdly good.

It's licensed weapons are bad to mediocre

But I can't accept this.

Fold Knife is an Aux Melee that combines Accurate with an on crit effect, which by dint of Accuracy will activate more often. The on crit effect is one of the extremely few instances in the game of cost-free teleportation, which is EXTREMELY exploitable when combined with other frames or systems.

Vijaya Rockets are one of two weapons in the game that natively allow you to combine Gunslinger and Stormbringer, and the only one that doesn't require reloading. Accurate ensures they hit (and crit) more often, which benefits I Kill With My Heart.

Very solid frame which balances its downsides very well with its upsides. Notably:

Only baseframe in Lancer you can safely overcharge loop in without any modification, because its base Heat Cap is 10.

Strong mechanical and flavour focus on its core themes (Burn and Heat management)

Looks sick AF

INFINITELY

The Everest isn’t the most specialized chassis, but it’s the backbone of the galaxy. From its shoulders, humanity steps.

Well, I have a few ideas...

December's release is going to be a bit behind schedule (holidays be busy), but is on its way! In the meantime, here's a little peek at Lancer: High Value Targets, a set of unique and challenging boss NPCs designed to help you make your grand finale as grand as it should be!