TECHNICAL | ORIGINAL S | LANCE DAMAGE
Manual PvE: a sustained lance attacker with a demanding build. AI: area pressure and survival can be effective. Arena: positioning and recovery create options, but his PvE investment gate should not be applied automatically to normalized Arena. [S04, S11]
Talents
BR > TR for the historical PvE route. Left is an AI-oriented alternative. [S03]
Cards and build
Community recommendations repeatedly condition strong PvE performance on SS and the Lance EX. Nomu/Ectoplasm and general offensive cards are candidates for his normal chains. Random healing or shielding can interfere with deliberately managed low-health damage, but survival still matters. [S04-S06]
Manual play
Enter lance/spear mode and let the normal attack chain complete. Use skills between chains for pulling enemies or closing distance rather than constantly interrupting the sequence. Manage health and special deliberately; the common low-health damage advice is not a reason to die. [S11, S06]
Investment
Do not promise SS + Lance automatically solves a stage: gear, chip rolls, card breakthrough and survival affect the result. Manual control of health and the AI version are different. Older regional balance discussions should not be treated as identical across clients.
Practice tips
Record a boss run while preserving every lance chain, then compare with skill spam. Check total damage and whether the low-health window remained survivable.