Lancers are heavily armored military vehicles used by the Crimson Lance. They are the only vehicles capable of holding the entire party of four at once, and is the Crimson Lance's primary vehicle when used against the Vault hunters.

Contents 1 Involvement 2 Strategy 2.1 Commandeering Lancers 2.2 Fighting Crimson Lancers 3 Notes 4 Paint Jobs 5 Trivia 6 See also

Involvement Edit

Lancers appear as in-game drivable vehicles in the third DLC. The Crimson Lance also utilize them against the Vault hunters and in such cases the vehicles appear as "Crimson Lancers". They are seen in T-Bone Junction, as well as encountered as enemy vehicles in The Ridgeway, Crimson Tollway and the Circle Of Duty . They become available for player use after the mission OMG APC.

Strategy Edit

Commandeering Lancers Edit

Lancers are armed with a small forward firing weapon in front and a turret mounted main gun on top. There are four player-controllable seats available: driver, gunner, mine layer and blast seat. The driver pilots the vehicle. The gunner seat employs a "two-stage" laser - the projectile starts as a glowing blue energy ball, which quickly speeds up similar to a Longbow grenade. The mine-layer seat allows deployment of land mines, which detonate after a set time period or when triggered. The blast seat emits an omnidirectional, concussive blast in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle.

In multiplayer games, the gunner, mine layer, or blast seat rider are usually the best choices to hop out and pick up loot, while the driver stays alert for trouble.

A Lancer can be used to shield friendly units from enemy fire due to its toughness, or used to block hostile Lancers from running down or finishing off downed friends. In such cases the shielding Lancer's driver should take care to avoid the destruction of the vehicle, which will explode to lethal effect

Fighting Crimson Lancers Edit

• When fighting against Crimson Lancers, it is highly inadvisable to fight on foot. They will run down the unwary pedestrian in short order if the formidable complement of weaponry doesn't kill him/her first.
• When in a vehicle, try to engage them from long range. When taking damage from anything beyond very close range, Lancers will often sit still and "turret", but if targets are far enough away they will not actually fire, rendering them helpless.
• When forced to fight them on foot, stay somewhere they can't reach so you are not run over. This is very difficult on the open road but simple in the Circle of Duty missions in which they patrol in a set counter-clockwise square path, making no attempt to steer toward their targets. It is still important to keep moving or stay behind cover so as to avoid the powerful turret gun.
• Unlike much of Pandora's native wildlife, the Lancer's gunner makes no attempt to lead a target. Keeping them to the side while driving around them will make it near impossible for them to hit, unless they get close enough to ram, although limited space on the highway can make this difficult. Strafing can work well to avoid a Lancer's attacks at longer ranges, but careful timing should be employed to avoid stepping right back into the path of a blast.
• Lancers often patrol the roadways near major Lance roadblocks and will engage anything that comes near. Their patrol paths will not cross anything that would block vehicle progress, even if it isn't currently doing so (such as a deactivated roadblock), but they might pursue past these things.
• Be very careful when looting anything on the open highway. Lancers can appear quite suddenly, and might not be marked on the HUD until they are already firing - or until they have already run someone over. It is not uncommon for three or more Lancers to spawn and start patrolling in rapid succession in the same close area. For solo players, it may be wiser to simply ignore loot on the roadway unless it is very high quality.

Notes Edit

• Lancers are more heavily armored and armed, but slower than Outrunners, Racers, and Monsters.
• Lancers are not available outside of DLC3.
• The achievement, Speed Kills, requires the player to destroy a Lancer while driving a Racer.
• The laser is a shock weapon and counts towards shock challenges and achievements.
• Launcher Proficiency can be leveled up using the Blast Seat or the mine layer.
• Characters cannot switch seats while in the Lancer. However, since characters teleport in and out of it rather than climbing, entering and exiting the vehicle can be much faster than with other vehicles, and lacks the few seconds of vulnerability that occurs with other vehicles when the vehicle crews make changes.
• Lancers, like all other vehicles on Pandora, are weak against corrosive and explosive damage. A strong Maliwan Defiler or Torgue Cobra variant can destroy them in two or three shots.
• When enemy Lancers are encountered, they will often remain non-hostile if driven past and neither fired upon nor bumped.
• Lancers are crewed by two Crimson Lance Infantry. There is a small chance that either or both of them are Badass versions of that type of soldier. If the vehicle is destroyed while it is moving, the corpses of the crew are visibly flung from the wreckage.
• The Lancer is most likely to drop combat Combat Rifles, Submachine Guns, and Repeaters than other item types. These items are mostly of white or green rarity and are dropped not by the Lancer itself but by its crew.
• It is possible to flip a Lancer over by ramming it. If the Lancer remains upside-down at the end of its roll, its crew of two Infantry will get out and fight you on foot. The abandoned Lancer will remain and can still be shot and destroyed.
• The wreckage of a destroyed Lancer will remain as a solid object for a short time before completely disintegrating. This stops their wreckage from blocking travel on the highways.

Paint JobsEdit

• "APC" - Black
• "Black Sunshine" - Black/Yellow
• "Blue Hornet" - Blue/Yellow
• "Camo" - Green/Black
• "Diablo" - Red
• "Stormtrooper" - Tan/White
• "Tankini" - Pink
• "The Crush" - Orange

Trivia Edit

• Lancers are seen in the original release of Borderlands, in the garages of the Crimson Fastness, but they are not operational in this part of the game.
• The "Black Sunshine" paint scheme is a White Zombie reference based on the song "Black Sunshine".
• The orange paint scheme, "The Crush", is likely a reference to the soda (or song) "Orange Crush".
• The "Diablo" paint scheme draws its inspiration from the titular red end boss of the Diablo series of PC Games. Diablo is often ventured as the inspiration behind Borderlands' character building style of game play and "Procedural Content Creation System". It could also be a reference to the Lamborghini Diablo sports car, commonly found in red.
• Being heavily armored and able to carry 4 people at once, Lancers qualify as being APCs, hence the mission OMG APC.
• The sound of the Lancer's main gun is the same as that of the Eridian Cannon.

See also Edit

v • d • e Vehicles Controllable Machines Borderlands Outrunner • Mulciber Mk2 DLC3 Monster • Racer • Lancer Enemy Machines Cheta Paw • Crimson Lancer • Out Rider See also Salt Racer • Vehicle controls • Turret