Armor Sets

Learn all about the Lancer, a tier 1 Vanguard infantry unit in Stormgate. Discover its stats, passive traits, abilities like Fortified Impaler, and upgrade paths.

Hey there! Let's talk about the Lancer, one of the first units you'll get your hands on as the Vanguard. It's a solid melee fighter that can actually stick around in the late game if you play it right. ### Gameplay The Lancer is your tier 1 melee unit, churned out from the Barracks. Even though it's melee, its lance gives it a little bit of reach. The cool thing about the Lancer is its ability to deflect some projectiles and take less damage from big hits. Basically, any damage over 20 gets cut in half. So, if an attack would normally do 30 damage, it'll only do 25 (20 base, plus 10 damage that's been reduced by 50%). This damage reduction is super important because even though it's a tier 1 unit, the Lancer can stay relevant. As stronger units come into play, the Lancer's deflect ability becomes even more valuable because it can help it survive those bigger hits. ### Passive Traits * Foe Splitter Blade: * Damage: 10 * Range: 1.5 * Attack Speed: 1.5 * Targets: Ground * Vanguard Infantry Armor: * Armor: 5 * Move Speed: 4.5 ### Traits * Fortified Impaler: This trait makes the Lancer's armor even better at reducing damage, and its attacks hit in a line, affecting multiple enemies. When it takes damage, it reduces incoming damage by 2. * Kinetic Redirection: Whenever the Lancer takes damage, it gets a 5% boost to its attack and movement speed for 5 seconds. This stacks up to a maximum of 50%. You'll need to research this at the Biokinetics Lab. * Mitigative Guard: This upgrade further improves the Lancer's Fortified Impaler ability, increasing the damage reduction. * Requirements: You need to research Kinetic Redirection and Mitigative Guard at the Biokinetics Lab. ### Variants * Crusader * Hoplite ### Upgrades * Lancer Shields: This upgrade gives the Lancer the ability to better withstand damage. You can research it at the Biokinetics Lab. ### Development Interestingly, during development, the Lancers had lances of different colors to make them easier to tell apart, but the devs found that wasn't quite enough on its own. ### Trivia * The Lancer seems to take some inspiration from the Footman unit in _Warcraft III_. * Its armor design also has a bit of a resemblance to the CMC armor from _StarCraft_. ### Gallery [Image: The Lancer in-game] [Image: Unit profile]