User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Lances/@comment-4502434-20120614010231/@comment-2123858-20120614115443

"First Try" is a little harsh, first look at some of the other comments they state that it can be used anywhere else in the game than the beginning. Second, I am using a lance right now to kill chameleos so it obviously isn't that bad of a weapon. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but in Tri I think their the best weapon, but Unite I still prefer the gunlance by far... A lance is the linear weapon, (excluding the sweep move added in third gen) the lance attaks based on only two angles, giving the user precise attacking ablity not to mention the peircing skill. The lance is also the most agile weapon by far, dodging backward as many times as possible and dodging left or right up to three in one movement (more if you jump backward after a side dodge....