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[] Twin Spears

[] How to Get

Twin Spears are the alternate weapons for the character . You can obtain the quest to get at level 24 after completing the story quest ""; Complete the mission , obtain the from it, and give it to . will then have the quest available, which requires you to get a title by 15 .

[] Twin Spears VS Twin Swords

A Spear Lann among Spear Lanns. Look at that sexy Fury Infusion.
A Sword Lann among Sword Lanns. Look at that sexy dodging skill.

Before just deciding that "Twin Spears r teh uber leets" and/or using them because they come later and so "must be an upgrade" (they aren't), you should examine the pros and cons of Spears.

Spear Pros:

  • Higher damage output than swords.
  • Dodge , which inflicts a smash attack and can be used to cancel lag between attacks. Also uses 15 stamina and has a 0.3 second invulnerability frame.
  • Longer reach than swords.
  • has MASSIVE range and allows for more mobility than swords.
  • , a self buff which fully restores stamina upon use, greatly increases rate, and gives a MASSIVE DPS increase whenever it is active. It's Spear Lann's most important skill. The skill can also be used infinitely at 1 .

Spear Cons:

Overall, Twin Spears and Twin Swords are balanced. Choose based on your playstyle.

Spears lend themselves more to party play and Swords lend themselves to solo play. This does not mean that Spears can't be used to solo and Swords can't be used to party. It means that each shines during certain situations. There will be bosses where one has the advantage over the other and vice versa.

Right, now that I've hopefully put to rest some misconceptions about Spears VS Swords, we get on to what you probably started reading this guide for: SPEARS.

[] Spear Smashes

Lann has five Spear Smashes, compared to Swords' six (Swords have a smash for Smashing while standing still or running [not sprinting]). They are:

  • : Sprint+R - Useful for when you don't have a lot of time left to attack but could still get in a Gliding Fury if Tail Piercing were to crit. Basically, as a last attempt to get a crit for Gliding Fury.
  • : LR - Hits three times (each hit slows down the hits following it, unfortunately). Fairly weak, but it's fairly good to get a quick crit in. Generally, you're better off using Sudden Blast, IMO. Its effectiveness increases the higher your crit rate becomes (because it's extremely fast if the first or second hit crits and you Gliding Fury out of it), so at higher levels it can be a decent alternative to Sudden Blast.
  • : LLR - Fast and powerful. Its AoE is good for clearing the space directly around you (though it will miss short monsters), and its power gives it great utility during solos where your attack windows are limited.
  • : LLLR - Excellent for getting crits to follow up with Gliding Fury. It has limited range to the left and right, but it has ridiculous forward and upward range, and hits behind you as well. It also inflicts high damage. Any hit that crits can be followed up immediately with Gliding Fury, but you can't dodge roll out of the attack until the last hit has been dealt. Can be enhanced with which allows continuity for said skill, and can even outdamage 3960 Hurricane.
  • : LLLLR (hold the R) - Second highest DPS attack next to Rank 6 Moon Splitter. Spin with great mobility, great range, and great damage in the form of fast, weaker Smash attacks. Gliding Fury out of Hurricane takes some getting used to. Dodge roll works at any time during this attack.
    • Note: 3960 Hurricane has Super-Armor. This means that while using it, you cannot be stopped for the duration of the attack unless the attack is too powerful to withstand or incapacitated (or you run out of stamina, but that's just the attack ending :D).
    • Note2: 3960 Hurricane uses 18 Stamina per second. This allows for 6 seconds of continuous use before you stop with 12 Stamina remaining. You can also use it for 5 seconds and then Dodge Roll to cancel the animation, which will leave you with exactly 0 Stamina (1 with rank F ).
    • Note3: Dodge Rolling can cancel out of most frames of Lann's Smash attacks (and any frame whatsoever of Hurricane). Use this to quickly zip in, Smash a boss, and roll away before it can retaliate. Gliding Fury can also be used to dodge, but Dodge Rolling is faster. (to both dodge and hit the enemy at the same time) is preferred when you have time for it, though.

[] Unnecessary Skills for Spear Lann

These are skills that only benefit Sword Lann, and so should be avoided.

* Note: You will require Rank D in this skill to obtain Spears. In addition, Spears are weaker than swords until you get the Spears, so you might consider ranking this skill up to obtain any other swords until level 32. I wouldn't recommend it, though.

** Note: Since is unlimited, and you have to wait until level 24 to use Spears, it is OK to rank this skill up to rank D to get , which is extremely helpful for beginning players. It helped a lot with teaching me how to maneuver my Lann. If you don't want it or can do without it, however, that is fine.

[] Investing

You will want to invest AP 3 ways:

  • First, as you require skills to be unlocked or to wear new equipment.
  • Second, as you wish to increase your non-immediate needs.
  • Third, in extra nice-to-have skills.

Please don't consider this as a mandate on which skills you must invest in. This guide tells you what skills are essential for Spear Lann; that is, what skills boost his damage, which is the primary purpose of any Lann player. It also tells you what skills can be ignored, put off for now, or aren't as essential. If you want a skill, by all means, get it. It's your Lann, and you can't break your character like you can in many other games. There's always more AP to spend.

As another note, sells most skillbooks. Everything else can be obtained through quests.

[] Primary Skills

Spear Lann is much more open than Sword Lann in terms of what must be maxed. While Sword Lann has several skills that require other skills to be at a certain rank, Spear Lann has none of these. He can focus on damage-increasing abilities. Note that if a skill only costs 30 AP to rank to E, feel free to do so, even if it's not that great of a skill. 30 AP is cheap and rank E of most skills offers a fairly good buff.

Note: Please do understand that you don't need to max every skill all the way before starting on another. That's impossible, as skills start to obtain restrictions at certain levels (usually requiring you to level up to a certain level before the next rank can be obtained). And if you decide that you don't use the skill enough at the moment to justify maxing it, switch to another skill.

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IMMEDIATELY upon gaining this skill, dump every single point you get into it until it is maxed at Rank 9. It is the reason Spears are so powerful. Using it fully restores , meaning that a Lann who was panting a moment ago is once again ready to wreak havoc. It also gives such a massive rate and DPS increase when maxed that the difference between a Spear Lann with it and a Spear Lann without it is not even worth comparing. Be aware that Fury Infusion has a strict 7% HP cost from Max Health, meaning that, no matter how much Health you have, you can only use it 15 times before your HP goes to 1. Although this can be countered by potions, it might just tear a hole in your funding, and is definitely suicidal for , unless fury infusion is used within the invincibility period at the very beginning.

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Both Smash Mastery and Critical Hit should be ranked to E immediately upon obtaining them, as each one only costs 30 AP for rank E and gives a huge bonus. It is your choice whether to work on maxing Smash Mastery or Critical Hit first. Smash Mastery probably offers the statistically better DPS increase, however, and though both cost the same up to rank A, Smash Mastery is cheaper to rank beyond A.

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Rank this up ASAP. The stamina regeneration is amazing at Rank A, and it makes you do more damage overall because of the reduced downtime waiting for stamina to recharge.
Starting from Rank 9, this becomes a pain-in-the-ass to level up; it costs over 1k AP for each of the following ranks with not much benefits, only adding 0.3 stamina regeneration in combat and 0.4 stamina regeneration out of combat.

[] Secondary Skills

Yup, there are only a few skills we focus on as Spear Lann. Next, we move on to less essential skills that should still be maxed.

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The most important Secondary skill. Gliding Fury increases damage by a large amount. It is placed under Secondary mostly because it requires to perform, and though Spear Lann does obtain a large amount of critical hits, the critical hit skill should come before Gliding Fury.
! Note to XE players:
Gliding Fury is a Sword-only skill on the XE version of Vindictus. Leveling it serves no purpose for a Spear Lann playing on XE servers.

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Requires Gliding Fury Rank 9 (obtained during ).
Spear Lann enjoys more benefits from Lightning Fury than Sword Lann because of . Thus, this should be maxed. It grants another Gliding Fury if your first Gliding Fury crits. Plus, the skill is fairly cheap.

! Note to XE players:
Lightning Fury is a Sword-only skill on the XE version of Vindictus. Leveling it serves no purpose for a Spear Lann playing on XE servers.

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Gives 163 at rank A. While some people will tell you that it offers only a paltry DPS increase, I say different. Strength offers a fairly large bonus to damage, and as a plus, you can pick up heavier objects to bash bosses over the head with. It's a bit of an AP sink, though.

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Add as you need ranks to wear Light Armor. Although Lanns often wear Heavy Armor, you will need Light Armor Proficiency Rank E for the , Rank B for the , and Rank 6 for the .

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As Lann can eventually wear Heavy Armor, this skill is a necessity...but only when you need more ranks to wear Heavy Armor. Your first full set of good Heavy Armor is at level 32, which requires rank D. Get this skill ready for that point, and then only raise it when the next set demands. You could also raise it to A immediately, which would allow you to equip your first Heavy Armor set a bit early, but it's not necessary thanks to the next skill.

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Lann's sets eventually become part plate (level 38), and later, entirely plate (level 56). As such, you will have to add points into this skill to equip plate pieces. Beware that this skill beyond Rank A will eat a massive chunk of AP (Plate Armor Proficiency Rank 7 requires exactly a thousand AP and Rank 6 will consume another thousand plus two hundred fifty), so Rank only when needed.

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This skill is a godsend for Lann, who on his own does not possess enough weight capacity to handle Heavy/Plate Armor. This is what will allow you to wear Heavy/Plate Armor at all. Rank it up whenever you need more capacity for your next set of Heavy/Plate Armor. Like Plate Armor Proficiency, this skill beyond Rank A will eat a massive chunk of AP (Weight Endurance Rank 7 requires exactly a thousand AP and Rank 6 will consume another thousand plus two hundred fifty). You really wouldn't need this skill above Rank A, since upgrading armor pieces up to +5 will do just fine.

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Simply rank this skill as you need it to equip new Spears and/or cut down the weight of Spears.

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A Smash enhancement for that allows it to be used consecutively. It is another godsend for Spear Lanns to the point where it can deal more damage than , however it still lacks Super Armor so you would need to find the right time to use it. Best used when the enemy is distracted or tank it yourself via .

[] Tertiary Skills

Yes, there's a Tertiary set of skills for AP. These are skills that are nonessential but are "nice to have".

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Most of Spear Lann's damage comes through Smash attacks. Combat Mastery is nice to have, however, because it IS extra damage, even if it is extra damage only on normal attacks, which aren't that powerful to begin with. I would almost put this under Secondary skills, and I would definitely consider putting AP into this at some point. In fact, since it's a starting skill for Lann, you probably will have to just because you have nowhere else to put AP. :D
Do note that Combat Mastery Rank D is a prerequisite for and Rank C for .

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adds critical hit rate. According to , willpower actually adds 0.016% critical hit rate per 1 Will (or in simplistic terms, 1.6% crit rate for 100 Will, making this skill more useful than I originally thought. Definitely max this skill at some point; however, the Critical Hit skill will be a better investment of your AP initially.

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According to the aforementioned calculations (found ), actually benefits Spear Lann by a rather large amount. Every 40 Agility grants 1% extra damage on all spear smashes, and every 47 Agi is +1% damage to Gliding Fury. I would recommend that, when you begin maxing Willpower Mastery, you alternate between that mastery and this one.

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This skill is actually pretty godlike. It's cheap to rank up and increases potion healing by 40% while standing still at max. It's not a necessity, especially if you avoid damage more often than take it, but it's very nice to have.
However, the problem is that the effect isn't entirely passive. Its all about timing. You must hold the HP Potion quickslot button to drink the potion and let go when the character begins to put his/her hand down. Shouldn't be too hard, right?

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Reduces the time you're knocked down and such. Like Life Flare: useful to have. Unlike Life Flare: not expensive. But it's not a priority all the time. Even with maxed Standing Endurance, trash mobs in and beyond will knock you down extremely often.
At Rank 9, you can roll up immediately after being knocked down at the cost of some , which is extremely useful and worth getting.

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It has a set rate to prevent you from becoming incapacitated when a hit would normally make you incapped. It's pretty nice, actually, but not a necessity. It's also expensive: it costs the same per rank as .

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This is less essential for Lann than for, say, , who has a shield which she has to avoid breaking. However, Campfire's buffs are extremely awesome all the same, and it's inexpensive, so if you want it, definitely go for it. It won't offer that much of a damage increase, but it helps prevent armor breakage if you get hit during a fight. Arguably unnecessary, as Lann is supposed to avoid damage more than anything, but it's a useful buff nonetheless and I've never turned it down.

[] SP Skills

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Skill get.
The best SP skill for Spear Lanns. For 3 SP bars, gives a high speed buff, unlimited stamina, and super armor for 19 seconds, making this a totally badass boss mutilator when combined with Rank 6 . Plus, it's cooldown is only 1/4th than Furious Seven (30 seconds), and since SP is really easy to get, it can be re-used continuously.

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Requires Rank C.
A pretty decent skill. It's not expensive in terms of AP, uses only 1 SP bar, and gives an attack buff for you and your team for a decent amount of time. There is a 500 attack difference between Rank F through 6, which really isn't too bad. Still, it's not the worst place to spend your AP. Has a cooldown of 2 minutes.

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completely ruined Furious Seven, period. Using a hefty cost of 4 SP bars, is executed seven times in a row, all with controllable direction, and invincibility for the entire duration of the skill. However, Furious Seven is extremely flawed: it has a much shorter range than Gliding Fury, so short that many later bosses can easily jump and/or run out of, and it has a two minute cooldown, which completely crushes the usefulness of this skill. The only real reason it would be used is for its burst damage and short invincibility.

[] Transformations

You can unleash incredible power. For two minutes, your stats will increase dramatically, all of your weapons will have increased range. Destruction will only increase with every skill point added to the pact skills. But which should you choose? The holy might of Paladin, or the dread power of Dark Knight? The answer is fairly simple: Choose which one you think looks sexier. The differences between them are so minor in the end that unless you're min-maxing HARD you won't notice the difference.If you like things specific go with your playing style. If your good at strategy go with dark knight. If you just throw yourself at the boss use paladin to survive. Go PWN some bosses.

Transformations gain experience when you use them (exp gain is based on damage dealt during the Transformation; max exp in one Trans is 100), and level up once you reach 2,000 exp (means you need to transform at least 20 times to level up once). Each level-up gives you a single point to add to your Transformation skills, which are located in a skill tree much like in World of Warcraft. Both transformations have similar skills.

At the second pact, it will cost 2 SP bars and 10 AP. It gives even more attack with a special move different for each pact (Paladin or Dark Knight). A Dark Knight gets to make a spike come from the ground and rush towards the enemy. In the trailer, it shows that it can do the break-off of a boss.Paladin gets a holy barrier and make magical missiles of light hit the enemy. It lasts one minute unless you use it with less than 1 minute left of the first pact transformation. Now go DESTROY something!

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[] Bad Skills

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Worthless. It is ONLY useful for decreasing Meditation's AP-gain time. Ignore.


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The usefulness of Meditation is debated somewhat. Basically, for an initial AP investment, your previously-hourly AP gain comes slightly more often. According to calculations, it takes just under a year of gameplay for Rank A Meditation to pay for itself in AP gain. In my opinion, not worth it. However, I have heard that ranking it only once pays itself off fairly quickly, so you might consider doing that.

[] Other Skills

These are skills you don't have to add anything to at all. They offer little benefit, and are generally just not worth your AP investment. These are skills you should save for when you've ranked everything else up.

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This skill can only be used when you get knocked down via a boss's Smash attacks and trash mobs in and beyond. It has a high knockdown rate and decent damage equivalent to a normal smash when maxed. It's mostly obtained for the fact that you can get up almost immediately after getting knocked down if you Smash attack when you hit the ground (reminiscent of some fighting games, especially Super Smash Bros.), although Rank 9 is the same but makes you less vulnerable. Windmill becomes quite unhelpful during boss battles and trash mobs in Hilder Forest Ruins and beyond, so its probably not worth it.

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isn't that great. I mean, sure, it prevents damage, but your main 5 equips should prevent most of your damage anyways. Defense bonus is per equip broken.
Defense is probably not worth it either, as Lann is purely based on dodging. Also, a lot of trash content from and beyond can easily kill you, regardless of your armor and how high your Defense stat is.

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Permanently increases . Once again, you get plenty of Defense from your main equips. This skill does offer more bonuses than Stone Skin unless you armor breaks often. However, this skill is quite an AP eater for a small amount of Defense, so it probably has no worth.

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This skill allows the use of (at rF), (rE), (rD), and (rC/max).
Light of Palala is basically like a flashbang grenade and a combined: it is thrown and has a timer like Small Bombs, but instead of damage, it explodes in a bright flash of light, temporarily blinding/stunning the enemy/boss, which can be extremely effective VS some enemies.
Fine Spears and Fine Small Bombs are basically more damaging, higher knockdown chance versions of the original items.
Sticky Bombs are basically sticky grenades and Small Bombs combined: it is thrown and sticks on enemies and explodes with a timer similar to a Small Bomb. It does not, however, stick to any other surface.
Personally, I would get the skill, and hold off on getting rE until you feel your normal aren't worth using because it takes too many to knock down a boss. Fine Small Bombs can be useful for less mobile bosses with their massive knockdown chance, but it's not a priority.

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This skill is too expensive to be worth it. Get the skill for it's rank F bonus. After that, you could add AP into it, but it is definitely not a priority.


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While not as bad as Health Mastery, this skill doesn't offer a whole lot of bang for your AP; 18 for a total of 1070 AP. If you want to rank it, rank it to D to get 10 more stamina, for a small investment of 260 AP.


[] Armor Progression

There are certain armors that are optimal for Lann. Feel free to use different armors than these, whether for looks or just because you prefer another armor. This just tells you what is optimum for a Spear Lann's damage. This list will update as new armor sets are released. I will ONLY list armor sets that are better than previously mentioned ones, or ones that are equally viable. Do not expect to get ALL these sets the minute you meet the requirements. You may have to skip one or two of these sets if you plan on having money left over for an even better set.

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Your first set beyond the starting gear and Mercenary handouts from . Obtained at level 10 from the Battle Quest , it provides some great bonuses to all of Lann's main stats, as well as a decent amount of . The hat is obtained by breaking off the 's helmet (can be done with anything; thrown rocks and are best), while the rest of the set can be crafted via . It is all Light Armor except for the hat and pants, which are Heavy.

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That Crimson Rage armor will last you quite a while (up to level 26), which is when you go through , craft and wear this set. It unfortunately requires a large number of , which have a semi-low drop rate as far as remnants go, so you may have to purchase some or most of them depending on your luck. In any case, this is the last Light armor you'll be using. It requires Rank E.

Alternatively, if you decided to max as early as possible, then you can begin to wear armor pieces as soon as level 20. The only way you will be able to do this is by purchasing the pieces from the market, as you wont have access to to crafting blood prince armor until level 31.

If you can hold out, getting the is probably more easier than crafting, as the Sharpshooter Leather Armor Set comes free from the quest . However, like the Savage Leather Armor, the Sharpshooter requires Light Armor Proficiency Rank E.

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As of the Battle Quest , this armor set is a VERY GOOD set to pick up as soon as you can wear it. No other armor set compares to it up to level 38 for Spear Lanns, not even with the . While it requires a maximum level of 32 to wear every piece, you may find that, even with high and enhancements, you can't wear the full set without going overweight until level 34, which is when you obtain . Until then, wear as many pieces of the set as you can. It requires Rank D.

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An extremely powerful armor set from the Battle Raid . Though its materials are low in drop rate and it can be expensive to craft, but reasonably cheaper than buying the set off of the market, it offers a MASSIVE boost over the Blood Prince set. The hardest material to obtain for it is , and you will need 24 of them to create the pieces. It requires Rank C.

Also keep in mind that the helmet for this set requires Rank C, and the pieces of this set are required to craft the next set, the Laghodessa Slayer.

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From the , this armor is a slight upgrade over Spider Lord, and it requires the armor pieces of the to craft. It is costly to make (34 more spider shells of the variety this time, with an even worse drop rate). It might be best to ignore the Laghodessa Slayer as it only adds a small amount of , , and over the Spider Lord. It requires Rank B while the helmet requires Rank B.

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Going through and brings us the Royal Cadet Heavy Armor Set. Whilst not a huge upgrade in terms of , this set does increase by a rather large amount (trading out the offered by Laghodessa Slayer). It's also not too difficult to farm, as all of the materials drop at fairly decent rates, compared to the of . Requires Rank B for everything except the hat, which requires Rank B.

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From the entire comes this beastly armor set. Not only does it make you look like a badass, but it offers some great bonuses to damage. Once again, it swaps out the we saw in the last few heavy armor sets and replaces it with . I would recommend skipping the and saving your money for this set (and you WILL need that money). The materials for Sinister Half Plate consist of frustratingly-low-drop-rate items from each of the bosses in Hilder Forest. This set is entirely plate, for a change, and requires rank B.

Its probably your best interest to ignore the , as the stats can't compare with the Sinister Half Plate. Also, defeating and looting the of the deadly Battle Raid turns out to be more hellish than raging through Hilder Forest Ruins.

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This is the one of the best sets at the moment. It's actually the set Lann wears in the ads and some concept art. You get the chest, greave, and helmet (with helmet being the rarest) as drop-offs of while you will have to make the gauntlet and legs yourself. The hardest thing to get to craft is either the , , or the .

Debatably, the best all-around stats for Lann at level 61+ are provided by a mixture of and armor (2 parts Swift, 3 parts Black Hammer), mostly because of the outstanding set bonuses and the DEF of Black Hammer. Alternatively, the is sometimes preferred for its Stamina boost.

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The best piece of gear for level 70s. It provides a great bonus to offensive stats and is much, much easier to make than . It is still quite a pain-in-the-ass to acquire, since you'll need to spam for pieces or hope he drops them, though all you need are three . The entire set requires Rank 6 except for the pants which requires Rank 6.

[] Weapon Progression

The weapon progression for Spear Lann's is pretty easy to figure out but just in case here it is.

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Keep the you get once you finish the until you can buy these. The other lower Spears just aren't worth it. You can obtain these from the quest , but since they are so cheap I would just buy them.

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Coming from are the next best Spears to buy. They are cheap and have a decent damage increase over . Now while they don't look too great, they do deal more damage. You could actually skip these if you want but if you do the next set of spears are very expensive and aren't a great deal better than these.

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The brings us these weapons, but are very costly to make because they use and . They are a decent attack increase over Blood Lancers but the price is just too high. These do look cool though. I personally stayed with Blood Lancers and skipped these because they are just too costly to make or buy on market.

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finally comes up with some Spears that have a substantial damage increase. Going from Blood Lancers to these I noticed a HUGE damage increase. They also look awesome because they glow.

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Now these things look AWESOME. Like the previous Twin Spears, the Gale Weaver glows. From , they do great damage and are a big increase over . However if you plan to get the Ivory Set, you might want to skip these as the Ivory Set requires you to use (if you want the most bonus from set) which are much better than these when taking into account the stats. I would only pick these up if your by no means hurting for money, have the materials, or just for looks as they look awesome.

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What can I say other than the Ivory stuff is just awesome. The God has decided to bless us Lanns with these badass equipment. This is a three set piece: a , , and a Weapon depending upon which character and skill path you have chosen. I actually think the Spears look cooler but these are far superior. I would suggest skipping Gale Weaver and going straight for these if possible.

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Ok, what can I say? The best spears in the game with just AWESOME look and a kick ass atk and atk speed. All what you need to craft them you get from in . These twin spears are REALLY far superior than .

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Another decent spear, instead of going for the attack speed of the you'll be going for the stats, the balance and the crit, it's made from materials so it might be a bit more tough to make. But definitely worth it.

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The best level 70 twin spears that have extreme damage and high critical. They can be quite difficult to get, since the materials are from and an is needed, but its worth it in the end.

[] Tactics

As a Spear Lann, you have the highest damage output over time in the game. With it, however, you have some disadvantages, and you must keep these in mind when going up against bosses. I'll briefly cover party and solo play, with some general advice. Boss-specific advice must be found elsewhere (YouTube is a great place to find videos of various fights). Some general, all-purpose tactics:

  • can grant infinite (on top of its large damage increase), but the price of it is low .
  • Know your bosses. Know their attacks, and what generally triggers those attacks. Some bosses will only use certain attacks when you are a certain distance. For example, will use his smashing medium-range spear thrust almost every time you go beyond close range.
  • Know your limits. Know what you can commit to as a Spear Lann before you rush in and attack.
  • can be used to both inflict damage and dodge by angling the GF to the side of the enemy. The angle itself can be hard to determine as some bosses have hitboxes much larger than their models (meaning what appears to be empty air next to a boss might actually still stop you).
  • Dodge roll can cancel out of instantly, and can cancel out the delay frames (the frames where you normally can't do anything immediately after a Smash) of every other Smash attack. This means that you can quickly get away from the boss after delivering a Smash.



[] Party Play

Party Spear gameplay.

In a party, your tactics can vary greatly. There are a couple of factors to be considered when in a party.

  • Party Composition - A party consisting of all Lanns must be approached differently than a balanced party containing every character. Some general notes:
    • have great knockdown capability, but only until . Keep in mind that you will almost certainly be using more than normal in parties with characters that can knock down opponents a lot.
    • Staff has great synergy with Spear Lann. A Staff Evie can while you abuse the power of . Just make sure the Evie knows and agrees to this tactic before you charge in, as they won't appreciate your idiocy (and you wasting their spells) in using a tactic no one has agreed to use.
  • Party Size - Larger parties mean more potential distractions for the boss. In a six-man party, you generally aren't going to be the target of the boss about 5/6ths of the time. If he's not attacking you, it means you can be attacking him. Just be careful not to get in the boss's path.
  • Party Skill - Know how good your party members are. A bad party might prevent you from using certain tactics (Ex: don't spam Fury Infusion down to low if your team is likely to lead the boss into you while he's attacking one of them).





[] Solo Play

Solo Spear gameplay.

Ah, solo play. Some consider this to be a true test of skill. Certainly, it's harder than party play, but it can get quite boring, as most solo play involves doing the same thing over and over. It's a great time to mute Vindictus and put on a playlist of epic music. Take into account that these tips are for harder bosses: the first 3 boats can be solo'd pretty much without difficulty for the most part. Some general notes:

  • . This skill fully restores upon use, which means spamming it gives you an infinite Stamina pool. On easier bosses, you can spam it in a more relaxed way, as you won't need the constant stamina to avoid getting hit. On some bosses, however (such as the with the ), Fury Infusion spam is needed to successfully avoid the boss as a Spear Lann (as you will need the infinite Stamina pool it offers). Know when you need it, and if you need it all the time, know how to not get hit.
  • Know your boss. Yeah, this is a general note as well, but it's critical for solo play, whereas you can get away with not knowing your boss in party play to some extent (though it may not be pretty). In many cases, taking a hit means death while soloing more difficult bosses. Know how many attacks you can use before you have to get away.
  • Know how to do the same thing repeatedly. As that's what a solo battle eventually becomes.
  • Learn from other soloers. As time goes on, more and more videos will be posted of the more difficult bosses and their solo tactics for each character and weapon choice.







For some excellent examples of solo play, see these videos:

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Irukul (Part 2):

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More will be added as the communities of both versions contribute them.






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My first guide for any game, really. I hope this was informative and helpful. If you spot any non-typo errors, give me a poke on . You don't HAVE to, but it'd be nice because then I'd also know the correct information so I don't make the same mistake later on. Feel free to fix typos...so long as they're actually typos. Or my beard will eat you. |

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