Lancer

Lancers are the games primary anti-armor specialists.

Playable Lancers

Armed with high-power launchers carrying a variety of warheads, small ragnaid canisters and equipped with heavily armored blast shields (army and militia lancers) or combat suits (Lanseal lancers) which protect them from mines, gunfire and mortar blasts, Lancers excel at attacks against armored vehicles.

Lancers have relatively few action points due to their heavy armor and weapons and cannot intercept enemy units, counter attack or launch cooperative assaults with adjacent allied units. Lancers (and tanks) are able to clear a path (Not very straight if a lancer) through a minefield if you haven't got an engineer within range (It is much safer to use a lancer than use a tank as there may be some anti-tank mines hidden among the anti-infantry ones).

Valkyria Chronicles

Lancers have the highest defense and hit points of any infantry unit in the game. Their low accuracy, low rate of fire and inability to counter enemy fire or intercept enemy units can hinder their effectiveness against infantry until mortar lances become available later in the game.

Standard equipment

• Anti-tank Lance
• Mortar Lance (elite lancers only)
• Ragnaid
• Uniform
• Blast Shield

Progression

Level	Experience	Unlocks
2	252	1st Potential
3	939
4	2031	2nd Potential
5	3509
6	5363
7	7583	Order: Damage Boost
8	10164	Order: Demolition Boost
9	13099
10	16385
11	20016	Elite: Mortar & 3rd Potential
12	23990
13	28303
14	32952
15	37934	Order: Healing Boost
16	43248
17	48890
18	54859
19	61153	Order: Resupply
20	67769	4th Potential

Total upgrade cost: 478439 experience

Valkyria Chronicles 2

Instead of blast shields, lancers from Lanseal force are equipped with combat suits which also protect them from explosions but not from cannon fire. The Lancer class tree, along with armoured tech tree, is the most versatile class as it can effectively massacre both infantry and armor with ease; like in VC1, they are also capable of clearing minefields, since they take so little damage from mine explosions.

Lancers in Valkyria Chronicles 2 can upgrade to become either Lancer Veterans or Mortarers.

Standard equipment

• Anti-tank Lance
• Ragnaid
• Combat Suit

Valkyria Chronicles 3

Instead of blast shields, lancers in Valkyria Chronicles 3 are equipped with combat suits which also protect them from explosions but not from cannon fire; this also means they can be badly damaged by mines, preventing their use (as in previous games) to clear minefields.

Lancers in Valkyria Chronicles 3 can upgrade to Lancer Veterans and then to Lancer Elites; no matter their rank, they always have a default mobility of only 250 AP.

Standard equipment

• Anti-tank Lance
• Combat Suit

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Similar to their counterparts in Valkyria Chronicles, lancers have a blast suit that protects against explosives, though they no longer have resistance against mines. They are also now capable of launching co-op attacks with each other or allied tanks against armored enemies.

Standard equipment

• Anti-tank Lances
• Mortar Lance (elite Lancers only)
• Ragnaid
• Blast Suit

Progression

Level	Experience	Unlocks
2	410	1st Potential
3	620
4	1250
5	2040
6	2990	Order: Damage Boost
7	4090
8	5350	2nd Potential
9	6770
10	8340
11	10070	Elite: Mortar Lance, +50 HP, +50 AP, +5 acc, +5 eva, +2 def Order: All Units Damage
12	12320
13	14370	3rd Potential
14	16570
15	19880
16	22400
17	25070
18	29290
19	33890	Order: Blast Resistance
20	38890	4th Potential
21	41730	Paragon: +20 HP, +5 acc, +5 eva
22	44700
23	47810
24	51050
25	54430
26	57940
27	61590
28	65370
29	69290
30	73340

Total upgrade cost: 821,860 experience

Imperial Lancers

An Imperial lancer

See: Imperial Units

Trivia

• In the original Japanese version of Valkyria Chronicles, the name of the unit literally translated as "Anti-Tank Troop". In Valkyria Chronicles 4, the launcher used by Federation anti-tank troops look less like a lance and more like an oversized Anti-Tank Rifle.

  

  Federation lancer and Imperial lancer standing side by side.