Lanz

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"What the spark are you on about?! I'm not gonna let you take the fall alone!"

— Lanz

Lanz (Japanese: ランツ, Rantsu) is a playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. He was designed by Masatsugu Saito, the lead character designer of the game.

Overview[]

Along with his friends Noah and Eunie, he is a Kevesi soldier assigned to Colony 9. He is a part of the special forces unit alongside Eunie and Mwamba who is ordered to protect the Off-seer Noah. Lanz is a Kevesi human who is biologically of Machina origin.

Personality[]

Lanz has been childhood friends with Noah and Eunie, and he grew up willing to protect his friends at any cost, even his own life.^[1] Similar to Reyn, he is reckless, unintelligent, and frequently acts without thinking, causing friction between him and Taion. But he is far more abrasive in temperament than Reyn and slower to warm up to others. That being said, it is noted that he is remarkably supportive towards people he recognizes as being younger or more emotionally fragile than himself.

While he appears confident, most of it is a front and in truth he feels like he simply has to keep moving forward to stop himself from breaking down when facing his problems. Joran dying to save his life badly shook him, particularly because they had a falling out that he never apologized for. As a result, he is compelled to protect his friends, even if doing so puts his own life at risk.

Gameplay[]

Lanz makes use of his large physique by his Shieldblade that also functions as both a giant shield and a mountable gatling gun. His initial class is Heavy Guard.

In a Chain Attack, Lanz starts with 15 TP by default. His Chain Art is Tyrant Wave, which increases Defender aggro by 30-50% (depending on his level) in addition to granting Attack Up to all allies upon completing his order.

Lanz starts at Rank 5 in his initial Heavy Guard class when in the player's party for the first time.

Base Stats[]

These are Lanz's raw stats prior to modifications by class. They serve as a baseline for calculating Lanz's stats in a class. Intermediate values are linearly interpolated between these base stats.

General Stats[]

These stats assume Lanz is at level 99, at rank 20 in each of these respective classes, and is not equipping any Master Skills, Gems or Accessories. Boosts from skills innate to a class are indicated with round brackets, whereas boosts from having an upgraded Blade are indicated with square brackets.

Ouroboros[]

After becoming Ouroboros, Lanz is able to Interlink with Sena. When Lanz is in control, he is able to use arts that deal heavy damage and provide defense.

Base Stats[]

These are Lanz's Ouroboros's stats. The experience level of the Ouroboros which determines its stats (contrary to any displayed level in menus) is the average of Lanz and Sena's experience levels (fractions are rounded up).

Arts[]

• Winning Rush (Talent Art) - Pierce/Launch Combo
• Ray of Punishment - AOE / Aggroed ↑
• Burning Rain - AOE / High aggro
• Sudden Impact - Interlink Lv. 3: Topple all
• Titan Fists - Blowdown/Shackle block
• Volcano Cannon - Interlink Lv. 3: Launch all
• Incredible Guard - Defend allies/Counter

Lanz's Ouroboros Chain Art is Demon Punisher, which greatly increases damage ratio and reduces Attacker and Healer aggro.

Skills[]

• Steady Advance, Grants 50-100% resistance to combos and reactions while Art is active.
• Reflection, 5-15% chance to reflect enemy attack.
• Hefty Protection, Reduces damage taken by allies in a fixed radius by 20-30%.
• Strength in Adversity, Grants a small/large increase to damage dealt the more enemies target you (up to a maximum of 300%).

Soul Tree[]

Below is an image showing the layout of Lanz's Ouroboros Soul Tree.

The below table contains a detailed breakdown of all nodes within the Soul Tree.

Note: Columns are numbered from right to left, i.e. column 1 is the rightmost column, and column 8 is the leftmost column. Nodes are listed in order of increasing column number, from top to bottom, ignoring order of unlocking.

Node	Icon	Name	Description	Prerequisite	Cost
Column 1
1		Raise Ability Block Rate Plus	Increases Block Rate by 10 percentage points.	None	15 SP
Column 2
2		Learn Skill Steady Advance	Grants 50% resistance to combos and reactions while Art is active.	"Block Rate Plus" (Node 1)	35 SP
3		Heat Gauge Heat Control: Time	Slows heat gauge buildup over time.	"Attack Plus" (Node 7)	50 SP
4		Learn Skill Reflection	5% chance to reflect enemy attack.	"Block Rate Plus" (Node 1)	35 SP
Column 3
5		Learn Art Volcano Cannon	Interlink Lv3: Launch all	"Block Rate Up" (Node 10)	70 SP
6		Learn Art Titan Fists	Blowdown/Shackle block	"Steady Advance" (Node 2) or "Strength in Adversity" (Node 11)	40 SP
7		Raise Ability Attack Plus	Increases Attack by 30.	"Strength in Adversity" (Node 11) or "Heat Control: Time" (Node 13)	30 SP
8		Learn Skill Hefty Protection	Reduces damage taken by allies in a fixed radius by 20%.	"Reflection" (Node 4) or "Heat Control: Time" (Node 13)	40 SP
9		Learn Art Incredible Guard	Defend allies/Counter	"Attack Up" (Node 14)	70 SP
Column 4
10		Raise Ability Block Rate Up	Boosts Block Rate by 10%.	"Ray of Punishment" (Node 15)	30 SP
11		Learn Skill Strength in Adversity	Grants a small increase to damage dealt the more enemies target you (up to a maximum of 300%).	"Titan Fists" (Node 6) or "Attack Plus" (Node 7) or "Ray of Punishment" (Node 15)	45 SP
12		Heat Gauge Heat Control: Arts Canceling	Reduces heat gauge buildup from canceling one Art into another Art in Ouroboros form.	"Reflection" (Node 17)	75 SP
13		Heat Gauge Heat Control: Time	Slows heat gauge buildup over time.	"Attack Plus" (Node 7) or "Hefty Protection" (Node 8) or "Steady Advance" (Node 19)	40 SP
14		Raise Ability Attack Up	Boosts Attack by 20%.	"Steady Advance" (Node 19)	30 SP
Column 5
15		Enhance Art Ray of Punishment	AOE / Aggroed↑	"Strength in Adversity" (Node 11) or "Attack Plus" (Node 21)	130 SP
16		Enhance Art Titan Fists	Blowdown/Shackle block	"Titan Fists" (Node 6) and "Attack Plus" (Node 21)	170 SP
17		Enhance Skill Reflection	15% chance to reflect enemy attack.	"Reflection" (Node 4) and "Unlock Arts Canceling" (Node 22)	175 SP
18		Enhance Art Sudden Impact	Interlink Lv3: Topple all	"Block Rate Plus" (Node 23)	170 SP
19		Enhance Skill Steady Advance	Grants 100% resistance to combos and reactions while Art is active.	"Steady Advance" (Node 2) and either "Heat Control: Time" (Node 13) or "Block Rate Plus" (Node 23)	120 SP
Column 6
20		Heat Gauge Heat Control: Arts Canceling	Reduces heat gauge buildup from canceling one Art into another Art in Ouroboros form.	"Critical Plus" (Node 25)	80 SP
21		Raise Ability Attack Plus	Increases Attack by 75.	"Ray of Punishment" (Node 15) or "Unlock Arts Canceling" (Node 22)	30 SP
22		Raise Ability Unlock Arts Canceling	Allows you to cancel one Art into another Art, but doing so will fill up the heat gauge slightly.	"Attack Plus" (Node 21) or "Block Rate Plus" (Node 23)	225 SP
23		Raise Ability Block Rate Plus	Increases Block Rate by 15 percentage points.	"Steady Advance" (Node 19) or "Unlock Arts Canceling" (Node 22)	30 SP
24		Enhance Art Burning Rain	AOE / High aggro	"Block Rate Up" (Node 29)	225 SP
Column 7
25		Raise Ability Critical Plus	Increases Critical Rate by 15 percentage points.	"Hefty Protection" (Node 30)	45 SP
26		Enhance Art Volcano Cannon	Interlink Lv3: Launch all	"Volcano Cannon" (Node 5) and "Unlock Arts Canceling" (Node 22)	175 SP
27		Enhance Talent Art Winning Rush	Pierce/Launch combo	"Heat Control: Time" (Node 32)	230 SP
28		Enhance Art Incredible Guard	Defend allies/Counter	"Incredible Guard" (Node 9) and "Unlock Arts Canceling" (Node 22)	175 SP
29		Raise Ability Block Rate Up	Boosts Block Rate by 20%.	"Strength in Adversity" (Node 34)	45 SP
Column 8
30		Enhance Skill Hefty Protection	Reduces damage taken by allies in a fixed radius by 30%.	"Hefty Protection" (Node 8) and either "Volcano Cannon" (Node 26) or "Attack Up" (Node 31)	190 SP
31		Raise Ability Attack Up	Boosts Attack by 25%.	"Hefty Protection" (Node 30) or "Heat Control: Time" (Node 32)	45 SP
32		Heat Gauge Heat Control: Time	Slows heat gauge buildup over time.	"Attack Up" (Node 31) or "Critical Up" (Node 33)	90 SP
33		Raise Ability Critical Up	Boosts Critical Rate by 15%.	"Heat Control: Time" (Node 32) or "Strength in Adversity" (Node 34)	45 SP
34		Enhance Skill Strength in Adversity	Grants a large increase to damage dealt the more enemies target you (up to a maximum of 300%).	"Strength in Adversity" (Node 11) and either "Incredible Guard" (Node 28) or "Critical Up" (Node 33)	190 SP

In Tetris 99[]

In Tetris 99, Lanz appears in the background during matches as part of the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 theme.

Trivia[]

• Lanz's Chain Order portrait is similar to Sol Badguy's official art in Guilty Gear Xrd and Strive. Additionally, Lanz's Chain Art Tyrant Wave is similar in name to Sol's Overdrive attack: Tyrant Rave.
• Lanz shares his Japanese voice actor, Kohsuke Tanabe, with Jake.^[2]

Gallery[]

Artwork[]

Official Artwork

Official artwork of Lanz's Ouroboros form

Lanz as a Heavy Guard

Artwork of Lanz by Masatsugu Saito to celebrate the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Monolith Soft recruiting artwork

Xenoblade 3 Original Soundtrack Artwork

2023 Monolith Soft Brochure

Unused image of Lanz

Lanz Concept Art

Lanz's Ouroboros Form Concept Art

In-Game Renders[]

Class Menu Icon

Lanz's Chain Art Icon

Lanz's Ouroboros Order Icon

Lanz's Level Up Art

Lanz's Level Up Art (Military Uniform)

Screenshots[]

Lanz In Battle

Lanz and Sena interlinking

Lanz with Noah and Eunie using their Blades in battle

Young Lanz

Lanz's Term mark

Lanz in his Military Uniform

One of Lanz's Expansion Pass outfits

Lanz's Swimwear A outfit from the Expansion Pass

Lanz's Swimwear B outfit from the Expansion Pass

Lanz's Throwback A outfit from the Expansion Pass, based on Reyn's Main Outfit from Xenoblade Chronicles, with elements of Egil's design from the same game.

Lanz's Throwback B outfit from the Expansion Pass, based on Reyn's Main Outfit from Xenoblade Chronicles, with elements of Egil's design from the same game.

References[]