Elite Lancers are the Elite counterpart of the Grineer Lancers, and are replace the latter in higher level missions. They also have a slightly different helmet design, appearing to have a hood.
Tactics[]
- These Elite Lancers are treated the same way with regular Lancers, but conventional attacks are slightly tolerated.
- They attack normally as their standard counterparts, which also includes the ability to throw grenades.
- They are the most likely enemies to carry a Blunt pack, a device that provides the Grineer units additional cover whenever the environment is too open to hide from attacks.
- The Blunt pack spawning is shared along with the Lancer.
Variants[]
Elite Arid Lancer
Drekar Elite Lancer
Elite Frontier Lancer
Kuva Elite Lancer
Tusk Elite Lancer
Kosma Elite Lancer
Gyre Elite Lancer
Exo Elite Lancer
Trivia[]
- Elite Lancers were first introduced in Update 9.0 (2013-07-13).
- Elite Lancers originally wielded
Burstons as a placeholder. This was changed to the 
Hind in Update 9.6 (2013-08-16) as the Burston was a Tenno weapon. - The Drekar Elite Lancer seems to wear much less armor than the other variants, looking very similar to Drekar Butchers.
Media[]
Codex Elite Lancer
Codex Elite Arid Lancer
Comparison between Elite Lancers in space (left) and in Settlement (right) as of Update 10.3
Elite Lancers in space
Elite Lancers in Settlement
Settlement Elite Lancers before Update 10.3.
Settlement Elite Lancers before Update 10.3.
Comparison between Elite Lancers in space (left) and in Settlement (right) before Update 9.6 with Burston
An Elite Lancer patrolling an infested outpost
Patch History[]
Update 36.0 (2024-06-18)
- (Undocumented) Base level decreased from 15 to 1.
Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)
- Fixed the Kuva Elite Lancer using the wrong material roughness.
Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)
- (Undocumented) Kosma, Gyre, and Exo health types changed from Flesh to Cloned Flesh.
Update 9.6 (2013-08-16)
- Elite Lancers now use the Hind!
Update 9.0 (2013-07-13)
- Introduced.
