Glowing Lance

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Spell quantum split.png This article is about a spell. For the Lance Sentry enemy, see Peitsivartija.
Pointy Spells
Glowing Lance
Holy Lance
Magic Arrow
Arrow
Spells that produce arrow-like projectiles.

Glowing Lance is a spell that shoots out a magic lance which pierces through soft materials such as soil, ice, and most powders, and, despite the description, will actually very slowly dig through harder materials including steel and brickwork.

The projectile arcs through the air with fairly short range and a low and inconsistent velocity, meaning that even with perfect accuracy, multiple shots will not land in the same spot, all else being equal. It also deals fairly high knockback.

Unlike most projectiles, it can damage you despite not having a Piercing Shot effect.

Tips

  • This spell has friendly-fire enabled, which means that it can hit and kill you if you're not careful.
  • The Speed Up modifier is recommended to increase the projectile's range, and the spell will dig through more material the faster it goes. This will also improve accuracy of multiple cast, and the spell will have even more penetration that can hit enemies through tough materials.
  • The spell has a very good mana drain–to-damage ratio, but is hampered by its large cast delay. As usual, using Luminous Drill With Timer (though costly) can bypass this cast delay modifier while minimizing the usual downsides of trigger/timer spells: firing lag (for timer spells) and projectile reflection off walls (for trigger spells).
  • With its -20 spread modifier its one of the most accurate spells in the game tied with Summon Arrow, and can even added to a multicast as a sort of improvised Reduce Spread modifier.
  • Dies on low velocity

Gallery

Attacking an enemy with Glowing Lance.
Glowing Lance can cause friendly fire.
Piercing into soft material with Glowing Lance.
Testing Glowing Lance in a Holy Mountain.
Wand Appearance with Glowing Lance x3.
Lance can be used to (very slowly) cut through extremely dense rock. In this clip a pollen drone is being used to fire 60 Lances per second - probably be quicker to go find a Lumi Drill.