Naeem's Lance god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Naren’s Lance is an interesting weapon. It’s not quite dead on arrival, but it doesn’t do any one thing particularly well. Reconstruction and Precision Instrument are great paired with the rapid fire frame, allowing a ton of shots fired with increased damage. But then it falls in that it’s a rapid fire frame and firing at 140 RPM while maintaining full crits is extremely difficult." Recommended MW: Reload.

Strong alternatives

Precision Instrument Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Reconstruction Fluted Barrel Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Keep Away Discord Demolitionist

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Over in the crucible it also lags behind without two of the most important perks. Opening Shot or Snapshot Sights, and while you can get away without either of those perks and still see success, you’ll have to find handling and accuracy perks elsewhere. Keep Away is fantastic for reducing your accuracy cone, and Elemental Capacitor could bump you up to 100 handling with an arc subclass. I don’t think many players will opt for this sniper but you can make it work." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds Demolitionist

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Keep Away Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Elemental Capacitor Reconstruction

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 90 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C3Wx7xXVw10WshiLn5sT8?si=ZNEiHi_ZRfW5z3BbkOMrVQ) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways, and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE pick for against Major or Boss Spec enemies, particularly with Strand subcalsses, in end-game content. Dungeon weapons tend to have better stats than world drops, and Naeem's Lance is no exception, having pretty good overall stats. It's the first Rapid-fire Sniper so, as is common for most snipers, Handling is a crucial stat but, as this is a rapid-fire frame, you'll also need to tidy up the recoil direction, so Arrowhead Brake is the barrel perk choice, taking the stat to a manageable 84. As the mag perk, Tactical Mag is the best option, as it boosts stability a bit too, and gives the same rounds in the mag (seven) as Appended and Extended Mag, but either of those work too. For the first trait, Reconstruction doubles your mag size passively, while Slice in the second trait makes this possibly the best special weapon to pair with a Bait and Switch heavy weapon - reducing the Severed target's damage output by 40% for 10s (15s with Thread of Continuity if you're using a Strand subclass) - an effective additional 40% DR for your whole fireteam. The origin trait is situationally useful if you're in a construct-heavy environment, like the Warlord's Ruin dungeon itself. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Slice Reconstruction

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Appended Mag Extended Mag

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 90 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C3Wx7xXVw10WshiLn5sT8?si=ZNEiHi_ZRfW5z3BbkOMrVQ) with @CourtProjects, @ImpetusAlways, and @Saint_Kabr. First-choice PvE pick for Boss Spec enemies in end-game content. Dungeon weapons tend to have better stats than world drops, and Naeem's Lance is no exception - having pretty good overall stats. It's the first Rapid-fire Sniper so, as is common for most snipers, Handling is a crucial stat but, as this is a rapid-fire frame, you'll also need to tidy up the recoil direction, so Arrowhead Brake is the barrel perk choice. As the mag perk, Tactical Mag is the best option, as it boosts stability a bit too, and gives the same rounds in the mag as Appended and Extended Mag. For the first trait, Reconstruction doubles your mag size passively while, if you don't have a good backup sniper for boss damage when you run out of heavy ammo, Precision Instrument boosts your damage output by 25% after six shots, for the rest of the 14-round magazine. The origin trait is situationally useful if you're in a construct-heavy environment, like the Warlord's Ruin dungeon itself. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Precision Instrument Arrowhead Brake Reconstruction Extended Mag