Editing Charge lance

{{infobox main|weapon|
|name = Charge lance
|image = ChargeLance.png|Charge lance
|description = A pulse-charged rail-assisted lance weapon. It fires a single shot at high velocity, charging it with unstable energy as it leaves the acceleration rail.
|type = Equipment
|type2 = Weapons
|class = Spacer
|damage = 30
|armorPenetration = 45
|range = 29.9
|accuracyTouch = 65
|accuracyShort = 85
|accuracyMedium = 85
|accuracyLong = 75
|accuracyAvg = 79.5
|mode = Single-Shot
|burst = 1
|warmup = 102
|cooldown = 162	
|velocity = 120	
| production facility 1 = Fabrication bench
|resource 1 = Plasteel
|resource 1 amount = 60
|resource 2 = Advanced component
|resource 2 amount = 3
|marketvalue = 1355
|DPS = DPS
|mass base = 8
|stoppingPower = 1.5
|work to make = 60000
| meleeattack1dmg = 9
| meleeattack1type = blunt
| meleeattack1part = Stock
| meleeattack1cool = 2.0
| meleeattack1ap = 13
| meleeattack2dmg = 9
| meleeattack2type = blunt
| meleeattack2part = Barrel
| meleeattack2cool = 2.0
| meleeattack2ap = 13
| meleeattack3dmg = 9
| meleeattack3type = Poke
| meleeattack3part = Barrel
| meleeattack3cool = 2.0
| meleeattack3ap = 13
| MeleeWeaponAverageDPS = 4.5
| MeleeWeaponAverageAP = 13
| page verified for version =
| skill 1 = Crafting
| skill 1 level = 9
| weaponTags = Gun, SpacerGun, MechanoidGunMedium
| thingSetMakerTags = RewardStandardLowFreq, RewardStandardQualitySuper
}}{{info|The '''charge lance''' is a heavy, single-shot ranged weapon which deals a high amount of damage per shot; slightly longer time between shots; long range and high overall accuracy.}}
==Acquisition==
Charge lances can be produced at a [[fabrication bench]] with a minimum crafting skill of 9 once the [[research#Pulse charged munitions|pulse-charged munitions]] research has been completed for {{Required Resources}} and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work. Charge lances can also be purchased from [[outlander]] and orbital [[Trade#combat supplier|combat suppliers]], as well as outlander settlements.

[[Lancer]]s are the only enemy in the core game to use charge lances, but they aren't dropped when the lancer dies. Therefore, there is no way to acquire charge lances from [[raider]]s in the core game. With the [[Royalty DLC]] enabled, however, Janissaries, Cataphracts, and Stellic Defenders from the [[Empire]] have a possibility to spawn with a charge lance equipped, but are hard to defeat.

==Analysis==
The charge lance deals the highest amount of damage per shot out of all non-explosive ranged weapons in the game, and therefore has gained quite the reputation for dismembering and outright killing people alongside the [[pila]] and [[sniper rifle]]. This is combined with the highest projectile velocity ingame, as well as decent range and accuracy. Stopping power is also good: high enough to stagger [[human]]s, as well as slightly larger creatures such as [[cougar]]s and all [[insectoids|insectoid]] variations.

In addition to its high damage, its also has the highest armor penetration of any hand-held weapon, making the charge lance an excellent weapon against more heavily-armored opponents such as [[mechanoid]]s or late-game raiders.  Since it fires relatively slowly with very high damage per shot, it is also exceptionally good at quickly killing targets, by for example destroying vital organs or body parts like the head.  This also makes it exceptionally dangerous in the hands of hostiles, as the high damage and armor penetration make the charge lance unusually capable of one-shotting colonists.  As a result, [[lancer]]s, charge lance wielding [[mechanoid]]s and raiders should be priority targets, especially earlier in the game, lest you want your pawn dismembered or straight killed.

Rate of fire is quite slow; slower than the bolt-action rifle and significantly slower than the charge rifle, but significantly faster than the sniper rifle. DPS output is rather poor at shorter ranges and middle-of-the-road at medium range. Also, similarly to the charge rifle, the charge lance is very difficult to acquire until late-game, since it's expensive to produce and either unobtainable from raiders entirely {{RimworldIcon}} or only obtainable from difficult [[Empire]] raiders {{RoyaltyIcon}}.

In terms of usage in combat, the charge lance is best suited as a medium-to-long-range support or targeted assassination weapon (especially against heavily-armored targets), or in field combat. The charge lance can also be used as a powerful hunting weapon, though its tendency to destroy entire body parts can reduce the butcher yield on the resulting corpse.

Against a human target with 45% or lower armor on all layers, a normal-quality charge lance can kill with 2 hits to the torso, 1-2 hits to the head, or 1 hit to the neck or brain; cripple or destroy limbs with a single hit; and destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 3 hits (~16.6 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.  A legendary-quality charge lance can 1-shot any body part or organ in a human pawn's body, and with an armor penetration of 67.5%, can do so against even quite heavily armored targets.

From a DPS perspective, the charge lance is best paired with a careful shooter up to Shooting level 17, then with a trigger-happy shooter beyond that point. 

{{Weapon Quality Table}}

==Melee Combat==
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{| {{STDT| c_12 text-center}}
!Tool
!Attack
!Damage Type
!Power
!AP
!Cooldown
!Likelihood
!Base DPS
|- 
!Overall
!-
!-
!9
!13%
!2.00s
!-
!4.50
|-
|Barrel
|Blunt
|Blunt
|9
|13%
|2.00s
|50.00%
|4.50
|- newline
|Barrel
|Poke
|Blunt
|9
|13%
|2.00s
|50.00%
|4.50
|}
</li><div>

== Version history ==

In Beta 19 it received a slight damage buff (27 --> 30), a slight reduction in time to aim and increase in attack cooldown, leaving fire rate more or less the same. It also received a crafting recipe allowing humans to use them.

In 1.1 its range and long range accuracy was nerfed (37 --> 30; 80% --> 75%).
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OldChargeLance.png|Original charge lance sprite
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