Lance Assassin



Lance Assassins are an enemy introduced in The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. They are female and wield two plasma swords as weapons. Their movements are exceptionally swift and dexterous incorporating acrobatics such as back flips making them extremely difficult for the player to target.

Strategy
Lance assassins are armed with two plasma swords for up-close melee combat, and throw shuriken for their ranged attack. Althought very fast in movement speed they have reletivly low health and can be taken out with a single high power sniper head shot with Mordecai. If you find it difficult to land a head-shot, try a corrosive shotgun which are VERY effective even against Badass and named Assassins.

Background
For potentially disrupting Atlas' monopoly on alien weapon technology, Atlas posts wanted posters of the four in-game characters and employs Lance and their Assassins to hunt you down and kill you.

Trivia

 * The Lance Assassin is very similar in design and movement to the female assassins from Half-Life. Gearbox Software's first game was the Half-Life expansion Opposing Force.