PinkCrayon
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Is Lance that much stronger than Throw?
With the internal timer for explosions (1 biotic explosion per 4 sec on a target) I feel like Throw is fast enough without the danger of a shield powered lance.
Any particular reason I should be using Lance?
The internal timer on detonations is irrelevant since you will be one shotting red bars (at character level XX anyways). Specced correctly in annihilation field and barrier you'll be getting about 40% of the 45% shields you spent on the lance when you get a kill inside your field. If you kill more than one (or more than one dies in your annihilation radius) you'll be up at max shields immediately. This allows you to dive in and destroy groups of enemies by spamming lance, not waiting for cooldowns. Throw is only used as a panic/last resort when your shields are down, and since you aren't worried about cooldowns, you can spec annihilation field for radius which will let you get those critical explosions from farther away.