How to beat lance

[FarqTheOrc]

I think maybe shadowspawn or HBM can work.

[MistahBoweh]

This has been said before, but Majiya is your best bet. Portal Maj has essentially the same ability Lance has, regular Maj can just play a control game, and without many permanents for Lance to kill IGG is pretty worthless.

Otherwise, yes, Shadowspawn and HBM are pretty disruptive, as is Plague. Lance's goal is to play IGG on t4 and then a hasty threat on t5. Shadowspawn can drain all that SE stockpiled and deny Lance an opportunity to take the board except with Anklebreaker, which can in turn be destroyed. Resource destruction shuts down Lance entirely, as pretty much all his big plays require five resources and IGG requires Lance to already be in a good position to keep getting cards. Denying Lance's tempo is the best way to get to him.

[FarqTheOrc]

Thx everyone. Being elementalis ill try HBM.

I had tried shadowspawn for a while, thinking it might help vs other heroes with 4 se abilitities, like Eladwen, but i wasnt so impressed with it in the end.

[MistahBoweh]

The reason shadowspawn helps vs Lance is that a Lance deck is designed to use his ability on t5, not t4, giving you the chance to play it. Other 4se ability decks such as elad, zaladar, etc are built to use their abilities as soon as possible, early and often. SSpawn works against heroes that store up their se until the time is right. Zhanna, Moonstalker, and to a lesser extent, Lance, are all victims of this. Lance in particular wants to play IGG on t4 instead of advancing the board, which gives lance's opponent a free chance to play the spawn.