Talk:Lanka/@comment-39.54.6.5-20190224134315/@comment-2A02:908:DF55:A360:ED01:E60D:7031:52A5-20190709220653

Yes, because Lanka is a unique weapon, even compared to other sniper rifles. I’ve tried many weapons with distinctive features, but even after so many years Lanka still holds a special place in my armory. I simply like the charging mechanism and monstrous punch-through, which emphasizes its brutal fire power. It feels like you are firing .50-caliber armor-piercing rounds and not airsoft pellets. I’ve developed an entire build around this weapon and I’m fairly satisfied with the results (I found nothing similar on warframe-builder yet. Maybe it’s crap, who cares).

For me there had always been a problem with sniper rifles. Despite high fire power and punch-through, you will eventually hit a wall when you are faced with too many enemies at once. Surely, you can compensate that through your team mates or specialized warframes, but I’m more like a casual coop player, which makes it at least uncomfortable to use sniper rifles during high level missions.

Lanka is without doubt not the best choice of all weapons, but in my opinion it’s the best snipe rifle when it comes to crowd-control and weapon of mass destruction. People complain about Voltage Sequence being useless (maybe it is), but nothings screams louder “You shall not pass!” than a drone shot by a fully charged pure electricity Lanka, except a whole corridor stunt and fried to death by AoE-damage.

Lanka is a weapon for those who love the feel of it. It’s not perfect, it’s not nice, but it’s far from being useless. Try some weapons, try some more and if you still like Lanka, give it a shot.