Leapers are pesky creatures that largely inhabit Sanctuary's desert regions. Although other species are known to exist, the desert leapers are the most common. Leapers get their name from their tremendous leaping ability. As a result, these extremely agile creatures make for difficult targets. Leapers are versatile animals and the desert variety has an extremely slow resting metabolism to minimize water use and storage. The harsh environment of Aranoch, however, leaves little room for mistakes, and these creatures never pass up the opportunity to eat or drink. Packs sighting a potential meal leave their resting spots and work together to bring down their quarry with great tenacity.[1]
Usually they live in numbers where at least one at a time stands at a guard post to watch for nearby threats. Attacking happens with a long hop towards enemy while strong claws straighten to a constricting, flesh-ripping strike. The best way to kill a single Cliff Lurker is to use oppressing tactics to minimize its area of movement and then bring it down with quick blows.
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Leapers use an attack similar to the Barbarian's Leap Attack. Sometimes it can be time-consuming to take out Leapers because they get knocked back when they are struck. Players can use Cold attacks to freeze Leapers in place while they attack them. Area effect spells can also help against Leapers.
Leapers are annoying, bothersome, and very agile. Even one of these monsters can give a lot of trouble, as they tend to "kite" the player. Crawling on all fours, these beasts can run quickly to and fro, and their leap allows them to deal damage while taking a minimal amount.
All Leapers have a 5/10% chance to deal Poison damage with jump attacks in Nightmare and Hell Difficulty.
When using a Necromancer, these creatures cannot be Revived. Their Uniques are excluded from spawning with Lightning Enchanted.