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==Special Effects== |
==Special Effects== |
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+ | {{flavor|A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.}}{{dash}} Decreased damage and blast radius. All damage done by the grenade instantly restores allies' health. |
==Usage & Description== |
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| + | The Leech is a tactical/support grenade mod with greatly reduced damage and blast radius, and as such it's not suited for players looking for a destructive grenade. |
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| − | The Leech will always come with an elemental effect. This can be useful against certain types of enemies and it still keeps a high elemental damage per second. The instant health restoration can be very useful in combat situations, especially when using Longbow variants of the Leech, the transfusion streams of which, in a normal transfusion grenade, may disappear before they reach allies. |
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| + | While common transfusion grenades after doing damage release healing trails that search for allies and heal them, the Leech instantly converts any damage done to health. |
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| + | This nullifies one of the main problems of transfusion grenades: Healing trails disappearing after a distance without healing the characters, or being stuck between obstacles. |
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| + | As such, the Leech greatly enhances survivability, giving the character the change to quickly recover health from cover while in combat, or used from long distances unavailable to common transfusion grenades. |
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| + | The Leech is also compatible with all delivery methods unlike any other transfusion grenade, enhancing even more its tactical possibilities. |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*The flavor text is a quote stated by [http://quotes.dictionary.com/a_skilful_leech_is_better_far_than_half Samuel Butler]. |
*The flavor text is a quote stated by [http://quotes.dictionary.com/a_skilful_leech_is_better_far_than_half Samuel Butler]. |
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| − | Borderlands 2 Lobbed Fire Leech Level 48 Orange Grenade Mod|Leech Gameplay Demo |
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Revision as of 00:16, 28 April 2013
Leech is a Legendary Transfusion Grenade manufactured by Maliwan. Leech is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source, but has an increased chance to drop from The Warrior located in Vault of the Warrior.
Special Effects
A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. – Decreased damage and blast radius. All damage done by the grenade instantly restores allies' health.
Usage & Description
The Leech is a tactical/support grenade mod with greatly reduced damage and blast radius, and as such it's not suited for players looking for a destructive grenade. While common transfusion grenades after doing damage release healing trails that search for allies and heal them, the Leech instantly converts any damage done to health. This nullifies one of the main problems of transfusion grenades: Healing trails disappearing after a distance without healing the characters, or being stuck between obstacles.
As such, the Leech greatly enhances survivability, giving the character the change to quickly recover health from cover while in combat, or used from long distances unavailable to common transfusion grenades.
The Leech is also compatible with all delivery methods unlike any other transfusion grenade, enhancing even more its tactical possibilities.
Trivia
- The flavor text is a quote stated by Samuel Butler.
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