Leap Attack

Leap Attack is a Barbarian Tier 4 skill unlocked at character level 10, making the Barbarian leap, causing damage and knockback upon landing. This is also the Barbarian's movement ability.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Leap Attack Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Barbarian
Skill Description:
The Barbarian makes a mighty leap, causing X amount of damage to enemies when he lands. Damage of Leap Attack increases with strength.
Skill Details:
Type:	Direct Damage
Quantity:	Dmg. of skill + Strength.
Effect:	Circular AoE
School:	Physical
Fury cost:	Unknown
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	Unknown
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Barbarian makes a gigantic leap to enemies who think they are safe behind the front lines, crushing anyone caught in the area of his landing.

Skill Design

Leaping at a few Fallen in the Borderlands.

Barb SMASH!

Once the player activates the skill, the Barbarian will leap from his current location, to the location of the mouse cursor, damaging and knocking enemies back upon landing. This skill is best used to reach ranged monsters, who are behind enemy lines and to escape tight situations, if such occur.

Leap Attack has not changed much from D2, and has been demonstrated repeatedly in the gameplay movies. The main difference with the D3 version of this skill is that minor damage is dealt to everything nearby when the Barbarian lands, rather than major damage to one particular monster.

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: The barbarian makes a mighty leap causing 38 damage to enemies nearby when he lands.
• Rank 2: The barbarian makes a mighty leap causing 44 damage to enemies nearby when he lands. (A)
• Rank 3: The barbarian makes a mighty leap causing 50 damage to enemies nearby when he lands. (A)
• Rank 4: The barbarian makes a mighty leap causing 56 damage to enemies nearby when he lands. (A)
• Rank 5: The barbarian makes a mighty leap causing 62 damage to enemies nearby when he lands. (A)

(A) = Assumed

Synergies

• None known.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Leap Attack has not changed much from D2, and has been demonstrated repeatedly in the gameplay movies. The main difference with the D3 version of this skill is that minor damage is dealt to everything nearby when the Barbarian lands, rather than major damage to one particular monster.

Leap Attack was revealed in Blizzard's World Wide Invitational in Paris, along with the announcement of Diablo III. It seems to combine Leap and Leap Attack from Diablo II, whilst requiring Fury to use. The main difference with the D3 version of this skill is that minor damage is dealt to everything nearby when the Barbarian lands, rather than major damage to one particular monster.

At BlizzCon 2010, with just one point in it the Barbarian could leap all the way to the visible edge of the screen, over any number of enemies, and at a very high speed. At this point, it seems like a one point wonder, which is something the developers have said they do not want.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Leap Attack-specific gallery contents

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  Leaping a chasm in the dungeons below Tristram.

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  Leaping at a few Fallen in the Borderlands.

References

• Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
• BlizzCon 2010 Barb Hands-on Report
• Diablo 3 Gameplay video, part 1.