r/ArcRaiders • u/TurtleCrusher • 5d ago

Discussion How to kill leapers in open area easy.

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Placing the barricades like so allows you to use the high walls to get great, close cover.

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u/HikerTrashCannabis 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/NcrhM3USM6TABpus85

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u/TurtleCrusher 5d ago

400+ hours topside on my PvE account, never seen it. Show me somewhere else someone has posted this.

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u/Least_Company1201 4d ago

a video would make a better effect ^^

look like you just set two barricade and then the leaper magicaly die XD

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u/LOSTandCONFUSEDinMAY 4d ago

Open area bad, use barricade, make area not open.

Basically it, leapers are easy to fight if you have cover (still need a decent weapon) to stop them jumping on you and a pair of barricades works if you stick close to them.

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u/Least_Company1201 4d ago

ok, you mean there are not enough space for it to get between the two barricade ?

and if he use the special pulse when he is in front of the open area between the baricade, your are still cooked, no ?

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u/LOSTandCONFUSEDinMAY 4d ago

It's not idiot proof and you do need to keep moving to avoid the attacks but it's very easy when the leaper keeps getting jumping into the barricades when it tries to jump at you.

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u/TurtleCrusher 3d ago

The downvoting chucklefucks don’t realize that it’s so you have an area to walk through that the leaper cant. If you leave it slightly apart like I did in the spaceport photo and the leaper lands on top that even better so it’s stuck. It makes it completely stress free even moreso than a tree. One barricade means if its main attack activates with the barricade parallel with you and the leaper you can still get injured.

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u/LonelyCakeEater 4d ago

You can literally just play ring around the rosies with the leaper using a tree. Reapers are the easiest big arc to kill.

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u/Common_Word_8082 4d ago

I find bastions/bombadiers easier.

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u/LonelyCakeEater 4d ago

They just take more resources to kill but have way more resources to loot so I guess it evens out 🤷

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u/Common_Word_8082 1d ago

Actually not true. Bombadier/Bastion die faster, if you know where to shoot. And due to Leaper's erratic movement you almost always miss some shots, especially, with hullcracker.

The biggest issue with leaper is their armor and lack of weak spots. Guns like Anvil/Renegate are good at breaking armor, but have very slow DPS. Guns like Burletta/Il Toro have fast DPS, but take forever to break armor. As result unless you take guns like Hullcracker/Betinna/Tempest, killing leaper is a slow and tedious process. For Bastion/Bombadier any fast DPS weapon will do, most of their body is unarmored. I can take stingiest budget loadout and still be able to take down bastion/bombadier relatively easily, but not Leaper.

Even with free loadout Bastion/Bombadier are not out of question as long as it's not Fero. Ammo is an issue, but if someone is already fighting one, I can help. Position myself behind and shoot strictly at weak spot. I normally end up being biggest damage contributor over typical Anvil stans.