Can % leech spawn on all weapons?

[claudius 104]

After experiencing the power of a % leach weapon v bosses I am wondering if this could in long term solve the difficulty against bosses of my character which happens to have trouble with bosses. I was able to kill the Gar Collosus finally and I didn't even hit through his energy shield.

 

Do all weapons have a chance for % leach? The one I found was a two handed sword and I seem to recall people saying that throwing stars are used in their build vs bosses (dryads), because of % leach items common. Any advice on this? I haven't picked a weapon skill yet.

 

Thanks!

[Dragon Brother 619]

I think ive seen it on polearms before. Other than that youve already mentioned the only other options ive seen

[Antitrust 32]

Polearms, two-handed hafted and two-handed swords have it

[claudius 104]

Wow I found it on a level 11 two hander lol! Had half a mind to sell it.

Edited June 28, 2009 by claudius

[Jrmoore2 0]

As Anti Said, Mostly 2 Handed Swords, And 2 Handed Hafted Have It.

 

Some Throwing Weapons Have It Too.

 

Overall, Its A Great Thing To Have!

 

-Jamie.

[D-molisher 9]

As Anti Said, Mostly 2 Handed Swords, And 2 Handed Hafted Have It.

 

Some Throwing Weapons Have It Too.

 

Overall, Its A Great Thing To Have!

 

-Jamie.

 

Most weapons I see with this stats are - 2 hand weapons & ranged 2 hand.

I seen other wepons,but with my level 14 platinum shopper. Bargain 69.

Edited June 28, 2009 by D-molisher

[Zinsho 0]

I haven't seen it on Bows or Blowpipes that I can remember, at least not as a random mod. However it shows up on Shurikens, which makes boss killing all the safer for a ranged toon.

[Jrmoore2 0]

Ive Actually Got Two Shurikens With % Leech, But I never Use Them.

 

THey Are Awesome For Any Ranged Toon.

 

-Jamie.

[chattius 2,527]

Yes, I did some fun, turned off all buffs on my melee elf, used a life steel shuriken, alchemy and left clicks to kill some of the niob bosses. My bargaining-perception-melee-elf uses alchemy instead of weapon skill and she is hardcore do 130 now.

All you have to do is to hit (non reflecting) bosses with a life leech weapon fast enough and stay alive. I do the hit chance on bosses with alchemy because I don't have much time playing and alchemy allows to use each wapon with a good chance to hit and maximal attack speed.

At 300 alchemy: +1000% attack value with a troll tooth and +100% attack speed from a leather hat. Lasting for 50 seconds. Since my shurikens have more than 2% life leech I am able to kill a boss in the duration of a single trophy.

 

Shuriken and bearded axes (pole-arms) are the weapons a melee elf can use with life leech. And both would need a left side weapon skill to unlock the needed weapon skill. So I was choosing alchemy, I never regretted it. My new PvP-dryads and the shadow warrior smith use it.

 

Sadly Alchemy is a bit hard to use on consoles.