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Leap in action.

Leap (named Leap Attack prior to March 2012) is a Defensive Barbarian skill unlocked at level 8, making the Barbarian leap, causing damage and knockback upon landing.

This is the Barbarian's movement ability.

Background

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 Rune Effects

The following is a very quick summary. See the Leap rune effects page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

Skill Design

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 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.

Video

A video of Leap in use can be seen below, courtesy of the DiabloInc You Tube channel.

Synergies

The following Barbarian passives provide a benefit to Leap, runed or not:

Bloodthirst - The Barbarian gains life based on the amount of damage he deals always.
Weapons Master - Provides a damage bonus when the Barbarian is wielding a sword or dagger.
Berserker Rage - Inflicts additional damage while the Barbarian is at maximum Fury.
Brawler - Increases the Barbarian's damage when he is swarmed.

Development

Leaping at a few Fallen in the Borderlands.

Leap (as Leap Attack) was revealed at WWI 2008 when Diablo III debuted. Originally, it was a Tier III skill in the Berserker Skill Tree. By BlizzCon 2009, Leap Attack was at Tier IV but was otherwise unchanged.

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. Flux enjoyed using it in the Battle Arena:[1]

I loved it in the Arena, even though I seldom hit with it, just since the visual is great. The 3D works nicely with it, since your perspective lurches upwards when the Barb jumps, and you feel like you’re flying for a second. There’s a great grunting “RAHHH!” sound too, and you must want to knock something in half with a massive club when you trigger this skill. Ideally that Wizard whose been sniping you with that damn Disintegrate from the far edge of the screen for the entire round. “Hold still and die, maggot!”

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Leap Attack became a level 6 skill.

Beta

The Diablo III Beta started in September 2011, and while it ran, all of the skills continued to undergo extensive iteration. Skill changes varied from changing the levels the skills are unlocked, to changes in resource cost, damage, and even function. A few skills were removed altogether, and a few new ones were added. Also, the entire skill system received an overhaul with the Beta Patch 13 update in February 2012, with physical runes replaced by rune effects that automatically unlock at various levels for the different skills.

Leap Attack remained at level 6 when the beta started. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Tactics skill and moved to level 9. For the Beta Patch 14, Leap Attack was renamed Leap, re-classified as a Defensive skill, and moved to level 8.

Previous Versions

See the Barbarian skill archive for more details on previous versions of Leap (or Leap Attack) and other Barbarian skills.

In Other Games

Leap 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.

Media

Leap can be seen in action on video here:

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

Leaping a chasm in the dungeons below Tristram.
Leaping at a few Fallen in the Borderlands.

References

BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats
BlizzCon 2010 Barb Hands-on Report
BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report
Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
Barbarian Active Skills — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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-'''Leap''' (named [[Leap Attack]] prior to March 2012) is a Tactics [[Barbarian skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 9, making the [[Barbarian]] leap, causing damage and [[knockback]] upon landing.
+[[File:barb-leap1.jpg|thumb|250px|Leap in action.]]
+'''Leap''' (named [[Leap Attack]] prior to March 2012) is a Defensive [[Barbarian skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 8, making the [[Barbarian]] leap, causing damage and [[knockback]] upon landing.
 This is the Barbarian's [[movement ability]].
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 ==Background==
-[[File:barb-leap1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Leap in action.]]
 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.
-==Skillrune Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Leap rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
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+===Video===
-==Leap Video==
 A video of Leap in use can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
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 ==Development==
 [[Image:Barb-leap2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Leaping at a few [[Fallen]] in the [[Borderlands]].]]
-'''Leap''' was revealed at [[WWI 2008]] when [[Diablo III]] debuted, under the name [[Leap Attack]]. Originally, it was a Tier III skill in the [[Berserker Skill Tree]]. By [[BlizzCon 2009]], Leap Attack was at Tier IV but otherwise unchanged.
+'''Leap''' (as [[Leap Attack]]) was revealed at [[WWI 2008]] when [[Diablo III]] debuted. Originally, it was a Tier III skill in the [[Berserker Skill Tree]]. By [[BlizzCon 2009]], Leap Attack was at Tier IV but was otherwise unchanged.
 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. [[Flux]] enjoyed using it in the [[Battle Arena]]:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-barbarian]
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 <blockquote>''I loved it in the Arena, even though I seldom hit with it, just since the visual is great. The 3D works nicely with it, since your perspective lurches upwards when the Barb jumps, and you feel like you’re flying for a second. There’s a great grunting “RAHHH!” sound too, and you must want to knock something in half with a massive club when you trigger this skill. Ideally that Wizard whose been sniping you with that damn Disintegrate from the far edge of the screen for the entire round. “Hold still and die, maggot!”</blockquote>
-Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Leap Attack became a level 6 skill. The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012, and Leap Attack was classified as a Tactics skill and moved to level 9. For the [[Beta Patch 14]] in March 2012, [[Leap Attack]] was renamed Leap.
+Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Leap Attack became a level 6 skill.
+===Beta===
+{{Beta skill notes}}
+Leap Attack remained at level 6 when the beta started. With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Tactics skill and moved to level 9. For the [[Beta Patch 14]], Leap Attack was renamed Leap, re-classified as a Defensive skill, and moved to level 8.
 ===Previous Versions===
 See the [[Barbarian skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Leap (or [[Leap Attack]]) and other Barbarian skills.
 ===In Other Games===
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 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-barbarian-skill-trees-and-stats1/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Barbarian Skill Trees and Stats]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-barbarian BlizzCon 2010 Barb Hands-on Report]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvp-arena-report/ BlizzCon 2010 PvP Hands-on Report]
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
-* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8007726&postcount=1 Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects] -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8007726&postcount=1 Silva's Barbarian Runestone Effects] — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
-* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ Barbarian Active Skills] -- Diablo III 13th Sep 2011
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/ Barbarian Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
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