Lurkeredit

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Lurker Biological information Distinctions Lurkers possess three barbed tentacles that grow out of their backs. Attacks Lurkers primarily rely on ranged combat, firing projectiles at their targets from a distance. They can use their tentacles as lashing and stabbing weapons in close combat.
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The Necromorphs have no qualms over killing infants and, worse still, no hesitation in assimilating their bodies into their ranks. The result is a Lurker. These creatures attack using three spiked tentacles that grow out of their backs, firing small, barbed projectiles at range. As such, they are used as ranged support for other Necromorph forms and only engage in melee, using their tentacles as stabbing weapons, as a last resort or to surprise.

Lurkers are able to climb walls and stick to ceilings using suction cup-like appendages that are grown out of their stomachs. As a result, they're quite often found in Zero Gravity environments along with Leapers. They are commonly sighted either in small groups or with other larger Necromorphs. They first appear in Chapter 2 in the BioLab area of the Medical Deck.

The Enhanced Lurker has the same body structure as a Lurker but is entirely black, far more resistant to damage and fires more lethal barbs.

Contents 1 Strategy 2 Death Scene 3 Gallery 4 Appearances 5 Sources

[edit] Strategy

These enemies aren't as dangerous as other encountered Necromorphs. They can be considered support units for the larger Necromorphs. Their small profile and support nature makes them more of a nuisance. They should be dealt with quickly.

• Severing their tentacles appears to be the quickest way to take them out, where cutting off at least two of the three tentacles makes quick work of most of them. Enhanced Lurkers can sometimes survive the dismemberment of two tentacles, however.
• It is recommended to use weapons with common ammunition like the Plasma Cutter; stronger weapons are not necessary.
• If you are using the Plasma Cutter, don't forget to switch between horizontal and vertical firing mode to target the tentacles much more easily. One carefully-aimed shot can even take out two of the tentacles provided they both sway close enough to each other.
• The Line Gun can also be used to dismember all three tentacles in one shot when the tentacles are horizontally lined up.

[edit] Death Scene

• If Isaac is grabbed by a Lurker and fails to pull it off, the creature will use its tentacles to stab Isaac multiple times, before using the same appendages to tear off his head.
• If Isaac is killed by a Lurker projectile, he covers the wound with his hand for a moment, then topples over.

A Lurker kills Isaac.

[edit] Gallery

Lurker in-game

A Lurker

A radiography of what seems to be a Lurker in an early stage of development

[edit] Appearances

• Dead Space
• Dead Space: Downfall
• Dead Space: Extraction

[edit] Sources

Necromorphs
Standard Forms		Brute • Divider • Drag Tentacle • Exploder • Flyer • Grabber • Guardian • Infector • Leaper • Lurker • Pregnant • Slasher • Stalker • Swarmer • Twitcher • Wheezer
Advanced Forms		The Hive Mind • The Hunter • The Leviathan • The Slug • The Spider • The Urchin
Deleted Material		Flytrap • Graverobber