Difference between revisions of "Life per Kill"

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Life After Each Kill (LAEK) is an affix found on items (weapons and armor) in Diablo 3. The affix does what it sounds like; grants X amount of life (hit points) for each monster killed, whether a normal "white" enemy, an Elite, or even an Act Boss.

LAEK is a helpful affix to keep a health bulb topped off during regular play, but trash mobs are not very dangerous in Diablo 3. The danger in the game comes from Boss battles, and in those LAEK is of little use, since it doesn't heal during a battle with one or a few tougher enemies.

As a result, Life Steal and Life on Hit are much more useful and popular item modifiers.

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Pre-release image of a rare crafted fist weapon with +3 LAEK.

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-A magical [[modifier]] found on [[weapons]] in Diablo III, '''Life After Each Kill''' grants the player X hit points per monster slaughtered.
+'''Life After Each Kill''' (LAEK) is an affix found on items (weapons and armor) in Diablo 3. The affix does what it sounds like; grants X amount of life (hit points) for each monster killed, whether a normal "white" enemy, an Elite, or even an Act Boss.
-Life [[leech]] will not be found in Diablo III; not at all, or else very rarely. In its absence, properties like LAEK will likely be quite useful to supplement the primary source of hit point recover, [[health globes]].
+LAEK is a helpful affix to keep a health bulb topped off during regular play, but [[trash mobs]] are not very dangerous in Diablo 3. The danger in the game comes from Boss battles, and in those LAEK is of little use, since it doesn't heal during a battle with one or a few tougher enemies.
+As a result, [[Life Steal]] and [[Life on Hit]] are much more useful and popular item modifiers.
-While LAEK sounds very useful, it's not clear how it will help much when life is needed most; during [[boss]] battles. Big bosses will drop health globes at set intervals in their life loss, enabling characters to stay alive. LAEK though, only helps when a monster is slain, making it useless against single large targets, which seems to limit the value of this modifier.
 * Return to the [[Reference]] page for more game term definitions.
-[[File:Item-gamescon2010-wrist-spade.jpg|frame|center|Rare [[crafted]] [[fist]] [[weapon]] with +3 LAEK.]]
+[[File:Item-gamescon2010-wrist-spade.jpg|frame|center|Pre-release image of a rare [[crafted]] [[fist]] [[weapon]] with +3 LAEK.]]