Lerk
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Lerk | |
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"SCREEEEEECH" | |
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Personal Resources ![]() |
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Health 150 (+2 per Biomass) |
Armor 45 (50 / 55 / 60) |
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Respawns In: | 10 seconds |
Air Speed: | 13 (13.5 / 14 / 14.5) |
Ground Speed: | 7.0 (7.5 / 8.0 / 8.5) |
Crouch Speed: | 2.8 |
Wall Speed: | 1.4 |
Abilities and Upgrades | |
Abilities: Alien Vision, Evolve Menu, Hive Sight, Flight (Glide), Roost, Poison Bite, Spikes, Umbra, Spores |
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Evolutions: Carapace, Regeneration, Vampirism, Adrenaline, Celerity, Crush, Camouflage, Aura, Focus |
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Upgrades: Umbra at biomass 4, Spores at biomass 6 |
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Miscellaneous | |
Buy From: | Evolve Menu |
Purchase By: | Player |
Gestation Time: | 15 seconds |
“Versatile support flyer. Can do damage over time with poisonous bite and ranged spikes. Can evolve choking spore cloud and protective umbra.”
In-game description. |
Introduction
The Lerk is a winged Alien lifeform that has the ability to inflict poisonous bites and shoot Marines from a distance with spikes.
Background
The Lerk's ability to fly and its relatively low res cost makes for a powerful early game lifeform. When the first Lerk is spotted on the field, Marines will usually be forced into researching Shotguns to counter them, if they haven't done so already. Although the Lerk requires a second Hive to receive it's support abilities (Spores and Umbra), It spawns with the ability of flight and poison bites, making for a fragile, yet formidable opponent.
Tactics
- Lerks are the only Alien lifeform with the ability to fly and a ranged attack capable of significant damage. They are remarkably fragile however and engaging a group of Marines at close range will nearly always result in death.
- Lerks should use their glide ability for silent flight to try to attack lone Marines from behind, inflicting as many bites as possible before making a hasty retreat. Marines that are already low on health may be more easily picked off by using spikes.
- The speed and agility of a Lerk mean they are an excellent multi-role lifeform that can kill Marines, destroy Extractors or defend Hives from Marine incursions.
- Later game Lerks should focus on providing support to higher Lifeforms (in particular Onoses) with Umbra and denying area control to Marines with liberal use of Spores.
- Shotguns and Grenade Launchers are the most deadly weapons for Lerks, avoid close combat against them.
- Protect Skulks biting resources, they will do wonders.
- Lerks early game are the main harvester defenders: They can react quickly and kill lone aggressive marines more easily than skulks.
Tactical Summary - Lerk
- Never engage head-on, engage from range if you can't attack from a position of surprise.
- You are very fragile - keep moving at all times.
- Make liberal use of Umbra and Spores when available.
Controls
Lerk Player Controls | |||||
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Movement | Abilities | Contextual | |||
W
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Forward | Mouse 1
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Attack | E
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Use |
A
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Left | Mouse 2
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Spikes | F
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Alien Vision |
S
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Backward | 1
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Poison Bite | B
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Evolve Menu |
D
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Right | 2
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Umbra | C
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Map |
Space
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Flight (tap), Glide (hold) | 3
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Spores | X
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Voice Overs Menu |
Shift
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Roost | V
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Last Weapon | ||
Ctrl
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Crouch Diving |
Movement
Main article: Movement techniques.
Lerk Movement | |
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Gliding | Video |
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(Counter-)Strafe Mechanics | |
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Crouch Diving | |
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Flapping upwards | |
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Spiking Mines | |
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Abilities
FlightThe Lerk can spread its wings and soar into the air. While flying, the Lerk gains a move speed bonus.
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RoostDigs the Lerk's talons onto a nearby surface to stay in place. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poison BiteBites a target and injects poison to deal damage over time to Marines.
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SpikesRapidly shoots spikes over long distances. Spikes deal extra damage to players.
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SporesExhales Spore clouds that deal damage over time to Marines.
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UmbraShoots a puff of smoke that disperses into a large cloud, which reduces the damage of bullets entering the cloud by 25%.
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Variants
The following images show all the variations of Lerk camouflage (skins) that you may see in the game.
Please note:
- Not all variants are available for purchase.
- Skins are purely cosmetic and offer no augmented or additional stats in-game.
Camouflage variants & availability | |||
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Variant | Description | Acquisition | Notes |
Normal | Default Camouflage. | Provided with game. | N/A |
Shadow | Red eyes, Dark blue/purple skin, Extrusions on exo-skeletal features. | Originally part of the Reinforcement Program for Shadow Tier & above. | May also be found on the Steam Community Market. |
Reaper | Red eyes, White skin, Black exo-skeletal features. | Requires Reaper DLC. | Released with the Reaper update. |
Classes - Skulk • Gorge • Lerk • Fade • Onos
Mechanics - Alien Vision • Evolve Menu • Hive Sight
Base Abilities - Skulk (Sneak • Wall Walking • Bite • Parasite) • Gorge (Belly Slide • Spit • Heal Spray • Build Menu) • Lerk (Flight • Roost • Poison Bite • Spikes) • Fade (Swipe • Blink) • Onos (Gore)
Unlockable Abilities - Sulk (Leap • Xenocide) • Gorge (Bile Bomb) • Lerk (Spores • Umbra) • Fade (Metabolize • Advanced Metabolize • Stab) • Onos (Stomp • Charge • Bone Shield)
Traits - Shift Hive (Adrenaline • Celerity • Crush) • Shade Hive ( Aura • Camouflage • Focus) • Craig Hive (Carapace • Regeneration • Vampirism)
Removed - Frenzy • Swarm • Phantom • Silence • Feign Death • Hypermutation
Mechanics - Alien Commander • Biomass • Infestation • Maturation • Resource Model
Abilities - Heal Wave • Ink • Echo • Nutrient Mist • Rupture • Bone Wall • Contamination • Enzyme Cloud • Hallucination Cloud • Mucous Membrane