Leech Defence
| Leech Defence | |
| Members only? | Yes |
|---|---|
| Level | 80 |
| Prayer book | Ancient Curses |
| Drain rate | 167 points per minute (1 point per 0.36 seconds) |
| Effect | Boosts  by 5%, increasing to 10% over time, draining enemy's by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
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Leech Defence, one of the Ancient Curses, boosts Defence by 5%, increasing to 10% over time. It also drains enemy Defence by 10%, increasing to 25% over time.
The boost/drain of this prayer will take anywhere from 2–3 minutes of continuous combat to maximize.
This prayer is extremely useful against powerful, high-defence monsters such as Mithril dragons, or in PVP situations, and is proven highly effective when used against Nomad in the Nomad's Requiem quest.
Leech curses drain one opponent. Following each kill, the leech % resets, and %'s does not carry across opponents. You can drain 10%, rising to 25% of an opponent, and upon fighting a new opponent, this drain restarts at only 10%, to re-rise in time to 25% again. Player boosts of 5%, rising to 10%, do carry across, however, providing that the player is supplied with more drains to sustain the 5%+.
Because the Defence drain/boosts will reset after each kill, this curse is most commonly used against boss monsters which take a long time to kill, however it is still somewhat effective against lower-levelled monsters.
Trivia
- According to the ancient hymnal, Leech Defence's verbal incantation is "Reple me vallo hostium." (Fill me with the defence of my enemy.)
