You will instantly kill an otherwise tough, ammo-guzzling enemy, for the cost of very minor damage.
If you have lots of health and want to conserve ammo, intentionally allow an Enhanced Lurker to latch onto you and then overpower it quickly. This needs to be done at relatively close range for most effectiveness, so be careful. If multiple Lurkers are about, a shot from the Force Gun can be used to kill several at once, if you're lucky enough to get them with their tentacles extended. Two or three carefully-aimed shots can even take out two of the tentacles at once provided they both sway close enough to each other. 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. If engaged at range, it is recommended to use weapons with high accuracy and common ammo encounters such as the Plasma Cutter or Javelin Gun. This will interrupt a projectile attack and grant you two or so seconds to reload your weapon. Contrary to most Necromorphs, it is possible to briefly stun a Lurker by using Kinesis to thrown random objects at them. On Zealot Difficulty a hit from the Javelin Gun followed by its Alt-Fire will kill it instantly, negating the need to dismember it. Dismembering one tentacle and using Kinesis to shoot it with the freshly dismembered barb is also a viable tactic in Dead Space 2. In most cases, the loss of two tentacles will do it, though some Enhanced Lurkers require the removal of all three. Severing their tentacles is the quickest way to kill them. Lurker projectiles will cause Isaac to stumble, which can cause you to lose sight of the Lurker. Their small size combined with their ability to stick to walls can make them hard to spot in large, open areas. At a distance, their barbs are easily avoidable, and are unlikely to kill you unless you're low on health. Despite having a ranged attack, these enemies aren't as dangerous as other Necromorphs since they can't get a bead on you if you keep moving. expedition project that had the purpose of using them to look for Marker artifacts. Both variants can commonly be found stalking Zero-G environments.Ī new canine version of the Lurker is introduced in Dead Space 3. 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. During the Tau Volantis conflict waged between John Carver and Isaac Clarke, Lurkers are no longer created from human infants but from dogs instead a sign of the adapting capabilities of the Necromorph strain. 
However, an infant form is not the only form of Lurker in which an adult Lurker can also be seen, though that is the only instance in which one is encountered.
It is hinted at by a radiography photograph in Dead Space that Lurkers can develop inside the womb of an unsuspecting mother, or from infants growing in external artificial wombs. The tentacles are able to launch barbs at high speed and accuracy, making the Lurker a ranged threat. Like the limbs associated with movement, these extremities are strong and flexible, able to whip around and rake opponents with their barbs. These tentacles aid the Lurker in its locomotion, steadying its movements and allowing it to walk along walls and even creep over ceilings without losing speed.Ĭoiled in the former pelvic area are three long, ropy tentacles, which unfurl when the Lurker has spotted a victim. This covering is stiff and leathery in order to provide protection and a support structure for the many sticky tentacles that now dominate the thoracic cavity and lower abdomen. The only recognizable features left upon this form of Necromorph is the general shape of its skin, the silhoutte of the head, and the unchanged limbs dangling at its sides. Lacking both the coordination and muscle mass demanded to efficiently kill, the unlucky victims and corpses transformed into a Lurker are treated more like a lump of biomass than an existing template, around which the pathogen recombines it into an offensive form. Lurkers are an extensively mutated Necromorph form, sporting a number of adaptations to facilitate ranged and low-gravity combat.
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