Lamprey

Lamprey are eel-like animal type monsters that resides within some undead creatures like the Grotesque. When the host is killed, they come out.

Diablo III Monster

Diablo III Monster [e]
Lamprey
Classification:	Animals
Monster Family:	Lamprey
Role:	Cannon fodder
Monster Stats Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Life:	Unknown
Mana:	None
Armor:	Unknown
Resistance:	Unknown
Offence Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Armament:	None
DPS:	Unknown
Low Damage:	Unknown
High Damage:	Unknown
Range:	Melee
Speed:	Unknown
Movement:	Slow
Monster Modifiers
None
Spells/Abilities
None
Found In
Forgotten Tombs

When the smaller ones are gone, only a few dangerous Lamprey remain.

Lamprey are squirming eels that emerge in a flood from a ruptured Grotesque. They are not powerful monsters, but are disgusting in their fecundity and must be stomped out, like giant maggots. The eels, properly called Lamprey are wriggling creatures that must be killed lest they consume your character's toes, but they seem to die very quickly, and on the whole the Grotesque/Lamprey combo looks more inventive and amusing than dangerous. In fact, the amount of Lamprey that explodes from a dead Grotesque seems to be way too many to fit inside the body. Still, that's the nature of magic.

The animation of Lamprey explosion is very much overemphasized, and out of the huge pile of maggots, only a handful are actually capable of chopping off any player toes. The few slightly larger eels will attack, but dies easily and one AoE attack usually kills them all.

Spells and Abilities

• None

There are no known spells or abilities by the Lamprey.

Related Monsters

• Grotesque

The Grotesque spawns Lamprey upon death.

Background

The Lampreys share background with the Grotesque, but it's hard to know if they have been turned towards demonic powers, or if they are simply just animals put inside the constructed body. No proper background story has been given.

Diablo I Monster

There are no Lamprey-like monsters in Diablo I.

Diablo II Monster

There are no Lamprey-like monsters in Diablo I. The Diablo 2 Tentacle Beast would be the closest thing to it.

Development

Lamprey were first seen in the WWI 2008 gameplay movie, and have not changed much since.

Trivia

• Lampreys in our world are blood-sucking eel-like creatures, that are hard to classify due to their unique morphology and physiology.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures

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  Hundreds of Lamprey are fitted in one of these Grotesques.

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  And there he pops!

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  Only a few of the Lamprey are large enough to attack.