Spider no loss without Magic Spring ?

[Razorflame]

well since your a mage don't you have transmute?

That gives u +2 mana for every kill u make IIRC

so you don't need a magic spring

as supporting unit I would go for a cyclop if you get it from the scroll

giant is bad slow speed and ini
dragons are also no use since u need to heal them and stuff
archdemon would be ok if it would spawn rage balls(dunno if this is already fixed in a patch)
Ents are not a very good choice either(see giant)
ogre also not very good

cyclops already got high res and can do ranged attack if needed

[Razorflame]

oh and there was another guy(forgot his name)

that used to fill the battle field with ice crystals
( so no spider were spawning anymore and then u can freely kill the boss with ranged or w/e

[Youpiya]

@ck : i dont want to discuss why I want no loss, I just want no loss

@razor : then cyclop it is, seems a good choice. Transmute +2 does not work, killing spiders is a real bad idea as they are spawned in bigger packs as soon as they are killed. So I never hit spider, and if I do in the 1st counter attacks, I can kill at the best 15 to 20 units. 20x2 = 40. + my 80 mana this is no 650 mana...

But the spikes idea is just wonderful !!!! I will try it just now and come back, I have the spell !

[gheorghe]

It won't work with spikes. The boss attack the spikes sometimes then will spawn the spiders.
The spawn spiders are hero-leadership related. I think.

[Youpiya]

It is really rare but it indeed happens : the spider attacks the spikes...
My luck is that I have a lot of call of nature scrolls.
Each spike destroyed I summon a small creature. For instance it does not works, but I will find the way, the boss just went 8K HP at the 8th attempt !
THAT is fun

[Razorflame]

you will get him down np i have faith in you

you fill up the battlefield and no more spider summons and then u can just bash with the trolls to kill the spider

[gheorghe]

With your leadership and IF you got the phantom scroll i would go with trolls, royal snakes, maidens, bersereks ,and jarls. Second turn go berserek with.. bersereks on boss

[Xev]

Had the spider down to 3k then it killed a troll with one shot.
I used 5/1 trolls. Will try it again.
With 4/1/1 i run out of mana before getting him below 6k. Will try it with stoneskin 1 (3 mana instead of 5).
I give up tries with 6 trolls + 5 jotuns. Below 10k you must heal jotuns every turn.
Important:
1. there are much more new spiders if they were attacked. I don't attack any spawned spider.
2. spider boss changes position clockwise. Attack stack should be most right at spider to get fast to new location when spider boss moves.
3. all units should stay at a position where only 2 adjacent spiders can attack.

I'm sure 5/1/1 would succeed but how to get this leadership?
Now i'm thinking about iceball. Will test it this night too.
Good luck Youpiya, i hope you find a way.

[Xev]

Victory!
after many hours where i tried this spider boss with no-loss/no mana spring i had the luck to succeed in 58 rounds

Trolls were 4/1/1 (only 4 stack attacks, other only defend).
All other tries with 1 of 2 units get perma-web when boss is below 8k.
Winning key were the correct positions and using only stoneskin 1.
Have a look at this picture to get all informations.

Best wishes to Youpiya to get another winning solution!