Getting past the bloody spider.

[dainbramage]

Speaking of call colossus, what about ice dragons? Resistant to poison, immune to magic, and could spam ice minions everywhere as they kill stacks. I guess that's probably outweighed by not being able to heal them though.

[ckdamascus]

Originally Posted by dainbramage

Speaking of call colossus, what about ice dragons? Resistant to poison, immune to magic, and could spam ice minions everywhere as they kill stacks. I guess that's probably outweighed by not being able to heal them though.

Well, if you have the ice snakes spell, you could heal them...

[DeepSoul]

Well, I have Ice Dragons too but they can't be healed by that spell unfortunately since they are immune to magic, even if it's an ice creation(a mistake by the devs?). You can have one minion at a time but you can heal it, and they get a 50% attack penalty in caves, so it's not as good as you think but still worth it because they can tank the spiders really well.

I managed to beat the boss as a level 17 mage on hard and also got achievement. Here's what I had:

1 Black Dragon
2 Ice Dragons
3 Trolls
15 Jarls
80 Royal Snakes

Items: Healer's Jacket (20% poison resistance). Bought from pirate captain on Isterreng.
Spells: Ice Snake(cast on boss), Magic Spring(to get more mana for Ice Snake)

The Dragons tanked the minions while the rest attacked the boss whenever it was possible. I used the Jarls ability to give another turn to the snakes and they did a few really high hits on the boss. They even managed to use lunge without getting hit a few times, but don't attack his head because then he will use his magic.

[Reto]

I am new to KB and I must say, this was a hard fight. I first tried it with lvl 13 (warrior, normal), but had no chance.

Now I tried it again with lvl 15 and meanwhile frenzy skill 1. I needed several attempts but at the end beat the bloody spider in round 18 with the following armies:

- Trolls (3)
- Berserkers (~67)
- Vikings (~110)
- Royal Snakes (~60)
- Swamp Snakes (~110)

I lost all of my berserkers and vikings, about half of the snakes but no troll. This fight was hard for a warrior not able to use the rage skills and a KB newbie like me. But I'm glad that I succeded now and look forward to continue the game.

[jake21]

I'm actually at this point in my second play through and having a bit of an effort. On warrior impossible I did not find this fight so difficult (dont' remember level); but on mage impossible level 17 I'm finding it rather difficult.
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Troops:
royal snake 57/60
jotun 2/2
beserker 60/60
ancient bears 45/45
Jaris 11/11
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sucky spells (titan armor, titan sword)
sucky other spells (fire arrow only does 450 damage); only useful spell I think I have are
heal and stone skin
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Oh well I've failed twice but will try try again. I think maybe I should swap the jotun (which seem useless) with polar bears.I don't see any method to get to level 18. I could try leveling my baton for more leadership. Hum. Doesn't look good....

[torei]

i cant kill the boss
most of my talents are useless

best try was 3000 hp left on the boss, but i got really lucky that round
is there nothing else i can do to move past the boss?

also can i get into house of jotun?
cant figure out how if its possible

[linhtran]

Soothsayer level 17, Impossible, No loss:

My army:
- 3 Trolls in 1 stack as the main damage dealer. (my leadership could have 4 but in my game I could find only 3 of them).
- 1 Ermeral Green Dragon (taken from the Rekos Shield).

Spell used: heal, Magic Spring, Stone Skin & Fire Arrow.
Strategy: Troll attacking the big spider. Magic Spring on troll for additional mana. Do NOT attack the small spider as the more you kill, the more of them show up. Green Dragon serves as bait and sometimes grab the small spider out of the way for the Troll to move up to the big spider. Cast Fire Arrow on the big spider for more damages.

Another strategy which takes a long time but ensuring is the 1 troll + magic spring in the centre being surrounded by small spiders with the main damages dealer being you with attacking spell.

Hope it helps.

[Jinx]

Soothsayer Level 18, Impossible, no loss

My Army consisted of 3 Trolls divided into three stacks and one stack of two Green Dragons coming from a Call of Colossus.

I did not have Magic Spring. The only spells I used were Heal Lvl3 and Stone Skin Lvl1.
Special Skills were Creation Lvl3 to enhance the Stone Skin to 5 Rounds and Transmute Lvl2 to get some more Mana,

The three Trolls were placed in the three corners of the battle ground. Two of them attacked the spider and one was always waiting for the next move of the spider. I did not attack the small spiders. The Green Dragons were used only for mana generation.

The battle took around 86 Rounds with around 200 used Mana.

[jake21]

I am curious how you are going so long (86 rounds) because I found after 20 or so rounds the spider stacks where big enough to kill off my trolls. Anyways I personally finally manage to get past the spider (i was able to get to level 18 via leveling items) and tha was enough for me to get over the hump (though I was far from no-loss).

Originally Posted by Jinx

Soothsayer Level 18, Impossible, no loss

My Army consisted of 3 Trolls divided into three stacks and one stack of two Green Dragons coming from a Call of Colossus.

I did not have Magic Spring. The only spells I used were Heal Lvl3 and Stone Skin Lvl1.
Special Skills were Creation Lvl3 to enhance the Stone Skin to 5 Rounds and Transmute Lvl2 to get some more Mana,

The three Trolls were placed in the three corners of the battle ground. Two of them attacked the spider and one was always waiting for the next move of the spider. I did not attack the small spiders. The Green Dragons were used only for mana generation.

The battle took around 86 Rounds with around 200 used Mana.

[Razorflame]

you don't need to kill the spider stacks only attack boss with 3 trolls