Cant kill the bloody spider

[Dave562]

Im stuck on the bloody spider.Cant Kill Him.Hes in the cave of the frozen tears on Istering.

I am playing as Warrior and have :-
110 Skalds
97 Vikings
176 Slingers
12 Jarls
155 Pirates
Cant get past him no matter what spells/magic I use. Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Hyvel]

You need really specific strategies if you want to do it no loss, but personally I've stopped playing no loss games. When you're up for a slugging match, bears are really good here. As the spider will always retaliate even against ranged creatures, I tend not to use those against him.

[Dave562]

Thanks for that.Tried Bears.I don't care about losses -I just want to kill the Boss Spider and continue with game but cant.

[Stanza]

Ok I did the game as a Mage so I can't accurately counsel you but :
- I used some snakes (swamp & royal ones) cause they have an innate 80% poison resistance and can't be poisoned, as a result those snakes are good at tanking and killing spider spawns.
- I know that some warriors used Berserkers to great effect to hurt the giant spider, lot of damage.
- Trolls are also good because they can regenerate every turn.
- Warrior Maidens have a really good resurrection skill for your troops, as well as some nice damage.

Hope that helps.

[socalocjoe]

it has been a while since I beat him but I am playing on Fire and Ice and did not get my wings yet
If you have a flying horse get trolls, they will regen every round and never die also look for ice giants.

with those 2 you should be good... you can also run Royal Snakes since they do not get countered

Are you running fire and Ice? If so I can get give you some better advice... and what class are you and what spells do you have?

[Dave562]

Ive tried using two stacks of snakes but eventually they all get killed by the little spiders.Must have tried dozens of timers now.Still cant kill him.
I do have the flying horse but I don't have any trolls -where can I buy them
I have loads of magic and spells but nothing seems to work HELP !

[socalocjoe]

Ok there is a place on one of the islands that sells them. You have to fly to get there.. should be called a Jotun Lair or shop.

Grab some trolls.

Do not use Slingers or any ranged heroes.. they will be useless after the first round.
Have you killed Everything else on all the maps?

Get as strong as you can.

Use Trolls, Royal Snakes, The big Viking guys ( they have 2 attacks ) , the Viking that gives a troop an extra turn ( like 200+ leadership guy ), and for the 4th... I used the chick on the polar bear.. she can throw the spear and can res your guys.

As for spells if you are playing a mage blast him with single target spells and make sure you have the bonus initiative spell on and give some of your stacks stone skin...

Try that.

Worry about the spider more then the summons... your counter attacks should take care of them.

Good luck.

[Hearts]

Go park your main fighting team somewhere (maybe put three in a castle and keep your other two in reserve). You are probably going to take some losses in this fight so it's a good idea to do this with "throwaway" troops.

Get the Might skill called "Frenzy" so that you get bonus attack power for killing troops. This will add up like crazy.

If you're a magician, Magic Axe can deal some great boss damage. He also doesn't retaliate against your magic spells, which is nice. Also if you're lucky enough to have Calm Rage I'm sure that is a huge plus (I didn't have it).

My party was:

Jarls
One stack of every kind of snake
Trolls

The trolls get a bonus for fighting in a cave, and their attack buffs every time you kill something. They also regenerate all their health every turn. For that reason they are really good in this fight. You might not even lose one.

Strategy: Just focus on killing the baby spiders. Frenzy will build up and make you just strong enough to consistently kill all the enemy stacks while taking hardly any losses. After doing this for a while your snakes will have ridiculously high attack power and you can just sic them on the boss. Or, you can just pick the boss off with magic spells if you have good magic damage, and let the snakes take care of the baby spiders (that's how I did it).

Don't worry, it's one of the hardest fights in the game and it's supposed to be. It's okay to find it particularly challenging.

[Jinix]

I had the same trouble with the spider - the more rounds I went the more bloody spiders dropped down - I was so frustrated I went to Youtube and watched someone sail thru it with 4 trolls.
However, my game did not spawn trolls before the spider-boss fight so I had to keep on trying til it worked. Anticipating the spider's moves helps to align your troops just before he moves. I eventually won it as a soothsayer with Vikings and griffins.
Every time a new game starts the program changes the locations of some spells and items and troops.
With the Princess game I got resurrection spell almost immediately, on the second time thru I never found one until almost near the end of the game.

With WotN I'm level 27 soothsayer and have not seen a troll for sale yet.