How to fight spiders?

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Guys what are your tactics against spiders ? I get that I have to crush their balls right, but they seem to always be in a different spot on the map and before I can even start getting to them half my team is dead from poison T_T

[The Duck Knight]

just...kill them.
I suggest 1Hweapons+shields during early game. They can't take much damage and the "balls" will stop spawning new spiders sooner or later. Just keep killing them, if possible make the flee.

[sikker]

I don't bother killing eggs. Just make sure to get out of their web asap and you shouldn't take too much damage.

If I use archers I give them a shield instead of a melee weapon and if they get engaged they just stall until the melee finish cleaning up.

[Whatever100500]

Just avoid them before you get bandit tier armor. Spiders are not rewarding enough to bother with early and super dangerous to unarmored bros.

[Belial]

1) Spears and swords are the best weapons vs spiders.
2) keep a few lightly armored bros in the back with high matk and fat (and polearm i guess) so they help you escape the webs.
3) I woudnt bring archers at all. So you want a line of 8 frontline bros and 4 polearms in the back. 4) I think shields are not actually needed that much except on flank guys bc spiders dont atack so much (only 1 atk per turn and they often will web instead). They usually outnumber you too. So you need to kill em quick while keeping webs off (backliners) so spiders will waste time webbing you while you cut em down

[anaphylactic god]

dont break formation to crush eggs, rather keep close and use spear wall.
you can try to give spears to guys with highest melee attack - spiders will just rush spear wall untill most of them are dead and then they break and flee.

[Thirty-O-Six]

Used second line to pull front line out of nets. This usually causes them to spam nets all game..IE you can avoid their damage by constantly being net free. I caveot this when there is 2x more then your current party. 24 of them will have the ability to surround and you’ll loose the net war.

[PIT_DEFENDER]

The monsters changed after I reloaded the game ;p but thanks for all your tips guys :) Ill try them out next time I meet spiders :)

[Arden]

Unequip all of your shields and use spears and swords on everyone unless your bros have high attack. You have to kill them quickly before you run out of fatigue especially if there are more than 20 of them.

[suejak]

Don't go for the eggs.

I think spiders are both a damage race and a bro count check. They heavily punish people who try to slow-roll the game with a small starting group, because you need to spend plenty of AP both attacking and especially removing webs. You need to remove those webs, because they really amplify spiders' effective damage.

Also, spears/swords in alternating formation and remove shields on anybody with at least 80ish armour.

Anyway, I've always been puzzled when experienced players say spiders "aren't worth it". Spiders, like early nach, are really consistent, quick, safe, clean kills in the early game for me, so if you view them as somehow "not worth it," I'd reconsider your strats.

[Ser_Chonks]

Spears+Shields to make sure you are dishing more damage than taking and Polearms on a second line to finish them quick, or a Whip Bro to bleed out the ones striped of "armor" works great for me.

[suejak]

The reason shields are usually a bad idea is that the spiders multiply as the turns progress, so moving slowly isn't really a successful strategy. If your damage output is too low, you get swamped. You need to kill as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, if you kill several relatively quickly, the reinforcing spiders will just run away.

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Thanks for all the help lads :) I just wont a fight with ewwy creatures and I didnt get a scratch xD Literary xD I used spears double grip like you said and spread a few polearms in second line. After only two rounds the remaining spiders just routed.

Thanks again for all the tips i wouldnt do it without you :)

[Lampros]

Spiders are even easier than Direwolves. You don't need a method...

[Hurricane]

Hit them with something hard and unweb asap gg...

[Belial]

Originally posted by PIT_DEFENDER:

Thanks for all the help lads :) I just wont a fight with ewwy creatures and I didnt get a scratch xD Literary xD I used spears double grip like you said and spread a few polearms in second line. After only two rounds the remaining spiders just routed.

Thanks again for all the tips i wouldnt do it without you :)

Glad it helped brother! Give those spiders hell