Webknecht in the woods

[tomoscar]

How do you deal with webknechts when they outnumber you in the woods?
There were 2 contracts in a village, a 2-skull and a 3-skull. I saved and took the 2-skull which was taking down webknechts in the woods. I was not able to do it without loosing half the team of 12. I restarted the save and took the 3-skull instead;- a direwolf contract. Outnumbered in the woods again, but had no problem taking them down without any injuries.

[Uncle Khai]

all you need.... is SAM XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfJirrzRQ60

[Santo]

Get into formation ASAP. Spearwall is really useful against spiders. If you can put a couple of bros out of harm with polearms, so they can not just break nets but also deal damage, even better. Sometimes you can use dogs to distract them a little bit if needed. That's how I do it, at least, but there are far better players than me around -- let's see what they have to say...

[Dunnit]

Try to block choke points, use spear walls, free brothers asap. it's more important to free a brother and for this i use the backliners.

[BN Sercilius]

Originally posted by Dunnit:

Try to block choke points, use spear walls, free brothers asap. it's more important to free a brother and for this i use the backliners.

Also, in addition, i recommend you to use double grip because spiders try to web you first rather than attack, also bonuses of shields negated because of, again, web.

[Hairy Coo]

They break and run after you kill enough, so I usually dont even rush after the eggs or anything, just make a semicircle protecting bros that are not great at melee, get your best bro murdering, one of your crappier bros could be on web removing task which is easier if there is a circle instead of line.

In short if you get to us its most likely because you don't have enough kill power on your team, 1h shield bros would get swarmed and eaten. Get more 2h/billman bros, also throwing duelists can oneshot spiders quite often.

[mr_oluap]

Well it's pretty basic, don't bring archers, don't get surounded, position your best melee bros in chokepoints, don't waste fat because you'll need it to remove the webs. One handed swords with double grip can be a choice of weapons for that reason.

Sometimes ♥♥♥♥ happens though, i killed hundreds of webknechts without losing a single brother, and considered them the easiest ennemies in the game, yet i also lost 5 brothers to them in a 2 skulls contract in my last playthough...

[The Duck Knight]

Originally posted by Santo:

Get into formation ASAP. Spearwall is really useful against spiders. If you can put a couple of bros out of harm with polearms, so they can not just break nets but also deal damage, even better. Sometimes you can use dogs to distract them a little bit if needed. That's how I do it, at least, but there are far better players than me around -- let's see what they have to say...

In case of emergency, it's fine to throw nets on spiders, they are not immune to nets and have just a melee of 60.
Two stuck spider at the right place on a woodmap can force all other spiders to not get forward on that side.
Keeps them busy for a while, often long enough for you to clear another flank or at least re-postion for an advantage.

[tomoscar]

Thanks for your good advice :-)

[Hefas]

If im doing task Webknecht in the woods and i get the ambush situation, I block all posible paths to my formation with 1-2 bros, spears are good for that. Othere than that ranged and polearm bros support front line. And i dont use any shields in these encounters to max out damage to morale break webknechs.
Doing this you get max damage and fatigue, kills are faster, your bros are less exposed and back line can focus on damage and kills. Its not perfect tactic but hasnt failed me yet.