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Spider

From the manual:

"The Viral outbreak was able to find and mutate the last of the Bugs that existed within Darwinia, and the Spiders are the result. They are blessed with extremely strong rear legs and are capable of leaping great distances. They prefer to pounce on prey from a distance, and appear to be invulnerable to standard Laser blasts. They can also lay Eggs, which will hatch into many more Virii if they are fertilised with a Soul?."

Appearance:

Spiders look like traditional spiders, with eight legs, mandibles, and a large abdomen. They are red in colour, as are all enemies.

Manouverability:

Spiders don't walk very fast, but they can leap large distances very quickly. They tend to shamble around a bit, occasionally jumping to a new location.

Attack Patterns:

Spiders will attempt to jump on a player unit when it enters their range of attack. If it lands directly, the unit will take damage. This is the Spider's only method of attack. Spiders can not jump on units if they are very close to them. Spiders can and will attack Engineers, but will usually miss, and not do much damage if they do hit them. For the most part, Engineers are relatively safe from them.

Attack Strategies:

Spiders are immune to Lasers. To take one out with a Squad, keep moving until the Spider jumps. When it lands, lob several Grenades at their landing spot, and stay relatively close for about a second and a half (This keeps the Spider from jumping away again). Then hightail it out of there, and the Grenades should do their job. This may take several tries, as sometimes the Spider will take a few steps away from his landing position after a jump. Rockets and Air Strikes are also effective, but the former is more likely to blow up your Squad as well, and the latter requires the Spider to stand in one spot for too long. However, the only real penalty for losing a squad is having to recreate it and return it, and kamikaze airstrike calls are extremely effective. Take out large groups quickly with Grenades or Air Strikes. Battle Cannons are also effective. v4.0 Darwinians are the only Darwinians that have any chance at surviving a Spider attack, as v3.0 and lower Darwinians do not have Grenades.

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