Try to take out her minions first they will use Overwhelm to interrupt your attacks on her, which can be distracting and dangerous. Be cautious as if she does not have the opportunity to summon all 8 spiders during the fight, all remaining ones will spawn simultaneously upon her death. However, the Queen herself is not invincible during the transition: a mage with high spellpower could potentially kill the creature using damage-over-time spells ( Blood Wound and Flame Blast) out of sight. The third and fourth times (at 40% and 20% of her total health) she will also spawn 4 corrupted spiders. Her Overwhelm, on the other hand, is much less dangerous (for Arcane Warriors and sword-and-shield warriors at least) and can be easily interrupted.Įvery 20% of her health you damage, the Queen will shoot a long-lasting Web at your entire party and withdraw back into her lair. She is fond of using Poison Spit in quick succession against ranged characters, which deals tremendous amount of nature damage that can easily take down any character even with Shimmering Shield active.

Make sure to kill these before engaging the Corrupted Spider Queen, or they will assist her in the boss battle.Ĭontrary to basic instinct, it is better to engage with the Queen in melee rather than at range.

Outside the spider's lair, there are two Genlock emissaries who call normal corrupted spiders for backup. Skills Corruption Burst Overwhelm Poison Spit Web Strategy Evasion, which gives +20% dodge chance and +20% chance to resist stun/knockdown. +7.5 spell resistance, which is further adjusted by difficulty settings. The following statistics are for level 16. The Corrupted Spider Queen's level ranges from 12 to 16. Quests A Paragon of Her Kind Locations Ortan Thaig Statistics Make sure to destroy both groups, or they will assist the Corrupted spider queen. The Warden triggers her appearance by nearing the spot marked with a green dot on the map.īefore reaching the Corrupted spider queen, the Warden must fight through two Genlock emissaries and some normal corrupted spiders.

This creature appears near Branka's Journal in the Ortan Thaig during the later stages of A Paragon of Her Kind.

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