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The Spider Queen Minion is a multipurpose Summoner defense. She is a crystallized version of the Spider Queen boss.

This minion combines the utility of a Spider Minion with the endurance and strength of an Ogre Minion. She attacks in a pattern of spitting out five webs at once, followed by two melee attacks from her front most legs which deal generic damage instead of poison.

The Queen currently holds multiple top/bottom records for a hero defense:

  • She is the most expensive defense in the game, costing 600 mana and 30 Minion Units.
  • Highest amount of health (slightly higher than an Ogre Minion) when blockades (Spike Blockade, Physical Beam, etc.) are excluded. She also takes 10% reduced damage.
  • Highest damage per hit, for a minion.
  • Slowest movement speed, for a minion.

Stat Scaling[]

  • Stats measurements taken without upgrades or extra buffs.
  • All minions have 1.625x more health and 3.25x attack damage on Nightmare and Ascension.
Defense Stat Health Damage Attack Speed Boost (Multiplier)
0 (Base) ? ? 0.80
1 ? ? ?

Notes[]

  • Despite being a spider, the Spider Queen Minion can be webbed by enemy Spiders.
  • Like the Ogre Minion's fixed 8.00 attack range, the Queen's range is always 12.00, regardless of range-boosting effects.
  • This minion can always be summoned on top of any other minion, except Ogres. Inversely, an Ogre cannot be summoned on top of a Queen.

Tips[]

  • While this minion is very powerful and durable, especially with a Tower Buff Beam and Mage Minions backing her up, you will not always have the MU to afford this defense, without sacrificing Defense Units for non-minion walls.
  • The Spider Queen can quite easily web Ogre-loaded Goblin Copters at high angles, making them easier to take down before they deploy.
  • Her incredible durability allows the Queen to withstand multiple snot bubbles from Cyclopes, possibly all the way to the final wave of Ascension Survival/Pure Strategy. However, she might eventually need to be healed multiple times by players or a group of protected mages until all of the Cyclopes in a wave are dead.

Version History[]

  • ?: Introduced.

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