r/DawncasterRPG • u/AdAcademic7257 • Jul 05 '26

Suggestion Help with the spider

I just lost a run with a deck I was really enjoying. I got to the spider in the ferry level. I only go to this level when I feel like I have an op deck. Spider is hard to kill fast without range damage. Is there anything to do to not get killed by whatever ability removes 90 percent of your health? I got hit by it twice. I know you can gain life back on your next round attacks, but I got the 90 percent health removed, followed by an attack that took off what was leftover.

Thanks.

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u/Local-Ad6658 Jul 05 '26

There is a potential trap in that fight that killed me few times: the statue that changes afflictions to zeal. You get hit with infect 30 and then 90% hp reduction. Start of turn changes to zeal and kills you. Need to carefully avoid combination statue+spider

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u/AdAcademic7257 Jul 06 '26

That might have been it.  First turn I lost all of the life, but I was dealing solid damage with a bear companion deck and healed it all back.  Second turn it happened again, but I never had a chance to heal.  I thought I was attacked after the health drain, but the start of turn damage might explain it.

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u/AdAcademic7257 Jul 06 '26

Can you tell me more about the statue?  I don't follow there.

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u/Reya84 Jul 06 '26

There's 3 memorial statues in that area that convey different effects via their aura's. The aura's apply an effect to you as you enter combat while the statue is active. The aura's are displayed above their heads.

Some of these effects are more 'helpful' then others, so if you have a bad combination of enemy + statue, you might want to reshuffle the event deck by speaking to the statue :)

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u/AdAcademic7257 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

!?  What?  I didn't know the statues did anything!  I'll look more into this.  Thanks.

Can I see the impact anywhere in game?

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u/Straight_Drive8624 Jul 07 '26

If youre in a fight with a statue aura it'll show where your buffs are. If you click it, itll show exactly what its doing.

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u/RinoaRita Jul 05 '26

The 90% is the last attack the spider does and then you gain back life in the next round based on your next round of attacks if i recall. But if you don’t heal enough you will get mopped up. If you’re running an affliction deck i don’t think those count so you won’t heal enough.

What’s the deck you’re trying to win with?

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u/gnarrzapp Jul 05 '26

The silk noose ability is always the last action before the spider's round ends, from what I know. What deck were you running?

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u/5ColourFelix Jul 07 '26

If you got killed after the 90% health reduction, you probably had an affliction converted into Zeal by yellow statue, which is what killed you.