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This article is about the Epic Archetype. For the power set, see Arachnos Soldier (Powerset).

Overview

Characters with Arachnos Soldier training begin their careers as Wolf Spiders. Wolf Spider characters have a strong mix of Melee and Ranged attacks and strong protective powers available via their power armor. Beginning at level 24, the player has to choose whether he will progress down the "Crab Spider" or "Bane Spider" path. Crab Spiders gain access to the "backpack" and the powerful claw/cone attacks it provides, while the Bane Spider track provides stealth and a stronger focus on melee.

Arachnos Soldiers who go the Bane Spider route gain the ability to do automatic critical damage with any of their primary melee attacks when attacking from Hidden status. These criticals do one and two-thirds times normal damage. Bane Spiders become Hidden the same way Stalkers do, by using their secondary Cloaking Device power or primary Placate power. (However, the stealth granted by Cloaking Device is slightly less than that granted by a Stalker's Hide, and Arachnos Soldiers must also use some other source of Stealth or enemy -Perception to approach Boss and higher-rank targets reliably.)

Arachnos Soldiers, along with Arachnos Widows, are one of the two Epic Archetypes for Villains, only available to players who have reached Level 50 with at least one Villain. All Arachnos Soldiers are of Natural origin.

Alignment: Villain

The Arachnos Soldier's power sets are:

Primary: Soldiers
Secondary: Gadgets

The Arachnos Soldier has medium Hit Points and does medium damage.

An Arachnos Soldier is called Spider in the targetting window.

Career Tracks

Initially, the Arachnos Soldier only has access to one primary and one secondary power set. At level 24, the other two of each become available and the character is required to Respec. At that time, all six of the Arachnos Soldier's power sets will be available and he can choose from any of them starting at level 1. However, once a power from the Crab Spider or Bane Spider tracks is selected, the other track's power sets become unavailable.

Career track selection is not permanent, however. A Respec will allow an Arachnos Soldier to select from the other track instead if he so desires.

Power Sets

Primary Power Sets

An Arachnos Soldier's primary power sets are designed for all-around damage output via all forms of attacks. They are:

• Initial Power Set

• Arachnos Soldier

• Career Track Power Sets

• Crab Spider Soldier
• Bane Spider Soldier

Secondary Power Sets

An Arachnos Soldier's secondary power sets are designed for support via self-buffs, control and stealth. They are:

• Initial Power Set

• Training and Gadgets

• Career Track Power Sets

• Crab Spider Training
• Bane Spider Training

Patron Power Pools

Arachnos Soldiers receive Patron Power Pools similar to Brutes. Both archetypes' pools were identical prior to Issue 13.

• Leviathan Mastery
• Mace Mastery
• Mu Mastery
• Soul Mastery

Inherent Power

• Conditioning

Costumes

An Arachnos Soldier's original costume slot requires the use of unique, AT-specific accessories that give it a distinct appearance. To balance this, Soldiers can earn their second costume slot at level 10. They can earn level 20, 30, and 40 costumes as per usual, and can also turn in event salvage, making six costume slots available. However, the only way to access the sixth slot is through /cc 5, and it cannot be edited at the tailor, so it will consist of all default options.

Soldier-specific accessories cannot be added to any costume except the first slot.

See Also

• Alan Desslock, the initial contact for Arachnos Soldiers.

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