Arachnos

Overview

The Arachnos are a villain group in City of Heroes and City of Villians.

Villain Types

Underlings

Spiderling

These attack drones are used to soften up super-powered targets. Arachnos considers them very expendable, and uses them to record and monitor a threat's abilities before more expensive troops-such as Tarantulas or Fortunatas-are deployed.

Minions

Arachnos Drone

Arachnos no doubt stole the technology for these drones from the Rikti. Or perhaps they bargained for it. Lord Recluse will deal with anyone who gives him what he wants.

Powers

Disintegration Beam Ranged, Moderate Damage (energy)
This Arachnos Mobile Drones' beam is significantly less powerful (and cheaper) than the Sentry Drones'. It does Moderate Damage.

Resistance Auto Resist Lethal Smash Energy Fire Cold
Arachnos Mobile Drones Are resistant to lethal, smashing, energy, fire and cold damage

No Melee attacks
This mob doesen´t have any Melee attacks at all

Arachnobot

These attack drones are used to soften up super-powered targets. Arachnos considers them very expendable, and uses them to record and monitor a threat's abilities before more expensive troops-such as Tarantulas or Fortunatas-are deployed.

Powers

Chain gun -Defense
Your Defense has been reduced by the Submachine Gun.

Claw Moderate Lethal Damage
Vicious mechanical claws which can rake your opponent.

Full Auto Damage over Time (lethal)
You are being rattled by a Full Auto from an Assault Rifle.

Power Jumping Self Auto, +Jump, +Speed,
Arachnobots can jump very high and travel very fast

Wolf Spider

Wolf Spiders are little more than legalized thugs. Lord Recluse recruits legions of desperate souls to fill their ranks, then puts them through a rigorous training program that emphasizes loyalty, brutality, and discipline, in that order.

Powers

Pistol Ranged Lethal, Low Damage
Small caliber side arm.

Pulverize Disorient
You have been Disoriented.

Pummel Minor Smash Damage
When all else fails, you have only your two fists to depend on.

Wolf Spider Enforcer

Wolf Spiders are little more than legalized thugs. Lord Recluse recruits legions of desperate souls to fill their ranks, then puts them through a rigorous training program that emphasizes loyalty, brutality, and discipline, in that order.

Powers

Heavy Pistol Ranged Lethal, Medium Damage
Small caliber side arm.

Pulverize Disorient
You have been Disoriented.

Pummel Minor Smash Damage
When all else fails, you have only your two fists to depend on.

Wolf Spider Assault

Wolf Spider Assault troops are armed with submachine guns to hose down pesky super-types who stick their nose in Lord Recluse's business.

Powers

Brawl Minor Smash Damage
When all else fails, you have only your two fists to depend on.

Burst -Defense
Your Defense has been reduced by the Submachine Gun.

Heavy Burst -Defense
Your Defense has been reduced by the Submachine Gun.

Pulverize Melee, High Damage(Smash), Minor Disorient
You attempt to Pulverize your opponent. This attack is slower than Bash but causes more damage. It also has a chance of Disorienting your opponent for a brief time. Damage: High, Recharge: Moderate

Mu Striker

Strikers are descendant of the long lost Mu, drafted into Arachnos service to fight both mystic heroes and the troublesome Circle of Thorns.

Powers

Lightning Bolt Ranged, High Damage (energy), foe -Endurance
You can send a large blast of electrical energy at a foe, dealing heavy damage and draining some of Endurance. Lightning Bolt deals more damage than Charged Bolts, but recharges more slowly. Damage: High. Recharge: Moderate.

Lightning Blast High Damage (energy), foe -Endurance
A focused electrical blast that can travel great distancies with high Accuracy. Lightning Blast drains Endurance, and is best fired from a distance, as it can be interrupted. Damage: Extreme. Recharge: Slow.

No Melee attacks No Hand to Hand
This mob doesen´t have any Melee attacks at all

Crab Spider Slicer

Crab Spiders function much like SWAT teams in other cities, and are dispatched to deal with high-level threaths like super-types. They're equiped with full body armor, larger weapons and a set of mechanical spider arms that turn them into death-dealing machines.

Powers

Longfang -Defense
Your Defense has been reduced by the Submachine Gun.

Slice Melee, Heavy Damage (Lethal), Foe -Defense
You perform a Slice with your Claws, dealing a good ammount of damage. Damage: Moderate. Recharge: Fast.

Blood Widow

Blood Widows are Arachnos' beautiful but deadly assassins. Pray you do not feel their kiss.

Powers

Poison Dart Poison: Damage over Time (toxic), -Regeneration
You have been hit by a Poison Dart. You cannot regenerate your wounds while you take damage from this poison.

Swipe Damage over Time (toxic), -Recharge, -Speed
You are poisoned! Yor attack speed and Running speed are reduced.

Slice Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow
The poison on the blade is slowly damaging you and slowing your attacks and movement speed.

Lunge Damage over Time (toxic), -Recharge, -Speed
You are poisoned! Yor attack speed and Running speed are reduced.

Fortunata

Fortunatas are female Arachnos agents gifted with psychic powers. Those with aggressive abilities are tasked with taking down super-types, who often have little resistance to their deadly abilities.

Powers

Mental Blast -Recharge
The Mental Blast has slowed your attack rate.

No Melee attacks No Hand to Hand
This mob doesen´t have any Melee attacks at all

Tarantula

The Tarantula Exoskeleton Armor was developed by an Orb Weaver cell named Weaver One. It grants the user incredible strength and wires him directly to his weapons systems. Runor is that the pilot must undergo a terrible treatment of some sort to properly graft with the suit.

Powers

Venom Bolt -Damage, -Recharge, Damage over Time
The poison is coursing through your system, making it difficult to fly.

Claw Shred Cone Moderate Lethal Damage
You have been raked by a claw

Claw Pierce Moderate Lethal Damage
You have been raked by a claw

Fire Tarantula

The Tarantula Exoskeleton Armor was developed by an Orb Weaver cell named Weaver One. It grants the user incredible strength and wires him directly to his weapons systems. Runor is that the pilot must undergo a terrible treatment of some sort to properly graft with the suit.

Powers

Plasma Cannon Damage over Time (fire)
The Plasma Cannon has set you on fire and you are burning.

Burning Claws Damage over Time (fire)
The Burning Claws have set you on fire .

Lieutenants

Arachnobot Blaster

Arachnobot Blasters were created by Arachnos´ Orb Weavers to take down particularly powerful super-powered threaths.

Powers

Claw Moderate Lethal Damage
Vicious mechanical claws which can rake your opponent.

Energy Blast Medium Range, High Damage (Energy), Foe Knockback
A medium range, but devastating attack. Damage: High, Recharge: Slow

Energy Pulse Ranged, Moderate Damage over Time (Energy)
Multiple pulses of energy shoot forth damaging you. Damage Moderate (Damage over Time), Recharge: Slow.

Power Jumping Self Auto, +Jump, +Speed,
Arachnobots can jump very high and travel very fast

Arachnos Drone Coordinator

Arachnos no doubt stole the technology for these drones from the Rikti. Or perhaps they bargained for it. Lord Recluse will deal with anyone who gives him what he wants.

Wolf Spider Tac Ops

Tactical Operators are Wolf Spiders who have shown keen tactical sense and lead small detachments of Wolf Spiders.

Powers

Poisonous Ray (Ranged), Damage over Time, Toxic, Foe -Defense
You have been poisoned and your Defense has been reduced.

Mace Beam Ranged, Moderate Damage (Energy/Smash), Foe Knockback
The Nulifier Mace is capable of firing a tremendous bolt of Force from the end of it. Arachnos Troopers call this the Power Blast. The Arbiters who invented it scoff at this simple term.

Pulverize Disorient
You have been Disoriented.

Mu Adept

The most gifted Mu strikers are given far more than promotions and new uniforms: they are given eldritch secrets to unlock their inner powers. As long as they continue to use them in Arachnos' service, of course.

Powers

Lightning Bolt Ranged, High Damage (energy), Foe -Endurance
You can send a large blast of electrical energy at a foe, dealing heavy damage and draining some of Endurance. Lightning Bolt deals more damage than Charged Bolts, but recharges more slowly. Damage: High. Recharge: Moderate.

Cage of Lightning Sleep
You are trapped in a cage of lightning.

No Melee attacks
This mob doesen´t have any Melee attacks at all

Night Widow

Night Widows are trained in stealth, infiltration, disguise and cold blooded murder. Most of their victims never see them coming.

Crab Spider Longfang

Crab Spiders function much like SWAT teams in other cities, and are dispatched to deal with high-level threaths like super-types. They're equiped with full body armor, larger weapons and a set of mechanical spider arms that turn them into death-dealing machines.

Powers

Supression Damage over Time (energy)
The Suppressive Fire from the Crab Spider is all around you .

Fortunata Seer

Fortunata Seers can glimpse moments into the future. They use this ability to increase the defense of the more mundane troops they slavishly lead into combat.

Powers

Mental Blast -Recharge
The Mental Blast has slowed your attack rate.

Psionic Lance -Recharge
The Psionic Lance has reduced your attack rate.

Subdue Immobilize
You have been Subdued and are being held immobile.

Tarantula Mistress

A rare few Fortunatas volunteer for the Tarantula program. Those who survive integration with the machine are truly terrors to behold. Their specially-designed suits greatly amplify their psychic abilities, allowing them to not only comunicate the next few seconds of time to their allies, but also to distort reality for their foes as well.

Powers

Mental Blast -Recharge
The Mental Blast has slowed your attack rate.

Psychic Scream -Recharge
The Psychic Scream has reduced your Attack rate.

Telekinetic Blast Ranged, Moderate Damage, (smash/Psionic), Foe Knockback
You can use Telekinesis to Blast a targeted foe with the power of your mind. This attack deals Smashing and Psionic damage, and can knock your opponent back. Damage: Moderate. Recharge: Moderate

Claw Shred Cone Moderate Lethal Damage
You have been raked by a claw

Bosses

Arachnobot Disruptor

Orb Weavers created the Disruptor arachnobots to capture their prey alive.

Powers

Wide Area Web Grenade Immobilize, -Fly, -Recharge
You have been caught in a web. You cannot move or fly and your attack speed is reduced.

Disruptor Bolt Ranged, High Damage (Energy), Foe -Endurance
You can send a large blast of energy at a foe, dealing heavy damage and draining some endurance. Damage: High, Recharge: Moderate.

Disruptor Blast Targeted Area of Effect (Energy), -Endurance
The Ball Lightning is continuing to electrocute you.

Disruptor Tesla Sleep
The Disruptor Tesla is holding you helpless.

??? Melee Lethal
???

Spiderlings Factory Summon
Arachnobot Disruptors can create Spiderlings.

Wolf Spider Huntsman

The most brutal and effective members of the Wolf Spiders are eventually promoted to Huntsmen. They're armed and armored for many situations, so tread lightly when they are around.

Powers

Frag Grenade Targeted Area of Effect Lethal/Smashing, Knockback
Launches an M30 grenade at long range from under the barrel of your Assault Rifle. The explosion of this grenade affects all within the blast and can knock them back.

Wide Area Web Grenade Immobilize, -Fly, -Recharge
You have been caught in a web. You cannot move or fly and your attack speed is reduced.

Venom Grenade -Damage, -Recharge
The poisonous gas has severely weakened your attacks and Slowed your attack speed.

Shotgun Lethal
???

Rifle Butt Melee Smash
A smash with the butt of your rifle.

??? Melee Smash
???

Mu Guardian

Mu Guardians pilse with the blood of their slaughtered ancestors in their veins. They have read unholy tomes, visited other planes of existence and performed dark sacrifices too terrible to mention to become the masters of the mystic arts.

Powers

Lightning Bolt Ranged, High Damage, Energy, Foe -Endurance
You can send a large blast of electrical energy at a foe. Lightning Bolt deals good damage and also drains some endurance.

Ball Lightning (Ranged), Targeted Area of Effect, Energy, Foe -Endurance
Hurls a highly charged ball of lightning that explodes on contact. Ball Lightning deals good damage in an area and also drains some endurance from each target it hits.

Static Discharge Damage over Time, Energy
The Static Discharge continues to electrocute you.

No Melee attacks
This mob doesen´t have any Melee attacks at all

Night Widow

Night Widows are trained in stealth, infiltration, disguise and cold blooded murder. Most of their victims never see them coming.

Powers

Smoke Grenade -Perception, -Accuracy
Your visual range and Accuracy have been reduced by the Smoke Grenade.

Mental Blast -Recharge
The Mental Blast has slowed your attack rate.

Psychic Scream -Recharge
The Psychic Scream has reduced your Attack rate.

Strike Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow
The poison on the blade is slowly damaging you and slowing your attacks and movement speed .

Slash Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow
The poison on the blade is slowly damaging you and slowing your attacks and movement speed .

Spin Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow
The poison on the blade is slowly damaging you and slowing your attacks and movement speed .

Eviscerate Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow
The poison on the blade is slowly damaging you and slowing your attacks and movement speed .

Stealth ???
 ???

Crab Spider Webmaster

Crab Spiders function much like SWAT teams in other cities, and are dispatched to deal with high-level threaths like super-types. They're equiped with full body armor, larger weapons and a set of mechanical spider arms that turn them into death-dealing machines.

Powers

Wide Area Web Grenade Immobilize, -Fly, -Recharge
You have been caught in a web. You cannot move or fly and your attack speed is reduced.

Supression Damage over Time (energy)
The Suppressive Fire from the Crab Spider is all around you .

Channelgun Ranged, energy
??? .

Arm Lash Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow
The poison on the blade is slowly damaging you and slowing your attacks and movement speed .

Fortunata Mistress

The most powerful of the Fortunatas are the Mistresses. These rare few have mastered numerous psychic abilities and risen to the top of Lord Recluse's beautiful Black Widows.

Tarantula Queen

What terrible process pushes a woman to become one of these unholy terrors is a subject of much speculation. What is known is that their suits are little different from Tarantula Mistresses. Instead, it seems the user somehow suffers the upgrade. Tarantula Queens are incredibly powerful, but also quite mad.

Powers

Psychic Scream -Recharge
The Psychic Scream has reduced your Attack rate.

Telekinetic Blast Ranged, Moderate Damage, (smash/Psionic), Foe Knockback
You can use Telekinesis to Blast a targeted foe with the power of your mind. This attack deals Smashing and Psionic damage, and can knock your opponent back. Damage: Moderate. Recharge: Moderate

Scramble Toughts Disorient
You have been Disoriented.

Psychic Wail -Recharge
The Psychic Wail has reduced your Attack rate.

Claw Shred Cone Moderate Lethal Damage
You have been raked by a claw

Claw Pierce Moderate Lethal Damage
You have been raked by a claw

Toxic Tarantula

The Tarantula Exoskeleton Armor was developed by an Orb Weaver cell named Weaver One. It grants the user incredible strength and wires him directly to his weapons systems. Runor is that the pilot must undergo a terrible treatment of some sort to properly graft with the suit.

Powers

Venom Burst Toxic, Damage over Time, Slow, -Defense
The poison on the venomous barb is slowly damaging you, slowing your attacks as well as your movement speed. Your defenses are reduced.

Cocoon Hold
You have been encased in a cocoon of webs and cannot move!

Web Spitter Immobilize, -Fly, -Recharge
You have been caught in a web. You cannot move or fly and your attack speed is reduced.

Special Mobs

Arbiter Drone (guard)

These deadly Drones have been dispatched by the Arachnos to maintain control and order. The Drones quickly deal with any nearby threaths by simply vaporizing the target.

Powers

Imobile Immobilize
Guards are immobile.

Tactics +Perception
The Arachnos Drone is improving your Perception.