Spider

Not to be confused with the Halloween Event 2017 Limited Frigate-Class Spiderblade.

The Spider is a Spinal-focused Frigate.

Description

The Spider is a Frigate. It deals significant shield damage for a ship of its class. It is a decently fast ship. The ship is shaped similarly to the Archangel.

Appearance

The Spider has very little in the way of an interior. Inside, there is simply a small pilot seat.

Advantages

• Decent speed.
• Ties with the Abyss for the best turn speed in the game.
• Very small.
• Has an adequate armament of Spinals.
• A very good nuke ship, as it is cheap and does 250 explosion damage.
• Dirt cheap. Even Wasp owners can mass produce these.

Disadvantages

• No Turrets.
• No other weaponry that can output more damage to Hull.
• Low health, lower than some Fighters.
• You have to be able to aim Spinals in order to use this ship.
• Tied with the Starblade and the Dropship as the slowest Frigate.

Strategy

• Stick to other ships from your faction as you are vulnerable and rather weak alone.
• Join up with an Abyss to take down larger ships. You take care of the shield, and they take care of the hull.

Version History

• Added in .65a.
• Explosion range reduced from 25 to 6 in .66b.

Trivia

• When you type in :cost Spider, most likely you will get the ship costs for the off sale, limited edition Spiderblade Frigate.