Arachnos Widow

This article is about the Epic Archetype. For the enemy faction, see Night Widows or Fortunatas.

Arachnos Widow
Primary	Training
Secondary	Teamwork
Inherent	Conditioning
Base HP	1070.9
Max HP	2409.5
Primary Sets	3
Secondary Sets	3
Epic Power Pools	4
Modifiers (at level 50)   Melee Ranged Damage Scale 1.000 1.000 Damage Buff 0.100 0.100 Defense Buff 0.100 0.100 Resist Buff 0.100 0.100 ToHit Buff 0.100 0.100 Damage Debuff 0.075 0.075 Defense Debuff 0.075 0.075 Resist Debuff 0.100 0.100 ToHit Debuff 0.075 0.075 EndMod 1.000 1.000 Fear 1.341 1.341 Heal Other 80.317 80.314 Heal Self 107.090 Immobilize 1.341 1.341 Knockback 2.077 1.869 Sleep 1.341 1.341 Slow 1.000 1.000 Stun 1.341 1.341 Taunt 1.750 1.750 Threat Level 2.0 2.0
Limits (at level 50)   Max Min Damage Resistance 85% -300% Status Resistance 10,001.01% -300% Status Protection N/A N/A Damage 400% 10% Defense ?% -100% ToHit 200.35% -100% Recharge Rate 400% -75% Regeneration 2000% 0% Recovery 500% 0% Stealth (PvE) ? ft -180 ft Stealth (PvP) 852 ft -180 ft Perception 1260.6 ft 0 ft Range 500% 25%

Overview

Arachnos Widows, along with Arachnos Soldiers, are one of the two Epic Archetypes for Villains. They are available to all players, but do not get any tutorial offered at character creation, so may be unsuitable for novices. While all NPC Widows and Fortunata are female, PCs may be either gender. An Arachnos Widow is called Widow in the targeting window.

Characters with Widow Training begin their careers as Blood Widows. Blood Widow characters begin with modest melee, ranged and buff skills. Beginning at level 24, they may choose to switch to the "Fortunata" path or remain on the "Widow" path and become "Night Widows." Night Widows gain considerably stronger melee capabilities, and only have modest ranged abilities, while those who go with the Fortunata path learn stronger ranged attack abilities and control abilities.

Arachnos Widows who go the Night Widow 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. Night Widows become Hidden the same way Stalkers do, by using their primary Mask Presence or Placate power. (However, the stealth granted by Mask presence is less than that granted by a Stalker's Hide, and Night Widows must also use their Smoke Grenade power, or some other source of Stealth or enemy -Perception, to approach their target reliably.) Fortunatas are also able to perform this type of attack using the Fortunata Mask Presence power, however, lacking Placate or Smoke Grenade, they are unable to do so as often.

Alignment: Villain

The Arachnos Widow's power sets are:

Primary: Training
Secondary: Teamwork

Arachnos Widow Stats

Survivability

7

Melee Damage

8

Ranged Damage

5

Crowd Control

2

Support

5

Pets

2

Career Tracks

Initially, the Arachnos Widow 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 Widow's power sets will be available. However, once a power from the Night Widow or Fortunata tracks is selected, the other track's power sets become unavailable.

Career track selection is not permanent, however. A Respec will allow an Arachnos Widow to select from the other track instead if she so desires, or she may use the Multiple Builds system to follow both.

Power Sets

Primary Power Sets

An Arachnos Widow's primary power sets are designed for damage, buff and control. They are:

Initial Power Set

Widow Training

Career Track Power Sets

Night Widow Training

Fortunata Training

Secondary Power Sets

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

Initial Power Set

Teamwork

Career Track Power Sets

Widow Teamwork

Fortunata Teamwork

Patron Power Pools

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

* Patron Power Pools require villain alignment to obtain.

Inherent Power

• Conditioning gives Arachnos Widows better health regeneration and endurance recovery.

Costumes

An Arachnos Widow's original costume slot requires the use of unique, AT-specific accessories that give it a distinct appearance. Widow-specific accessories cannot be added to any costume except the first slot.

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

• Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows were added to the game in Issue 12.
• Prior to Issue 17, Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows, along with their hero equivalents, Peacebringers and Warshades, were unlocked at level 50.
• After Issue 17 and prior to Issue 21, Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows, along with their hero equivalents, Peacebringers and Warshades, were unlocked at level 20.
• Unlock requirements for Arachnos Soldiers and Arachnos Widows were removed in Issue 25.

See Also

• Alan Desslock, the initial contact for Arachnos Widows.

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