Baldur's Gate Legacy of Bhaal Difficulty Guide Part 9 - Vampiric Wolves and Cloakwood Spiders

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Published on December 2, 2021 6:21:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8qusoTqVMk

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Now that we're in the final chapter of Baldur's Gate, I've elected to install the Seige of Dragonspear expansion as Seige of Dragonspear technically starts in Chapter 7. Before we're ready to defeat Sarevok we have to clear up all the side quests we've been putting off. Two of the most challenging fights in the base game of Baldur's Gate are the Vampiric Wolf in the Ulcaster school and the Spiders Nest in Cloakwood. Both Spiders and the Vampiric Wolf are immune to Web, our primary source of crowd control, so we need to adopt some new tactics.

The Vampiric Wolf is immune to normal weapons as well as most forms of crowd control, while also having the ability to regenerate health with its attacks. To counter it's HP regen, we need to increase our DPS as high as possible. After clearing Candlekeep Safana reached Mage level 5 and has access to level 3 arcane spells. Using Haste is very helpful here as it gives each party member an additional attack per round. Additional buffs such as Bless, Enrage and Draw Upon Holy Might further increase our damage. For Safana, most of her spells won't work against the Vampiric Wolf due to it's immunities but Blindness does provide some much need debuffing. For our archers, we can either use magic ammunition or have them use a magic melee weapon, archers using normal ammunition will have no effect. With all party members doing hasted attacks with the correct weapons the wolf will be damaged faster than it can heal and it will fall.

Returning to the Cloakwood we can take out the Spider's Nest and complete the quest here. Spiders are of course immune to Web so our traditional tactics from previous fights won't work. Instead have Safana use Horror in her level 2 spell slots and Slow in her Level 3 spell slot. Horror is a great way to provide Area of Effect Crowd Control while also not affecting your own team members, so we'll need that against the Spiders. Slow is like the opposite of Haste, it reduces the attacks per round of all enemies while also lowering their AC and THAC0 similar to the Blindness spell. Centoels main threats are her two Sword Spiders, so the best thing to do is isolate and neutralize them first. After the initial dialogue with Centoel you can retreat and the Sword Spider will follow. After defeating the first Sword Spider we can return to the nest to aggro the second Sword Spider. You won't be able to aggro just the Sword Spider so use Safana's spells to help neutralize some of the spiders to make the fight more manageable. Once the Sword Spiders are defeated make sure to rest up to refresh your spells before bringing the whole party into the nest to take on the remaining enemies. Again, use Horror and Slow to debuff the enemy and use Jaheria to ensure our tank is healthy and free of poison. This is a hard fight but with careful planning the minions will be defeated. Centoel herself is not much of a threat and falls easily once minions are defeated.

0:00 Vampiric Wolf
1:23 Cloakwood Spiders

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