Changes: Widowmaker

Latest revision as of 22:51, 24 September 2019

Widowmaker may refer to:

Widowmaker (enemy) - a spiderant boss in Borderlands.
Widow Maker - a group of common pistols in Borderlands 2.
Widowmaker (Borderlands 3) - a group of legendary grenade mods in Borderlands 3.

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+{{disambig}}
-{{infobox character
-| name       = Widowmaker
-| image      = Image:widowmaker 2.png
-| imagewidth = [defaults to 250]
-| title      = Widowmaker
-| gender     = Female (presumed)
-| race       = [[Spiderant]]
-| faction    = Creature
-| level      = (Boss)
-| status     = Killable
-| location   = [[Rust Commons East]]
-}}
-'''Widowmaker''' is a very high leveled [[Spiderant]] that you will encounter during the mission [[A Bug Problem]]. This enemy is very distinctive due to its dark blue/purple and green colour. Widowmaker first spawns after you take a Retching Seeps sample from a deposit in [[Rust Commons East]] , but will keep on respawning after the mission is completed whenever you are near her spawn point.
-==Background==
-Widowmaker got her name because she has killed every would-be exterminator that ever attempted to kill her. (From the official Borderlands guide)
+'''Widowmaker''' may refer to:
-== Attacks ==
+*[[Widowmaker (enemy)]] - a spiderant boss in ''Borderlands''.
+*[[Widow Maker]] - a group of common pistols in ''Borderlands 2''.
-*Long ranged attack - Widowmaker will fire balls of white liquid from her abdomen, this is very similar to all spiderants.
+*[[Widowmaker (Borderlands 3)]] - a group of legendary grenade mods in ''Borderlands 3''.
-*Close range stomp - She will stomp with both front legs if you are very close to her, creating a shockwave that damages you and knocks you back.
-*Burrowing - Widowmaker has the ability to burrow in combat which is very uncommon, if not non-existent, with other spiderants. While Spiderants tend to appear by rising from the ground, no other Spiderants use this as a battle tactic.
-*Corrosive Stomp - Widowmaker will perform its close range stomp. However, when she strikes the ground a corrosive burst wave is fired out in all directions.
-== Strategy ==
-Like all spiderants, the Widowmaker has a weak abdomen; this is where you can score critical hits. The easiest way to attack this area is to flank her in order to hit her abdomen.
-As with all spiderants, shooting her armored head causes her to flinch. This stops movement and causes the spiderant to clumsily turn and expose her abdomen for a few seconds before she recovers.
-Unlike other spiderants, Widowmaker will not try to hit you with her front legs. It is therefore a good method to get close, although the stomp attack will make this difficult. Dodging her shock wave while moving forward is key. One strategy is to position a tall terrain obstacle between you and Widowmaker while staying as close as possible to her. This will cause her to try to continually get closer to you but without jumping, or to shoot at you despite the obstacle blocking her projectiles and not hitting you. A swiftly moving player can thus run back and forth from each side of the obstacle to shoot her abdomen, ducking back to keep the obstacle between the two of you.
-Alternatively, you can also just run over her with a car, though this will earn you less XP. This is not recommended, however, as you run the risk of destroying your car. If  your car does blow up the damage should be enough to finish her off.
-==Notes==
-*Before Widowmaker spawns, the ground shudders and kicks up a dust cloud. She will drop several pieces of loot when killed, but not any unique or special items.
-== Trivia ==
-*The name 'Widowmaker' is possibly a reference to a boss in the game 'Resistance: Fall of man', who has a very similar body shape to Spiderants, and has the same name.
-{{Enemies}}
-[[Category:Bosses]]
-[[Category:Creatures]]
-[[Category:Enemies]]