Spider Queen
Note: This page describes a strategy for a particular fight or set of fights. To learn more about fight strategies in Okami Speedrunning click here.
Summary
Spider Queen is the boss of Tsuta Ruins and is part of the boss rush in Ark of Yamato, in the middle of the 4 others. There are also 3 Bandit Spiders, which have essentially the same pattern as Spider Queen. In Tsuta Ruins, you must use Vine on the hooks on her abdomen twice to make her 8 eyes vulnerable. In all other encounters, 3 Vines are required. Because all 8 eyes must be destroyed to defeat her, multi-target attacks like Power Slash and Exorcism Slips are most effective.
Strategy
Tsuta Ruins
Right at the start of the fight, by panning the camera slightly to the left or right, you can connect 2 Vines from the flowers in front of you to any of the hooks on Spider Queen's abdomen. Avoid bringing the brush in front of Spider Queen's face, as this will "absorb" all the ink you've drawn and force you to draw another stroke. Once two Vines are made, Spider Queen will go into a collapsing animation. The moment that the Vine flowers around the arena wilt, her eyes become vulnerable. This is a few frames before they become visible, so you may have to estimate their position to hit them with a Power Slash (PS) as soon as possible.
NG+
Spider Queens eyes can be destroyed with 2 Large Exorcism Slips (ExL).
NG
Depending on your resources and the amount of ink you have, there are a few combinations of attacks which can destroy all the eyes in one cycle, assuming you hit all 8 eyes with each PS:
- 2 Small Exorcism Slips (ExS) + 3 PS (https://youtu.be/b5hWk1dpHp0?t=2027) (Requires 5 ink pots, due to the 2 initial Vines)
- 1 ExS + 4 PS (https://youtu.be/b3GZ7h8raEo) (Requires 5 ink pots + waiting for ink to refill before the 2nd Vine, or 6 ink pots)
- 5 PS (https://youtu.be/DfMCaa3mhlQ?t=143) (Requires an ink upgrade after the 1st or 2nd PS, or 7 ink pots)