Getting past the bloody spider.

[xhan]

Did it with a lvl17 Soothsayer. After 2 failed attempts I killed it on the 3rd.

Jarls
Warrior Maidens
Slingers
Assassins
Skalds

What did the trick was a change in tactics. All my troops only focused on killing the small spiders as soon as possible - except for the Jarls. The Jarls got Stoneskin+Hell's Breath+Persistence (amazing underrated synergy with skalds, made my buffs last 9 turns!) and meleed the spider. Her counterattacks only dealt about 50-100 dmg this way and he kept hitting for about 1K.

The trick with skalds is to FIRST buff your unit manually, then use their ability. It will almost always cast persistence on the unit that has multiple buffs.

No other troop except the Jarls attacked the giant spider to avoid counterattacks, save for a few spears from the Maiden. I spent the turns hacking away small spiders and casting flame arrows on the spider. Took about 20 turns, lost around 30% of my army.