Goblin Spider Riders are a elite unit used by Gorkil the Goblin King. They are armed with bow and arrows as well as spears. As their name implies they ride spiders. They are the basically cavalry of the goblins. In Battle for Middle-Earth II it is easier to purchase them rather than use other weaker goblin units.
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| - Goblin Spider Riders are a elite unit used by Gorkil the Goblin King. They are armed with bow and arrows as well as spears. As their name implies they ride spiders. They are the basically cavalry of the goblins. In Battle for Middle-Earth II it is easier to purchase them rather than use other weaker goblin units.
- Goblins have a history of pressing malicious and hideous creatures into the service of war. While they deploy Spiderlings to raid vulnerable enemy positions, they handpick the largest of the spiders as cavalry. The strongest among the Goblin Warriors ride giant spiders from Mirkwood into combat with spear and bow. This allows them to move quickly across the battlefield and meet foes such as the riders of Rohan in pitched battle where they would otherwise be crushed under the hooves of the hostile cavalry. Although the spiders are large and strong the riders carry too much equipment for the spiders to easily climb walls, so that duty is left to the Spiderlings and Goblin Warriors. The riders harvest the poison of these massive arachnids for use on their spear tips, making the combination of
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| - Goblins have a history of pressing malicious and hideous creatures into the service of war. While they deploy Spiderlings to raid vulnerable enemy positions, they handpick the largest of the spiders as cavalry. The strongest among the Goblin Warriors ride giant spiders from Mirkwood into combat with spear and bow. This allows them to move quickly across the battlefield and meet foes such as the riders of Rohan in pitched battle where they would otherwise be crushed under the hooves of the hostile cavalry. Although the spiders are large and strong the riders carry too much equipment for the spiders to easily climb walls, so that duty is left to the Spiderlings and Goblin Warriors. The riders harvest the poison of these massive arachnids for use on their spear tips, making the combination of spider and rider an even more potent threat to strong foes.
- Goblin Spider Riders are a elite unit used by Gorkil the Goblin King. They are armed with bow and arrows as well as spears. As their name implies they ride spiders. They are the basically cavalry of the goblins. In Battle for Middle-Earth II it is easier to purchase them rather than use other weaker goblin units.
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