Ubisoft’s first season is officially here, and players are exploring all it has to offer, from the new GSK faction to the latest weapons introduced to bolster the already substantial lineup. However, there is one part of the recent update that has stuck with players around the world.

Heading into Season One, Ubisoft tweaked the ‘Spiderbot’ ability, which was basically the bread and butter of the Deadsec category, so that when it jumps and attacks you, you can’t instantly get it out of your face.

This has troubled fans around the world.

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Impossible to defend

Spiderbot has been a problem ever since players started unlocking and running the DedSec section in Ubisoft’s latest first-person shooter. It hits the ground almost imperceptibly, then slams into your face and stuns you for a few seconds before exploding. When it hits, you can’t see and you’re almost completely immobile – and if that doesn’t sound bad enough, consider that there’s almost no way to defend against it.

If you see it fast enough, you can either shoot it or you can hack it you Playing as a member of the DedSec faction. The go-to defense is to look down first and shoot, which 90% of the time results in the Spiderbot falling instantly. It may have been a bug, but it worked.

Now, Ubisoft has updated SpiderBot and this defense strategy doesn’t work. If you don’t see it coming, it’s tough – you’ll be surprised, that’s all. Now, with players running Spiderbot en masse, entire teams have taken up the deadsec mantle and gotten their hands on this OP ability, which can lock down a squad’s combat potential in a matter of seconds.

Embarrassing.

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