Heliophanus africanus

Arachnidstrong against insects, birds

Epic

Venom

While active with another arachnid in play, its target loses 4 HP at the start of each of its turns, as long as it stays active (7 with two others).

Heliophanus africanus

Photo: © Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Insects
Birds

Weak against

Amphibians
Fish

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

Heliophanus africanus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Gauteng Heliophanus sunny jumping spider.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Heliophanus africanus, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Epic.

Observations: 1 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 20 mg

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

Every Epic card has 145 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 56
ATK 48
DEF 41

How they’re shared out:

Type: Arachnid: HP 45, ATK 40 and DEF 15 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 1 observation on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.