Spider Guardian

The Spider Guardian is a Darkling Pillbug that has absorbed the Spider Ball ability. Samus Aran once fought a Spider Guardian in the Sanctuary Fortress of the Luminoth on Aether.

In this battle, if Samus wants to scan the creature, she must do it before the fight, or no other chance will come up. The Spider Guardian moves through a mazelike area on a Spider Ball Track that obviously hints its path. What gamers find frustrating is not the Spider Guardian's attacks (it only has one), it is the challenge of damaging the fiend.

The Spider Guardian cannot be damaged by Bombs; those will only change its "color". It can, however, be damaged by electric currents which appear in the battlefields Samus battles it in. However, the Spider Guardian will not on-purpose walk into those currents. Samus must activate Bomb Slots in the battlefields for a special pathway to open, making the Spider Guardian crawl into the current, it being not very bright. The Bomb Slots will only activate when the Spider Guardian is a green color.