Remove Ruin from the Spider/Robot/Skitterbot 'Link' ability in Ultimatums.

In Ultimatums, if you reach 7 stacks of Ruin you fail the encounter.

Currently there are a few ways we can build our characters to get around Ruin, like Block. Or you can not take Grueling Gauntlet atlas node and specifically never choose Ruin.

However, for those of us who farm Grueling Gauntlet Ultimatums, there is an ability the little Spider/Robot/Skitterbot things do that is currently gamebreaking and unable to be mitigated by any mechanic at our disposal.

If you are unlucky enough to have the spiders activate a link while you are between them (EXTREMELY COMMON), you will reach 7 Stacks of ruin before you are even able to move your character. The link applies Ruin through Blocking and you cannot dodge/evade the beam.


This is extremely punishing and without ANY tools to avoid/mitigate this, I believe it should be removed from the game. Any mechanic which punishes the player without giving them any ability to deal with it is bad design.