Darts, spiders, or toads? Opinions?

[Kevin]

I just hit level 17 and unlocked the Exploding Toads skill, which is hilarious.

I've been going back and forth between Darts and Spiders, but I tend to like the Jumping Spiders more because I can target nasties in the back of packs instead of having to hit things in the front. Exploding Toads does a crapload of damage, but the range is very short. The more I play around with the different ones, the more I keep going back to Jumping Spiders.

Also, the idea of throwing multiple clay pots filled with angry jumping spiders at my enemies rubs me just the right way.

My little hard core guy is only L11, but I very much enjoy the jumping spiders, much for the reason you say. I've also recently hot keyed firebats with the first run that kicks the range up. This is in place of the int buff skill because being hardcore, even though a 5 stack would double damage of the spiders I had to get closer than I liked. The bats work well for things that get in close (and for really nice straight line junk smashing). But I've wondered the giant toad for that when I get there. So far it's been a very laid back playstyle, chucking jumping spiders at things that are stuck in all the undead hands reaching up from the ground, as my zombie dogs gnaw on things. It took me quite a while to get the achievement for repairing something because I just wasn't getting hit.