Editing Baldy Long Legs

{{Infobox enemy
|pikmin3     = y
|image       = ZlCfzREoifYV9vPDRb.jpg
|size        = 270px
|icon        = Baldy Long Legs icon.png
|custom_icon = y
|family      = Arachnorb
|missionct   = [[Forgotten Cove]]
|missionbe   = [[Tropical Forest]], [[Tropical Wilds Remix]], [[Clockwork Chasm]]
|bingo       = [[Sandpit Kingdom]], [[Jigsaw Fortress]]
|attacks     = Steps on Pikmin
|music3      = ''[[Music in Pikmin 3#Mid-bosses|Mid-boss battle]]''
|hp3         = 2500
|value       = {{tt|100|This value is obtained from the game files.}}
|weight      = {{tt|100|This value is obtained from the game files.}}
}}

'''Baldy Long Legs''' ({{j|ダマグモ|Dama Gumo|Ball Spider}}) is an [[Arachnorb]] that only appears in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', and never on the Story mode. It is essentially just a tropical variant of the [[Shaggy Long Legs]] without hair. Its only method of attack is [[crushing]] [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] with its large feet. The feet are larger than that of [[Beady Long Legs]]. This creature will aimlessly wander the map, but in the [[Forgotten Cove]], it will stay in its arena. This trait is unique to this Arachnorb. In Japan, it has the same name as the Beady Long Legs.

== Strategy ==
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Like all Arachnorbs, the weak point of the Baldy Long Legs is its abdomen, which is suspended high up in the air by its spindly legs. As it marches around the field, it will crush anything in its path, so be sure to steer clear of its large, trampling feet. Instead, throw Pikmin at its legs to make them climb up. Be sure to throw them at the leg that has just stopped moving, so they can quickly reach the top before the Baldy Long Legs knocks them down. When they reach its head, they will attack it until the creature shakes them off. When it's about to shake, whistle your Pikmin off and wait for it to resume its stomping before you throw more at it.

Another strategy is to throw Pikmin directly at its core. [[Yellow Pikmin|Yellow]] and [[Winged Pikmin]] will reach it most of the time, but other Pikmin can do so too if they're thrown from a tall ledge. This tactic can be used to quickly get rid of it with little to no Pikmin losses, as it will be too busy shaking off Pikmin to attack.

To save time in the Mission Mode stage [[Tropical Wilds Remix]], the player can simply leave 10 Winged Pikmin to kill the creature over time while the player focuses on other tasks. At the [[Clockwork Chasm]] in Battle enemies!, the Baldy Long Legs that appears here is easiest to defeat, as the elevated ledge it spawns on allows it to be dispatched with eight [[bomb rock]]s, which are plentiful on this stage.

If encountered in a [[Bingo Battle]] stage, it is recommended that the players do ''not'' fight it together, as the player's Pikmin will be more prone to attacking the other player's Pikmin, rather than the Baldy Long Legs, which will probably result in many casualties and possibly even a [[Pikmin extinction]].

==Gallery==
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baldy.longlegs.jpg|Baldy Long Legs at the Tropical Forest.
The Baldy Long Legs being defeated..jpg|The Baldy Long Legs being defeated.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Unlike the [[Shaggy Long Legs]], the Baldy Long Legs does not shiver of cold without hair, as this is its natural state.
*The Baldy Long Legs is the only enemy in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' that doesn't appear in Story mode.
*Upon death, the Baldy Long Legs will expel a green slime from its abdomen as it dies.
*Though a [[Shaggy Long Legs]] without hair looks very similar to a Baldy Long Legs, a Shaggy Long Legs' joints (where the hair once was) are of a light green color, while the Baldy Long Legs' joints are always black, blending in with the rest of its body.
*If the Baldy Long Legs steps on an [[enemy]], it will crush and kill it.
*If the chosen [[Bingo Battle]] stage's layout has a Baldy Long Legs, it already begins in its starting position, instead of falling from the sky.

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[[Category:Mission Mode]]
[[Category:Wandering enemies]]
[[Category:Crushing enemies]]
[[Category:Pikmin 3 exclusive enemies]]