I recall reading about someone saying they soloed EA with a ranger precisely because of the OP spider summon. Just one of many things that need to be corrected.
I have done this. While the spider may be overpowered compared to the other summons, I am pretty sure this is not the only reason soloing is easy. Spider was really only useful to position the enemy or as a web caster for my fire arrows when I needed a large ground effect (I do not carry barrels in my backpack as I think it is stupid and unimmersive.) Soloing can be done with other classes just fine.
