Buoys would have just meant I'd make more recluse, I think the outcome is the same. Spider beats amph unless the amph player is exceedingly careful not to let Widows get to the grizzly (and making more Buoys would have made that harder).

I've found scallob less effective vs recluse than it is vs other skirms. Because their range is so long you can't lob as deep into their formation as with other skirms and they're often not as clumped as other skirms either. Also, if there's venoms mixed in, the whole scallop group can be stunned super easily.