Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26005711-20151226104253/@comment-9051002-20180422162730

Grimreaperofjustice wrote: Hisoka for surley didnt win in any circumstance. He wouldve died had Machi nnot helped him as said when he needed to stich his throat and he said I just wanted a 100% sure victory it wasnt stated that the reason why is cuz he needed cards in his hands

Chrollo intends to 1v1 Hisoka the second he sees him I can see the manga making Illumi kill Chrollo before Chrollo land his final blow from behind honestly I don't think Machi had anything to do with it. Hisoka didn't need her help since he could fix himself with Bungie Gum. You could say Chrollo won that fight but TECHNICALLY (and this is the important part) if the fight was to the death and Hisoka got out of it alive then he didn't loose.

The reason I said he won wasn't even because of the fight. I said he won because what did Chrollo get from that fight? Absolutely nothing, what did Hisoka get? He killed two spiders, lost Chrollo two abilities and also got stronger Nen after death. So from this point of view Hisoka won.

I can't talk for the Manga since it could go either way, but the Spiders are in a disadvantage in my opinion. Hisoka is stronger than all of them individually and he also said he wouldn't let them choose where or who they fight. That sounds to me that it's open season on the Spiders and Illumi and Kurapika could also join Hisoka. I think it was really dumb/arrogant of Chrollo to go into enemy territory, with no way out and no other plan besides find and kill him then take the loot, but maybe he did it out of his guilt from failing his comarades. You can see his severe/anguished face when he's first revealed in the boat.