Enemy Mounting

This page shows the mechanics of enemy mounting and notable targets.

Enemy mounting

Only controllable colony ants can mount other creatures. The number of mounting ants on each creature is unaffected by their size.

Only a certain percentage of fighting units can mount a large creature in battle. If ants on the ground are dead or prevented from attacking, mounting ants will dismount until the required percentage is met.

You can disable attacking or enemy mounting to prevent your ants from mounting or make them dismount.

Mouning ants can only use basic attack and can't use any abilities, except for fire ants. They are affected by damage reflection.

Large creatures will take more damage if there are enough mounting ants on them. The specific calculation hasn't been revealed.

Mounting ants will be dead when mounted creatures leave the map.

Mountable enemies

Medium ants (leafcutter ant mediae and matabele ant soldiers) and large ants (leafcutter ant majors and army ant majors) can only mount huge enemies. Small ants can mount both large and huge enemies.

Ants themselves can't be mounted, regardless of their size.

Super leafcutter ant major can't mount enemies. Termites are treated as small ants.

Huge enemies

Large enemies

Uber mole crickets [3] Large hermit crabs [5] Large and Uber leaf-mimic praying mantises [4] Large and Uber spiny devil bush crickets [6] Large, huge and Uber whip spiders [24] Large and Uber velvet worms [5] Adult false bombardier beetles [2] Great blue skimmers [18] Juvenile and Uber eastern newts [5] Pine woods tree frogs [3] Adult and Uber narrow-mouthed toads [4] American bullfrogs [44] Hybrids (SPOILERS)

Uber devil's coach horse beetles [3] Uber hermit crabs [5] Large dune tiger beetles [4] Large and Uber beach tiger beetles [4] Large and huge sand bear wolf spiders [3] Large and Uber beach wolf spiders [3] Uber jumping spiders [3] Medium six-spotted tiger beetles [4] Uber bombardier beetles [2] Adult and Uber Red velvet ants [2] Green lynx spiders [4]

Trivia

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