Driver Ant

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Information
ThumbDriverAnt.jpg
Common name Black driver ant
Scientific name Dorylus nigricans
Environment Savannah
Castes Worker
Medium soldier
Large soldier
Traits Speed buff
Stun
Knockback
Playable colony No


Driver ants (Dorylus nigricans) are playable in extra missions and custom games.


Abilities

Driver ants use basic attack by biting.

Medium soldiers can can ignore enemies while carrying food like workers. They can speed up at low health.

Large soldiers can stun and knock enemies back at low health.


Appearances

You can play with driver ant workers in:

You can play with medium driver ant soldiers in:

  • Tug of War 3

You can play with large driver ant soldiers in:

  • Tug of War 3

You can also encounter non-player driver ants in:


Notable stats

DriverW.png Driver ant worker
Common stats
  • Cost: 21 [2]
  • Health: 20/ 30/ 40
  • Movement speed: 300/ 300 /300
  • Score: 2/ 5/ 7
  • Harvest amount: 7/ 8/ 9
  • Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1
  • Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
  • Encumbered
Damage modifications
  • None
Immunities
  • None
Basic attack
  • Damage (physical): 0.8/ 1.4/ 1.8
  • Attack speed: 1/ 1.1/ 1.3


DriverM.png Driver ant medium soldier
Common stats
  • Cost: 80 [7]
  • Health: 85/ 100/ 130
  • Movement speed: 310 /310 /310
  • Score: 25/ 27/ 37
  • Harvest amount: 15/ 17/ 20
  • Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1
  • Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
  • Encumbered
Damage modifications
  • Piercing: 20%/ 20%/ 20%
Immunities
  • None
Basic attack
  • Damage (physical): 5/ 5.8/ 6.4
  • Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Enrage
(low)
  • Trigger: User has between 55% and 80% HP.
  • Cooldown: 5/ 5/ 5
Speed buff
  • Movement speed: + 50%/ + 50%/ + 50%
  • Attack speed: + 50%/ + 50%/ + 50%
  • Duration: 15/ 15/ 15
Enrage
(medium)
  • Trigger: User has between 30% and 55% HP.
  • Cooldown: 5/ 5/ 5
Speed buff
  • Movement speed: + 75%/ + 75%/ + 75%
  • Attack speed: + 75%/ + 75%/ + 75%
  • Duration: 15/ 15/ 15
Enrage
(high)
  • Trigger: User has below 30% HP.
  • Cooldown: 5/ 5/ 5
Speed buff
  • Movement speed: + 100%/ + 100%/ + 100%
  • Attack speed: + 100%/ + 100%/ + 100%
  • Duration: 15/ 15/ 15


DriverL.png Driver ant large soldier
Common stats
  • Cost: 160 [14]
  • Health: 140/ 180/ 240
  • Movement speed: 320/ 320/ 320
  • Score: 40/ 60/ 100
  • Harvest amount: 16/ 16/ 16
  • Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1
  • Threat: 0.3/ 0.3/ 0.3
  • Vision radius: 450/ 460 /470
Damage modifications
  • None
Immunities
  • Immune to pickup (weak)/ knockback (weak)
Basic attack
  • Damage (physical): 15/ 17/ 25
  • Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Rampage
  • Trigger: User has below 75% HP.
  • Chance: 10%/ 10%/ 10%
  • Damage (physical): 19/ 20/ 21
  • Radius (splash): 50/ 60/ 70
  • Cooldown: 25/ 25/ 25
Stun
  • Duration: 0.5/ 0.7/ 0.9
Knockback
  • Distance: 150/ 200/ 250


Trivia

  • Driver ants have been confirmed to be unplayable as complete colonies because they mostly build bivouacs using their own bodies.
  • Driver ant workers are counted toward soldier population and can't do nest jobs. They are only playable in Tug of War 3.