Matabele Ant

Information
Common name	Matabele ant
Scientific name	Megaponera analis
Environment	Savannah
Castes	Queen Worker Medic Soldier
Traits	Revival Speed debuff Resistance debuff Damage-over-time
Playable colony	Yes

Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) are playable in story missions, extra missions and custom games.

Abilities

Matabele ants use basic attack by biting. Medics can only use basic attack while mounting.

Soldiers can sting and poison enemies.

You must choose either anesthetist or fast-responder medics before playing.

• Anesthetist medics can sting and slow enemies down. They can make enemies take more damage at level 3.

• Fast-responder medics can move normally on non-highway tiles. They can evade attacks when they are out of combat at level 3.

Food processing

Matabele ants must feed on termites. Matabele ants only retain 10% of their original harvest amount while not harvesting termites and other food only give 10% of their original food amount. The mechanic is reversed for other omnivorous ant species.

You receive 66.67% of the building cost as dead termites from deleting tiles.

Matabele ants can harvest honeydew but can't relocate aphids.

Reviving

Ants are respawned normally after death. Dead ants remain on the ground for 4 minutes if you have Matabele ant medics.

Medics automatically bring nearby dead ants back to the queen chamber to revive them one at a time. They can't attack enemies or gather food in the process.

Revived ants are put in their original control groups but can be hold by any same-typed tiles. The number of active ants is represented by an addition of living ants and revived ants. You can only revive each ant once and each tile can only hold a single revived ant.

Revived ants only retain 60% of their original health and damage and can't be upgraded or downgraded.

You can disable casualty transporting to prevent your medics from picking up dead ants. They still have to finish ongoing revivals.

You can enable creature information to identify revived ants. Their level icons are grayed out.

Appearances

You can play as a Matabele ant colony in:

• Triage (either)

• Drive Them Back (either)

You can play with Matabele ant medics in:

• Main story (either)

• Tug of War 3 (anesthetist)

You can play with Matabele ant soldiers in:

• Main story

• Tug of War 3

You can also encounter non-player Matabele ants in:

• Last Mound Standing

Notable stats

Matabele ant queen
Common stats	Health: 1200 Score: 700 Healing speed: 1
Damage modifications	Physical resistance: 40% Venom resistance: 40% Maximum taken damage: 25
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (weak)/ knockback (strong) Immune to execution

Matabele ant worker
Common stats	Cost: 20 [2] Health: 25/ 35/ 45 Movement speed: 320/ 360 /380 Score: 5/ 8/ 12 Harvest amount: 7/ 8/ 9 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400 Encumbered
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 0.6/ 0.8/ 1 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1

Matabele ant medic (anesthetist)
Common stats	Cost: 75 [7] Health: 90/ 105/ 120 Movement speed: 320 /320 /320 Score: 14/ 16/ 18 Harvest amount: 15/ 17/ 20 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400 Reviving time: 7/ 7/ 7
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Mount (basic attack)	Trigger: User is mounting. Damage (physical): 3/ 4.5/ 6 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Flashbuff attack	Damage (physical): 5/ 7.5/ 10 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Sting	Damage (venom): 3/ 4/ 5 Cooldown: 2/ 2/ 2	Speed debuff Movement speed: - 60%/ - 60%/ - 60% Attack speed: - 60%/ - 60%/ - 60% Duration: 4/ 4/ 4
		Resistance debuff Physical resistance: --/ --/ - 30% Duration: --/ --/ 1.5

Matabele ant medic (fast-responder)
Common stats	Cost: 75 [7] Health: 90/ 105/ 120 Movement speed: 400/ 410 /420 Score: 14/ 16/ 18 Harvest amount: 15/ 17/ 20 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400 Reviving time: 4/ 3/ 2
Damage modifications	Evasion (out of combat): --/ --/ 40%
Immunities	None
Mount (basic attack)	Trigger: User is mounting. Damage (physical): 3/ 4.5/ 6 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Flashbuff attack	Damage (physical): 5/ 7.5/ 10 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1

Matabele ant soldier
Common stats	Cost: 140 [14] Health: 200/ 220/ 300 Movement speed: 340/ 340/ 340 Score: 30/ 42/ 54 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	None
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 12/ 15/ 19 Attack speed: 1/ 1/ 1
Sting	Damage (venom): 2/ 3/ 4 Cooldown: 7/ 7/ 7	Damage-over-time Tick damage (venom): 1.6/ 2/ 2.4 Interval: 1/ 1/ 1 Duration: 5/ 5/ 5

Trivia

• In real life, a young Matabele ant queen will leave its original colony and bring along some workers to form its own. In the game, Matabele ant colonies always start with some soldier brood tiles.

• Matabele ants are named after the Matabele people, who were known for raiding nearby tribes during the nineteenth century.

• In real life, Matabele ants care for injured ants by removing the clinging dead termites and apply disinfectant secretions on amputated legs. Injured ants must be able to move on their own to receive any help. In the game, the process is simplified as a one-time revival.

• Medics can take dead ants out of flytraps and sundews for revival.