ANT WAR

Face a Scout. Hold guard. Guard spends armor and prevents sprinting. Only Living Door can press Attack while guarding to bash; other roles cannot attack while guarding. Both Scout bites and Q pounces are countered by the front 90° head arc. Face the Scout while guarding to reduce its normal stealth bite from 8 to 3 before armor. Q keeps its 12 base damage: guarded armor absorbs 1 base damage per 1.5 armor spent, with only the remaining base damage reaching HP. For example, 6 armor absorbs 4 of the 12, leaving 8 HP damage. The extra 50% never multiplies HP damage. Stealth bites and pounces outside that head arc bypass personal armor. Other attacks use all-angle armor. After 2 seconds out of combat, recover 1 armor each second. After 5 seconds, recover 0.5 HP each second. Attacks, held Guard and incoming damage (including poison or absorbed team cover) reset combat. Playable Queens do not regain HP passively.

Support auras. Major restores 0.5 armor per second to itself and the nearest 14 armor-wounded allies within 120, even in combat; multiple Major auras do not stack. Its Q still fully refills armor for 15 allies plus itself within 160. Your Major, Corpsant or Leaf-bearer shows a subtle range outline and small marks under eligible allies. Leaf-bearer also previews its own planted flag.

Killstreak call-ins · owner trial. Named class-role eliminations earn Supply Drop at 3, Frenzy at 6, To Arms! at 10 and Colony Bombardment at 15. Press E / tap the ready prompt to use the next reward. Grunts, Heavies, termites, assists and summoned kills do not advance streaks. Death clears unused rewards; committed drops, armies and strikes finish. Crates give 300 deployment balance and full HP/armor: enemies can steal after 1.5 seconds and allies after 5. Frenzy lasts 45 seconds, once per life. Queens cannot earn call-ins. See the four call-in cards below for the complete effects and restrictions.

Primary attacks. Soldier alternates left bite, right bite, then a stronger thrust: 3 / 3 / 4 damage. Super Soldier uses 6 / 6 / 7. Major uses two slower 1.5-damage strikes; Vanguard alternates two 5-damage strikes. Combos reset after 1.4 seconds without an attack. Spitter and Corpsant keep a single primary animation; Corpsant damage is 1.

Scout bite & pounce. Normal Attack is a short bite with 39 reach and no automatic leap: 8 damage while stealthed, 3 while revealed. A stealth bite in the rear 90° cone (within 45° either side of directly behind) adds 25%, dealing 10; flanks stay 8. Q is a separate 12-damage physical pounce with no rear bonus and no instant execution. Tap Q / Ability toward a valid target within 115 to commit 60 charge. Travel is up to 90 units over 0.16 seconds; one impact applies on contact, and bodies or terrain can stop it. A committed pounce spends charge even if its target escapes. Ordinary bites recover in 0.45 seconds; the pounce recovers in 0.65 seconds.

Drone flight & Queen support. Available in Queen Assault and All Out War for 150 per life, cap 4 per colony in active Queen Assault. Space or tap Fly to take off; Space or tap Land to land. Flight lasts up to 30 seconds, with a 15-second cooldown after landing. Airborne Drones move at 310; ground speed is 190. Land to attack, heal, guard, capture or hold zones, carry supplies or enter tunnels. Flying and landing Drones remain visible but cannot be targeted or damaged. Existing poison pauses in the air and resumes after landing. You cannot take off while carrying supplies. Q costs 80 and restores up to 100 HP to your Queen within 220; that Queen then shares a 15-second heal cooldown across all Drones. Rejected or full-health heals keep charge. A ready player heal already requested this tick takes priority over a bot trying to heal the same Queen. The ability shows HEAL only when the cast is valid, or WAIT with the exact reason while charge is retained. Drones heal allied Queens; a mobilised player Queen can also self-heal with her own Q.

All Out War. The base army has 64 player seats, 268 Grunts and 180 Heavies. A round lasts up to 15 minutes. Destroy the enemy Golden Larva (1,400 HP), or finish with more larva health. Deliver a supply chunk for 25 colony supplies. Each trench termite final blow adds 1 supply. At 500, Grunt waves start. At 1,250, each future wave adds Heavies. At 2,000, your colony mobilises its first Queen. Waves recur every 45 seconds.

Mobilised Queen. 1000 HP / 100 armor, speed 95, stamina 200 and sprint ×1.35. Armor recovers 1 per second beginning 2 seconds after combat; HP does not recover passively. Attack gives a visible 1-second warning, then 5 damage within 220, with 1.5 seconds recovery. Q costs 500 and restores full HP and armor to the nearest 50 other regular allies within 320, excluding Queens and wave troops. The same Q restores up to 50 of her own HP, also fully restoring her own armor without spending the shared Drone receiving cooldown. It can be used when only she is wounded. The colony receives one Queen life; death returns ordinary role selection. Other ants cannot displace the Queen through attacks or body contact. She can still move normally. Press Space or tap Charge for a 120-unit forward surge over 0.3 seconds that shoves enemies up to 100 units. It costs 50 stamina and has an 8-second cooldown. Each enemy takes 1 damage at most once per rush, using normal guard and armor. The charge grants no invulnerability. Terrain and protected nests stop the charge.

Sprint · all active modes. On PC hold Shift while moving with WASD or arrows to sprint immediately; release Shift to walk. On touch, push the movement stick to its outer ring to sprint. Ease inward to walk. Guard, bracing and interruptions stop the sprint. Stamina drains 24 per sprinting second and recovers 26 per second after a 0.6-second rest; exhausted ants resume sprinting at 20 stamina. The movement-pad ring shows stamina and WALK / RUN / REST. Space is Fly / Land for Drone and Charge for the playable Queen. Touch shows the matching Fly / Land or Charge button. Other classes have no basic dodge. Class abilities keep their existing movement.

Bombardier mortar. Hold Attack / left mouse to brace and aim. Mouse position or a drag on the attack pad sets a landing circle 160–600 units away. Release for one shell: 1 damage in an 85-unit radius, then a 3-second reload. You cannot move while aiming or during the short firing brace. A quick tap still takes a brief stationary aim step. Escape, lost touch or dragging far cancels. Hold Q / Ability for the separate charged poison strike: aim 180–1600 units away, then release. Its 160-unit radius applies 10 seconds of poison. The special costs 120 charge and has a 30-second cooldown. While the normal shell is reloading, the preview shows RELOADING and release does not queue a shot. Each normal shell grants at most 10 combat charge across all hits and kills; personal scores and passive/objective charge are separate. Lobbed mortar shells cross walls in both directions. Long shots on a narrow screen focus the landing area; the YOU arrow points back to your ant.

Queen patrol & royal escorts. At the selected Queen battle size (256 regular ants), each Queen has 8,500 (Dry Creek: 15,000) HP, equal for both factions, and walks from her base at 85 units/second. The Queens follow opposing patrol loops with brief central crossings and never attack each other. An actual damaging hit starts a 1.5-second warning that follows her. The strike deals 5 damage within 220, then cools down for 5 seconds; additional hits cannot restart the warning. 4 trident royal guards escort each Queen: 20 HP / 20 armor, 4 damage per target in one total 75° frontal cone, reach 70 and 1.1-second recovery. Guards move at 110, respawn at their own base after 45 seconds, then walk back to their Queen.

Playable Royal Guard · Queen Assault / All Out War. A regular paid life, separate from the four NPC escorts per Queen: 20 HP / 20 armor, speed 175, stamina 150 and sprint ×1.5. Normal attack is a single aimed 4-damage thrust, reach 95, recovery 1.1 seconds. Tap Q / Ability at 60 charge for Royal Sweep: 10 seconds of 75° cone attacks, up to eight enemies per swing, reach 85, with the same damage and recovery. It cannot stack or extend itself, and sweep damage does not recharge it. One life costs 500; cap 4 per colony in Queen Assault. Buy a life with earned deployment points at respawn. Its small shoulder diamond distinguishes it from NPC escorts.

Playable Sentinel · Siege / Frontlines / All Out War. Both colonies can buy one life for 450; cap 8 / 16 at 256 / 512. 16 HP, 14 armor, 4-damage normal bite; reach 47, recovery 0.9s, speed 150, stamina 120 and sprint ×1.5. Hold Q / Ability at 80 charge, aim 160–600 units and release. A 0.8s warning marks a 110-radius landing. The impact deals 3 damage; surviving affected enemies carry poison for 5s, taking 0.5 every 0.5s. Another Sentinel refreshes this poison; it can coexist with one Bombardier poison effect. Buy a life with earned deployment points at respawn. The mobile armoured saddle differs from regular Bombardier gear.

Fallen ants. Small, intangible remains lie beneath the fight: intact for 15 seconds, decayed for the next 15, then faint husks until they disappear at 45 seconds. They never block movement or become targets.

Large Frontlines rounds. Respawn waits continue to 15 seconds from minute 5 and 18 seconds from minute 7, selected when you die.

Reinforcements. Regular respawn waits increase as the round develops: 3 seconds in minute 1, then 5 / 7 / 9 / 12 seconds in minutes 2 / 3 / 4 / 5. In Frontlines, waits continue to 15 seconds from minute 5 and 18 from minute 7. In All Out War, waits continue to 15 seconds from minute 5, 18 from minute 7, 22 from minute 10 and 30 from minute 12. Siege uses separate schedules: at minutes 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 onward, attackers wait 3 / 5 / 7 / 9 / 12 / 18 / 21 seconds and defenders wait 5 / 7 / 9 / 12 / 15 / 18 / 25 seconds. The wait is set when you die. Humans choose a role and press Respawn when ready; bots return automatically. Browsing spends nothing and holds no role slot. Unspent charge survives another life of the same class, including a paid life; spawning as a different class clears it. Active buffs end on death, cooldowns keep ticking, and dead ants gain no passive charge. NPC royal escorts keep their 45-second wait; playable Royal Guards use normal regular waits.

Scout perception. Scouts see enemy Scouts. Any living ant detects a cloaked Scout within 140 units; amber marks show local detection. Cargo makes Scouts visible. A missed ordinary bite keeps stealth. Taking damage restarts 5 seconds to recloak.

Supply War capture & supply. Occupy A, B or C uncontested for 5 seconds. Each ally present who earned at least one capture-zone tick receives 100 personal points on capture; ownership produces 1 resource every 1.75 seconds while uncontested. Both capture and income pause when contested. Touch loose chunks and return them home for 10 resources + 150 personal points.

Supply War raids. Hold Interact / F near the enemy stash for 1.5 seconds while empty-handed. Withdraw up to 30 available resources, earn 50 for the theft, then 100 for returning that bundle. Direct damage interrupts the raid and drops food cargo. Ongoing poison does neither while you are alive; poison death still drops cargo. Recover your own stolen bundle for a refund. In-transit value is shown separately and refunded before timeout scoring.

Soldier & Super Soldier charges. Hold Q and move the mouse to aim a ground path, then release. Soldier rushes a fixed 120 units. Super Soldier retains a longer adjustable path, default 468 and maximum 850, with a wider attack sweep. On touch, hold the ability button and aim; only Super Soldier stretches its path with drag distance. Charges move across the ground, hit each enemy at most once, and stop at cover; they do not teleport. Escape, lost touch or dragging far cancels before release.

Charged abilities. Earn one cast through time, normal hits and objectives. Gain 1.15 charge per second while alive, outside protected spawn and not in transit. Normal damage adds 2 charge per actual enemy HP and 1 per actual armor removed, capped at 8 per primary attack and 10 per second from hit events. Normal Queen hits can count. Hold Q or the ability button to preview a directed ability, aim, then release. Drag far from the button or press Escape to cancel. Scout pounces on a tap in the current aim, with IN REACH / HEAD GUARD / GET CLOSER / PROTECTED guidance. The normal attack reticle still marks short bite reach. Self effects also cast on a tap. Kills, assists, delivery, capture and normal ally healing retain their charge rewards. Misses, overkill, friendly or protected hits, ability-generated effects and Queen environmental damage add none. One ready cast is the limit; charge gains alone award no personal points. No ability damage or healing refills charge.

• Soldier: 40 charge · fixed 120-unit rush, 3 damage per enemy.
• Spitter: 80 charge · 6-second, three-pellet spread buff: 1.5 damage per pellet, one volley every 1.05 seconds.
• Major: 60 charge · restore all armor to self + 15 nearby allies.
• Scout: 60 charge · tap Q / Ability to pounce toward the highlighted enemy in your current aim; no drag. 12 base damage, +50% damage to head-guarded armor only. No instant kill or rear bonus. No valid target keeps charge; after commitment, a miss spends it. Legal Queen hits deal 10; Golden Larva takes one third of direct damage.
• Corpsant: 50 charge · full heal and poison cleanse to self + 20 nearby allies within 240. Full-health poisoned allies remain eligible; only actual positive healing earns healing rewards.
• Bombardier: 120 charge · 180–1600 range, 3-second warning, 160-radius impact and 10-second poison.
• Vanguard: 60 charge · a 0.25-second protected cast, then a 4-damage stomp.
• Super Soldier: 60 charge · wider 120–850-unit charge (default 468), 6 damage per enemy.

Support activity. Corpsant restores 0.5 HP every 1.5 seconds to 24 allies plus itself within 200. Major passive armor restoration stays 0.5 per second to 14 allies plus itself within 120, without overlap stacking. Actual positive armor restored to another ally earns the restoring Major 5 points per active 3-second window. Self restoration, full armor and suppressed overlap give no activity credit. Major Q retains 10 points per actually restored ally.

Field feedback. Small green plus signs show actual healing; a metal shield-arrow shows actual armor restoration. Class and skill cues appear only on affected ants you can currently see. Passive HP and armor recovery appear only on your own ant. Fallen bodies settle briefly, decay after 15 and 30 seconds, then disappear at 45 seconds.

Maps. Pick a compatible map independently of the mode, or choose Random. The shown map is kept for deployment; Random chooses again for the next battle. Thirteen natural settings have distinct cover and routes. Shared servers choose their own map and reinforcement position. Original / Rear nests changes where you and returning reinforcements deploy; objectives stay fixed. Rear nests are protected, while the old delivery courts are not. Opening regular troops keep their field positions.

Tunnels & nests. Hold Interact at a neutral root passage for a 2-second local flank shortcut. Two mirrored pairs keep the middle in play. CQC and Capture the Larvae use longer flank passages with more meaningful travel. Food cargo travels with you; larva carriers cannot enter any tunnel. Queen assault adds 4 trident royal guards to each Queen, with 45-second respawns at their home base; the regular roster stays unchanged.

Corpsant healing. The normal aura restores 0.5 HP every 1.5 seconds to self + 24 nearby allies within 200. Normal pulses and Q cleanse both Bombardier and Sentinel poison, including on full-health allies within the target cap. Only actual HP restored to other allies earns ordinary healing rewards; self-healing and overhealing do not. Queens are excluded from this HP healing.

This runs the entire army on your phone and can be slower in large battles.