Assassin Bug

Information
Common name	Assassin bug
Scientific name	Acanthaspis petax
Environment	Savannah
Forms	Juvenile
Traits	Invulnerable Heal Underground

Assassin bugs (Acanthaspis petax) are challenge mode enemies in savannah documentary missions.

Abilities

Assassin bugs attack by stabbing.

They can execute any ants and equip them to become invulnerable. They can only use this ability when they are already invulnerable. The effect can stack in length up to 10 times. Dead ants fall off 20 seconds after being equipped.

Assassin bugs can execute termites but can't equip them.

Assassin bugs are always equipped with at least 5 Matabele ant workers when they appear.

Appearances

You can encounter assassin bugs in:

• Triage

• Drive Them Back

Notable stats

Juvenile assassin bug
Common stats	Health: 380 Movement speed: 140 Food amount: 30 [3] Score: 200 Vision radius: 600
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	Slow resistance: 40% Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (weak)/ knockback (weak) Immune to execution
Basic attack	Damage (physical): 2 Attack speed: 1.5
Execute	Trigger: User is invulnerable. Cooldown: 10	Execution (special)
		Invulnerability (self) Duration: 20

Trivia

• Only juvenile assassin bugs equip dead ants as camouflage. It deters predators by making them look like some unrecognizable creatures or swarms of ants. In real life, they have also been observed to release the armor as distraction or play dead in case it fails.

• In real life, juvenile assassin bugs are much smaller than Matabele ants. The developers greatly increase their size to fit the equipped Matabele ants.