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{{Creature Infobox|image=File:ThumbAssassinBug.jpg|name=Assassin bug|scientific=''Acanthaspis petax''|environment=Savannah|form=Nymph|trait=Invulnerable<br/>Heal<br/>Underground}}
{{Creature Infobox|image=File:Icon_AssassinBug.jpg|name=Assassin bug|scientific=''Acanthaspis petax''|environment=Savannah|form=Juvenile|trait=Invulnerable<br/>Heal<br/>Underground}}
Assassin bugs (''Acanthaspis petax'') are challenge mode enemies in savannah documentary missions.
Assassin bugs ''(Acanthaspis petax)'' are challenge mode enemies in savannah documentary missions.


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=='''Abilities'''==
=='''Abilities'''==
Assassin bugs use basic attack by stabbing.
Assassin bugs attack by stabbing.


They can execute [[Matabele Ant|Matabele ants]] and equip them to become [[Uncategorized Effect|invulnerable]]. They can only use this ability when they are already invulnerable. The effect can [[Stat Explanation|stack in length]].
They can [[Eliminating Effect|execute]] any ants and equip them to become [[Uncategorized Effect|invulnerable]]. They can only use this ability when they are already invulnerable. The effect can [[Stat Explanation|stack in length]] up to 10 times. Dead ants fall off 20 seconds after being equipped.


Dead ants fall off over time.
Assassin bugs can execute termites but can't equip them.
 
Assassin bugs are always equipped with at least 5 [[Matabele Ant|Matabele ant]] workers when they appear.


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=='''Notable stats'''==
=='''Notable stats'''==
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*''Damage (physical):'' 2
*''Damage (physical):'' 2
*''Attack speed:'' 1
*''Attack speed:'' 1.5
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|rowspan="3"|'''Drain'''
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*''Trigger:'' User is invulnerable.
*''Trigger:'' User is invulnerable.
*Pickup
*''Cooldown:'' 10
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=='''Trivia'''==
=='''Trivia'''==
* Assassin bugs can execute [[Termite|termites]] but can't equip them.
* 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.


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Latest revision as of 12:50, 14 May 2026

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:


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.