Big-headed Ant

Information
Common name	Big-headed ant
Scientific name	Pheidole morrisii
Environment	Swamp
Castes	Queen Minor Major Supersoldier
Traits	Speed buff Resistance buff Stun Knockback Execution
Playable colony	Yes

Big-headed ants (Pheidole morrisii) are playable in extra missions and custom games.

Abilities

Big-headed ants attack mostly by biting.

Majors can raise their stats when they encounter enemies in custom games.

Supersoldiers can stun and knock enemies back. They may rarely stun themselves due to their overly large heads.

Supersoldiers can lift small enemies in the air one at a time and execute them. This ability can't be used on enemies with low health.

Appearances

You can play as a big-headed ant colony in:

• The Culling 2

You can play with big-headed ant majors in:

• Tug of War 2

You can play with big-headed ant supersoldiers in:

• Tug of War 2

• New Year's Feast

You can also encounter big-headed ants in:

• Cold Blood

• The REAL Final Experiment

• Enemy of My Enemy 2

Notable stats

Big-headed ant queen
Common stats	Health: 600 Score: 700 Healing speed: 1
Damage modifications	Physical resistance: 50% Venom resistance: 50% Maximum taken damage: 25
Immunities	Immune to stun/ confusion/ fleeing Immune to pickup (strong)/ knockback (strong) Immune to execution

Big-headed ant minor
Common stats	Cost: 20 [2] Health: 25/ 35/ 40 Movement speed: 300/ 310/ 320 Score: 5/ 8/ 12 Harvest amount: 15/ 15/ 15 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	None
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 2/ 3/ 4 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.7/ 1.9

Big-headed ant major
Stats are different between story mode and custom game mode.
Common stats	Cost: 25 [2] Cost: 35 [4] Health: 25/ 40/ 55 Movement speed: 300/ 300/ 300 Score: 5/ 7/ 10 Harvest amount: 15/ 17/ 20  Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Vision radius: 400/ 400/ 400
Damage modifications	Piercing: 20%/ 20%/ 20%
Immunities	None
Attack	Damage (physical): 2.2/ 3.1/ 3.7 Attack speed: 1.5/ 1.5/ 2
Boost	Trigger: User isn't mounting. Cooldown: 600/ 600/ 600	Speed buff Movement speed: + 20%/ + 20%/ + 20% Attack speed: + 80%/ + 80%/ + 80% Duration: 20/ 20/ 20
		Resistance buff Physical resistance: + 60%/ + 60%/ + 60% Venom resistance: + 60%/ + 60%/ + 60% Duration: 20/ 20/ 20

Big-headed ant supersoldier
Common stats	Cost: 140 [14] Health: 90/ 130/ 170 Movement speed: 380/ 380/ 380 Score: 28/ 40/ 52 Harvest amount: 16/ 16/ 16 Healing speed: 0.1/ 0.1/ 0.1 Threat: 0.3/ 0.3/ 0.3 Vision radius: 600/ 600/ 600
Damage modifications	Evasion: 40%/ 40%/ 40%
Immunities	Immune to pickup (weak)/ knockback (weak)
Attack	Damage (physical): 3/ 5/ 7 Attack speed: 4.5/ 4.5/ 4.5
Ram	Trigger: User isn't mounting. Chance: 2%/ 2%/ 2% Damage (physical): 20/ 20/ 20 Radius (splash): 100/ 100/ 100	Stun Duration: 1.5/ 1.5/ 1.5
		Knockback (weak) Distance: 150/ 150/ 150
Execute	Trigger: User isn't mounting and target has above 40 HP. Chance: 5%/ 5%/ 5% Pickup (weak)	Execution
Faceplant	Trigger: User isn't mounting. Chance: 5%/ 5%/ 5%	Stun (self) Duration: 2/ 2/ 2

Trivia

• In real life, only 8 species of big-headed ants can produce supersoldiers naturally. Scientists have successfully forced other species of big-headed ants, including Pheidole morrisii, to do so by over-exposing the larvae to juvenile hormone. In Cold Blood, it can be inferred that the first encounter with fire ants has caused an unusual surge of juvenile hormone in the local big-headed ant colony.