Enemy Mounting

This page shows the mechanics of enemy mounting.

Enemy mounting

Only colony units can mount large and huge enemies in combat. The number of mounting units on each creature is preset and unaffected by their size.

Enemy mounting only happens when the number of attacking units is above a certain threshold depending on the size of the respective enemies. Attacking units will mount and dismount until all mounting slots are occupied and the required ratio between mounting units and non-mounting units is met.

Mounting units can only use basic attack and can't use any abilities, except for fire ants. Mounted enemies will take 10% more damage from non-mounting units after enough mounting slots have become occupied.

You can disable attacking or enemy mounting to prevent your units from mounting and make them dismount. Mounting units will be eliminated when mounted enemies escape.

Mountable enemies

Small units can mount both large and huge enemies.

Large units include leafcutter ant mediae, leafcutter ant majors, matabele ant soldiers, army ant majors, driver ant large soldiers, African stink ant soldiers, termite major soldiers and exploding termite soldiers. Large units can only mount huge enemies.

Fungus-growing termite kings, exploding termite kings, bullet ant soldiers and super leafcutter ant major can't mount any enemies.

Mountable enemies
Huge	Large
Uber mole crickets Large hermit crabs Large and uber leaf-mimic praying mantises Large and uber spiny devil bush crickets Large, huge and uber whip spiders Large and uber velvet worms Adult false bombardier beetles Great blue skimmers Juvenile and uber eastern newts Pine woods tree frogs Adult and uber narrow-mouthed toads American bullfrogs Medium African tiger beetles Medium and large rainbow lizard Small, medium and large African mantises Medium and large alligator back scorpions Large and huge sun spiders Large and huge African giant centipedes Large and huge emperor scorpions Hermit scorpion Whip mantis Praying spider Dragantula	Uber devil's coach horse beetles Uber hermit crabs Large northern dune tiger beetles Large and uber beach tiger beetles Large and huge sand bear wolf spiders Large and uber beach wolf spiders Uber jumping spiders Medium six-spotted tiger beetles Uber bombardier beetles Adult and uber Red velvet ants Green lynx spiders Small African tiger beetles

Trivia

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