Combat Speed Guide

Combat Speed is one of the highest-impact stats in the game because it affects how quickly your troops act during combat. If you’re falling behind in Combat Speed, you’ll often lose trades even with similar power.

Main Combat Speed Sources (with values)

Meteorite Evolution

  • Combat Speed: 200
  • Recommended Ascend order (to 50 each)
    • Pioneer Ascend: 50
    • Explorer Ascend: 50
    • Trailblazer Ascend: 50
    • Conqueror Ascend: 50

Evolutions

Total listed here: 470

  • Advanced Combat → Swift Combat: 250
  • T10 Tree → Swift Combat: 200
  • Assault Soldier Ants → Swift Stride: 20

Insect

Combat speed 140

  • Basic legendary insect 11* = 120
  • New tier insect 11* = 140

Mutation Flora

Combat speed 200

Cell Bonus = Combat speed 50

  • Ascend to lv. 1 = 30 Combat speed
  • Ascend to lv. 2 = 20 Combat speed

Gene Bonus = Combat speed 50

  • Ascend to lv. 1 = 30 Combat speed
  • Ascend to lv. 2 = 20 Combat speed

Fungus Bonus = Combat speed 50

  • Ascend to lv. 1 = 30 Combat speed
  • Ascend to lv. 2 = 20 Combat speed

Soldier Reform Bonus

Combat speed 25

  • Cooperation IV = 25 Combat speed 25

VIP Exclusive Bonus

Combat speed 20

  • VIP 13 = 10
  • VIP 14 = 15
  • VIP 15 = 20

Mutation

  • Mutation Ability – Raid
    • Lv. 17 12 Combat speed
    • Effects only one troop!

Special Ants

  • Carrier Ants
    • Myrmarachne Formicaria 60
    • Leptomyrmex Burwelli 60
    • Golden Crystal 60
    • Grave Digger 60
    • Strumigenys Eggersi 60
    • Graceful Twig Ant 60
    • Dark Giant 60
    • New World General 60
    • Enigmatic Taylor 20
    • Blood Giant 60
    • Shikaree Master 60
    • Golden Venom 60
    • Ghost Ant 20
  • Guardian Ants
    • Rock Bandit 20
    • Guard General 30
    • Procryptocerus Adlerzi 40
  • Universal Ants
    • Brown Rogue 60
  • Shooter Ants
    • Banshee Velvet 20
    • Nimble Tree Ant 150 in its row
    • Weaver Ant 90 in its row

Build it up step by step

  1. Start buying VIP packs when you get 500K Diamonds in a week
    • VIP 13 = 10
    • VIP 14 = 15
    • VIP 15 = 20
  2. Orange Insect
    • 9* (normal?)/116
    • 10* (normal?)/
    • 11* 120/140
  3. Evolutions
    • Advanced Combat – Swift Combat 250
    • Assault Soldier Ants – Swift Stride 20
    • Advanced Ants Hatch – Ant Swift Combat II 200
  4. Meteorite
    • Build Pioneer first 50
    • Build Explorer Ascend second 50
    • Build Trailblazer Ascend third 50
    • Build Conqueror Ascend fourth 50
  5. Mutation Flora
    • Ascent all mutations first up in Lv. 1 first 120
    • Ascent all mutation to Lv. 2 80
  6. Soldier Reform
    • Take Reform essence from every event you can. This is by far the hardest to get. Progress it the speed you can afford 25