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"He talks big, but I'm rarely frightened by grandpas. Aside from that one time with the tough-as-nails war vet."
—Ant-Man[src]

Ant-Man is a Science Champion. Being a Science Champion, he has a Class Bonus against Mystic Champions, but is weak to Skill Champions.

Bio[]

When the original Ant-Man retired from the job, another man rose to the occasion (err, stole the costume) — Scott Lang! With his somewhat sordid past somewhat behind him, Scott took on the size-changing, ant-communicating abilities of Ant-Man!

Mechanics[]

Scottie is back from his nighttime errands with some hot new tech! Stealing a page out of the other arthropods of the Contest, Ant-Man’s kit now focuses on the build-up of Pym Particles to inflict prickly Power Stings on the opponent. Gathering these will require you to shrink down to size often, throwing Special 1’s until your desired stack of Pym Particles is achieved. As an added bonus, Ant-Man’s puny punches will inflict debilitating Fatigues! When ready, hit the power-hungry opponent with a Heavy attack to convert the resource into Power Stings. Keep their timers up by performing intercepts or punishing Heavy attacks long enough to build 2 bars of Power, then sock ‘em with a Special 2, converting the Fatigues into pernicious Poison Debuffs. Continue refreshing until the toxic buildup or a hasty Special Attack brings your opponent down to your level!

Stats[]

Tier Max Rating Max Health Max Attack
TierStarTierStar 581 2533 176
AwakenedAwakened - - -
TierStarTierStarTierStar 1568 6851 472
AwakenedAwakenedAwakened - - -
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 3943 17180 1182
AwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakened - - -
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 7950 34447 2369
AwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakened - - -
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 13560 58777 4042
AwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakenedAwakened - - -

Abilities[]

Passive

  • Ant-Man is Immune to Poison and Shock effects.

Pym Particles - Max 9

  • Ant-Man is Immune to Buffs. Whenever he would, he instead generates 1 Pym Particle.
  • Whenever Ant-Man’s basic attacks intercept the opponent, or strikes them when recovering from a Heavy, he consumes 1 Pym Particle to refresh any personal Fatigue, Poison, and Power Sting Debuffs on the opponent.

Dev Notes: These are key to your damage! Get a nice stack of them ready, convert some into Power Stings and/or Poisons, then use the rest to keep the Debuffs active with Intercepts and by punishing opponent Heavy attacks.

Power Sting

  • If Ant-Man has 3 or more Pym Particles, landing a Heavy Attack or being knocked down by a Special Attack consumes 3 Pym Particles to inflict 1 Power Sting Debuff on the opponent lasting 9 second(s). An opponent with Power Sting takes X Direct Damage if they activate a Special Attack.
Tier Direct Damage
TierStarTierStar 176
TierStarTierStarTierStar 472
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 1182
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 2369
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 4042
  • Whenever Ant-Man’s personal Power Stings detonate, they also deal a burst of X Physical Damage for each Debuff on the opponent including the Power Sting.
Tier Physical Damage
TierStarTierStar 26.4
TierStarTierStarTierStar 70.8
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 177.3
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 355.35
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 606.3

Dev Notes: Make sure your opponent has a healthy dose of Debuffs on them before triggering Power Sting for maximum pain.

All Attacks

  • While Under the effect of Personal Unsteady Debuffs, Ant-Man Cannot Miss his Opponent.

Dev Notes: Phase and Falter can be annoying, and Ant-Man thinks so too. Not only is the Unsteady Debuff Ant-Man’s greatest defense mechanism, it can be a potent counter-offensive tool!

Signature Ability[]

Close-Up Magic - Passive

  • Whenever Ant-Man Glances an attack, he has a 50% chance to inflict a Fatigue Debuff lowering the opponent’s Crit Rating by X for 15 second(s).
Tier (Level) Critical Rating
TierStarTierStar 566.67 - 1434.87
TierStarTierStarTierStar 616.67 - 1561.47
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 666.67 - 1688.08
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 700 - 2139.54
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 750 - 2292.36
  • Whenever Ant-Man gains a Pym Particle, he pauses the duration of any personal Fatigue, Poison, or Power Sting Debuffs on the opponent for X second(s).
Tier (Level) Debuff Time
TierStarTierStar 2 - 3.51
TierStarTierStarTierStar 2 - 3.51
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 2 - 3.51
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 2.45 - 4
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 2.45 - 4

Dev Notes: Keeping your Debuffs up becomes far easier with Ant-Man’s Signature Ability. On Defense, Glancing hits will lead to a slogging fight for Attackers as the Fatigues build up!

Special Attacks[]

  • Whenever Ant-Man activates a Special Attack the opponent is inflicted with a non-stacking Unsteady Debuff lasting 15 seconds, giving their attacks a 100% chance to Glance. Unsteady cannot be activated if the opponent is already under the effect of an Unsteady Debuff.
  • When Unsteady expires this ability goes on a 15 second cooldown before it can be activated again.

Dev Notes: Unsteady is one of Ant-Man’s greatest strengths, but watch out – its cooldown exposes Ant-Man’s squishy nature. Keep that in mind while spamming Special 1’s to rack up Pym Particles!

Special 1 - Pym Punch
With the help of his Pym Particles, Ant-Man delivers a micro-sized uppercut punch.

  • On activation gain 3 Pym Particles. If Ant-Man has 9 Pym Particles, this Special Attack is Unblockable.
  • Each hit inflicts a Fatigue Debuff lowering the opponent’s Crit Rating by X for 15 second(s). Max Stacks 12.
Tier (Level) Critical Rating
TierStarTierStar 89.47
TierStarTierStarTierStar 97.37
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 105.26
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 110.53
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 118.42

Dev Notes: You’ll be throwing a lot of these! Ant-Man’s Special 1 is his primary Pym Particle producer and the most immediate access to Unsteady.

Special 2 - Ant Swarm
Ant-Man launches a swarm of angry bullet ants to eat away at his opponent. Millions of tiny ants leads to millions of tiny stings.

  • Each Pym Particle Grants Ant-Man +X Attack Rating for the duration of this Attack. Consume all Pym Particles at the end of the Special Attack.
Tier Attack Rating
TierStarTierStar 44
TierStarTierStarTierStar 118
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 295.5
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 592.25
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 1010.5
  • On the second hit, consume all Fatigue Debuffs on the opponent. For each Fatigue consumed, the opponent is inflicted with a Poison Debuff that deals X damage over 15 second(s) and reduces their health recovery by 30%. Max Stacks 12.
Tier Poison Damage
TierStarTierStar 132
TierStarTierStarTierStar 354
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 886.5
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 1776.75
TierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStarTierStar 3031.5

Dev Notes: Stacking Fatigues with Special 1 and keeping them up with intercepts will grant you a rewarding Special 2, inflicting up to 12 spicy Poison Debuffs. Don’t forget to keep them refreshed!

Special 3 - Ant-Sized Knockout
With an extra potent dose of Pym Particles, Ant-Man delivers a combo of miniature knockout punches.

  • Inflict a Petrify Debuff reducing the potency of Power Gain and Regeneration effects by 10% for 20 second(s). The potency of this Petrify increases by 10% for each Debuff active on the opponent.

Dev Notes: Power Gain punishment doesn’t have to be constrained to Power Sting. Negate it entirely with Petrify! Make sure you have plenty of Debuffs applied for maximum potency.

Synergy Bonuses[]

Synergy Partner(s) Effect(s)
Hi, I'm Scott Falcon portrait Ant-Man: Each hit of Special 1 has a 100% chance to Inflict the Opponent with a Fragility Debuff, reducing Block Proficiency by 50% and Increasing Ant-Man’s Critical Damage Rating by 235.
Falcon: Increase the Duration of Lockdown by a flat 2 seconds.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Friends - Level 3 Hulk portrait All Champions: +130 Armor Rating.
Nemesis - Level 3 Yellowjacket portrait All Champions: Gain +6% Attack.
Teammates - Level 3 Spider-Man (Classic) portrait All Champions: +5% Perfect Block chance.
Teammates - Level 3 Iron Man portrait All Champions: +5% Perfect Block chance.
Incoming Synergy Partner(s) Effect(s)
Enemies - Level 2 Absorbing Man portrait All Champions: +115 Critical Rating.
Bugspeak Ant-Man (Future) portrait Ant-Man (Future): While the Opponent is suffering from a personal Power Detonation effect, Ant-Man (Future) cannot Miss his Opponent.
Ant-Man: +25% Unsteady Debuff duration.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Rivals - Level 3 Black Panther (Civil War) portrait All Champions: +115 Critical Damage Rating.
Who The Hell Are You? Captain America (Sam Wilson) portrait Captain America (Sam Wilson): Increase the effect of Armor Ups by 15%.
Ant-Man: Each hit of the Special 1 has a 100% Chance to place a Fatigue Debuff on the Opponent. The Last hit on the Special pauses all Fatigue Debuffs for 20 seconds.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
One Bug Happy Family Cassie Lang portrait Cassie Lang: Triggering Miss grants Cassie 1 additional dormant Power Sting.
Ant-Man: While the Opponent is suffering from Antman’s personal Unsteady Debuff, the durations of all personal Debuffs are increased by 20%.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Biochemistry Doctor Octopus portrait Doctor Octopus: Start with 40 Chemistry Research.
Ant-Man: When causing a Hit to Glance, reflect 40% of Physical Damage done, by attacks that make Contact.
Teammates - Level 3 Falcon portrait All Champions: +6% Perfect Block Chance & +3% Attack Rating.
Formidable Foe Ghost portrait Ghost: +15% Attack for each Buff on Ghost.
Ant-Man: Double the number of Pym Particles gained, and Fatigue Debuffs applied by Special 1.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Friends - Level 3 Hercules portrait All Champions: +130 Armor Rating.
Strategic Sabotage Nick Fury portrait All Champions except Nick Fury: If Nick is alive, the first 3 hits thrown by the Opponent have 100% chance to be Evaded. This will not trigger while Blocking or Dashing Back.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Dinky Shrinks Psycho-Man portrait Psycho-Man: Heavy Attacks grant a non-stacking Armor Up Buff, increasing Armor Rating by +600 for 10 second(s).
Ant-Man: Special Attack 1 inflicts the Opponent with 2 Stagger Debuffs for 12 second(s).
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Unlikely Combination Ronin portrait Ronin: Gain +25% Block Proficiency in Guard Stance.
Ant-Man: Increase the Potency of Poisons by 20%.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Teammates - Level 3 Scarlet Witch (Classic) portrait All Champions: +5% Perfect Block Chance.
Science Research Sentinel portrait Sentinel: Reduce the duration of the target's Debuff effects by 50% when facing a target of the Science class.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Eyes of the Dragon Shang-Chi portrait Synergy Champions: Landing a Critical Hit grants an additional +2% Critical Damage Rating. Max 100 hits.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Enemies - Level 3 War Machine portrait All Champions: +155 Critical Rating.
Hard to Hit Wasp portrait Wasp: Counter Sting is never disabled when Wasp is below 20% Health.
Ant-Man: When causing a hit to Glance, gains Fury Passive increasing Attack by 25% for 12 seconds. Max: 3.
Wasp, Ant-Man, Ghost: +25% Attack at the start of the fight if Wasp, Ant-Man and Ghost are together in a team.
Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Friends - Level 3 Wasp portrait All Champions: +130 Armor Rating.
Nemesis - Level 3 Yellowjacket portrait All Champions: +6% Attack.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

  • Power Gain Counter-effects
    • Punishes opponent Power Gain with Power Stings, or negates it altogether with Petrify.
  • Unsteady
    • Unsteady Debuffs keep Ant-Man tanky despite his small stature. They’re also good at countering slippery Champions with Falter and Phase!

Weaknesses[]

  • Power Control
    • Ant-man’s arsenal and tankiness is reliant on ample use of Special Attacks. Power Control champs and nodes will quickly shut him down.
  • Purify
    • Champions with access to Purify will shrug off Ant-Man’s Debuff-heavy abilities with ease.

Recommended Masteries[]

  • Liquid Courage
    • Poison Immunity + Liquid Courage gives Ant-Man worry-free access to extra damage.
  • Petrify
    • The Petrify mastery further compliments Ant-Man’s passive Power Gain and Regeneration counters that are already abundant in his kit.
  • Despair
    • Give your numerous Debuffs some added heal-blocking oomph!

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Character Inspiration[]

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