Asian Giant Hornet
The world's biggest hornet: fast, loud and bold enough to raid a whole hive.
Legendary bugs unlock with XP you earn playing online. The game shows how to get each one.
Passive: Hive Raider
+10% of their mass when you take down a hive or colony bug; +16% boost speed.
A passive is always on: you never fire it and it never runs out. It is what the Asian Giant Hornet does that no other bug does quite the same way.
Stats
Stats are multipliers on the standard bug, which is ×1.00 in everything (the game shows them as percentages: ×1.14 is 114%). Turn is Agility in the game. For Boost drain, lower is cheaper.
| Stat | Asian Giant Hornet | Compared with the standard bug |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ×1.10 | 10% faster |
| Turn | ×0.92 | turns 8% slower |
| Bulk | ×1.20 | 20% thicker |
| Growth | ×1.14 | 14% more from food |
| Boost | ×1.16 | boosts 16% faster |
| Boost drain | ×1.05 | boosting costs 5% more |
| Spawn mass | 30 | bigger than the standard 18 |
Power-ups
Every bug has 5 power-up slots. The Asian Giant Hornet can carry 11 of the game's 18 power-ups: the 5 core ones every bug carries, and 6 more that its traits from the real animal allow. Its traits are flier, stinger, predator, hive and giant.
Venom Trail
For 8s you leave lingering venom clouds behind you that squish any head entering them.
From its stinger and predator traits.
Hyperdash
Instantly teleport 420u forward; for 0.4s only the wall can kill you.
From its flier trait.
Barbed Carapace
Body swells up to 30% and grows barbs: enemies that hit your body are repelled and stunned instead of dying.
From its giant trait.
Colony Split
Spawns 2 allied bugs that hunt and forage for you for 20s, funnelling food back to your mass.
From its hive trait.
Nectar Bloom
For 10s every mouthful is worth double and you regenerate 6 mass per second.
From its giant trait.
Stinger Strike
Instant jab at the nearest enemy head in front of you (160u): stunned 1.4s, slowed 50% for 3s and pushed back. Never squishes.
From its stinger trait.
Core power-ups: Nitro Wings, Molt Husks, Phase Shift, Pheromone Call, Shockwave.
How bots play it
Bots fill every seat no player is using. A bot playing the Asian Giant Hornet plays it as a Hunter. Roams for prey: chases bugs up to ~57 % of its mass from further off and boosts to cut them off well ahead.
Other hunter bugs: Centipede, Stag Beetle, Dragonfly, Wolf Spider, Tarantula Hawk.
Skins
The Asian Giant Hornet has 6 skins. A skin changes only how it looks, never how it plays. See them in the full skin gallery.
Yellow-legged Hornet
After the yellow-legged hornet: a dark chocolate body with an orange band and bright yellow legs.
European Hornet
After the European hornet: sunny yellow with chestnut-brown stripes and legs.
Ember Hornet
Fiery red-orange with dark stripes, peach wings and a golden face.
Midnight Hornet
A navy night-flier with soft gold stripes and periwinkle wings.
Imperial Hornet
Royal gold and purple: a gleaming gold hornet with violet diamonds and lilac wings.
Witch Hornet
A witch-purple hornet with black stripes, lilac wings and a green face, off on a broomstick ride.
The real animal
The Asian Giant Hornet in buggs.io is based on Vespa mandarinia, and its traits come from what the real animal does. Read about it on Wikipedia.