Deathstalker Scorpion
A slim desert scorpion with tiny claws and a very serious tail.
Legendary bugs unlock with XP you earn playing online. The game shows how to get each one.
Passive: Numbing Sting
Enemies within 100u of your body are slowed 35%; slows on you are 30% weaker.
A passive is always on: you never fire it and it never runs out. It is what the Deathstalker Scorpion 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 | Deathstalker Scorpion | Compared with the standard bug |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ×1.06 | 6% faster |
| Turn | ×1.00 | the standard |
| Bulk | ×1.12 | 12% thicker |
| Growth | ×1.12 | 12% more from food |
| Boost | ×1.10 | boosts 10% faster |
| Boost drain | ×1.00 | the standard |
| Spawn mass | 28 | bigger than the standard 18 |
Power-ups
Every bug has 5 power-up slots. The Deathstalker Scorpion 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 stinger, toxic, predator, ground and nocturnal.
Venom Trail
For 8s you leave lingering venom clouds behind you that squish any head entering them.
From its stinger, predator and toxic traits.
Burrow
Go underground for 5s: untargetable, invisible to bots, 40% slower, cannot eat.
From its ground trait.
Hyperdash
Instantly teleport 420u forward; for 0.4s only the wall can kill you.
From its nocturnal trait.
Nectar Bloom
For 10s every mouthful is worth double and you regenerate 6 mass per second.
From its nocturnal 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 and toxic traits.
Leaf Camouflage
Blend into the leaves for 6s: bots no longer see your head as a threat or as prey, and other players see you faded.
From its nocturnal 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 Deathstalker Scorpion plays it as an Ambusher. Settles on a mushroom patch and loiters around it; when a smaller bug passes within strike range it boosts across its path.
Other ambusher bugs: Praying Mantis, Black Widow, Emperor Scorpion, Tarantula.
Skins
The Deathstalker Scorpion has 6 skins. A skin changes only how it looks, never how it plays. See them in the full skin gallery.
Sahara Deathstalker
Sunset-orange like the Sahara's dunes, with a rusty red sting.
Onyx Deathstalker
Onyx-black armour with golden trim, hard to see on a moonless night.
Moonglow Deathstalker
Glows mint-green like a scorpion under ultraviolet light, with deep blue trim.
Ember Deathstalker
Ember red with golden trim, like a glowing coal in the desert.
Pharaoh Deathstalker
Pharaoh gold ringed in lapis blue, like treasure from an ancient tomb.
Haunted Deathstalker
Haunted purple with a tail ringed in ghostly green glow, creeping through the Hollow.
The real animal
The Deathstalker Scorpion in buggs.io is based on Leiurus quinquestriatus, and its traits come from what the real animal does. Read about it on Wikipedia.