Dragonfly

*For the special variants, see Halloween Pennant and Roseate Skimmer Dragonfly.*

One of the rarest normal creatures added to the game, due to the conditions of its attraction.

## Dragonfly

* Regular
* Golden

## Obtaining

### Conditions to Attract

* Any time
* Rain or snow

## General Information

They have one of the fastest attack rates of the creatures in the game; able to chase down and get rid of ants with ease. Its unique ability is that it can fly.

Dragonfly doesn't have much health. It attacks by landing on the target and dealing a chunk of damage once. After a few seconds, it takes to the air again. When flying or when underground, it deals consistent damage, but its damage is reduced immensely.

When not attacking anything, it detaches itself from the ground and becomes invulnerable to any attacks (still vulnerable to enemy fliers like the Hornet, Halloween Pennant, Emerald Roach Wasp, and the Flytrap) until it lands on the ground to attack.

This can annoy the attacker as it takes a longer time to kill one.

It is recommended not to kill this creature. However, many other creatures such as the Hornet, Halloween Pennant, and Emerald Roach Wasp heavily outclass the dragonfly. Many late-game players would choose to kill the dragonfly.

## Description

Dragonflies are powerful and agile fliers. They are capable of migrating across the sea, moving in any direction, and changing direction suddenly.

## Stats

Main article: Creature Stats

Dragonflies have average health. They have very high attack rate and are very speedy in the air. They are slow while landed.

Dragonfly has three different damage rates: underground, above ground and fighting flying creatures while flying. It has the weakest damage below ground and the strongest damage when it is above ground and attacking another creature that is on the ground. It's attack rate and attack speed are the same no matter where it is attacking.

They can be upgraded a max of 60% each stat in the Creature Lab.

* Health
* Attack Rate
* Damage

**Dragonfly Health Stats:** (Shown in bites from a 4-star gold tarantula)

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Dragonfly Attack Stats:**

Attack rate is how quickly it moves to attack after the  appears shown in seconds.

**The attack speed is one hit every 1.5 second.**

 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

**Dragonfly Damage Stats:**

Data is based on attacking a 3 star normal tarantula, shown with the % of health bar lost for each hit. (Air vs air data is based on attacking a 3 star normal dragonfly)

Damage
 2
 3
 4
 4 (gold)

A picture of the full Dragonfly entry can be found below:

## Obtaining

##### Attracting conditions

Rare, will appear at any time but only while it's raining. Has a better chance at spawning while it is night.

It can be attracted while it is snowing during the Christmas events. This is the best time to attract dragonflies due to the increased chance of snowstorms.

##### Defeating

It is helpful to place the garrison in the path of the dragonfly to distract it. This makes it less likely for the player ant or recruited soldier ants to be targeted and killed while capturing.

## PvP

### Attacking

It is very useful as a distraction against fast-attacking creatures like tiger beetles and scorpions. Added with its ability to fly, it can demolish most ants and non-tank creatures without taking a hit.

However, it flies in random directions and can be easily eaten by the Venus Flytrap. It is vulnerable to any other attacks once it lands, which forces it to remain motionless and unable to attack. Going inside the anthill negates its ability to fly and it is forced to attack like any other creature.

While it is grounded, its better to protect them, as failing to see that will result in a swift death.

### Defending

Great for easily taking out some of the tougher non-tanking creatures or just simply trying to wipe them out, it is invulnerable to ground based attacks while in flight (still vulnerable to enemy dragonflies and hornets), but vulnerable while grounded.

It however, cannot fly while inside an anthill, making it virtually useless at defending either the corridors, or at the queen ant's nest due to its only capability of attacking without flying.

## Trivia

The dragonfly in the game is based on the green darner (Anax junius).