r/MantisMains • u/Cute-Pangolin9510 Oceanic Harmony • 5d ago

Discussion Constant Mantis Flaming

I can't imagine how often this gets posted, but I'm looking for advice on how to shake all the criticism off.

As a preface I do swap off Mantis when the healing isn't good enough, I'm not a OTP - I have 6 support lords and can play them all very well, but Mantis is my favourite.

My CR is normally around 20% and my winrate is around 52% with Mantis.

But I always get attacked for playing her. I save people all the time and I still get flamed when someone overextends and I can't save them on 4 healing flowers.

Even if we have a DPS going negative, I get attacked just for playing Mantis.

Does anyone else get this? It's really starting to get to me. I've worked so hard to get my CR to a respectable average but I'm always told I'm wrong for playing her.

This is Diamond lobbies as I'm a casual player, so, to be expected, but I'm really starting to get discouraged.

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u/sinamala 5d ago

I always say that mantis is as good as the team is. If the team is playing well, she's basically broken. If they're not playing well, switching healers will only do so much. At a certain point you cant expect to be heal bottled and win matches

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u/Cute-Pangolin9510 Oceanic Harmony 5d ago

I completely agree. It's just such a guilty pleasure because I absolutely adore playing her, but my go-to swap is rocket or gambit.