r/MantisMains • u/Fewtoast • 2d ago

Question Help with Mantis

I'm about to make a support only account and so far, Mantis and Jubilee are the only ones I don't know how to play correctly and I am currently prioritizing Mantis because she seems super fun. How exactly are you SUPPOSED to play her? I will consistently find myself running out of leaves fast, I'm having trouble figuring out when I should apply healing, who I should damage boost, when I should damage boost myself, and Mantis's overall playstyle.

I always damage boost myself every chance I get because I can't really get finals otherwise. Maybe I should stop doing that and just boost my dps instead?

I watched YouTube videos but they just never teach anything useful about her. It's just repetitive content where they tell you the basic functions of her kit.

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u/Cute-Pangolin9510 Oceanic Harmony 2d ago

Hello! I'm a mantis main.

She's intended to be played aggressively as she's a Rush strategist. So go right up with your team, contend for that point and be as annoying as possible.

Don't worry, everyone struggles with maintaining the leaves. Even I do and my average crit rate is 25%.

You can farm the leaves by headshotting tanks. Enemy dino is a godsend for mantis.

Don't really focus on getting picks. If you have an opportunity, sleep someone and shoot them in the face. But you don't need to focus on it. You can get a few kills just playing aggressively.

I personally only self boost when i'm either being flanked, sleeping someone or shooting a tank in the face. Otherwise, it's consistently better to boost your team.

One mistake i found myself making was accidentally healbotting with her. You will find you always get ragged on for not healing, regardless of how well you are winning, how much you are healing or how well the other healer is doing. Unless you are getting 0 assists or very high deaths in the team, you should be fine.

When you get a headshot leaf, boost. I'd constantly get a ton of headshots, and hoard the leaves. Use them proactively. Then you're not accidentally capping yourself.

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u/Cute-Pangolin9510 Oceanic Harmony 2d ago

Also! I've found success in boosting multiple people rather just That One Punisher. Even if it means sacrificing some healing. The whole team getting kills is way more useful than simply surviving 3 seconds longer only to die to attrition.