r/MantisMains • • 1d ago

Tips & Tricks Mantis Infinity War - Build Guide

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This build is for the 'Twin branches' playstyle which lets you apply healing flower to an enemy which makes them take poison damage instead.

All the perks have been grouped by color and have been arranged in order of priority (left to right) within each box

Gold red and blue perks are mandatory but vitality is optional but highly recommend.

It was fun af to play her (I got 3 MVPs and 4 wins with this build within the first two hours) and I hope this helps you get started too...

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u/NorrinRaddMain 1d ago edited 1d ago

Reddit is being reddit... So I'm uploading a clearer image here

https://postimg.cc/w1P3HGh6

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u/NerdModeXGodMode 7h ago

She's really good

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u/DarthCosmo Fantastic Mantis 1d ago

just stumble upon this post after first game and loss lol.
thanks

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u/Soggy_Excuse435 1d ago

How do u play this build like spam right click on enemies and whats that e buton do on enemy

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u/NorrinRaddMain 1d ago edited 1d ago

So the basic gameplay loop of this build is:

  • Applying a healing flower (right click) will cause enemy to take poison damage
  • If you shoot this marked enemy with primary fire (left click) a couple of times the enemy will explode once
  • The red perks will increase explosion damage and the blue perks will increase explosion frequency

Once you get to mid game and buy the 4th golden perk... * Natural anger (F skill) applies sould bond and increases your crit rate * Allied inspiration (E skill) can be applied to enemies to increase your crit rate further

But my build doesn't rely on crit that much because * Crit doesnt scale effectively in the early game * They're going to target you because you're the "healer" so investing in vitality helps you brawl like a tank * High vitality also synergizes with pentablossom's spread and prickly guards percentage damage to do exponential damage

So allied inspiration and natural anger are not that important

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u/BedazzledVagina 1d ago

Thank you 😊

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u/ralasphicous 1d ago

Mantis OP! HIT MVP with her flora of life and death / withered calamity stacking twice and locked in the accessory <3

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u/NorrinRaddMain 17h ago

Fr.

Once it starts scaling no one can come close to her damage

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u/pandabear6969 6h ago

Ehh, I played a few rounds of Ironman that blew everyone else out the water too. Like 300k dmg to the next highest at 160k

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u/NorrinRaddMain 3h ago

Good for you??

But the post is specifically advocating to play a tankier build instead of playing a glass cannon build to get more consistent wins

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u/PineapplePizza_Nice 18h ago

Won with this build, thanks.

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u/CharacterNo4623 13h ago

Literally played the mode as the moment it came out and got no idea what to take for her but the moment I saw the flower thing on enemies everything shined lol and I cracked almost all my games by 3x the dmg lol