Summary
- Marvel Rivals Mantis focuses on strategic positioning and team support rather than direct combat.
- Maximize her healing and buffing capabilities by taking advantage of her Life Orb mechanic.
- Players can turn a match around when they play Mantis correctly, keeping allies alive while boosting their offense.
Mantis is one of the most powerful support characters in the current roster with exceptional healing abilities and damage-boosting powers. Her utility makes her extremely valuable in any team composition. Here’s a guide on how to play Mantis in Marvel Rivals.
What is Mantis Life Orb Mechanic
Marvel Rival introduced Mantis to center her gameplay around the unique Life Orb system. Her effectiveness lies in how efficiently players manage these Life Orbs. As much as possible, you have to focus on landing critical hits with a primary attack to maintain the Life Orbs supply. With consistent Life Orbs, players can frequently use their support abilities.
- Mantis has a maximum of 4 Life Orbs
- One Life Orb regenerates every 3 seconds
- Critical hits with Life Energy Blast immediately restore one Life Orb
- Life Orbs fuel her healing and buffing abilities
Understanding Mantis Abilities
There are several things to take into consideration when mastering this support character, Mantis. First thing you need to know and understand is her skills and how it works during matches. Mantis has five primary abilities and ult you need to take advantage of when strategizing for an offense such as:.
- Life Energy Blast (LMB/R2/RT): Deals damage by firing thorn projectiles, restoring one Life Orb after critical hits.
- Healing Flower (RMB/L2/LT): Provide an immediate heal burst after consuming one Life Orb followed by 8 seconds of healing over time.
- Allied Inspiration (E/R1/RB): Grant ally a 12% damage boost for 8 seconds after using one Life Orb.
- Natural Anger (F/Square/X): Give Mantis an additional 12% damage for 8 seconds after consuming one Life Orb.
- Spore Slumber (LSHIFT/L1/R1): Puts enemy to sleep for 3.5 seconds after throwing a seed spore.
- Soul Resurgence (Ultimate) (Q/L3+R3): Heals nearby allies over time in her created force field. This grants movement speed and converts excess healing to bonus health.
On the other hand, Mantis has two passive abilities to make her an efficient character in Marvel Rivals.
- Nature’s Favor: Increased movement speed to 40% when Mantis hasn’t taken damage for 3 seconds. Also adds a weak health regeneration when using Life Orb skills.
- Nature’s Soul (Team Ability with Adam Warlock): If you have Adam Warlock on the team, Mantis can revive inside a cocoon instead of returning to base.
Know Your Positioning
Since Mantis is a support character, prioritize positioning behind your team. You need to provide support to your team from a distance and avoid engaging in direct contact. Use your enhanced mobility from Nature’s Favor and quickly move between allies who need support.
Prioritize Healing
Healing should be your gameplay focus. As a healer, you should provide healing support to Vanguards and fellow Strategists taking damage. The Healing Flower will provide you both immediate burst healing and healing over time. It is perfect for allies who are in dangerous situations.
Enhance Your Allies Damage
Maximize team damage output by using Allied Inspiration to high-damage characters like Psylocke, Scarlet Witch, and Star-Lord. Meanwhile, use the Natural Anger for circumstances where you need to secure a kill or defend yourself.
Control the Crowd
Another defensive tool you can use against aggressive enemies is the Spore Slumber. Mainly, it’ll provide you with these crowd control support:
- Interrupt enemy ultimates
- Protect teammates from divers
- Create opportunities for your team to reposition
Keep in mind that damage to any sleeping enemy will wake them up. So best to coordinate with your team first before engaging in an attack.
How To Use Your Ultimate
Marvel Rivals Mantis ultimate ability, Soul Resurgence, is both functional for offense and defense. It’ll give sustain and mobility for attacks when activated at the same time and can Counter enemy ultimates. It deals with burst damage inflicted by Psylocke’s or Storm’s ult. Also, it can help to save a teammate or yourself during critical situations.
Final Thoughts
It won’t be difficult to play Mantis in Marvel Rivals as long as you understand how her abilities work. This will be your key to effectively strategizing about your positioning and more to play your role as a Support. Make sure you pay attention to your Life Orbs management to avoid running out of it.
