Crossbones vs Mantis
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Who would you rate as the faster/more versatile BGs attacker, and who do you think benefits from the r3 more for strictly attack?
Crossbones vs Mantis 157 votes
Crossbones
49%
77 votes
Mantis
50%
80 votes
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Speaking of her, how do most of you play Mantis? I try to do the light ending combo first and then keep shallow intercepting a few times (this can sometimes backfire and I get popped in the face) to build the Emotion Charges, then MLLLM to get them defensive, hit into block as much as possible. Then heavy charge into sp2.
IS there an "easier" method to doing her rotation, or is this pretty much what most of you all do as well?
Does she have downsides like if the AI is bad? I know she has a big infuriate but nowadays thats not much if you look at Titanias intimidate. Is it like hers where the AI always does the opposite of whats expected and throws specials after your special?
As for Bishop and Havok, she can kill both in a single sp2 as well and her playstyle and kit counter some of their abilities. Bishop you force him to consume prowess while you do the hits on block, Havok you're very unlikely to trigger a single detonation cause of tranquilize especially if she's awakened.
Ironically enough, I've never had bad AI with her. I use her and Adam consistently and I never get screwed over, I don't know if Mantis' infuriate and intimidate are just that strong or what but yeah AI always does exactly what I need them to do for me
in his case its both for the sp2 critting but also the Fury RNG (which sometimes makes him need to go for sp3 instead of sp2 which stalls the fight to a longer time)
I had a feeling she had more "reach" but wasnt sure if shed benefit from rank 3 as much as him, but now that i think about it, champs like her that "nuke" in 1 sp2 would benefit a lot from the rank 3 because if that sp2 doesnt finish them off, the fight ends up getting stalled by a lot , whereas xbones just needs a few extra hits to finish the fight.
Sunspot is another example of the being stalled if sp2 doesnt finish them so I'd probably put him in a similar bracket of high benefit as her.
She definitely benefits from that r3, r2 will usually end fights in a single sp2 but when you have her r3 she can easily deal 475k damage in a single sp2 rotation (just tried it against WS with mine) which takes 40 secs max and it also allows her to take matchups that aren't exactly ideal (such as matchups with crit resistance or a ton of armor). For example, a r3 Mantis can probably do a r6 Red Skull or Havok, a r2 however highly unlikely.
Also yes with Mantis you always want the first sp2 to kill cause each sp2 rotation always takes 30 secs or longer but never less, CB if you loss a few furies you can just drop sp1 throw a few combos and you're good.
Although she can definitely ko r3 Photons with one sp2 at r2, you just have to do the relic trick and make sure mixed emotions are maxed