Is just me or is the mantis completely useless?
The only usful varient is the ONI one due to it lock-on. maybe it’s the maps or the Faster movment speed of Spartans, but It was deverstating in halo 4. No it a lumbering paper weight. I find myself selling the req cards of when I’m a few 100 short from a req pack.
note to mod: move to halo 5 as this is gameplay related.
It’s not useless, its just not the walking tank that is was in Halo 4. The mantis is Halo 5 is now a tactical walking exoskeleton with weak shields and weak armor. If you can hide and use cover and now when to push or fall back it can be very deadly. Also they made the boarding radius for enemies all around the vehicle and made the damage radius of the stomp attack much less so that does suck but we must adapt if we are to survive.
Its an support vehicle and not an one man army.
As it role as support it is good .
Personnal views are welcome
It’s just bad s8 up
I don’t think its bad so much as I’m just terrible with it.
You just can’t run out into the middle of everything with it. You have to have support and cover. I think dropping the req requirement a point would make it more fair. I have tons of them, but rarely use them.
I have never spawned one - the main reason for that is that they don’t scare me on the battlefield. It’s easy to either destroy them or escape from them. So, I agree - pretty useless.
I stepped out of the vehicle bay on arc, got one shot by a tank… it’s pretty bad…
it’s certainly underpowered for the req level, which i suspect gets dropped in a future update
Id say it’s not useless, but it sure is easy to destroy. Especially since they sped up the req leveling speed, it’s pretty easy for anyone to pull out a tank/power weapon now.
(And easier to pull out a Mantis)
You def. gotta use corners, cover with it. I’ve gotten killing frenzies with in the right situations. But yes it’s shielding could use an added bump imo.
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> You def. gotta use corners, cover with it. I’ve gotten killing frenzies with in the right situations. But yes it’s shielding could use an added bump imo.
Your useing it based on the issue, in other words your udjusting. I can respect this.
I can understand the nerfing from H4 to H5, imagine if the H4 Mantis was available in warzone with its crazy huge stomp radius and upgraded shield/armor?! You could carry a team from the time you reach the necessary Req level all the way to stomping the Warden with 2 of these, no problem.
I agree that the volume of violence on the thing has been reduced from 11 to 7, but it’s still nice when used like a scalpel rather than a sledgehammer.
In closing, I would much rather bring in a Scorpion.
T4nk
Map choice and play style is impact full when using the mantis.
I will only use it on March on Stormbreak. I’ve only used it twice, but I didn’t pull it out until after I finished the Mantis Destroyer Commendation so I knew how to not die.
I was extremely conservative, I never went anywhere without knowing where my cover was. I typically defended one base instead of assaulting a base. If the bullets were piling on without being able to prevent or cover, I retreated to base.
So yeah its ultra limited. It’s a vehicle that you get the commendation done for then never touch again.
I agree. The mantis seems nerfed. I remember in halo 4 they were POWERFUL. Now, they seem, eh. Definetaly not worth 7 req levels. the b attack is pretty useful in some ways, but the range is horrible. Also, you can hijack it on any direction, which breaks the mantis defense by a lot. All i can say is when that shield is down, take cover like you would normally do as a spartan.
Currently if you spawn any mantis other than ONI, players will just bum rush you or spam br shots. Players literally have no fear of the mantis, it can barely kill one spartan without overheating its minigun.
Makes me sad because its such a cool vehicle, and was terrifying to see one roll out in H4.
I’m sure just like anything else it takes some getting used to. You notice no one is saying anything about vehicles being too hard to kill, We all want a walking tank, unless we are one the receiving end :). I believe dropping it a req below the tank would be a good idea though, people would definitely use them more.
I think instead of a radius it should have points.
Easier from behind.
Left/right you have to be elevated.(arms)
Make the stomp radius bigger and faster.
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> Its an support vehicle and not an one man army.
> As it role as support it is good .
> Personnal views are welcome
And yet it costs more req energy than a scorpion tank… Yeah, the new Mantis is -yoink-. I don’t like how much they nerfed it in this game, compared to 4. I know the Mantis was pretty powerful in 4, but they should have balanced it more evenly. As it stands now, the regular Mantis is a joke.
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> I think instead of a radius it should have points.
> Easier from behind.
> Left/right you have to be elevated.(arms)
> Make the stomp radius bigger and faster.
I agree, it’s ridiculous that an enemy spartan can just bum rush you and board you from the front… I tried to stomp him, and he didn’t die even though he was super close, and then right after that, he boarded me from the front. I shouldn’t feel like I’m screwed in the Mantis whenever I see a regular Spartan.
Either buff the Mantis or lower its REQ cost. I favor the latter solution. At REQ level 5, the only vehicle that becomes available is the Wraith. I think Warzone matches would become interesting sooner if the Mantis showed up a bit earlier.