In Halo 4, one can agree that the Mantis could be a ruthless killing machine. What would have made it more ruthless, is its animations to evade, dive in a certain direction, and have a directional melee. Ultimately, it was not included. But say, what would happen if these animations were to return in Halo 5: Gaurdians to compensate for its “paper-like” armor? What would it be like?
It almost had thrusters, in halo 4 it says hold A to use thrusters when you get in it for the first time.
I was hoping it would get added in halo 5, but tbh there really isn’t much of a good spot were it could be used effectively, and if there was it would probably be very easy to counter.
The mantis just got the short end of the stick this time around, people didn’t like that it was an op killing machine… even though that’s what it’s supposed to be.
Your team shouldn’t be able to jump thrust and board a mantis without fear, it should be a sence of ergency for your team to regroup and use all there fire power to take that monster down.
I think it would make for a lot more tactical use of the Mantis. People seem to use it for their firepower only. They usually stay pretty stationary. I would love a little more mobility.
Here’s a fun fact: There are multiple small thrusters that are visible on the Mantis’ lower half. Too bad they’re never used, though… 
The ability for the mantis to evade sounds reasonable only if has a small cooldown between uses and short distance.
I would love a mantis thrust. but it would have to be balanced out a lot.
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> It almost had thrusters, in halo 4 it says hold A to use thrusters when you get in it for the first time.
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> I was hoping it would get added in halo 5, but tbh there really isn’t much of a good spot were it could be used effectively, and if there was it would probably be very easy to counter.
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> The mantis just got the short end of the stick this time around, people didn’t like that it was an op killing machine… even though that’s what it’s supposed to be.
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> Your team shouldn’t be able to jump thrust and board a mantis without fear, it should be a sence of ergency for your team to regroup and use all there fire power to take that monster down.
Yeah, I always wondered why it would say that.
It would be interesting if it had a small upward directional boost that allowed it to do a double foot stomp from the air.
I think that won’t happen in this game but it might in H6. Who knows? Maybe they might release a special mantis req like the pheaton helios.
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> I think that won’t happen in this game but it might in H6. Who knows? Maybe they might release a special mantis req like the pheaton helios.
Let us keep our fingers crossed.
Mantis in 5 needs any buffs it can get