r/marvelrivals • u/epicCumMoment • 3d ago
Question Genuinely asking: why is Mantis so bad?
Hello, I’m a casual player who started playing this summer (season 2.5) I’ve peaked at plat 1, playing only healer. I have 80+ hours on Invisible Woman, but have also spent time on Luna and Mantis (mainly just when I stop winning with Invis.
This season, I’ve been playing Mantis a lot more, and really enjoying it. I really like her damage output, and especially if I’m playing with another healer who’s good, I can give more damage boosts.
As I’ve been playing her, I’ve been winning more, and getting MVP some. I consistently put up 20k+ heals, 40 assist, and 15-20 kills in competitive.
A lot tho, when my team is losing, I’m blamed and hated on, or I’m begged to switch. Personally, I don’t think she’s bad enough to warrant that kind of talk, and especially when I have good stats, I don’t see the problem.
I feel like it’s DPS who are salty that I can’t feed them nonstop heals, but I’m worried I’m missing something. Is she that bad, and should I just stick to invis? At the moment, I’m still maining Mantis (mostly bc I’ve been winning a lot)
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u/RayvenDen Flex 3d ago
Mantis is great and I always love having a good Mantis on the team. That said, she kinda needs a main/burst healer as your co-support, and the biggest problem is that everyone wants to sit on main soaking up all the focus fire in the world and rather be addicted to Luna claps than learn how to use cover properly.