Marvel Rivals Mantis is a Strategist-class hero known for her ability to provide her teammates with immense support. She fulfils much more than the traditional healer role on account of her powerful offensive abilities, and of course, the ability to damage boost both herself, and her teammates.
Furthermore, Marvel Rivals Mantis has a unique ability mechanic where you can regain your healing and buff charges by landing hits on enemies. This makes it important that you sharpen your aim and tracking skills to have a higher impact in the game. You also get access to a stun which is crucial when it comes to taking down dive heroes like Venom, Spider-Man, and others, who will primarily target you and your other fellow support heroes in the back line.
That said, our Marvel Rivals Mantis guide will provide you with a detailed brief on her abilities, how you can use them, and much more. Read below to know more.
Note from the editor: This article has been updated to feature the latest content with respect to the patch released on March 6, 2025. It will be further updated as the developers release future patches for the title.
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Marvel Rivals Mantis: All abilities

Mantis boasts an offensive ability, four support abilities, two passives, and one Ultimate. Here are her base stats:
- Class: Strategist
- Health: 275
- Movement speed: 6 m/s
Here's a brief overview of all her abilities:
Primary weapon
Mantis uses the Life Energy Blast (LMB) as her primary weapon. It can deal a lot of damage and help the team secure kills on weaker characters with low-health pools. Here are the stats of this primary fire ability:
How to play as Mantis in Marvel Rivals?
Mobility

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Mantis can move around healing her allies while damaging foes. This trick is crucial since she relies on damage, both to keep her allies alive and to manage her resources: namely Life Orbs. Consuming them also grants her a Movement Boost thanks to Nature's Favor Passive, which is great for getting around quicker.
Playstyle

As mentioned earlier, Mantis in Marvel Rivals has a somewhat aggressive playstyle. Her heals rely on Life Orbs obtained by dealing critical hits. Unlike most other Strategists in the game, her Healing Flower ability only grants a Healing Over Time effect by consuming Life Orbs, so players will need to dish out consistent damage to keep up their healing.
As such, having another solid healer on the team is recommended, and will allow Mantis to flourish to the best of her potential. This is because she can also buff her allies and herself via Damage Boosts from consuming Life Orbs, so it is crucial for Mantis to play around her team for the best effect. This is ideal for seeking out even the slightest more damage to prevent opponents from swooping in.
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Ultimate

Mantis in Marvel Rivals has the Soul Resurgence Ultimate, which grants constant Healing Over Time, movement buffs, and even over-health to allies. Although she does not become tanky like Luna Snow, she can still attack enemies, making this one of the better Ultimates in the 6v6 hero shooter.
Best team-ups for Mantis in Marvel Rivals
1) Adam Warlock (Strategist)

Adam Warlock, Star-Lord, and Mantis together form the Marvel Rivals team-up called Guardian Revival. In this team-up, Mantis receives the special ability called Nature’s Soul.
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When this team-up is active, Adam Warlock enhances the rebirth power of Mantis, which in turn grants her the power of Cocooned Revival. This allows Mantis to freely move and reforge her body at a chosen spot, similar to Warlock’s passive Regenerative Cocoon.
2) Peni Parker (Vanguard)

Mantis is excellent when paired with Peni Parker in Marvel Rivals. Having the same amount of agility, Mantis can consistently heal Peni Parker with her Healing Flower ability, increasing the Vanguard’s survivability.
Furthermore, Mantis’ Allied Inspiration, Spore Slumber, and Soul Resurgence are excellent when combined with Peni Parker’s ultimate, Spider-Sweeper, making it impossible for the enemies to escape, ultimately leading to their demise.
Counters for Marvel Rivals Mantis
1) Hawkeye (Duelist)

Hawkeye is one of the best counters to Mantis owing to his sheer damage output and range advantage. Hawkeye’s Piercing and Blast Arrows do massive amounts of damage at long ranges, which is difficult for Mantis to keep track of in the heat of battle and ultimately falls prey to.
Moreover, Hawkeye’s Hypersonic Arrow can further damage and slow down Mantis, making her vulnerable to him and his team. Additionally, Hawkeye’s ultimate, Hunter’s Sight, allows him to spot and damage afterimages of enemies, which is particularly deadly against low-health enemies like Mantis.
2) Black Panther (Duelist)

Mantis is vulnerable against any type of dive hero, especially Black Panther. Black Panther can quickly close the distance between him and Mantis with his Spirit Rend, Spinning Kick, and Subtle Step abilities, all the while dealing lethal damage to the healer. Moreover, if Mantis is Vibranium marked, Black Panther also heals with his Spirit Rend ability.
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Additionally, owing to the fact that Black Panther deals increased damage when on low health because of his passive Panther’s Cunning, it becomes even more difficult for Mantis to take him down even after using Spore Slumber.
Marvel Rivals Mantis Lore
Let's look at what Mantis' in-game description reveals about the background of this character:
"Mantis always knows exactly how you're feeling, thanks to her strong empathic powers. Her alien ability to alter the emotions of others comes in handy on the battlefield, but Mantis only finds true happiness for herself when she is with her fellow Guardians of the Galaxy. After being captured by the Collector and put on display at his theme park, Mantis managed to escape with the help of her fellow captives, Sai and Jeff. Now, Mantis travels the spaceways in hopes of reuniting with her team, while welcoming other displaced souls into the Guardians' found family."
FAQs about Mantis in Marvel Rivals
Q) Is Mantis in Marvel Rivals?
Yes, Mantis is a support character in the game and has one of the highest damage-dealing primary fires.
Q) Is Mantis good?
Mantis is arguably one of the best Strategists who can heal allies from a distance while raking in lethal hits on opponents.
This is everything that you need to know when playing as Mantis in Marvel Rivals. The Strategist hero can be a game-winning pick for almost all team compositions. Since her primary fire can inflict a lot of damage on enemies, you can even commit to 1v1 fights against some enemies. Moreover, Mantis has a disabling ability that can help your team score crucial kills during fights while contesting for the match objective.
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