Slitterheadhas many unique aspects, such as how it handles its mission structures and unlockable characters that can drastically change up the combat and allow you to find a gameplay style that matches your wants and needs. This carries through the entirety of the game, even becoming present in the overall activities you carry out in a mission.
Mantis Trap is a perfect example of this, as it is only a boss fight, having you take Michelle down once and for all. There’s not chasing her through the streets, sneaking through highly guarded areas, or fighting waves of other Slitterheads. It’s just a boss encounter between your chosen Rarities and her, and it’s epic!
Mantis Trap Walkthrough In Slitterhead
Seeing as this mission is just amassive boss fight against Michelle,we strongly urge you to selectEdo and Juleeas yourRarities,as they candeal substantial amounts of damage in short bursts.Not only that, but they both haveexcellent Skills and really solid Heavy Attacksthat will give them an advantage throughout the encounter.
Edo’s Burning Edge alone makes him a mustfor this encounter, as it willratchet up his damage output,which alsoapplies to his Companion,as thisSkill will become usable for the other Rarityas long as he’s on the team.Pairing this Skill with Juleeis also a recipe formassive damage,so these two are the clear choice here!
Thefirst phase of this encounter isn’t too challenging,as it’s what you’d expect from aMantis Slitterhead,allowing you to sort of run your offense as normal against it for now. UtilizeEdo’s Burning Edgeto increase your damage output and use hisAngel Step to carve large chunks of her health away.
Parrying is massive here, as well as Guardingin general. If things get hairy,switch to Juleeand use herRevive AllSkill, oractivate Burning Edgeon her to have herdeal even more damagewith herbasic and heavy attacks.HerSonic Claws Skill will also deal tremendous amounts of damageand can lead to herstaggering the Slitterheadwith ease.
Repeat this general strategy until you get its health down toward the last segmenton its health bar to have Michelle transform the arena, limiting your mobility and making things slightly more challenging than average.
Afterwhittling Michelle’s health down nearly the entire way,she willclose off parts of the arena,leaving only anarrow stripleft, limiting where you can go. Fortunately,her attacks won’t change muchhere, allowing you to continue doing what you were previously.
Werecommend using Julee for this section,activatingBurning Edgeinstantly, andbeginning your offensive onslaught.UseSonic Claws when you get closeto potentiallystagger Michelle,andkeep slicing away until she’s defeated.She only hasone bar of health left,so itwon’t take too muchto deplete the remainder of the health, triggering thesecond phase.
Now is where things get real, as thesecond phaseof this encounter is substantially more challenging than the others, havingMichelle regenerate all of her healthwhile alsogaining several new abilitiesthat can deal severe damage to you if you aren’t paying attention.
While yourgoal and strategy are ultimately the samehere, you must be on high alert, asMichelle’s new actions can destroy you.Overall, you’re still going toattempt to get close to her, activate Burning Edge, and unleash your offensein hopes ofstaggering herfor even more damage.
RegardingMichelle’s new abilities,she willperiodically teleport away and fire a single laser,forcing you tododge through it or run in the opposite directionto avoid it. She will also generate a large orb of Blood,causing it toburst and deal tremendous damage.When you see her start doing this,run away from herinstantly.
Additionally,when almost defeated,Michelle willlaunch a Purple Orb at you that will instantly kill youon contact, soevade away from it when it approaches.She will alsobegin firing three lasers,somove between them to avoid taking damage.Other than that, everything is more or less the same.
Get close to her, activate and unleash your offense,and be prepared to useRevive All if things begin going south.If you have Revive All activated,rush Michelle and use Sonic Claws for massive damage.Once you get the rhythm of the encounter down, she will be taken care of in no time!
Mantis Trap Rewards
Defeating Michelle will grant you20 Skill Tokens,allowing you to toss them into any Rarity you so wish. Butplease keep in mind that they are shared Tokens,meaning once you use them, they are gone and are not available for every single Rarity.
Lastly, as always,listen to all the new ‘Talk’ optionsthat become available upon completing this mission, as it will lead to more Missions. Do this as soon as you clear Mantis Trap!
