Mantis Warrior
 If you venture too deep into the fungal forests, these warriors will stand in your way. What is it they guard, deep at the bottom of their territory?  |
Mantis Warriors are enemies in Hollow Knight. They are adult members of the Mantis Tribe who guard the tribe and their leaders.[1][2] Like all other Mantises in the Mantis Village, they resist the Infection.[3][4]
Behaviour and Tactics
Stands still until disturbed. Once engaged, it attacks with very quick, long-range slashes, often accompanied by a short dash. Its attacks are quite difficult to dodge, so sometimes it is easier to tank a few hits, slashing at it as fast as possible and healing once it is dead.
If possible, try to jump and attack it from the air, down-striking at it. Though it does have an upward slash attack, it is short-ranged and usually misses, typically allowing the Knight to safely attack from above until it dies.
Once the Mantis Lords are defeated, all Mantises become non-hostile towards the Knight, however, they still retaliate if attacked, even if accidentally damaged by an area-of-effect attack.
Dream Nail Dialogue 
Hostile:
- ...We honour the Lords...Intruders shall end...
- ...No more will fall...No more outcast...
- Resist the plague of bug and beast...
Passive:
- ...Great warrior. The Lords accept it...
- Honour from an outsider...How rare...
- ...To best our Lords, what strength...
Location
They are only found within and in the entrance of the Mantis Village.
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Locations in the Mantis Village
Gallery
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Idle
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Bowing
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Attacking
Trivia
- After the Mantis Lords are defeated, Mantis Warriors (as well as Mantis Youths) gain new Dream Nail dialogue and bow to the Knight as they pass by.
- The non-hostile Mantis Warriors do not retaliate if damaged by Defender's Crest and Spore Shroom but do turn hostile if damaged by the
Dreamshield or any summoned familiar such as Grimmchild or Glowing Womb. - In a Kickstarter update the Mantis Warrior was referred to as "Lesser Mantian":
- "The Mantian tribe were always the outsiders of Hallownest society. After the cataclysm, these inscrutable hunters retreated into the fungal forests to escape the plague."[5]
References
- ↑ Wanderer's Journal, p. 62.
- ↑ Mantis Warrior Dream Nail dialogue: "...We honour the Lords...Intruders shall end..."
- ↑ Mantis Warrior Dream Nail dialogue: "...Resist the plague of bug and beast... "
- ↑ Quirrel: "They're not brutes though, no. The sickness in the air that clouds the mind of lesser beasts... they resist it."
- ↑ Kickstarter update of November 22, 2014.
