Electrifying Mantis Blades
| Electrifying Mantis Blades | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Arms |
| Tier | Tier 2 |
| Attribute | Intelligence |
| Capacity | 8 |
| Location | Northside |
The Electrifying Mantis Blades are Mantis Blades that deal Electrical damage and can Shock their targets. They slash quickly at close range and can leap across the room to strike a distant enemy. This variant grows stronger with Intelligence, so it is the Mantis Blades choice for a netrunner who also wants a blade in hand. It still counts as a Blade, so the Reflexes blade perks work with it too. An early gig in Watson hands out a pair for free. The Electrifying Mantis Blades are an early to mid game implant that ripperdocs sell from level 10, and the cyberpsycho of the gig Occupational Hazard in Watson drops a pair.
Effect
The Electrifying Mantis Blades are arm blades that V fights with like a melee weapon. Normal attacks are fast, close-range slashes. Holding and then releasing the Melee Attack button performs a Leap Attack. V jumps at a target within range and deals heavy damage on landing.
Every hit deals Electrical damage instead of Physical damage. Each hit also has a chance to Shock the target, and that chance rises with the tier.
The four Mantis Blades variants share the same attack speed and Stamina cost. Their damage per hit differs only slightly. The real differences are the damage type, the status effect and the attribute. This variant is attuned to Intelligence. Each point of Intelligence adds 0.5% damage with the blades. The base Mantis Blades scale with Reflexes instead.
Mantis Blades count as Blades for perks. That means the whole blade perk line in the Reflexes tree applies to them.
How to Get Electrifying Mantis Blades Guide
- Reach level 10.
- Visit any ripperdoc clinic and open the Arms slot.
- Buy and install the Electrifying Mantis Blades.
- Or take the gig Occupational Hazard from Regina Jones in Northside, Watson.
- Neutralize the cyberpsycho Anna Nox in the Mox warehouse on Longshore North.
- Loot the Electrifying Mantis Blades from her.
Electrifying Mantis Blades Map Location and Quest Guide
- Drive around Watson to get the gig Occupational Hazard from Regina Jones.
- Go to the Mox warehouse on Longshore North in Northside.
- Talk to the wounded Mox upstairs to learn what happened.
- Neutralize the cyberpsycho Anna Nox, lethally or not.
- Loot the Electrifying Mantis Blades from Anna.
Electrifying Mantis Blades map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Upgrades
Ripperdocs sell the Electrifying Mantis Blades at Tier 2 from level 10, Tier 3 from level 20, Tier 4 from level 30 and Tier 5 from level 40. An installed pair can be raised a tier at a ripperdoc with the matching item components. Each tier raises the damage and the Shock chance. Each implant costs Cyberware Capacity. V gains capacity with each level and from Cyberware Capacity Shards. The Edgerunner perk lets V go over the limit by up to 50 points, at the cost of some max Health.
The table shows what each tier step of Electrifying Mantis Blades costs at a ripperdoc.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 37 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 37 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 37 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
The Electrifying Mantis Blades fit a hybrid build with high Intelligence and some Reflexes. Intelligence raises the damage of the blades through attunement. Reflexes unlocks the blade perks. Lead And Steel lowers the Stamina cost of Blade attacks and lets V block bullets with blades. Finisher: Bladerunner lowers the Stamina cost again, raises attack speed and unlocks a Blade Finisher that restores Health. Flash And Thunderclap makes every Strong Attack with a blade leap to enemies in range, with extra damage for longer leaps. Going The Distance doubles Finisher range. Flash Of Steel raises movement and attack speed after a Finisher.
Phantom Liberty adds Relic perks for arm cyberware. Jailbreak lets Mantis Blades charge their next Leap Attack by dismembering an enemy or performing a Finisher. A charged leap reaches 30 meters further and hits the target and nearby enemies with a wide slash. Spatial Mapping makes every Leap Attack cripple enemies and raise the chance to dismember them for ten seconds.
Other cyberware supports the blades. Microrotors raises melee attack speed. Dense Marrow raises melee damage at a higher Stamina cost.
Lore
The in-game description calls Mantis Blades arm blades designed with lethality and concealment in mind. It adds that they are as effective as they are flashy. The Electrifying variant carries the same blades with an electrical charge.
Notes
- The Arms slot holds one implant, so the Electrifying Mantis Blades replace any Gorilla Arms, Monowire or Projectile Launch System.
- The same blades also come in Physical, Thermal and Chemical variants: Mantis Blades, Thermal Mantis Blades and Toxic Mantis Blades.
Cyberware Categories
All Arms Cyberware
Every Arms implant is listed below. The Iconic ones come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Arms Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaxTac Mantis Blades | 
|
Standard Arms Cyberware
| Name | Image | Attribute | Capacity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrifying Gorilla Arms | 
|
Technical Ability | 8 | |
| Electrifying Mantis Blades | 
|
Intelligence | 8 | Northside |
| Electrifying Monowire | 
|
Reflexes | 8 | |
| Electrifying Projectile Launch System | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Gorilla Arms | 
|
Body | 8 | |
| Mantis Blades | 
|
Reflexes | 8 | |
| Monowire | 
|
Intelligence | 8 | |
| Projectile Launch System | 
|
Technical Ability | 8 | |
| Thermal Gorilla Arms | 
|
Reflexes | 8 | |
| Thermal Mantis Blades | 
|
Body | 8 | |
| Thermal Monowire | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Thermal Projectile Launch System | 
|
Intelligence | 8 | |
| Toxic Gorilla Arms | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Toxic Mantis Blades | 
|
Cool | 8 | |
| Toxic Monowire | 
|
Technical Ability | 8 | |
| Toxic Projectile Launch System | 
|
Body | 8 |