Mantis Blade?

[Spada]

Hi do Mantis Blades make Sense when you also have Katana in your inventory?
If Yes what Mantis Blades are the best to use?
Thermal, Shock or Toxin?

[valium]

Mantis Blades are just outright inferior to katanas. The only reason to use them is because you want to. Even if you are playing on the hardest difficulty, you can use whatever weapons you want and make them work more than well enough to succeed with.

For the cyberarms, I generally recommend the physical damage ones. A lot of the tankier enemies will also resist one of the non-physical damage types, which will be a bit of a double whammy when it comes to cyberarms where you are not able to swap them on the fly. Enemies can have high physical defense, but none will outright resist it, so physical damage will be the most consistent.

[Markus Reese]

The main part of Mantis Arms is also in the Phantom Liberty Relic tree. That is where they get really strong.

Another reason is weapon slots. Mantis blades can mean three guns vs two. Makes a difference depending on build. For example a cool ninja build where might want a throwing knife, pistol and then something for longer distance combat in very hard difficulties.

[asarokk]

I agree with previous commenters so I'll refrain from reiterating.

On harder difficulties, the only benefit mantis blades have over katanas is that you'll never be completely unarmed when asked to deposit all your weapons into a storage before entering places where weapons are prohibited (except for Orbital Air as they disable any combatware). So if you accidentally trigger combat, you won't be defenseless and won't have to rely on finding random weapons laying around or from loot.

[p30pl3h4t3m3]

Depends on the build concept.

[Amanoob105]

On top of the above reasons to take them, here are two other (if somewhat niche) reasons.

1). There's a few points in the game, almost entirety in story missions, when you will find yourself without your weapons of choice. At least until you can get them back.
But it's kinda hard to loose access to a weapon built into your very arms.

2). They're really dam cool looking.

[Tokenn]

The way I look at it, Gorilla Arms + Katana are a more versatile combo than Mantis Blades, but how you want to play depends on what you find works best for _you_. Don't forget, you can always switch out the Mantis Blades if they don't work for you.

[Scyle]

Most people look at it as a question of 3 guns + M.blades vs 2 guns + katana.
I prefer 2 guns + katana + arm rockets.

[Spada]

Origineel geplaatst door Scyle:

Most people look at it as a question of 3 guns + M.blades vs 2 guns + katana.
I prefer 2 guns + katana + arm rockets.

Really you sure?

[vonMoo]

I go for one or two pistols for fighting, plus one knife for better stealth takedowns (or finishing Scavs/6th Street/Maelstrom/Tigers if I can be bothered not to just shoot them).

No need for arm cyberware. Sure, quickhack builds could theoretically benefit from monowire, but they're OP enough to not bother.