Talk:Carving Mantis/@comment-2602:306:C458:B10:C005:1861:C180:B8F9-20171016072454/@comment-99.64.170.19-20171016222229

Crossing Snakes is a stance out of sync with its effects. It doesn't multi-hit, and doesn't generally have big multipliers but has several moves that move you towards or into groups, usually after a very short combo... but those movements are usually come after a pause, like say you'd have after you killed what was in front of you and need to bounce into the next nearest group of enemies.

Problem is, the lack of damage combined with the lack of speed and special effects, renders in mostly useless. The pause combo is, by miles, the best combo in the stance and is flaout inferior to just about everything Swirling Tiger ever brought to the table, to say nothing of Carving Mantis.