Carving Mantis

• Excalibur performing Rapid Incisions.
• Excalibur performing Ambush Predator.
• Excalibur performing Dire Courtship.
• Excalibur performing Biting Mandibles.

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Carving Mantis is a stance mod for Dual Swords type weapons. It combines strong slashes and quick stabs while keeping forward momentum.

Can be equipped on:

• Dark Split-Sword (Dual Swords)
• Dex Dakra
• Dual Cleavers ✓
• Dual Ether
• Dual Heat Swords
• Dual Ichor
• Dual Kamas ✓
• Dual Kamas Prime ✓
• Dual Keres ✓
• Dual Raza ✓
• Dual Skana ✓
• Dual Zoren
• Nami Skyla ✓
• Nami Skyla Prime ✓
• Prisma Dual Cleavers ✓
• Twin Basolk
• Twin Krohkur ✓

✓ denotes weapon with matching Stance polarity

Combos

Combo Name	Button Combination
Rapid Incisions	200% 100%	300%	300%	300%	200%	300%
Ambush Predator	100%	3x 100%	2x 100%	200%	300%
+
Dire Courtship	2x 200%	2x 200%
( +  ) +
Biting Mandibles	5x 100%	200%  200%	400%
+
Northern Coil	2x 250%	2x 250%
Trimming Flowers	200%
(While Sliding)
Red Soil	2x 200%	200%	2x 200%
(While In Air)
Weightless Steel	300%
(While Wall Latching)
Mirrored Spike	2x 800%
(On Knocked Down Enemy)
360° Attack    Slam Attack    Proc
Melee Attacks  Melee   Block   Forward   Heavy Attack   Multipliers and Hits 200%  Attack does double damage  2x 100%  Attack hits twice   Exclusive Procs  Impact or Stagger   Knockdown   Lifted   Ragdoll   Front/Back or Ground Finisher   Impair (PvP only)

NotesEdit

• Many of the attacks do bonus Slash damage.
  • The last 5 attacks of Rapid Incisions do 25% bonus Slash damage.
  • Every attack of Ambush Predator except the first two hits of the second attack do 25% bonus Slash damage.
  • The first and third attack of Biting Mandibles do 25% bonus Slash damage.

Trivia Edit

• Dire Courtship may be a reference to a female Praying Mantis' tendency to decapitate its mate.

MediaEdit

Warframe - All Melee 3.0 Combos (Part 3 of 3)

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Stances

Swords Single Sword  Iron Phoenix •  Crimson Dervish •  Vengeful Revenant •  Swooping Falcon Dual Swords  Crossing Snakes •  Swirling Tiger •  Carving Mantis Sword-Shield  Eleventh Storm •  Final Harbinger Machete  Cyclone Kraken •  Sundering Weave Nikana  Blind Justice •  Decisive Judgement •  Tranquil Cleave Two-Handed Nikana  Wise Razor Rapier  Vulpine Mask Gunblade  Bullet Dance •  High Noon Blade-Whip  Defiled Snapdragon Warfan  Slicing Feathers Daggers Single Dagger  Homing Fang •  Pointed Wind •  Stinging Thorn Dual Daggers  Gnashing Payara •  Sinking Talon •  Spinning Needle Brawler Fist  Seismic Palm •  Fracturing Wind •  Gaia's Tragedy Sparring  Grim Fury •  Brutal Tide Claws  Four Riders •  Malicious Raptor •  Vermillion Storm Pole Polearm  Shimmering Blight •  Bleeding Willow •  Twirling Spire Staff  Clashing Forest •  Flailing Branch Scythe  Reaping Spiral •  Stalking Fan Heavy Heavy Blade  Cleaving Whirlwind •  Rending Crane •  Tempo Royale Hammer  Shattering Storm •  Crushing Ruin Miscellaneous Glaive  Astral Twilight •  Gleaming Talon Tonfa  Gemini Cross •  Sovereign Outcast Whip  Burning Wasp •  Coiling Viper Nunchaku  Atlantis Vulcan Other Exalted Stance  Exalted Blade (Stance) •  Hysteria (Stance) •  Primal Fury (Stance) •  Serene Storm (Stance) Blade-Whip  Tainted Hydra Claws  Scarlet Hurricane Dagger  Piercing Fury Dual Daggers  Biting Piranha Dual Swords  Dividing Blades Fist  Quaking Hand Glaive  Celestial Nightfall Hammer  Crashing Havoc Heavy Blade  Noble Cadence Machete  Rending Wind Nikana  Fateful Truth Nunchaku  Mafic Rain Polearm  Argent Scourge Rapier  Cunning Aspect Scythe  Shadow Harvest Sparring  Vicious Approach Staff  Crashing Timber Sword  Rising Steel Sword-Shield  Last Herald Tonfa  Star Divide Whip  Lashing Coil Special  Exalted Blade (Stance)  Hysteria (Stance) Maneuvers • Melee • Melee Mods