Mantis Heavy Walker

A rare form of Walker designed by the Marauders for heavy assault actions. As its name states, this Walker's six legs allow for safety redundancies due to combat destruction, wear and tear, or difficult terrain. Marauder engineers coupled the Walker's missiles and a napalm laser with an underbelly-mounted repulsor field generator. This made the Walker nearly impenetrable at the price of velocity.

What the Mantis lacks in speed, it makes up for in firepower and durability. When properly functioning, the Walker's shields are virtually impenetrable. Even the strongest attacks barely make a dent in the shield's blue metre, shown in the bottom right corner of the screen. However, if the shields are offline, the Mantis is rather vulnerable, causing all subsequent damage to be dealt to the hull. Hull damage cannot be repaired. The Walker's size and slow speed make it an easy target for enemies to hit, so instead of trying to evade incoming fire, use the Walker's primary weapons to annihilate the opposition. The Walker's primary weapons are homing missiles - which behave similarly to the Enforcer. These rapidly fired missiles have limited tracking ability, homing in on targets and exploding upon contact with any surface. For greater damage output, use the devastating napalm laser to ignite a large area with a massive plume of fire. To deal with enemies at close range, use the Walker's slam attack to squish enemies loitering beneath the Mantis. During instance of low visibility, activate the visualization mode (Default Key: Z) to highlight the heat signatures of your targets.