ORCHID MANTIS VERY SCARY - Grounded VS Pro and Noob! (Gameplay Walkthrough & Funny Moments)

[@Jyharri]

Can confirm that mantis can be scary as a full sized person despite how crazy afraid they are of me. Being a tiny human within bite sized reach of a mantis is most likely the single most terrifying fate to ever occur.

[@itol2398]

A mantid the size is a small dog would likely be able to take a human down. They are one of the most horrifying bugs to scale up in size, but I'd love to see a horror short about that.

[@slowlikeabrow8329]

Tips of the day. Tip#1 You should always carry around elemental weapons so you can deal with enimes easier. Tip#2 In the upper yard near the rocks, there is a blue bottle cap with a hole under it that you can go in. Tip#3 In the mutations tab, you will see a few letters under the word mutations. Those letters are sections where you can select different mutations to go together like for fights, building, running around the map, and/or a buld for certain weapons. These sections can be accessed via selector wheel py pressing a button (check settings to see what button). Tip#4 There are 5 types of DOT damage. One is poison (which Mithridatism makes no as effective). Then there is venom (mostly used by tier 3 bugs and 2 bosses, and an antidote can be crafted, but you need to kill some more bugs to find that recipe. Then there is Stink damage (mostly used by stink bugs, can also be shot by an arrow to create a stink cloud around an enemy). Next there is "Broodmother Venom" (only produced when wearing full Broodmother armor set). Finally there is Bleed damage. This damage is only used by Wasps and the Orchid Mantis. Daggers have this damage as a mutation after killing lots of bugs with a dagger. The Salt Morningstar also causes bleeding damage on an enemy when you hit them with the third hit in its 3 hit combo (it's called finally bleed).

[@Jyharri]

12:36 Even after all these years, Josh and Cotton never change.

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

The mantis scythe reminding me like the grab scythe in monster Hunter lol. It’s kinda funny that Cotton got that weapon again.

[@velvetomen]

0:55 This image is absolutely sending me! I don't know why but Im just bawling with laughter XD So out of curiosity I went to a wiki to see how much of a multiplier that yoked blows gives... On your Scythe of Blossoms it's a 100% increase to crit dmg, added that the Mantis armor gives crit chain and a bleed effect to enemies, its just straight dmg and seems super impressive.

[@marmyeater]

7:05- It was here that I lost my invulnerable and happy baby red ant: Santana.

[@joelrobinson5457]

Don't forget to check the castle, it's important!!

[@chibigoji5080]

Especially if you want one of the best sour weapons in the game!

[@alessandroreyes3827]

After the undershed guys

[@Nightmare41919]

The mantis is definitely one of the biggest highlights of the entire game for me. It’s just so cool

[@Just_A_Guy_Just_Some_Dude]

You guys just reminded me that there has only been one mantis like fight in all of monster hunter and it was a great one. Ahtal-Kah.

[@nidhoggr8193]

This makes me want a mantis themed monster in wilds.

[@zaej4317]

I think the only Mantis Themed monster in MH was the Athal-Ka.

[@nidhoggr8193]

@zaej4317 But I want more 🥺

[@hoozukigetsu]

0:54 i believe Pete's last name is boggs. Burgle says it sometimes when pete talks to him.

[@fluffy624]

I love this series, I’ve been waiting for the release of every episode

[@ryanjohnson1124]

Also, if you want to do critical hits, you need to get a mutation that unlocks when you find the shamrock and roll 20 on the d20. The shamrock is located in an underground cave in the marsh near the hedge, on the far left edge and under a leaf. The d20 is on the picnic table.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

A crazy gorgeous animal, I wonder what the other special bosses will be.

[@Fallout-kidvault111]

To fill you guys in there are like 3 story bosses and 4 Summonable bosses you have already seen one of the story bosses the assistant manager, and 2 summonable bosses brood-mother, and the mantis which you learned about this video and there are I think 4 mini bosses which are ones you already fought the termite king, the infected wolf spider, the infected ladybug, the black widow So you only have a couple bosses to go and sorry if this seems like a spoiler to you Josh or cotton I just wanted to make sure you don’t accidentally miss out on some of the content in the game without spoiling where and what those remaining bosses are

[@gamerkingdom1442]

YAAAAY! They’re finally battling the ORCHID MANTIS BOSS!

[@WinstonWhitetail]

Fun fact, the mantis weapon does 2 kinds of damage; chopping and slashing. It can be used like an axe and dagger for harvesting things

[@WinstonWhitetail]

The symbol next to damage tells you the damage types

[@Walker_96365]

I’m not sure if it’s intentional, but the model in the game much more closely resembles the male orchid mantis, which matches the size in the game. If they did the female version, it would need to be 2-3 times larger.

[@Zahri8Alang]

Sure, and the toenails we see randomly around the yard are just from the pinky toe

[@Walker_96365]

@@Zahri8Alang what?

[@Zahri8Alang]

@Walker_96365 flower mantis vary greatly in size, some of the smallest ones are 1cm in length, which would make the females like 3cm at most at their biggest Lets disregard the toenails and instead look at the astray and nail clipper which are suspiciously small, when compared to an object like the full size SCA.B. when our character enter the ashtray, it seems unusually small, since let's not forget, our character is about the height of a ladybird. (Largest ladybird is

[@Zahri8Alang]

Less than i cm in height and is proportionate to the mites, which realistically are about the size of ants legs, or smaller

[@Zahri8Alang]

The wiki also exclaim the boss could possibly not fully grown and male due to immature wings and the number of abdominal segments

[@thecripledgammer9106]

The first minute, I know someone who needs this speech 😂

[@Drdino1993]

I got mh 1 for Christmas and I'm not like the attack mechanics but loving them at the same time

[@richardbudge9416]

The fire ant nest is FULL of upgrade resources. Might want to stock up on beefy muscle sprout base smoothies for the extra healing though. If you want to go the extra mile for horde fights, a full set of black widow armour is the best option bar none

[@johnnycage9229]

Having some deja vu on their fight with Ahtal Ka.

[@alessandroreyes3827]

Cotton really carried that boss fight. Mvp of the episode. I arrived at fighting her today too and not gona lye...man they nerfed her so much. I beated her on my first try with the wrong set of mutation on. I remember last year it took me an hour to beat it. If this was pre nerf mantid it would have made you realize that you were early into fighting her. Next time should finally be the undershed. Fire ant nest is also a possibility but its just to upgrade stuff. After that i dont know wich should be done first between wasp or castle mordoc(only duable after the undershed).

[@Amarok1886]

dunno how helpful this is, but pond moss is just all over the rocks in the lower pond. under the lantern thing where there's a hatch and research tent is a good spot

[@jamesspreadborough24]

The main mechanic the mantis has is it inflicts bleed damage so you bleed over time , thats the main issue with taking hits 😅 its like the moth but well done 2 down and my second favourite boss weapon unlocked 😁

[@nemanjastanimirovic155]

239 proobs without the 🐟 or no 🐟 boc

[@GunlessSnake]

🐟🦀🌙🐌🐢239 EPISODES SINCE THE FISH OR NOT FISH DOCUMENTARY PROMISE, NOW CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 2025! If it is not given to us by then, we shall shrink Josh down and stick you into a petal bush and force you to slowly chip away at an Orchid Mantis's health without the required elemental weakness weapons, thus forcing you to start creating weapons of all the damage types for future combat scenarios!

[@darthjarjarbinks2480]

24:05 since u got a bleed debuff and no u can not just crouch to heal this is not monster hunter

[@darthjarjarbinks2480]

Yoked blows is crits do more damage the entire set is mostly crit based with apex predator making u attack faster the longer u attack without stoping making if u get in a long combo with high crit chance super op

[@TheJestersDoor]

How are you guys not playing Helldivers?!

[@shobhandevasagayaum3276]

Also I think the black widow is the right dagger

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

Grounded is such a good game. Solo or with friends.

[@luigiongaming3959]

So are we nearing the end of this series then? If the mantis is the toughest enemy in the game then there must not be much left. Assuming the story actually gets completed. I don't want it to end 😂

[@Walker_96365]

You take DoT when fighting the mantis because it inflicts a bleed status.

[@scathslegend9839]

Hey just a heads up the bosses can drop some rare trinkets and there are ssome more hidden ones and a hidden boss or two that you have to go out of your way to do or the hardest hidden boss that you can do if you go for the good ending and it’s a after story doozy

[@BurningLance2]

ah the Orchid Mantis very pretty and very scary and also gives alot of very useful stuff like its weapon and armor as well a unlimited source of fresh water with its fountain

[@darthjarjarbinks2480]

U might say u are the dominant life form but just u wait until a certain boss that is Gona beat u like a souls game final boss and make u wish u where just a small ant

[@shobhandevasagayaum3276]

The mantis doing passive damage to you could be bleed knowing how his hand blades are

[@lightwarrior8283]

Now you just have to kill the wasp queen and infected broodmother

[@sammy1803]

Hey did you know you can get a mutation from hitting the dice. Use a hammer to hit the dice and get nat 20

[@WelshGiraffa]

Honeslty atleast a mantis death will be quick….ish I still say death by spider is the worst way to go if you was shrunk to bug size strung up in a web and one move is literally ringing the dinner bell

[@javadkhusro]

Ahtal-Ka if the males were pink instead of gold.

[@ArvindRajAgnosticAtheist]

Is there a reason you guys can't build yourselves out of or over obstacles in this game?

[@aceundead4750]

Iv never heard brood pronounced as "brud"