Mantis

Mantis (リッパー, Ripper in Japan) is a boss in Bomberman 64.
==Description==
Mantis is the guardian of the anchor connecting White Glacier to Altair's base of operations. Her nickname is Cold Killers. She is a gigantic ice spider. She has a mask and six legs.
Before the fight, Sirius will fly and drop a Remote Control to Bomberman. To defeat this giant spider at Stage 4, Bomberman must run under her when she attacks. This will confuse Mantis, giving Bomberman the opportunity he needs to throw a pumped bomb, and detonate it directly under her. The explosion should damage her this way. Usually, two hits will break her mask.
She has four hearts; after her third heart is depleted, Mantis will smash the icy ground, causing hre and Bomberman to fall onto a spiderweb; it is not slippery like the ice, but leaves Bomberman in danger of falling down the holes in it. Sirius will rescue him the first three times he falls. In the end, Mantis was killed, and shrunk down to a small size.
==Infos==
*Target Time: 12000 (Normal) - 15000 (Hard)
*Hearts: 4 (Normal) - 6 (Hard)
==Abilities==
* Slash attack: when Mantis is close to Bomberman, she uses his two front razor legs to slash him in a curved motion, this attack is lost if both blades are destroyed by bombs.
* Jumping stab: While Bomberman is running around or has no razor blades, Mantis will occasionally jump high and attempts to stab him on the spot.
* Charging stabs: As Bomber is keeping distance from Mantis, that is to say towards the walls, she will start to stab his way towards White Bomber.
* Spiderling spawn: At certain occasions, Mantis will jump onto the walls and move about whilst spawning spiderlings. These babies walk slowly towards Bomber in an attempt to touch him, killing instantly. Mantis can spawn up to three babies before one of them dies to spawn more. While in this stance, Bomber can throw a pumped bomb to stun her to the ground.
==Gold Cards==
#Destroy her mask
#Burn her left claw
#Burn her right claw
#Make her mad enough for her to collapse the ground
#Defeat her by target time
==Gallery==
Cold Killers.png|Appearance
Cold Killers 3.png|No mask on the giant web
B64 Mantis.png|rendered (no background)
B64 maskless Mantis attack.png|maskless Mantis rendered in mid-attack
B64 - Sirius saving Bomberman.png|Sirius saving Bomberman
==Trivia==
*Sirius will save Bomberman if he falls through one of the holes of the web (up to 3 times), but after the player gets 100 Gold Cards and defeats Altair, he will not appear and Bomberman will fall to his death.
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