Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Fast, armed with an armor piercing barb, capable of jumping and easy to breed, Mantas are the best scout mounts and bodyguards a player may have. As a bonus it is also possible to stand atop of them.
Their only drawback is not allowing the use of weapons by their riders, a trait existent on the similar speed oriented Ichthyosaurus.
Their damage gain per point spent after tamed is also about half the usual (and similar to the Giganotosaurus). However, given their high base damage, ability to (greatly) ignore armor, small turn radius, and poor health scaling, leveling Melee Damage still proves to be the best option for combat Mantas.
More Manta Utility Tips
Do not listen to the person who said that they only eat angler gel, they can only be tamed with angler gel, they will eat meat after tamed. They won't agro on you if your riding an ichty too. Upβvote
DO NOT BRING IT ON LAND!!!!
(it dies)
Dolphins are the Pteranadons of the sea. Mantas are the B**ches of the sea. They aint nice.
Its attack completely bypasses armour, so its potential in PvP is legendary. Also super speed sea mount. And who said these were useless?
Do not dismount while in midair over sea! Dismounting while in the air will kill it!
Tame like 20 of them, put them all in a single area, agressive on, wandering on, kill everyone
To the people who say these are useless, they are on of the if not the fastest tame in the ocean except Astrosdelphis and maybe itchy, there attack ignores armor, when you get a ton of them they are absolute killers in the ocean. Easy tame to, just ride itchy and hand it angler jel, it can jump out of the water which makes it even faster, just donβt take it on land or it will die, do not listen to people who say it is useless, just donβt.
If you position yourself correctly when riding one, only your head will stick out and you won't lose oxygen, this can be used for spying on others.
Mantas are very quick ocean transport mounts, which also double as a powerful PVP asset. The manta's attack ignore the armour stat, which makes a high melee damage manta incredibly powerful to players and small tames. It's quick speed also allows it to move very fast. It can jump out of the water, but on contact with land, it will begin dying very fast. Very good for travel on the center map, as it can jump over the many islands if it gets a good run up
This is like a prehistoric jetski