---
title: "Giant Mantis"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.cpyn3GTFFOu8f9Bt" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/3
  - remaster
statblock: inline
name: "Giant Mantis"
level: 3
license: ORC
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Monster Core"
name: "Giant Mantis"
level: "Creature 3"

alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 9
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+9; Darkvision"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +8, Athletics: +10, Stealth: +12"
abilityMods: [5, 3, 3, -5, 2, 0]
speed: 25 feet,  climb 25 feet,  fly 20 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Monster Core_"
ac: 18
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "18; __Fort__ +10, __Ref__ +12, __Will__ +7"
hp: 40
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "40"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Leg"
    desc: "+12 (agile, reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__  1d10 + 5 piercing"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Mandibles"
    desc: "+12 ()\n__Damage__  1d12 + 5 piercing"

  - name: "Capturing Grab"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  This ability functions as [[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Grab|Grab]], plus on a success, the mantis can choose to pull the creature adjacent to it, then makes a mandibles Strike against the creature. This extra benefit doesn't apply when the mantis maintains the Grab."

  - name: "Lunging Strike"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  The giant mantis lunges forward, making a leg Strike with an extended reach of 20 feet. If it hits, the mantis can use Capturing Grab after the Strike even if the creature is out of reach."

  - name: "Sudden Strike"
    desc: "  On the first round of combat, creatures that haven't acted are [[Conditions/Off-Guard|Off-Guard]] to the giant mantis."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Giant Mantis
creatures:
  - 1: Giant Mantis
```



These massive cousins of praying mantises stand taller than an average human.

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These predators possess lightning-quick forelegs and a bone-breaking bite.
