I can respect scyther for what it is, which is an insect scythe dinosaur. However, it is absolutely horrible at representing a mantis. It doesn't even get the most recognizable things about a mantis right.
>Dinosaur dog head
>Angry DBZ eyes instead of actual mantis eyes
>Scythes instead of barbed forelimbs
>Clunky sandbag feet with pasted on claws.
And the thing is, we probably won't even get a better representation of a mantis because Gamefreak will just be like "We don't need another mantis. We already have scyther." But scyther is not enough. Scyther is not enough.