The mantis armor is the best armor in the game right now. That feels a bit weird since there is a whole new garden area with stronger enemies, but the armor you get from those enemies is very meh. My experience is this: I went to the garden area. I tried killing a cricket, just for it to kill me in 2 hits. My intuition was that killing bugs there could enable me to craft better armor to kill bugs more easily. I looked up what is the current best armor in grounded 2. It's mantis armor. I already have mantis armor. I got it before Masked Stranger fight. I am not fully aware of game balancing methods, but making garden area armor stronger with more interesting abilities is something I would do. Please don't just nerf mantis armor since going to garden area is challenging even with the mantis armor in its current state. Goodbye.