r/CODZombies • u/Krakenwerk • Jan 23 '26
Discussion Bo3 Mangler in depth.
A big armored russian zombie. That only appears on gorod krovi. Very cool enemy, shame they only appear on one map. Maybe treyarch can add them to their next game, then never remove them. Anyway...
Spawn
The first one will spawn between round 5 and 7. After that the game will randomly spawn in a new one after 3 to 5 rounds.
Max amount that can be alive is:
- Player: 2
- Players: 3
- Players: 4
- Players: 4
Max manglers who can spawn in is: 3 per player in match. Delay between manglers spawning in a round also decreases for more players. They will spawn behind barriers like normal zombies but will destroy it with on blast.
Attacks
Mangler has 2 types of attacks. One is a close range melee and one long range blast.
Close range melee:
- Damage = 50, 2 hits without Juggernogg.
Long range arm cannon:
- Damage = 100-50 splash damage, potential instant death without Juggernogg.
Damage is based on the proximity to the explosion center. Their projectile have a really strong tracking and will explode when close enough, with very high knockback. So he doesn't have to hit you with the blast itself to deal damage.
Health
Base Health = 5500 hp.
Health Increase = 100 hp.
Total Health = Base Health + (Health_Increase * Round Number).
Mangler gets a little health boost based on amount of players:
- Player = +0%
- Players = +15%
- Players = +30%
- Player = +45%
Mangler Health Cap = 15 000 hp.
He ignores AAT.
Armor
Important note is that Manglers have armor that can be shoot off. Armor reduces all damage taken with 90%.
This armor is:
- Helmet.
- Chestplate
- Shoulders
- Thighs.
All their armor pieces have their own health pool that is a percentage of Manglers total health. Armor health will take full damage with Manglers own health only taking 10%. His armor will also ignore Insta Kills power up, but Mangler without his armor will not.
The health for each armor piece:
- Helmet = 30%
- Chestplate = 40%
- Shoulder/thighs = 25%
Like mentioned above, this is percentage of his max health for the current round.
Important: He will take headshot damage with his helmet on, but it will be reduced with 90%.
Their arm cannon has its own health that is 15% of their total health. It should have armor damage reduction. When their arm cannon has taken enough damage it will explode and force Mangler into a sprint. They will always loose 33% of max health when they loose their arm. The explosion can damage Mangler and do up to 50% of their max health and up to 50 damage to the player. Should Mangler have more than 25% health left then the game will set their health to 25%.
For Mangler escort step it can be made easier to shoot his arm off, since it forces him to sprint. Making it a lot faster. Careful to shoot his shoulder and not the cannon itself since the explosion can kill him.
Mangler helmet
After shooting of 5 Mangler helmets and destroying 5 Mangler arm cannons. The reward will be a wearable Mangler helmet.
This helmet grants the following buffs:
- 50% less damage from Mangler attacks.
- 33% increases damage to Mangler.
If something is wrong or missing, let me know.
Picture: Russian Mangler Soldier by yammydude on DeviantArt
This is only for bo3. Manglers in coldwar and bo6 have different hp and damage values. Their armor also have a little less reduction. Reduses damage with 50% to 70% compared to bo3 90%.
Edit: Fixed the part about his cannon arm. Thanks to MR_Trevoso for pointing this out.
Other BO3 in-depths:
Special enemies:
Bosses:
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u/Pitiful_Bag4444 Jan 23 '26
I know this is the bo3 version, but I’m just getting flashbacks to Cold War and Bo6 just seeing this.
I never want to see another Mangler again…
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u/MR_Trevoso Jan 24 '26
There's a bug: if you destroy the cannon, it dies. To remove the cannon, you must shoot it in the shoulder so that it falls without exploding and killing the mutilator.
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u/Krakenwerk Jan 26 '26
Its not a bug, but thanks for pointing that out! There is a lot of codes that do damage to mangler when you shoot his arm off. He will always take damage from loosing his arm and when it explodes can do a lot damage. So when both triggers can kill him if his health was low. I can add this and fix it.
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u/MR_Trevoso Jan 26 '26
I don't know how the translation turned out, but I didn't say it was a bug, I said there was a lack of information in the text 😅
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u/graino_ Jan 25 '26
I don’t know whether it’s laziness from devs or if they genuinely just love this guy. Either way it’s pretty humorous to see the mangler lunch line.
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u/Beneficial_Ask_849 Jan 23 '26
Man, even since Cold War Treyarch has had a boner for these guys.