Parasite

Parasites (known in Apothicon as Nethoth, lit. Harms Change) are enemies in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty Online and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. In Black Ops III, Parasites appear on the Zombies maps Shadows of Evil, Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avengening, Revelations, and throughout the Nightmares campaign. In Call of Duty Online, they appear on the map Zombie Island. In Black Ops 6, the Parasite appear on the Zombies map Terminus. Parasites are flying creatures that attack the player in various numbers. They attack by shooting a liquid at the player which covers the screen, impairing vision slightly, and dealing damage. 
A Parasite is also featured in the "Parasite Feast" Finishing Move, as part of the Tracer Pack: Parasite Warrior Ultra Skin bundle. When executed, a Parasite teleports in and lifts the enemy off the ground, followed by it tearing the enemy apart, before disappearing. Additionally, as long as the Finishing Move is equipped, a Parasite will follow the player's operator in the Multiplayer, Zombies and Warzone lobby.
==Overview==
===Call of Duty: Black Ops III===
On Shadows of Evil, Parasites are yellow-colored, shooting yellow liquid as their attack. Much like Hellhounds, Parasites appear during their own special round and the last one killed drops a Max Ammo. They also appear after a Margwa's head has been taken down. They can also appear occasionally in later rounds, in the "Capture The Flag" objective in the Easter Egg, and even spawn from a harvest pod. The Parasites also show up in the Pack-a-Punch wall-run on the side of the Apothicons during the Great War. They also appear in Revelations, behaving the same as their counterparts from Shadows of Evil, however they are are red and they shoot red liquid instead of yellow. 
In Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber's Avengening, they act as in Shadows of Evil, but only appear after one of the Margwa's heads are destroyed. 
In Nightmares mode, they are purple instead of yellow. They are described by the Player as "mutated creatures born from 61-15".
===Call of Duty Online===
In Call of Duty Online, they appear in the Super Zombie Warfare map Zombie Island and act identical to their Black Ops III counterparts.
===Call of Duty: Black Ops 6===
In Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the Parasites return on the Zombies map Terminus, now functioning as an evolution type enemy. Players can encounter Parasites if they leave a Vermin alive for long enough to transform into a Parasite, also taking on the Vermin's weakness to the Cryofreeze Ammo Mod.
On Citadelle des Morts, if a Parasite is left alive for a certain amount of time with a zombie nearby, it will infect it and transform into a Doppelghast.
==Gallery==
===Call of Duty: Black Ops III===
Parasite Attacking BOIII.png|A Parasite attacking.
Parasite Nightmares BO3.png|A Parasite in Nightmares.
===Call of Duty Online===
Parasite CODO.png|The Parasite in Call of Duty Online.
===Call of Duty: Black Ops 6===
Zombies Promo39 BO6.jpg|Parasites in Terminus.
==Trivia==
*In Black Ops 6, prior to the Season One Reloaded update, Parasites had the chance to spawn on the map Liberty Falls if a Vermin was left alive long enough.
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Enemies
Category:Call of Duty Online Cyborg Rising Enemies
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies Enemies