Mutant

"We got a Charger!"

The **Mutant** is the very first boss in Mother Russia Bleeds.

## Appearance

He is a vicious looking man who is completely hairless, has an ashen skintone, and a mostly muscular build that is betrayed by his bloated stomach.

One of his arms and one side of his face is heavily covered in scar material, and his other arm is bloated with growths all over it and has yellow nails, his body is also covered in other, lesser scars, such as a cross shaped one on his belly and another on his head.

He wears a belt and a pair of camoflague patterened trousers that have been heavily tattered, with one leg being more damaged than the other, exposing one of his calves, and he is also barefoot.

## Description

He is fought at the end of Chapter 1, in a room with four Pigs in it, although he does not appear immediately, as the lights in said room will begin to flicker on and off before he comes running in, preforming his charging attack.

During his boss battle, Freaks will ocasionally shamble into the room to join the fray, although they are not safe from him either.

## Enemy Behavior

The Mutant has two different attacks, the first is to run towards a player character and then swing his bloated arm at them, which is also his default method of movement. His second attack is to grab a player character with his scarred arm and punch them repeatedly with his bloated arm. He will also sometimes drop everything to inject some Nekro, and remain idle for a few seconds, which produces a Syringe that can be used against him.

## Strategy

Despite his frightening appearance and the oppressive atmosphere of his arena, he is a fairly easy opponent, as he has a tendency to waste time he could spend attacking by stopping to inject Nekro, and his charging attack is also fairly easy to avoid. Also, whenever he stops to inject himself with a Syringe, he will drop one after doing so, allowing it to be used as a weapon against him, preferably as a projectile one, due to his charging attack and ability to grapple player characters

## Gallery

### In-Game

The Mutant running.The Mutant with a Nekro needle in his hand.The Mutant, preforming his grasp attack.The Mutant, whiffing his bludgeon attack.
## Trivia

* He can be considered to be a boss version of the Freak enemies.
* He is the only boss who has no pre-battle dialogue cutscene whatsoever, as he simply runs onto screen.
* Some of his physical features (notably his asymmetrically sized arms) and his attack pattern (charging at high speeds and also using a grappling attack) are similar to the Charger from the survival horror first person shooter *Left 4 Dead 2*.
* His appearance might also be a reference towards the T-002 Tyrant from the first Resident Evil game, as he possesses pale skin and a massive clawed arm.
* He is the only boss in the game who is shown to be a Nekro addict, as he will pause in the middle of battle to inject Nekro.
* He is the only boss who isn't affilated with the Bratva or the government and military.
* He is also the only boss who runs instead of walking.
	+ Despite this, the Mutant has unused sprites of a walking animation, which also notably have the absence of the heavily scarred side of his face suggesting that in a earlier build of the game, the Mutant did not have facial scars as part of his character design, and was updated with that feature to look more intimidating.
* Judging by his tattered camouflage pants, it is possible that he was a former guard at the prison.

## References

1. ↑ https://motherrussiableeds.fandom.com/wiki/File:Mutant\_Name\_Origin.png