Mutation Knight Mode

Mutation Knight Mode was the fifth installment of Mutation variants. It shares some similarities with Hero Mode X, but it does introduce some new mechanics and twists. Now Knights and Armored Mutants duke it out in the end game.

Details[]

As the round starts, soldiers have their usual countdown to find any spots to defend before the host infections are chosen. The host mutants won't start with their skill and only have 850 HP, but they have very little knock-back when shot at to balance things out. Much like HMX, they will be dead permanently if killed by any melee weapons.

Both factions now have level meters, which slowly fills up by itself for soldiers, while mutants infect/attack soldiers and/or taking damage or collect crates. Unlike previous modes, mutants get to keep half of their bar upon infected, and they don't lose progress when respawning, but they can't adsorb EXP from dead mutants to evolve. For each completed level, both will receive many perks; the last one being transformation into Knights and Armored Mutants respectively.

Maps	Description	Maps	Description
	An abandoned fort in the desert.		A small set of mystical islands.
	Summer resort on a hot day.		Ruin site deep into the jungle.

Mechanics[]

Levels	Soldiers.	Mutants.
Gauges
Level 1	150% Power / +1 Extra Mag.	Health Regen / Health + / Thermal Vision.
Level 2	200% Power / +2 Mags / Heart. Sensor	Additional Health Points.
Level 3	Turns into the Knight character.	Turns into the Armored Mutant.

Mark	Perks	Mark	Perks
	Soldiers damage increases.		Mutant health point increases.
	Additional mag(s) for primary guns.		Mutant Health Regen ability.
	Heartbeat Sensor Activation		Thermal vision ability activation.

Heartbeat Sensors: unlocked at level 2, will highlight part of soldier radars, in a cone-shaped form, every few seconds in the direction they are facing. Any mutants that are found within the range of the sensor will be exposed to soldier radars.
Thermal Vision: It allows the mutants to see through walls and perfectly locate the remaining soldiers as they will be highlighted in white as long the mutants do not move away from their current positions (which also allows them to heal). Both of these abilities are unlocked once their first level is completed.

Mark	Stance	Description
	Slash Mode	Typical melee attacks which includes slashing and stabbing.
	Resist Mode	Alternate stance with a frontal area attack and a defense move.
	Killing Blow	Flashing mutants will be executed by whoever strikes first.

Mark	Skill	Description
	G-Skills	Mutants respective skills; Armored Mutants use Xeno's forcefield.
	Roar	A roar that impose fear, which freezes and disarms nearby soldiers.
	Thermal Vision	When standing still for 3s, every remaining soldiers will be highlighted.

Supply crates are still present in this variation and are more valuable than ever before as it contains some goodies that can most definitely save a soldier's lives and possibly other's. Although, unlike in previous variants, there is no weapons crate, preventing soldiers from losing their equipped weapons. Here's the list of available items:

Ammo Refill: A complete refill of a soldier's ammunition of their primary weapon.
Gauge Boost: Mutants are now able to collect crates, boosting their level gauge.
Stun Grenade: Creates a large electrical sphere that slow down mutants inside it.
Mutation Vest: Allows additional hit(s) before getting infected; stack-able to three.

Trivia[]

Unique to all other modes, Mutants can earn progress via succeed hit (Even if they can't infect soldiers due to Mutation Armor). This makes them very dangerous in CQB even if they are flashing red - getting one hit may instantly bump their HP back up and give them the chance to infect soldiers.
The Armored Mutant in the Mutation Knight Mode made his first appearance in Thunder Tower as a retextured version of the normal mutant zombie.
It's rumored that the automatic Knight transformation for soldiers was meant to prevent them from farming points by shooting mutants, since in Hero Mode X soldiers had the choice to turn into the Commando / Ranger or not and still was able to shoot more points. Now, they are forced to actually fight the mutants' heads-on after their maximum level is reached. This doesn't prevent them from using Mounted FAL Camo, however (Desert Fortress), but at least mutants have more chance to get to them.
After the update of Mutant Escape Mode, this mode got its closure as it isn't attractive to most players. The main reason is probably due to the mode's mechanics, which players can't farm score as much as Hero Mode X, which made this mode very unpopular among players.