WARDOGS Manticore Faction
Green shirts, Tehran's shadow-army fiction, and the same occupancy math as blue and red.
Manticore is the green team in WARDOGS: official FAQ language calls them the Kingdom of Persia, Tehran’s shadow army. They are the third equal faction in the 100-player census. If you picked green because the name sounded cooler than “blue truck,” this page is the briefing. It will not make the Hot Zone safer.
Start with getting started if this is your first night. Then come back.
Who Manticore is supposed to be
BULKHEAD lined up three mercenary contractors rather than three campaign campaigns. Manticore is the Middle Eastern / Persian flavour in a fight that still takes place in Eastern European industrial mountains. Green callouts, different voice lines, marketing silhouettes that are not all M4s. The sandbox is still Kolchia. You are not unlocking a Tehran city map by picking this shirt on day one. Maps are shared.
Starter-rifle catalogues were messier for green than for the other two because tests kept adding burst 5.56 platforms (A-91 / KH-2002-style rows with incomplete prices). Do not wait for a “Manticore exclusive” to be good. Buy a Galil. The weapon tier list is the same PDF for every colour.
How to play Manticore specifically
Green is the colour pubs forget to third-party until it is too late, or the colour they dump on because “we shot blue last tick.” Use that:
- When Lonestar and Valkyra are busy deleting each other, walk into the courtyard and take the census. That is the entire three-team design.
- When you are the leader, you will not stay forgotten. Spend money on holds, not on a victory-lap Havoc.
- Hack towers. Manticore does not get extra digits. See tower codes.
- Taxi green. If you want to be the shadow army, be the shadow logistics army — transport pays. How to make money.
Identity kits (Galil, unusual burst rifles, light vehicles) are optional roleplay. Occupancy is not optional.
When to pick Manticore
- Your friends already went green.
- Blue and red are stacked and you want seats.
- You like playing the third party that arrives on the last 10 seconds of a tick.
- You want the fiction and you will not invent a unique ability to go with it.
When not to pick Manticore: because a leak account promised faction ultimates. They are not in the Steam FAQ. Watch updates.
Countering Manticore
Green blobs that stay quiet on VOIP are dangerous. If the score bar ticks without a loud firefight on your edge, check the inner circle. You are probably watching Manticore stand in the Hot Zone while you duel the other loud colour. Collapse. Bring launchers if they bought vehicles. Play how to win, not a grudge.
Because green is the “other” shirt in a lot of Western streams, expect more random focus fire in some regions and less in others. That is a population thing, not a balance patch.
A sample Manticore life
Spawn cheap, ride with green, and look at the score before you pick a fight. If blue and red are deleting each other on the east road, walk west into the courtyard and stand still through two ticks. That is more valuable than a seven-kill clip outside the zone. Keep a Band A rebuild on the budget tool so a lucky Humvee does not end your night. When you do lead, expect the pile-on and spend on holds, not a Havoc. How to win is colour-blind on purpose.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common WARDOGS questions.
Does Manticore have unique abilities?
Not in official beginner-facing material. They share the vendor and the Control Zone with Lonestar and Valkyra. See the factions hub.
What colour is Manticore?
Green in official posts and in most pub callouts.
Is Manticore weaker because fewer people pick them?
Seat counts can be uneven, but the rules are the same. A smaller stack in the Hot Zone can still beat a larger rim camp. Read how to win.