Wrestler

It's time to step into the ring, Wrestler. With five simple moves and some unique perks, you'll learn what it really means to expect the unexpected in the true kingdom of madness, Space Station 13!

Abilities

The Wrestler comes in three distinct flavors:

• A Traitor, Nuclear Operative, or Spy Thief with a wrestling belt.
• A separate, somewhat rare Antagonist role that appears in both forms of Mixed and through Intruder Alert random event and inherently possesses the same capabilities. Often also used in Admin gimmick rounds, sometimes for a station-wide tournament or alongside an amusing Critter transformation.
• A wrestling timberdoodle, sometimes shortened to just wrestledoodle, a player-controlled space timberdoodle critter that also has inherent wrestling powers, as well as the ability to peck people in the eye and a viscous eenk. It spawns exclusively from the Intruder Alert random event, separate from the regular, human wrestler.

All have the same set of wrestling moves, none of which can be executed while unconscious. An asterisk (*) indicates that the move requires manual target selection if there's more than one person adjacent to you.

Icon	Name	Cooldown (default)	While stunned / cuffed?	Description
	Kick*	20 seconds	Yes	Kick somebody away from you. Good last-ditch move to use if you're about to be arrested or already handcuffed.
	Strike*	15 seconds	Stunned: Yes Cuffed: No	Knock somebody down briefly. Generally employed as a precursor for drop.
	Drop*	25 seconds	No	Climb onto nearby objects (when available) and smash onto a prone opponent, stunning and weakening them for 3 seconds. If you climbed onto something with the ability, it also does 25 BRUTE and has a 33% chance to outright gib them; it's guaranteed to do so if used on corpses. If not, it still deals a respectable 15 BRUTE, though with no chance to gib on its own. On the other hand, if you climb onto something but miss the drop, you fall flat on your face, giving you 15 BRUTE and 3 seconds of weakened.
	Throw	20 seconds	No	Requires an aggressive grab. Spin somebody around to throw them across the room. Once they land or collide into someone/something, they're pretty much down for the count; the impact forces them to the ground, slows them down for 8 seconds and weakens for 3, and causes them to have a high chance of misstepping. It deals a significant amount of BRUTE, much more than if you had thrown them normally.
	Slam	25 seconds	No	Slam somebody into the floor. Requires an aggressive grab, though grappling the target more firmly also increases the severity of the resulting injuries. Neck grab will gib corpses.

Passives

In addition to the above fixed abilities, there's a variety of assorted actions (both minor and significant) that tie in with various game mechanics, in particular the *flip emote:

• Chair-flipping into or suplexing somebody deals extra damage, but doesn't stun you or drain any stamina.
  • To chairflip: Stand on the same tile as a chair or wheelchair and, while on Grab intent, either click-drag yourself onto the chair or click on yourself to climb onto the chair. A new aiming reticle should show up. Aiming and clicking will launch you up to 3 tiles, knocking down whoever you collide with; *flipping (Hotkey: R) will launch you in the direction your character's facing, causing the same effect. More damage is dealt the farther away the target. If you miss or collide into something like a wall, you'll be briefly stunned and get hurt a little.
  • This can gib corpses, i.e. ensure your victims stay dead.
  • You can also launch yourself from the boxing cables at the Gym and other places, just like in the TV shows. It has the same effects as the chairflip; the difference is that you set it up by click-dragging yourself onto the boxing cables at the corners of the ring. You do not have to be on Grab intent.
• Suplexing someone deals a little extra damage (10 BRUTE versus 9), but it doesn't drain stamina. It still makes you weakened, but you're out for 1.5 seconds instead of 3.9, allowing you to more easily chain suplexes.
  • To suplex: grab somebody aggressively, then flip. This stuns the other person for a while. If you have two people in aggressive grabs, you'll suplex them both.
• You can jump onto tables in the direction you're facing.

Unrelated to the emote:

• Punching somebody can send them flying a respectable distance.
• Folded chairs can be re-purposed as a formidable blunt weapon.

Tips

• Meth and similar drugs come will make you recover from stuns much faster, and some even boost your movement speed.
• Chain your attacks properly. Kicking or punching somebody away from you can get you out of tough situations, but is less ideal if you want to follow up with other moves. Throw and slam won't do you any good without a firm hold, and are generally difficult to pull off if the target isn't stunned. Drop only works on prone opponents and is therefore best used in combination with strike.
• Consider carrying a taser or any other type of ranged weapon as a backup. You can feasibly keep two attackers at arm's length, though larger mobs may quickly become impossible to control.
• The belt (if you need one) retains the functionality of a normal utility belt.

How to stop a wrestler

Bring a gun to the match. All wrestlers work best when in melee range, and chairflips can only go so far. By going with ranged attacks, you deny them the advantage. Plus, it'll even the playing field a bit when confronting wrestlers that knock you out with ranged stuns and then finish you off with one of their moves.

Melee stuns are very risky; try nabbing them with a ranged stun first. Riot shotguns can knock them back a fair distance, providing much space, and wipe out a decent chunk of their stamina, and pulse rifles slow people down and can blow wrestlers quite far, denying the melee advantage. Try them shooting them into a wall and keep firing them into it. Tranq rifles can knock them out regardless of stamina, as well as flush out any drugs they're using, and the perennial favorites, tasers and energy guns, are still also useful. Flashbangs can hit a surprisingly wide area and can slow the wrestler down enough for you to nab them with another stun. Be sure to wear some eye protection, such as sunglasses!

If you need to go lethal, lasers are still a good choice; after all, wrasslin' is useless if it can't protect you from lasers to the face. Laser guns can work, but eguns are the ideal delivery vehicle; stun-stun-lethal is a powerful combo. Flamethrowers, poisoned fire extinguishers, and bombs can also work, but you must be careful with collateral damage and be mindful not to hit any bystanders.

Stay away from chairs. Remove them if you can; otherwise, stay at least three tiles away from them so the wrestler can't nab you with a chairflip.

There are a couple of ways to resist out of a grab and thus escape suplexing, and certain hats and masks can protect you from the chokehold. See Being Robust's "Grabbed" section for more comprehensive advice on countering grabs.

Conclusion

A skilled wrestler can be a force to be reckoned with, however even a novice shouldn't find it too difficult to reliably overpower and finished off lone targets. Taking on the entire station or just a small group of determined and well-equipped enemies can be hard if not impossible without proper preparation (hard drugs!) and an above-average level of robustness. Don't be afraid to break contact if you're unable to handle the heat. There's no shame in retreating if you can live to fight another day.

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