The Wrestling skill allows players to attack and defend while unarmed or using specialized Wrestling weapons. It provides both offensive and defensive bonuses, particularly useful for spellcasters or melee fighters without conventional weapons.
Mechanics
The chance to hit with an unarmed attack and avoid spellcasting interrupts is calculated as:
(Attacker's Wrestling Skill + 50) / ((Defender's Weapon or Wrestling Skill + 50) * 2) + Relevant Accuracy Bonuses
Base damage values for unarmed Wrestling attacks:
- Against creatures: 2-8
- Against players: 1-4
- Attack speed: 50
PvM Bonuses
Wrestling provides several combat advantages when fighting creatures
Secondary Weapon Skill Bonus:
25% * (Wrestling Skill / 100) bonus to Base Weapon Damage.
Mana Refund Bonus:
15% * (Wrestling Skill / 100) chance to refund mana when casting spells.
Two-Handed Wrestling Weapon Bonus:
Wrestling weapons receive a +20% Melee Damage bonus against creatures.
Spellcaster Defense:
Unarmed wrestlers (or those holding a spellbook) can defend against melee attacks while casting spells.
PvM Weapon Special Attack
- Only applies against creatures (not players).
- Base chance of 10% to trigger a Special Attack.
- Chance can be increased by:
* Arms Lore * Water Aspect Armor * Mastery Chain Links
When a Special Attack is triggered with a Wrestling weapon:
- Damage increases by 150%.
- The target suffers a Stagger Effect:
* Stagger effect: 15% per hit, lasting 8-16 seconds (scaled by weapon speed). * Can stack up to 45%. * Increases damage from Weapon Specials, Weapon Abilities, and Weapon Finishers.
Wrestling Weapons
Wrestling weapons are crafted using either Inscription or Tailoring and can also be purchased from NPCs.
| Grinding (Light) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Wielded With | Poisonable | Speed |
 Martial Manual |
2H | No | 50 |
 Cestus |
2H | No | 50 |
 Fistblade |
2H | No | 50 |
PvP Mechanics
- Wrestling weapons can be disarmed. When disarmed, the player deals only 1-2 damage per hit.
- Wrestling weapons are not allowed in Arena Duels or Tournaments.
- Damage from Wrestling weapons in PvP scales based on a player's raw Dexterity (without adjustments from potions or buffs):
| Dexterity | PvP Wrestling Damage |
|---|---|
| 100 Dex | 100% of normal damage |
| 50 Dex | 50% of normal damage |
| 25 Dex | 25% of normal damage |
| 25 Dex (buffed to 45 Dex) | 25% of normal damage (buffs do not affect the calculation) |
Wrestling Codex
- Wrestling benefits from Stances and Finishers via a Wrestling Codex.
- The Wrestling Codex only applies to Wrestling weapons (not unarmed combat).
- Switching to a new stance costs 3 mana.
- For the first 10 seconds after activating a stance, its effects are dramatically increased (Stance Adoption period).
- Players are encouraged to rotate stances every 10 seconds for maximum effectiveness, requiring mana regeneration strategies.
| Wrestling Codex Stances, Finishers and Abilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Description |
| Stance | Dragon | Weapon specials will consume up to 5 Mana to increase Damage by 5% per rank for each mana consumed (Bonus doubled for first 10 seconds after adopting stance) |
| Stance | Crab | Weapon swings increase your Damage Resistance by 3% per rank for 5 seconds (does not stack) (Bonus doubled for first 10 seconds after adopting stance) |
| Stance | Spider | Deals an additional 5% of Damage per rank inflicted to a random 2 additional targets within 2 tiles (Bonus doubled for first 10 seconds after adopting stance) |
| Stance | Monkey | Landing 3 hits in a row increases the damage of the 3rd hit by 15% per rank (Bonus doubled for first 10 seconds after adopting stance) |
| Stance | Crane | Has 2.5% chance per rank on Melee Hit to restore 10 health (Bonus doubled for first 10 seconds after adopting stance) |
| Finisher | Chi Thrust | Inflicts 150% of Weapon Damage to target. Will consume up to 25 mana and increase Damage by 50% per Mana Consumed |
| Finisher | Zen Strike | Inflicts 350% of Damage to target and restores 25 Health, 25 Stamina and 25 Mana |
| Weapon Ability | Brawl | For next 15 seconds each hit increases accuracy, damage, and attack speed by 4% (scaled by weapon speed) up to a max of 20% |
| Weapon Ability | Haymaker | For next 15 seconds player can trigger finishers when target is at 50% health or below, or after a 45 second cooldown on bosses |
| Weapon Ability | Takedown | Melee hit that triggers ability has 100% chance of weapon special and will apply 300% of normal weapon special effect |
Beneficial Skills
The following skills provide advantages to Wrestling:
| Skill | Benefit | Weapons |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | Increases Base Weapon Damage by (20% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Finisher chance by (100% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Anatomy Skill / 100)) |
All |
| Chivalry | Increases PvP Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) | All |
| Tactics | 0-100 Skill: Increases Base Weapon Damage by (-50% + (Tactics Skill / 200)) 100+ Skill: Any additional skill increases Base Weapon Damage by (1% * (Tactics Skill - 100)) |
All |
| Arms Lore | Increases Special Attack Chance by (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100)) Increases Weapon Ability fill meter by an additional (10% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100) Increases Swing Speed by (5% * (Arms Lore Skill / 100)) |
All |
| Lumberjacking | Increases the Base Weapon Damage of axes by (25% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Lumberjacking Skill / 100)) in PvP. |
Axes (Swordsmanship) |
| Mining | Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * (Mining Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Mining Skill / 100)) in PvP. |
Mace Fighting |
| Blacksmithy | Increases the damage of blacksmith-crafted weapons by (25% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Blacksmithing Skill / 100)) in PvP. |
All |
| Carpentry | Increases the damage of carpentry-crafted weapons by (25% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (10% * (Carpentry Skill / 100)) in PvP. |
All |
| Camping Tracking Forensic Evaluation |
Increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP. |
All |
| Archery Fencing Mace Fighting Swordsmanship Arcane Fishing |
When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Skill / 100) in PvP |
All |
| Wrestling | When wielding a weapon of another weapon class, increases Base Weapon Damage by (25% * Skill / 100) in PvM only. | All |
| Inscription | Increases the damage of scribe-crafted weapons by (20% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage * (8% * (Inscription Skill / 100)) in PvP. |
Wrestling |
| Focus | Increases Swing Speed and Accuracy by (15% * (Focus Skill / 100)) Increases Base Weapon Damage by (10% * (Chivalry Skill / 100)) in PvP |
All |
| Tailoring | Increases the damage of tailor-crafted weapons by (25% * (Tailoring Skill / 100)) Reduced to Base Weapon Damage by (10% * Tailoring Skill / 100) in PvP (Not confirmed) |
Wrestling |
| Item Identification | Increases the accuracy property of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the accuracy property of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) Increases the slayer propery of magical weapons by (50% * (Item Identification Skill / 100)) |
Magical Weapons |
Training Guide
| Skill Level | Training Method |
|---|---|
| 0-50 | Train from NPC |
| 50-80 | Passively in unarmed combat or using Wrestling weapons in the New Player Dungeon |
| 80-100 | Passively in unarmed combat or using Wrestling weapons |