Manglerfish | Harpy |
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Speed: 6 | Speed: 8 |
Traction: 5 | Traction: 8 |
Torque: 2 | Torque: 3 |
Weapon: 10 (10 saw, 3 arm) | Weapon: 0 |
Armour: 7 | Armour: 9 (+2 forks) |
Using four forks config. Shaba told me Harpy’s using its forks too.
Head through the doors and go right on the attack. While I think her forks are longer, they’re wide enough that we’ve got a good chance of direct engagement, so I should still be able to get under her head-on. If that isn’t working, try turning one way and then flicking the stick sideways the other way just before contact. If I’m rotating the sloped sides of my prongs should get under the vertical sides of hers. Be aggressive, try to anticipate and react to angle-in or flanking attempts.
If I get under her, I’ve got enough torque to push her, but since she’s hard to high-center I really need to gun it to force her into the walls. Fortunately this arena’s pretty small. Get a pin and get the saw in wherever I can. I can get through her chassis armor in 9 seconds, and could also remove the tread from wheels, or even cut through the axle for her forks.
If she wedges me, I’ll still have my wheels on the ground so try to just spin away. If I get forced into something and pinned anyway...
If it’s the wall, drop the saw. I can bring it below the “floor” level because I don’t have a central prong to get in the way, so I may be able to at least get some cosmetic damage.
If it’s a bonesaw, raise the arm a bit then bring it down on the bonesaw housing to try to raise my chassis above the blade’s level until she lets me go.
If it’s a lobotomizer, raise my arm overhead so it obstructs the clamping mechanism from lowering enough for the drill to reach my chassis.
If the fight ends up in the flanking squares, feed her to the housebots if possible, or use the secondary square to box her in the corner. Neither of us can easily OOTA, but a 1 ft wall’s enough to pin against.
Good Luck etc. Etc.