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| ===== Predictive Brawling ===== | ====== Predictive Brawling ====== |
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| This generally available augment grants +6 [[:AP]] whenever the agent makes a melee [[:attack]]. Like with [[:items:stim|stims]], if this takes an agent to their full [[:AP]] or higher they can [[:movement#sprinting|sprint]] even if they were prevented from doing so, say by being [[:encumbered]]. | > //P.B. gives full control of the somatic muscles and sensorium to an advanced combat AI. The host consciousness is kept distracted with a combination of soothing nature scenes and chamber music.// |
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| ==== Flavor Text ==== | **Predictive Brawling** is an [[:augments:|augment]] which gives the agent +6\ [[:AP]] each time they make a melee [[:attack#melee attacks|melee attack]]. It is not possible to install multiple instances of Predictive Brawling on the same agent. |
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| //P.B. gives full control of the somatic muscles and sensorium to an advanced combat AI. The host consciousness is kept distracted with a combination of soothing nature scenes and chamber music.// | Predictive Brawling is available from some [[:mainframe devices:Nanofabricators]] for 300 [[:credits]], or from some [[:mainframe devices:Augment Grafters]]. |
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| | When an agent with Predictive Brawling [[:attack#ambush|ambushes]] a guard during the enemy turn, the bonus is applied at the start of the next player turn. Predictive Brawling's bonus also applies when making a melee attack against a guard who is already [[:KO|knocked out]]. |
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| | ===== Strategy ===== |
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| | Predictive Brawling is considered to be a very good augment. Extra [[:AP]] is valuable, and Predictive Brawling's +6\ AP is as much as a [[:items:Stim#Stim II]] except it can be triggered more frequently. |
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| | Predictive Brawling goes particularly well on [[:agents:Nika]], who has two attacks per turn and a [[:weapons:Volt Disruptor#Nika's Volt Disruptor|Volt Disruptor]] with no cooldown. Predictive Brawling combined with Nika's [[Adrenal Regulator]] augment gives her +9\ AP per melee attack. |
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| | Even with Predictive Brawling installed, it is still usually best to evade or distract guards, rather than knock them out, because knocked-out guards wake up [[:guard behaviour#alerted]]. Attacking guards who are already knocked out can be a useful way to gain AP without having to [[:pinning|pin]] more guards or let them wake up. However, be aware that [[:weapons:Neural Disruptors]] and [[:weapons:Thermal Disruptors]] are more useful when they are not on cooldown. |
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| | Predictive Brawling is a little less valuable in [[:modes:Expert Plus]] mode, where guards' [[:heart monitors]] add an extra pentalty for knocking them out. |
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