Wammer
A Wammer is a Wedge that uses static weapons either on the wedge itself, or on top of the wedge. One may also build a wedge shaped front out of components/weapons. The goal of the bot is to force opponents on the wedges, and in the weapons, where the weapons slowly deal damage. Notable Wammers are Devil II and Devil III, Psyco Sweeper, Event Horizon 2, Agony and Cold Front.
Note that a standard rammer (with a non-angled weapon array) with a component wedge added is NOT a wammer. To be a wammer, you have to use both a wedge-shaped front and weapons either on it, forming it, or on top of it.
Most often slower than rammers, they are also MUCH more common in DSL than in Stock.
The term itself was created by Clickbeetle (with Cold Front).
Pros&Cons
PROS:
- Wedge assures some defense against gut-rippers, like VS or Popups, and assures an edge against non-wedges
- Usually fast
- Good opponent control ability
- Lots of weight dedicated to weapons
- Good frontal defense
CONS:
- Underwhelming DPS (relies more on pinning)
- Unlike a rammer, forces one to fight the wedge war
- 1 vs 1 specialists
- Far less effective when inverted, and difficult to selfright : occasionally gets stuck on weapon rack
Bot Types |
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Static Weapons |
Rammer | Wammer | Pusher | SnS | Thwacker |
Burst-types |
Clamp | Hammer | Side Hammer | Weaponed Flipper | Flipper |
Spinners |
Sawbots | Vertical Spinner (Angled VS) | Horizontal Spinner (Angled HS) | Complex Spinner | Crawler | TRFBD |
Gut-rippers |
Popup (True Popup) | Juggler | Face Spinner | Drum |
Piston-types |
Poker | Flying Guillotine |
Other |
Hybrid | Multibot |