All About WWE MAYHEM:
WWE Mayhem is an arcade wrestling game. You collect various superstars, wrestle them, and more. There are weekly events, tag team matches, online multiplayer, and some other fun stuff. It was created around "14 December 2017".
WWE Mayhem - Class Advantage for superstars
There are 6 classes in WWE Mayhem and each of the characters belongs to one of the class. Classes are denoted by symbols and colors as shown below. For example, the “Brawler” class will have a green color and a fist icon. Each one of the class is stronger than other class but also weaker to the other class as displayed in the flow below. If you select a character who has a class which is stronger than your opponents class, then you will get a boost in your stats, which will help in defeating the opponent much easily. The chart below will help you understand the class cycle and relative strength and weakness between each class types.
POWERHOUSE:
Powerhouse is performed by the fierce, not so good guys, in WWE Mayhem. Superstars who are the ideal heavyweights, known for their huge built, uses brute strength to make moves that require lifting up their opponents during the match.
Example of such a move is Chokeslam, a special which can performed by heavyweight Superstars like The Undertaker, Razor Ramon, Kane, Kevin Nash, and The Big Show. Powerhouse is also performed by Superstars who have appalling upper body strength that demands them to lift opponents heavier than their own weight like Batista, Brock Lesnar & Goldberg.
Note: Powerhouse is advantageous against High Flyer.
HIGH FLYER:
High Flyer Superstars are known for their usage of ropes, aerial maneuver's and risk involving stunts. They are highly likely to be the ‘faces’ or so called ‘good guys’ of WWE. These Superstars use highly complex and spectacular moves than their counterparts, who uses brute strength.
High Flying Superstars are really strong against ‘Showman’.
SHOWMAN
Showman Superstars truly rely on the crowd and give them what they’re there for. These Superstars have amazing showmanship which occasionally turns into show-off. Fans and the crowd love to witness Showmans’ matches as these Superstar’s are extremely talented and have great accomplishments to back them up. A few notable Superstars who’d fall under this class is Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, John Cena and The Rock.
Showman Superstars can certainly bring Brawlers to their knees.
BRAWLER
Brawlers are the Superstars who are extremely wild in the ring and performs take-downs and mounted punches. They make the match really crazy and interesting with their unplanned moves and maneuver's. Dean Ambrose, Stone Cold Steve Austin are the most sought after Brawlers in WWE Mayhem.
WILDCARD
Brawlers are strongest against Wildcard Superstars, about whom, the description is as follows:
Superstars who are effortlessly unpredictable and show off an unconventional gimmick, persona and fighting style falls under the class – Wildcard.
TECHNICIANS
Technicians, explained below, stand no chance in front of Wildcard Superstars.
Superstars who fall under this class are usually termed as amateurs and are accustomed to perform athletic style of moves and maneuver's in the ring. They apply different grapple holds and are usually good with submissions. Many a times they also perform moves off the top rope like suicide dives.
Technicians are extremely powerful against Powerhouse Superstars.
To get a 5 star WWE Superstar in WWE Mayhem, You need to collect as much as 4 star loot case as possible which will be available when you win the daily and weekly challenges in the harder levels of the game. You will get 135 - 5 star keys when you get the same 4 star superstar for the 2nd time which will result in over drive and other rewards including 135 of the 5 star keys. You need to turn the accumulated 5 star keys into 7500 which will give you your 5 star superstar. And eventually add up 13,000 keys in order to get featured 5 star superstars.
On the positive side, WWE Mayhem does a fantastic job of leaning into the larger than life personas of the WWE superstars. The characters are cartoonish exaggerated, leaving behind any sense of realism in favor of a style that makes them superhuman.
